Being domestic today
May. 4th, 2023 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartWhich means getting up at an ungodly time to get to the supermarkets before they'd have sold out everything on offer. I was fortunate in that aspect today, although I also bought some rather price-y stuff. Like Cheddar, for the first time in my life, as it is a required ingredient in the coronation quiche. If I'm about to leave out the beans, at least I'll have authentic British cheese.
I got done so early that Mum - who'd had a bad night, the poor thing - was still in bed when I came home, so I did some work on the textile book until she decided to get up after all. We did our morning routine, then watched German daytime TV while I continued sewing my Wichtel. 4 of them are finished now, save for the little bells I still have to get from somewhere for their hats.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
noadvertising says the bells are obligatory, so I won't be able to replace them with pom-poms (although I still might if nothing else helps).
After lunch, which consisted of leftover carrot soup and some cheesy buns I bought at Aldi, I started rearranging the shelves in the anteroom that serve as our pantry (as the people designing our 10-storey concrete buildings didn't saw it necessary to include a pantry in the design; clearly, they were men who never had to cook). Well, rearranging is too big of a word, most likely, as the ordering principle remained the same. I just put all my spices, Puddingpulver, Suppenwürfel and Tütensuppen in order of their "best before" date. I also discovered two 250-gram-packages of dried plums that have run off last month, so I moved them into the fridge, where they'll happily live for another couple of months without going bad, if previous experience is any indication.
I talked on the phone to my friends Evie and Elise (the latter of whom's awaiting the birth of her 5th grandchild any time now), so it was a productive day, both work-wise and socially. Tomorrow there will be much baking. As there will be at least two recipes I've never tried before, I'm a tad nervous, but let's hope they'll turn out well.
I got done so early that Mum - who'd had a bad night, the poor thing - was still in bed when I came home, so I did some work on the textile book until she decided to get up after all. We did our morning routine, then watched German daytime TV while I continued sewing my Wichtel. 4 of them are finished now, save for the little bells I still have to get from somewhere for their hats.
noadvertising says the bells are obligatory, so I won't be able to replace them with pom-poms (although I still might if nothing else helps).After lunch, which consisted of leftover carrot soup and some cheesy buns I bought at Aldi, I started rearranging the shelves in the anteroom that serve as our pantry (as the people designing our 10-storey concrete buildings didn't saw it necessary to include a pantry in the design; clearly, they were men who never had to cook). Well, rearranging is too big of a word, most likely, as the ordering principle remained the same. I just put all my spices, Puddingpulver, Suppenwürfel and Tütensuppen in order of their "best before" date. I also discovered two 250-gram-packages of dried plums that have run off last month, so I moved them into the fridge, where they'll happily live for another couple of months without going bad, if previous experience is any indication.
I talked on the phone to my friends Evie and Elise (the latter of whom's awaiting the birth of her 5th grandchild any time now), so it was a productive day, both work-wise and socially. Tomorrow there will be much baking. As there will be at least two recipes I've never tried before, I'm a tad nervous, but let's hope they'll turn out well.
