Here's my Captain's Log for this week:
- My hermit thrush and my white-throated sparrows are still here. (My captain's log for overwintering birds).
- I continue to work on the 49 LeMoyne Stars needed for the quilt that I'm working on. I'm down to the last 5. I continue to enjoy making these, but it has been time consuming.
- I began a sour dough starter. I had one some years ago, and it when bye-the-bye due to time/interest constraints. It's not dead yet.
- Allergies are killing my son and me. We both suffer though we take appropriates meds. I went to BJ's for foraging (food costs are up, up, up). Met several allergy sufferers there too)
- Pour over coffee. I pulled my French Press out last week. I have had this for years. It only makes about 10oz...and it takes more time. But it does taste better. I regrouped from french press to pour over using gold mesh (fine) filter basket from long dead coffee makers. It makes great pour over coffee with less muss/fuss. Yes, I have a regular coffee pot--a very nice one--but I have grown to prefer this coffee (and I can modify ratios), so the menfolk can enjoy the pot.
- I scored some Starbuck Holiday blend and the local salvage store. Very good and very cheap at 5.99 for a lb, which is about $8 cheaper per bag than anywhere else. Yes, it goes out of date this month, but coffee to my palate has a long shelf life.
- Ran out of dishasher tabs. Used baking soda + few drops of Dawn...it worked in a pinch though silverware not as cleans as I liked. But it beat handwashing everything else. My last load I was too generous with the Dawn and ended up with suds the size of Montana. I'm now fully stocked on dishwasher tabs...and know that I have a way to work in a pinch, so long as the liquid is only a pinch in the future.
By the end of the week, I'll have a chance to make some sourdough break.
