Good early morning GH. It is just past 1:00 AM in "The City." Our current temperature is 40° under partly cloudy, well actually dark, skies. Coincidentally, that is also our high temperature today, except with with cloudy skies and wind. Snow returns again on Tuesday and it promises to be a real snow event, not those pesky snow showers. 1 - 3 inches is possible. We'll have a high temperature of 31° to make that snow real. Will it actually accumulate? Will it require shoveling? Will Sugar the Weather Dog enjoy her time in the newly fallen snow? Stay tuned for "Breaking News!"

Yesterday, with only minor assistance from the "real cook," I made the aforementioned quick wheat bread. It tastes great, makes a superb peanut butter sandwich, and the texture is excellent. However, I think I might cut down on the amount of "required" molasses next time. Good with peanut butter, but it may be a tad sweet for Swiss cheese and sauerkraut sandwiches. Once I get this bread perfected, I believe that it will also be "world famous."

The only hard part about this bread, is that it requires either buttermilk or its equivalent. Since we only use vanilla almond milk here, Mary to visit the local grocery. A small price to pay for having access to bread as near as the things we already have on hand. I bet I could do it with powdered milk and a little practice. I could keep the powdered milk on hand for emergencies. That would make me a real kitchen denizen.

Otherwise, the day passed relatively quick, with the morning TV shows from 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM. Then Mary went to the store, got the aforementioned milk that I needed for my wheat bread, and I was all set to go. I laid out all of my supplies and implements and when she returned with the milk, I mixed up the ingredients and popped it into the oven. If I could just learn to read an entire recipe from start to finish, it would have been even easier.

This recipe called for a 20 minute rest between mixing and baking, said rest period to take place in a previously greased loaf pan. If I had read the entire recipe, I would have known that and not let it sit in the mixing bowl for 10 wasted minutes. That didn't seem to make a difference, but I could have been more efficient. I needed Mary's help to get the loaf out of the oven when it was finished.   Fortunately, Mary has a well stocked baking cabinet with everything a great baker needs. As usual, Sugar the Sous Dog was on hand to lend invaluable assistance.

Mary and I shared a burrito for lunch and then I fell asleep in my chair at about 2:00 PM. I slept off and on for nearly four hours. I valiantly tried to stay awake, but I didn't make it. So, you can guess why I am up typing this blog.

Today, the washer repair person comes between 12:00 and 2:00 PM to fix the washer that won't spin nor drain. I can't wait to hear what that repair will require and cost. Oh well, as I noted previously, it is likely a lot less than a new machine. I just don't want to throw good money after bad. Anticipation, anticipation, is making me late, is keeping me waiting. Oops, I was channeling again.

Sunrise today will be at 8:14 AM and sunset at 5:33 PM. I:ll start out with...Tea time and breakfast, and then we'll see where we go from there. Mary will work, I'll read, I'll await lunch, and then the washer repair person will come and use up part of the afternoon. After that, it is back to the same old, same old. TV, reading, anticipating dinner and then nightfall. There's that channeling again. What is the definition of boring? Convalescence. Ciao.