I made two rounds of baguettes last weekend, pizza dough, and an odd recipe for cool ranch corn bread. The first round of baguettes were marred by the gold non-stick surface of the baking pan coming off onto the bottom of 2 of the 3 baguettes. I've used this tray since the middle of last year with no issues, so not sure why it happened now. I contacted the seller and they apologized and refunded my money, but now I have to get a new baguette baking tray and they all have a non-stick coating. We were able to cut off the affected parts of the bottom of the baguettes and ate the tops. The next day I made more and used the same tray, but with parchment paper. Pizza dough is pretty easy, no matter the recipe, and went straight into the freezer for future dinners.
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cool ranch corn bread is another recipe from the vlogger that I got the peanut butter bread recipe. Quick and simple, but nothing to really jump up and down about. He said it tasted like a cool ranch Dorito, and I thought corn tortilla versus corn bread with that seasoning might work. I'm glad I tried it but I won't make it again.
Last Wednesday I signed the papers and put down a deposit for the fence to be put in on the East side of the back yard. At the time, he said they were scheduling about a month out, but on Friday I got a phone message saying our fence would be installed the next Thursday. I don't think so. We have a lot of work to do on the fence line before that can happen, and it won't be done by then.
On Sunday morning I took the chain saw to the lilac bush, which is now half the size, if not less. The firewood I plan on dumping to the ground the day before the fence will get installed, then afterward put the rack where it will go and restack the wood. Seems easier than moving and restacking the wood twice. And we're going to have to dig up about 3 feet of the stump area all along the fence line to get a gradual decline to the neighbor's yard, to where the ground level should be if it had not been built up around the tree that was there. Only then the fence can go in.
It's going to take a lot of work, but it will get done. I got a start on it this afternoon only to find out the city drop off site is still on winter hours until April, which means they're open only during my work hours. We can put the plant matter into the compost bin if needed, and hopefully we will find neighbors that need the dirt or else it will sit in the garage until I can get rid of it. Another problem is the weather. We'll be cold for the rest of the month with some snow expected. I'm hoping to work on it a little at a time to save my back.
The fence company knows I don't want it installed this week, and we discussed the first week of April. I probably won't get an exact date until it gets closer, but I will not let them install it until I'm satisfied we are ready.
2 comments:
That looks like a lot of work for a person with a bad back. Don't you know any young lads who might want to earn a bit of pocket money digging and loading wheelbarrows under your direction? Good luck!
No, unfortunately I don't. But I've learned how to pace myself. This progress was actually over two days, Tuesday and Thursday. Way too much bending over to do all at once, for me.
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