Saturday

I got back from the tuition session with Robin this morning and all I wanted to do was to sit down. This was mostly due to the fact that I had decided to walk up four flights of stairs instead of taking the elevator up to Robin’s apartment. {I usually walk down the stairs.} Fred had been in bed when I had left so when I came in, he asked me if I had been for my walk because he knows I have been trying to get out early in the day while I still have some energy. Unfortunately, this morning I had slept a bit later than I usually do and I had not got my walk in. So, I ate a little something and because he reminded me, I went out for a walk. It was very enjoyable. The temperature was in the high 30’s and the sun was shining. I did the whole mile-and-a-half in 30 minutes which means I did it at 3 mph which isn’t bad.

Next I came home, did the dishes {which I usually do first thing in the morning before the early walk} then put the ingredients in the breadmaker for a two pound white loaf. {Those  of you who follow my breadmaking adventure may be interested to know that this one did rise and I followed the recipe as to measurements since this is the first time I have made this particular recipe.} Then I went online to explore what I could find  in the area of flour containers. I finished up at the King Arthur Flour site where I purchased three plastic containers  for flour which are made of food-safe plastic. This is something I particularly wanted since I didn’t want to put the bag with the flour in the container but just the flour.

I buy King Arthur bread flour–usually two five-pound bags at a time. I envisioned one holding the spare bag, one holding the flour from the opened bag and one for the white whole-wheat flour I already have. Since most wheat-bread recipes I have tried call for one cup of wheat flour and two cups of white flour, and I have only made wheat bread twice, it will take me a while to use up what I have. I was really pleased to have a spare bag of bread flour the other day because I accidentally forgot to check that the cover of the present flour container was snapped down tightly, and the next time I came to use it, there were little mice footprints in the flour! {These are very old containers that Fred had for ten years before I moved in!} Of course, it all went into the trash immediately! Anyway, while I was exploring the King Arthur site, I found a sample box of all the loaf flavorings they sell so I ordered that too. One, I remember, was called something like Apple and Spice. These are added to a basic white loaf and one can get six to eight loaves out of each sample because only a little is used. They come, it said, with recipes. The only bad thing about ordering from these people is that they are in Vermont which means I have to pay sales tax.

I did manage to get in another walk this afternoon but those four flights of stairs really made my butt muscles hurt so I cut this second walk down to 20 minutes. Now I am vegging out in front of my computer and soon I shall be vegging out on the bed with my laptop watching "Grease" which I recently bought on Ebay and/or "Amadeus" which is my current Netflix DVD.

Until later…