Miraculous recovery ;)
Sep. 12th, 2025 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartI woke up today without hurting fingers. Go figure. My regenerative abilities must be better than I thought. I didn't do much handiwork, though - just sew closed two more cherry pit pillows. Instead, I made the labels for my apple and elderflower jam, plus the little bonnets for the jars. It took half the morning, but I think they look neat. See for yourselves:
After that, I rearranged the upper part of the kitchen cupboard and transferred all my little jam jars to the chest of drawers in the anteroom. There they'll be waiting for me to take them to school - a few a time. I've nearly 40 jars now, and while they are small, they are still heavy. But I'm nearly done with the jam part. Only the gingered pears are left; for those I need to wait to get the free ones from school, assuming there will be any.
The rest of the edible things will be made much later, as they can't be kept any longer than for a couple of months: ginger syrup, spiced oil, spiced vinegar, special candy for the Christmas tree... that sort of thing. I'm afraid this year's Christmas baking will have to be much more moderate. But that's not a bad thing. I'll only bake for a very few people: people who've always truly appreciated the goodies.
I then made lunch for two days: pulled pork from Lidl that I only had to put into the oven, parsley potatoes (basically boiled potatoes with a bit of butter, seasoned with salt and parsley) and Tütensuppe. For dessert I've finally butchered the cantaloupe I had bought a few days ago and kept in the fridge since then. I for myself prefer watermelon but Mum loves cantaloupe and who am I to deny her one of the few things she still can eat in their natural state?
Speaking of Mum, we also had a little walk today - just to the selective bins, but it was good to get her out of the house. In the afternoon we were both fairly tired and took a nap - mine lasted 2.5 hours! I clearly needed it (hadn't had one for days), but it also meant I had to postpone a planned phone call to a friend. It isn't good manners to call someone around 8pm... unless that someone is us, since we start really living at 9! *g*
After that, I rearranged the upper part of the kitchen cupboard and transferred all my little jam jars to the chest of drawers in the anteroom. There they'll be waiting for me to take them to school - a few a time. I've nearly 40 jars now, and while they are small, they are still heavy. But I'm nearly done with the jam part. Only the gingered pears are left; for those I need to wait to get the free ones from school, assuming there will be any.
The rest of the edible things will be made much later, as they can't be kept any longer than for a couple of months: ginger syrup, spiced oil, spiced vinegar, special candy for the Christmas tree... that sort of thing. I'm afraid this year's Christmas baking will have to be much more moderate. But that's not a bad thing. I'll only bake for a very few people: people who've always truly appreciated the goodies.
I then made lunch for two days: pulled pork from Lidl that I only had to put into the oven, parsley potatoes (basically boiled potatoes with a bit of butter, seasoned with salt and parsley) and Tütensuppe. For dessert I've finally butchered the cantaloupe I had bought a few days ago and kept in the fridge since then. I for myself prefer watermelon but Mum loves cantaloupe and who am I to deny her one of the few things she still can eat in their natural state?
Speaking of Mum, we also had a little walk today - just to the selective bins, but it was good to get her out of the house. In the afternoon we were both fairly tired and took a nap - mine lasted 2.5 hours! I clearly needed it (hadn't had one for days), but it also meant I had to postpone a planned phone call to a friend. It isn't good manners to call someone around 8pm... unless that someone is us, since we start really living at 9! *g*
