Except it is Wednesday...
I was still stumbling around when Tim appeared fully dressed and ready to go. He headed off to work on the renovation. I was directed to drive over when I was conscious, which always takes a quiet cup of coffee.
I'm not sure how he does that, falling right out of bed ready to go.
So I drank my coffee and made myself get a move on. I had a stop to make to pick up a bag of books for the Amish kids. There were some great titles in there, and I was pleased as anything to have them. She didn't want any money for them, none at all. She just wanted to know that they were going to kids who would be excited by them.
You can always tell a book lover, can't you?
It was a warm day today. Tim had put a second coat of mud on the second bedroom. When I got there, we went across the hall and started work on the bathroom. It had been gutted right down to the studs. Today we insulated the outside walls and the ceiling. We are not yet quite sure what we will do for fixtures there. We initially wanted to keep all the old stuff, but I suppose it would be better to put in an updated bathroom. It's a pretty niche group that likes a 1920s bathroom. We'll keep the clawfoot tub though, for sure. Just reglaze that.
It was nice to be working together.
We went up to the new house to collect the air compressor and the air nailer and some lumber that Tim needed. I also fed the cats. They are really quite fun. The two blue eyed ones with the obvious marks of their Siamese father are the most sociable. Tiger is pretty good, and will approach to be be petted. Minnie? She watches. She will take food from my hand. I can give her a random pet. But she mostly watches.
I'm glad for the distraction of them. It has been fun to watch them learning to trust.
I made my pickled ginger today. I sampled a slice before closing up the jar and putting it in the fridge to age like any good pickle, and was quite happy with the taste of it.
We had our first venison steaks of the year. They were quite tender, so that made me happy too.
We had two more Christmas mailings arrive, and thankfully, there were no problems with those. More boxes ticked.
It is nice to give things to people who really want, need or will enjoy them.
ReplyDeletePeople who love books really get caught up in wanting their books to go to someone who will love them too. I suppose it is not much different than the old lady with 100 year old cabinet doors that wanted to see them go to someone who would love and use them too.
DeleteAnother busy day chez Debby. A tender venison steak is something to look forward to isn't it.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice, JayCee.
DeleteHow do you pickle ginger?
ReplyDeleteOh gz...it is the simplest thing. Take young ginger roots, peel them, use the peeler to peel off thing strips, use sea salt to salt the strips and let them sit for a half hour. Put them in a jar (with a plastic lid, if you can). Bring your rice vinegar to a boil with your sugar, stirring briskly, and then pour the hot brine over the ginger slices in your jar, cap tightly and stick it in the fridge for a week or so. But the ginger slice I snitched from the jar was delicious. (refer to a recipes for quantities, basing it on how much ginger root you're using).
DeleteAnd as you use hot vinegar, that should keep ok
DeleteSounds like a very productive day. Those steaks were well earned.
ReplyDeleteThey were nice ones!
DeleteYour'e ticking lots of boxes and that's very satisfactory. I did smile at *Tim had put a second coat of mud on the second bedroom* and wondered quite how that worked.
ReplyDeleteLOL. Drywall compound, commonly referred to as 'mud'.
DeleteWhat a lovely day - productive too!
ReplyDeleteIt was a nice day...and the kittens were very lovey.
DeleteI have only ever ate supermarket bought venison it tasted very earthy. What's your wild free range venison taste like Debby?
ReplyDeleteTo me, it's just as nice as any grass fed beef. It's lean. We've always eaten it, so I don't know how to describe it really. To us, it's just ordinary.
DeleteYou folk really love to work, so I guess it isn't really work for you.
ReplyDeleteI don't like working really. I'm ready to be done with that damn rehab, but we're not done. I want to sell it as is, but Tim is in it to make a profit. By the time it's done, though, houses might not be selling. Who knows? Just keep on keeping on.
DeleteHow did you make the pickled ginger?
