Let's see, what's been going on. I'm doing okay, but it does feel very fragile and I feel stressed sometimes. I'm trying to be very careful about what I do and have decided that church twice on Sundays before a long day on Mondays is too much. I need to be able to go to work. Next time, I'll know not to schedule a workday where I'm gone/working 14 hours for Mondays.
I did exercise five days last week, which included 14 miles of hiking. Met H for lunch. Got ahead with lesson plans and caught up with other grading work. Made taquitos yesterday and put some in the freezer, and I still want to make a batch of granola to go with the yogurt in the fridge. That reminds me-- I put a load of clothes in the dryer yesterday and never got back to them. No grading this weekend, but I get essays tomorrow.
Have made a good menu plan for the next two weeks and trying to get back into whole foods again. I haven't seen the health increase that most people claim, which is fine, but I'm sure it makes me feel better, and H did mention a good diet the other day.
I'm looking at buying a bread maker! I have $65 in Amazon cash, so that could pay for much of it. Then, when I have foods like hamburgers, pitas, pizza, I can know they're whole-grain and exactly what goes into them. Maybe tortillas, too... I can make the dough on my own, but I don't like kneading it. If I had a breadmaker, that would make what I eat so much better because that's the last hang-on from my old diet. I've tried making breads on my own, but anything with yeast it has never risen for me.
Even non-yeasty things don't work well (other than scones-- I can make those!)... on Friday I made breadsticks which turned out fine, but I dumped the tray as I was putting them in the oven, and the very soft dough made them impossible to re-shape. Yesterday I made an almond cake which tasted fine, but turned out too dense, buttery, and not exactly cake-like. Pretty much nothing I bake works well, so I'm hoping a bread maker will improve this!
Can you tell I've been reading food blogs lately? :) That's the excitement in my life right now.
Have you seen Minelle commenting on my blog? Her blog is My Breath, and the address is on my blogroll. She makes bread every week and is really good at it! I am sure she could give you tips.
ReplyDeleteBut a bread maker certainly will be easy. :)
And food blogs are fun. I like cooks.com and sometimes allrecipes.com. I adore my crock pot especially. I'm going to try making applesauce sometime, and I also want to try an apple-bbq pork chop thing.
Take good care of yourself.