Oct. 23, 2008

This-n-That

Last night my 7 yo (Ed) said to me "Mom, even if you look really close you can't see your wrinkles." Does that mean I don't have any?  I guess I can only hope.  My 14 yo (Ger) did a biology experiment today that used yeast dissolved in water and when he was done he looked at me and asked if he could make sourdough bread.  So he mixed up the starter and it is now sitting on the counter.  I think he has too much of his mother in him and he didn't want to just throw away the 2 teaspoons of yeast he used.  I will admit I haven't made sourdough bread in some time, my starter stopped working and I just hadn't made a new one yet.  I know it isn't a true sourdough starter since it uses commercial yeast, but the results are very similar (especially by the second batch of bread) and it is more reliable to start. I am sitting here trying to stay warm, due mostly to my own stubbornness.  It is 62 in my house, but I refuse to turn the furnace on until it either drops below 60 or November 1st comes.  I did turn it on yesterday morning, it was snowing when I woke up.  And last Sunday it was 56 in the house when we came home, so I turned it on then too.  I do look forward to winter, I really like snow.  But the transition is difficult for me.  Dinner is going to baked in the oven for awhile!

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