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mash
our small group has a small ministry of occasionally serving meals for the Mt Zion Baptist Institutional Church. They all pitch in and each brings an item to serve to about 80 to 100 homeless or other types of challenged individuals. Z and I made 50 pounds of mashed potatoes to contribute to a Thanksgiving dinner. It took us a few thours – 3 or so to get everything peeled, boiled and mashed with milk and butter. We bought giant ones at the local farmstand so they would be easier to peel and an extra peeler so that we could both go to work at the same time. We stored the potatoes in a 13 gallon clean new trash can (with a liner of course) and 50 pounds ain’t no small potatoes.
first birthday
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we began the round of fall/winter gifty events this week with Z’s mom’s birthday. Most of our family’s big days fall between November and February with few stragglers. Our Christmas box to Colorado always included nine Christmas gifts, and four birthday gifts. This year we are way ahead of the curve with most of the shopping completed in the way I like – seeing items that we like for a specific person as we shop or travel, the first gifts being bought way back in the summer when we visited the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and stashed in the closet.
We enjoyed a birthday dinner for Barb at Crabby Bill’s minus the waterfront view because thanks to daylight savings the sun had set.
kitchen cure week two/three
we went out of town last weekend so I missed the second week of the cure and am combining week two and three this weekend.. Week two is purging unused or excess and what I am really finding is either I don’t have that large of excess junk or …I am not willing to part with it. This has been more of an exercise of sorting, organizing and cleaning than that of purging. I spent the bulk of my day yesterday pulling items out of cupboards and drawers and wiping down the insides and neatly replacing the majority of what I removed. I do have a small pile of knives and other paraphernalia that I can live without and won’t miss.
Week three is restocking and replacing items that were expired, broken or otherwise needed. I have a short list to pickup at the market with the regular shopping, bay leaves, cumin, sugar…that kind of thing. My couponing while shopping has more or less kept pace with anything that needed throwing away and I can happily replace items out of my own stash. I also need to send my knives for sharpening and make a trip to Ikea for napkins and maybe some new place mats. I also have a few small appliances to replace or purchase but think I will hold out for Christmas or other gifting opportunities… a different waffle iron – mine works fine but I’d like a square four up instead of Belgian single, a new/unbroken toaster. Z wants a food processor, maybe an induction burner or two and some All-Clad. After all, we are foodies.
ps. this afternoon we went to Ikea and Crate and Barrel. I am the new owner of some cute new placemats and a square waffler.
pps. we ate brunch at ikea – scrambled eggs, bacon, home fries and french toast dunkers all for $1.99
florida fall
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