Thursday, December 9, 2021


I'm feeling much better but still bored.  I've been stuck at home since Sunday, sigh.  I'll live.  Yesterday I tried making cinnamon knots but wasn't paying attention and overcooked them.  I thought about throwing them out but couldn't and thought, bread pudding.  I need bread pudding like I need a hole in the head but it's better than throwing them all out.  I made a brandy sauce too which was quite tasty.

This morning a young man came to the house to do an energy audit.  We live in a very cold climate and anything we can do to reduce our energy consumption is something that we can do help with climate change.  Most things seem too big and too overwhelming but we can do small things.  The house wasn't as bad as I thought it was but there are areas to improve on, namely insulation in the attic and replacing the windows with energy efficient windows.  The guy also suggested a heat pump specifically made for cold climates.  He was a very nice young man who was fully immunized and also tired of stupid people.  

And taking pictures of food makes me feel somewhat sheepish.  Mostly it's for my daughter to see on instagram.  Yes, the same daughter who was so pissed off with me in May.  We're talking again but just superficially.  Maybe one day we can have a closer relationship.

The other night I missed a call from my brother, who never calls me, like never, so I called him back last night.  It was an accidental dial apparently, which happened when he was looking up our address for a Christmas card.  While we talked on the phone for a few minutes he was rearranging the dishes in the dishwasher because he doesn't like how his wife puts the dishes in.  When he was done with that, the period break in the Bruins' game was over and he wanted to go.  I thought he wanted to talk to me but sadly things don't really change.  I didn't realize how much I wanted a deeper relationship with him until after the call.  It is what it is.

The hagfish is on it's way out thank god.  

10 comments:

  1. At first I thought that was a hagfish at the top with its mouth open in the middle! Only kidding, it looks like a great winter dessert as we move onward to the shortest day.

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  2. Well, damn, woman! That bread pudding looks like happy serendipity to me. I made lemon bars today. Fresh lemons are in vast abundance around here right now and I have a lot of them from my daughter and a friend who grows them.
    I haven't talked to one of my brothers in years and it breaks my heart. Family is the hardest thing, isn't it? At least your daughter and you are on talking terms and that is wonderful. It is also wonderful that the snot monster is growing weary of your house.

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  3. I thought I hated bread pudding until I actually tried some. That looks delicious. I'm not good with superficial relationships. I hope that you can find a way to connect with your daughter; one of mine is not open and pulls away when she's having issues. (not healthy!) I have a heat pump as of this summer and our Heat Dome. Before then I didn't think I would ever need or want such a thing. Although it cooled well, it doesn't heat to the degree that I would like and NOT fast. But it is reasonably energy efficient.

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  4. So glad you are on the mend and your sinuses are drying up!
    That bread pudding made me drool a bit!

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  5. I'm glad that things are improving - however tentatively - with your daughter. I guess she will take it at her own pace but it's definitely an improvement right? And that bread pudding looks lovely! I enjoyed having my son live with me and having an excuse to cook. I miss that - even though I obviously still cook, because I enjoy it anyway! Glad the hagfish is on it's way out!

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  6. I've been wondering what was going on with your daughter. Sadly, I had hoped for better. There is always hope.

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  7. The bread pudding looks amazing! Glad you were able to salvage the cinnamon knots. I'm also glad you're talking to your daughter -- superficial is better than nothing, and as you said, it may lead to a deeper connection down the line.

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  8. I'm glad you and your daughter are talking again. It's an opening.

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  9. I think we all long for family at the holidays. I'm sorry. I know that longing from experience.

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  10. I hadn't thought of bread pudding in years. It is really good, and based on cinnamon knots with brandy sauce, that sounds like a slice of heaven.

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