I am happy to report that the only thing injured in the process of reducing the port bottle down to pretty green glass dust were several plastic bags and my rolling pin. Even several layers of thick plastic bags are not enough to protect a wooden rolling pin from shards of glass. (The top edge of my hammer was much more effective) On one hand, I don’t use the rolling pin that much. On the other hand, I guess I’ll have to get a new one since it’s newly gauged surface won’t work as well on dough (darn it!) – unless scar-faced gingerbread men are acceptable!
I just hope that in the end, my pottery projects come out as I envision.
On another topic, housing is provided with my husband’s job and a while back we requested to be moved to a larger apartment. I’ve loved the one we are currently in for the nearly four years we lived here, however we’ve outgrown the space and the children really need their own rooms. The housing department called us on Thursday to say they had a place for us and could we move on Tuesday? My initial reaction was um…no! I’ve gotten pretty good at moving, but I’m not THAT good! The movers I called yesterday for a quote on moving our large furniture items gave me such a good quote on moving everything that I decided in the interest of my stress levels and the remaining disks in my back to let them! They also suggested they could move us on Tuesday and since they are also responsible for the packing, Tuesday it is! Fortunately, our new place is only a few blocks away so things don’t have to be packed quite as carefully as they would if we were moving countries, but it’s still a big job.
Bigger still will be the job of cleaning / sorting / unpacking on the other end!
I also wanted to report that I did try a new recipe over the weekend (February – check!) I made shrimp chowder, using a fish chowder recipe from my Jane Brody cookbook. The only things I changed were I substituted shrimp for fish, I omitted the white wine, and I added a can of corn. It was amusing how much the frozen “cooking shrimp” I bought shrunk in the process though – in the end they were so small they could have been sea monkeys! The chowder was a hit – very tasty – and I’ll definitely be making it again.
I suspect the rest of this week we’ll be eating sandwiches and pizza however!
What an image, sea monkeys!! You are too much!
by Shellie February 8th, 2010 at 1:04 pmI like seafood chowder. It’s one of my favorites. I’m going to attempt to make a vegetarian chilli this week with bulger wheat. That will be my new recipe for the month. I also have a really easy ice cream recipe that I’ve discovered. When I get organized I’m going to post it on my blog with photos.
I hope the packing is going well. I know someone else is doing it but I’m still sending my good wishes.
by Shelley Munro February 9th, 2010 at 3:41 pm