Spouse returned from business trip at just past midnight last night. He bought San Francisco sourdough bread - a loaf for him and one for daughter and family. The bread is good but whole grain is more my style.
I slept until 8:30am and then hit the ground rolling, tackling 3 loads of laundry. At least it wasn't as cold this morning. I'm afraid to do laundry on really cold days because the laundry drain has backed up before when it's really cold. The former owners of this housee who made an unheated laundry room were nuts! There is a wall unit space heater in there which I turned on as a precaution.
I turned a frozen bag of vegetable trimmings that I had been collecting into vegetable broth. I'm using the broth to reconstitute bulgur which I'll turn into a bulgur pilaf tonight.
Next door neighbor's daughter needed to borrow eggs. Her husband is making a birthday cake with and for their oldest daughter. We gave them a check to buy their 3 kids a present. I'm glad to hear that when they buy their house, it will be close to where daughter and family live.
Spouse is at the movies - Where the Wild Things Are - with grandson. Grandson no longer needs booster seat - yay!!
While I was making veggie broth, steam somehow shorted out a switch on the back of the oven. I got a mild shock when I flipped the switch to attempt to turn off the timed oven indicator light but the light still seems to be dimly on. The gas oven is almost 19 years old and we really need to buy a new one (for more reasons than the shorted switch). When the burners are first turned on, we are treated to a whiff of gas. We'll look for a new one next soon.
The idea that I would get out on the trail this weekend seems laughable now. I'll walk my 4 miles this evening with all the Halloweeners that will be out and about. Tomorrow, we go shopping in Española after spouse meets daughter and family for pancake breakfast. Maybe, just maybe, spouse and I will get a walk in tomorrow afternoon.
In view of my limited outdoor activities today, I'm so grateful for yesterday's life affirming, lung huffing, heart pounding, uphill workout on the Quemazon Trail!
I've emailed hiking pal to suggest that because of the time change, we start at 8am this Monday on ambitious hike to Rio.