Advent 2025 - Day 8
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wiseheartThe best laid plans of meeces and men and all that...
In other words: I didn't go to the Christmas fair today. When I got up at my usual time (way too early if you ask me), I looked out of the window - and couldn't see the other side of the street due to the thick fog. So I decided to go back to bed and slept almost an hour longer than usual.
We went through our morning routine with some delay, and then I slept until breakfast. After breakfast I slept again for roughly two hours or so. Clearly, yesterday's cleaning frenzy did have an aftermath. Despite all that sleeping (due to which I had completely forgotten we had a short practice with the children's choir today) I'm still sleepy like whoa!
There was no need to cook - I made the veggie soup and the cauliflower strudel yesterday, after the cleaning - so I solved a few crossword puzzles, watched a bit of crap telly... and did basically nothing. But that's okay. We have a rather eventful week before us, with two additional choir practices, a visit from the hairdresser (for Mum), the concert on Saturday and a visit from my eldest cousin and his son on Sunday. So, a lazy day was a real life-saver today.
In other words: I didn't go to the Christmas fair today. When I got up at my usual time (way too early if you ask me), I looked out of the window - and couldn't see the other side of the street due to the thick fog. So I decided to go back to bed and slept almost an hour longer than usual.
We went through our morning routine with some delay, and then I slept until breakfast. After breakfast I slept again for roughly two hours or so. Clearly, yesterday's cleaning frenzy did have an aftermath. Despite all that sleeping (due to which I had completely forgotten we had a short practice with the children's choir today) I'm still sleepy like whoa!
There was no need to cook - I made the veggie soup and the cauliflower strudel yesterday, after the cleaning - so I solved a few crossword puzzles, watched a bit of crap telly... and did basically nothing. But that's okay. We have a rather eventful week before us, with two additional choir practices, a visit from the hairdresser (for Mum), the concert on Saturday and a visit from my eldest cousin and his son on Sunday. So, a lazy day was a real life-saver today.
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Date: 2025-12-08 05:37 pm (UTC)Fog? Oh great ...
Good reason not to leave the house!
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Date: 2025-12-09 12:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-12-09 01:47 am (UTC)I’m taking inspiration from you and doing a cauliflower something today. Cauliflower soup? Roasted cauliflower? Roasted cauliflower soup? I won’t know until I have that cauliflower on my chopping board.
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Date: 2025-12-09 10:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-12-09 04:32 pm (UTC)That fog must have been impressing. I love fog- it dampens all sounds. But I do not love to walk through that veil of dampness...
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Date: 2025-12-09 08:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-12-09 08:23 pm (UTC)And unfortunately, fog doesn't dampen all sounds. For example, it doesn't help when somewhere in our ten-storey concrete building someone is drilling holes in their walls. Which happens on the daily basis. And concrete is a damn good noise conduit...
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Date: 2025-12-10 02:46 am (UTC)I sprinkled the cauliflower with paprika and nutmeg and doubled the roasting cauliflower time so it was slightly caramelised.
Instead of tikka masala, I fried some curry spices with ginger. No onion. Added some finely chopped leek and red capsicum and then a little coconut milk before the veggie stock. I used frozen green beans. I didn’t add the roasted cauliflower until then very end. I added fresh lemon juice to brighten it because it just didn’t taste right. That did the trick!
I liked making this because I could lie down between the roasting and the soup simmering. Some days I need to lie down a lot.
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Date: 2025-12-13 03:23 pm (UTC)