My bulb garlic is "transforming" itself. I will pot it up and let it continue to grow. Way, way too late to plant in the garden. Garlic shoots and leaves are tasty. So, let it grow.
Daughter's car went into the shop this morning. Struts are okay until Honda's recall (good news as it's a very expensive replacement issue). The new ones will be on Honda's dime. The drive shaft looked bad but after inspection was okay. Bearings were also okay. BUT the car failed the State Inspection again. This time for the muffler and rear Winter tires. So those things are ordered and will be replaced tomorrow.
Next time we visit the shop- I'll try to get MY car an inspection sticker. Fine for not having a sticker here in Maine is $100 a month. No excuses. Both of our Honda Fits had to have the entire rear bumper assembly re-built with new parts. That's why we failed our annual inspections in the first place. That was when we were trading cars and taking turns with a car in the Auto Body Shop. One car has 34K and the other 140K. Guess which one is mine.
Overcast without Sun today. There was a clear viewing of the Full Moon last night. I had thought the front porch light was on. No. Just the Moon. I tried to find Jupiter and Saturn. But I could not. I love the Planets. I love watching Nova programs about the planets. I had always hoped the Space Program would have advanced enough to be able to take my remains up and leave them out there with the stars and planets. Not yet.
I haven't read a book in nearly 10 days. Lack of humidity in the house- dry eyes. Even with the drops. I tried to do some hand sewing (other than the holiday potholders) yesterday evening- wow.......it doesn't look great. I gave the cloth a good hot press with the iron and spray starch. I'm afraid to take a close look at the work. I might walk around with a spray bottle of water - spraying the rooms. See if that makes any difference.
I checked the fridge. In my manic holiday shopping I managed to FILL the fridge with cream cheese, eggs and butter. Lots and lots of each. Daughter brought me a box of graham cracker crumbs and on the box a very nice recipe for NewYork Style Cheesecake. I just need sour cream. I still need to make cookies that require butter and cream cheese. But that's about it for Holiday Baking. So...the cheese cake. Or Ina Garten's cheesecake which uses up a massive amount of cream cheese and is like 5 or 6 inches tall.
Toss up. And there is still the Boozy Cake. Good news is that other than Baking, reheating leftovers and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches......the kitchen is closed. And Baking is not a priority. With me. Cream Cheese has a long life in the fridge.
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I dislike kitchen work of all kinds now, I get it overwith as quickly as possible. Today I'm hand stitching the binding to the back of a lap quilt, favorite part of quiltmaking! This one is from Kaffe Fassett fabrics in blues, love his fabrics.........Annie
Toasted bagel with cream cheese and a big forkful of salsa on top. Delicious. When we heated the house with wood, I kept a huge stockpot full of water simmering at all times to put a little humidity back in the air. Could you do this stovetop in the kitchen for a few hours each day? Set a timer to remind you to check the water level or turn it off?
I could actually set the dye pot up on a back burner- I have additional pom peels in it- And I have a large bag of decomposing grapes in the vestibule fridge- they could go into another pot and I could dye some old linen shirts a pretty blue.
And add humidity to the house. Good idea!!!!
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