ReplyDeleteIt is the simplest thing. Take young ginger roots, peel them, use the peeler to peel off thing strips, use sea salt to salt the strips and let them sit for a half hour. Put them in a jar (with a plastic lid, if you can). Bring your rice vinegar to a boil with your sugar, stirring briskly, and then pour the hot brine over the ginger slices in your jar, cap tightly and stick it in the fridge for a week or so. But the ginger slice I snitched from the jar was delicious. (refer to a recipes for quantities, basing it on how much ginger root you're using).
DeleteI get right out of bed and am ready to go too. But I grew up on a farm where that was required and I have never learned to drink coffee or stimulants to wake me up. Also due to my farm upbringing, I tend to go to bed earlier than many of my peers which means I have a full night's sleep when I wake up early in the morning.
ReplyDeletei went to bed a little earlier than usual last night. I woke up at 4 AM. I tried to go back to sleep, but couldn't. Decided that I was in need of a reset. So I just got up. Hopefully, I'll be in bed early tonight and on a bit better time schedule.
DeleteWe are both slow in the morning. I drink about 3 cups of tea before I do anything except the NYT puzzles.
ReplyDeleteHaven't even started Christmas shopping. We need to get a move on, but I tire very quickly since the knee surgery. Maybe next week.
I wanted to tell you, I bought my seeds from Berlin Seed Co.in Berlin, Ohio (pronounced BERLIN, because after WWII they changed the pronunciation). I went to their store...what an amazing selection! I got everything I wanted except for Savoy cabbage, National Pickler cucumbers and heatless jalapeños. All the seeds did very well. I will be going back! They also have an Amish grocery there, and I bought herbs, spices, and lots of great stuff there. I sure wish we had a store like that closer to us. Berlin is a 2 1/2 hour drive.
How funny, Susanna. I know that name. It is the place that Mattie and Levi do business with. I will head over and check them out.
DeleteYou are definitely getting it all done. You are a champ!
ReplyDeleteYou will not be surprised to hear that Glen can jump out of bed and start his day immediately. He actually loves to hang out and drink coffee and take it slow but when he has something he needs or wants to do, he just jumps on it.
Nope. Not surprised at all to hear that little factoid. We are married to a very extraordinary pair, are we not?
DeleteYes. Yes we are.
DeleteI could always bounce out of bed and be flying. I think that it was the coffee that made me get up.
ReplyDeleteLOL. True, Red. There's nobody bring me coffee in bed, so if I want it, I need to get up and get it.
DeleteYay! Lots of boxes ticked. Glad work is progressing in the right direction and everything sounds good. Take care.
ReplyDeleteYour youngest has looked very grown up in her last pictures, Matt. You've got two great kids on the verge of grown.
DeleteI am a slow starter in the morning. Mr Merry gets up at 4 am. I don't get it, lol. Personally I love a 1920's bathroom. I even follow a page of vintage bathrooms on Facebook. But we are putting a modern bathroom for old people in our house. Life I guess.
ReplyDeleteWe personally love it, but there is a lot of emphasis on updating, and the like. So. We just really feel like just getting that house done and sold. If there is still a housing market in a year.
DeleteBeing a corporate pilot for a decade I had to get used to really ugly early morning departure times necessitating even uglier get up times, never did like it, but there was no choice. When I left that world and went to my second career as a finance guy with a large aerospace firm I still got up around 5:30AM on workdays. Now I get REALLY grumpy if I have to get up before 8:30AM..........Takes much coffee before anything of consequence happens.
ReplyDeleteWait...you are still doing things of consequence???!!! You've got me beat!
DeleteI used to get up and go. Now I get up and plod.
ReplyDeleteYeah...I feel ya, sistah. This morning, I began adding coffee to the carafe instead of the filter.
DeleteWe looked into getting our bathtub reglazed, but our landlords found it prohibitively expensive. Maybe that's more true here than it is there. (Granted, our tub was not particularly historic or beautiful! It certainly did not have claw feet.)
ReplyDeleteI just looked up a recipe for pickled ginger. That sounds really awesome! Thank you!
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