…and all the things. Happy day-before Thanksgiving.
Here we go!
Category: NaBloPoMo 2015
Ten on Tuesday: Always Thankful
Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things I Am Thankful For *Right Now*
November 2008!
1 – Maddy's coming home tomorrow! I'm looking forward to her help in the kitchen, and just hanging out.
2 – Kate's been a willing walking buddy (when schedule permits)! Those steps are so much more enjoyable with company!
3 – Ali's gonna have another baby! She's due in early May and, same as last time, barring some unforeseen circumstance, we won't know whether it's a girl or a boy until then.
4 – Junah's going to be a big brother! That's sort of blowing my mind.
5 – Rusty's work will be featured at a gallery at Todos Santos, which means that…
6 – I could/might go to Mexico again this winter!
7 – Right now, I am thankful for good and patient friends.
8 – Right now, I am thankful for a family that cuts me some slack.
9 - Right now, I am thankful for a good job.
10 – Right now, I am thankful for tickets to Thursday night's game at Lambeau Field! Brett Favre, having already been inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame and his number retired, will be honored during half-time. Maddy will be with us, and I've never been to a game with her! I'll also be thinking a lot of Mom… she'd eat this up. #TH4NKFUL
Weekending: Kombucha
I bottled my second batch of kombucha yesterday — which I think turned out way better than the first, by the way — and brewed the third!
The one class session Ali & I attended at Fermentation Fest last month was Kombucha 101 presented by Vanessa & Alla of NessAlla Kombucha! We both came home with a kit that included everything we needed for our first batch of kombucha:
- A one-gallon glass jar w/cotton cover & rubber band
- Organic sugar
- Organic black tea (loose leaf)
- SCOBY and starter tea
- Laminated instruction card
Sugar dissolved; tea stirred in. Let it steep and cool; strain into jar.
Add starter tea and SCOBY.
1st Ferment!
Bottles procured; bottled and ready for 2nd ferment (bubbles!).
I am terrible at record keeping, and my timeline is a little fuzzy! I really need to start a Kombucha Log…
I know that the Batch #1 sat a little longer because birthday and lack of bottles.
Batch #2 was brewed with organic black tea (in bags) and its first ferment was a bit shorter, so the booch is sweeter (so much better than Batch #1, which is borderline vinegar!). I'm looking forward to tasting Batch #2 after the second fermentation (maybe by Thanksgiving).
Yesterday's Batch #3 was made with some PG Tips (tea bags) that I found in the cupboard.
I'm getting a bit more comfortable with the process. The "log" will help keep me on track. I'm not even thinking about flavors yet… it was suggested in class that we make five or six plain batches to get comfortable, and that's advice I've taken to heart.
SCOBY is weird, but also very cool.
Four-letter word
Not the first flakes of snow that I've seen this year, but they are the first that I've seen gathered upon the ground. Luckily, it's only flurries or showers in today's forecast and no accumulation to speak of.
I started to take a walk with Joe's dog, Gus, today and we didn't even get out of the front yard before Gus & I tangled and I came down HARD on both knees (especially the right) and one elbow. I never let go of the leash, though!! Ouchie. My knees are skinned but not as badly as I suspected (i.e., no blood), there isn't a hole in my new jeans, and Annie & I took our walk, anyway, we just started off a little slower. I got my mile in. #amarchthroughtime
It's probably a good thing that we did that. I hope.
Saturday Sky
It was a dreary morning but my walking partner brightened the scene!
