Wrod.

ION, I have over 5 weeks of vacation now. And work has a policy of no more than a week off at any time. I see several three-day weekends in my future.

Yeah, I was given a juicer by a friend, and I loved it, but it was indeed a lot of work and I didn't get into enough of a habit with it. I should try again.

So, bread! Sourdough. How does one go about making that? Because I tried the once, and then the mother came to life (well, more to life) and took over my fridge and then I killed it and quit trying. But I'm buying sourdough and the seems sad to me and also not as tasty.

I totally bought bread and milk (cashew milk, anyway) before the last storm. And then the boy hauling the carts in approached me to see if I wanted this huge amount of toilet paper and paper towels that someone had bought in bulk and apparently abandoned in the parking lot. So I literally came home with all the storm staples. And it snowed for, like, five days, so that was good.

I'm sorry it's so rough, Gud. I'm glad you can vent here, because you don't deserve all that.

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What. The. SHIT.

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I would imagine that providing a kid with a doll like that would lead to terrified sobbing every time another tooth of theirs started to loosen.

See, I thought Elf on the Shelf was creepy, but practicing voodoo on your own children? What is this world coming to?

That is super super creepy. Wow.

Threw a baby shower today, it went a lot better than I was worried about. We had onesie decorating and a trivia contest and it was good. I'm impressed by how good people were at decorating onesies!

And work has a policy of no more than a week off at any time.

Well, that is a terrible policy. But yay three-day weekends! I'm taking every Friday off in February, because I can. I don't exactly have excess vacation to burn up, but I feel the need for some time off.

Sourdough - you can make your own starter using wild yeast (really, whatever is already on whatever flour you use not so much what is in the air in your locale. IIRC rye is a good choice) or you can buy some starter or get some sourdough from someone who already has some going. Once you get it to the point where it reliably doubles in volume when you feed it, you just need to feed it once a week and use the excess to make bread or whatever (you can add a little baking powder and make crumpets, a little baking powder and a little butter and an egg for pancakes, etc.) or just toss the extra if you have the emotional capability of doing that (I do not, but I understand some people can manage it). I've never had starter/mother (mother is, to me, a vinegar term but it's basically the same process so I am guessing we are talking about the same stuff) grow in the fridge, only on the counter, I'm not sure why it would do that.

I'm going to try to revive mine before too long. I suspect it has long passed the point of dormancy and just died, but I'll try feeding it for a while and see what comes back, just in case it does revive.

I feel like I should have gotten more done today than I did, but what I did get done is not nothing, so I'll take it. Hopefully the front yard won't take too much out of me tomorrow and I can continue with the kitchen, because I am very close to having just drawers and upper cabinets left and that would (a) be a nice milestone and (b) make my kitchen a lot more usable than it has been for the last six weeks of whatever it's been.

Anyway, time to go out to dinner.

You have been warned

KILL IT WITH FIRE

Vacuumed and mopped the first floor after my swim. It badly needed it. I'll tackle upstairs tomorrow.