
I’ve been a little bored with life lately. Same ol’ same ol’. Y’know what I mean? I guess most people get there now and then. Dealing with this frustration has led me to want to do more cooking. Or, more specifically, more baking. I love to bake. I love to eat baked goods. That’s primarily why I have 40 more pounds to lose!
So, last week I made the prune pastries outlined below. Sunday I made a wonderful pound cake from Warren Brown’s cookbook, Cakelove. You may remember Warren from the Food Network’s show, “Sugar Rush.” He was in the process of opening his Silver Spring (MD) store just a block from my old office about the time I was moving to Tennessee. I never got to try his goodies, and probably because of that, his work has always intrigued me. The cake was a little fiddly to make – but totally worth it.
And, I’ve been cruising the Tuesdays With Dorie participating bakers’ sites. I don’t want to be an official TWD baker. There are some pretty intense membership requirements, and I’m not sure I can keep up. But, I ordered the book, and I may just follow along and be a lurker-type TWD baker. That works for me.
I’m still planning to resurrect my old recipes from the previously mentioned cookbook. I’m actually thinking of redoing it – with photos this time – and redistributing it to relatives (who claim I never gave them a copy in the first place) and new friends. I am NOT, however, planning to cook my way through “Mastering The Art of French Cooking.” I did see “Julie and Julia” on Sunday, and now I want to make wonderful French dinners. Not so much the aspic thing, though.
While thinking about all this, I suddenly realized that I could easily turn into a food blogger. I’m not sure I really want to do that, because I have nothing innovative or particularly original to contribute. But, then again, a lot of food blogs consist of the writer’s personal experience with TWD or the Baker’s Apprentice or a similar “cook-along” approach. Some of those bloggers include nothing else but those group efforts. So, maybe I’m not much different from other people. Maybe I’ll do this cooking stuff while it still interests me – and then move on to something else when it doesn’t.
Oh, and then there are the feet. Now, THAT’s a real issue. I walk four miles several times a week. I’m addicted. Four miles isn’t a terribly long trek. But, you’d think I had asked my feet to walk across the whole dang country! They are rebelling. Fighting me every step of the way. I had to skip the entire week a while back. I hated that! I’m almost back to that point this morning. I have a friend who is a podiatrist. Must…go…see…Paul! Plus, I need to get myself over to the running shoe store and see what they can do for me. The pain is serious and getting seriouser.
In order keep some level of exercise going, I am planning to drop over to the health club, which is RIGHT NEXT DOOR to my office and get the grand tour. Hopefully after work today. Y’see…I get a free membership in said health club, and I have never used it. Except for maybe three times when I walked the track on a rainy day. But, the other stuff….nope. I’m an idiot sometimes.
And, oh yeah….my hair is fried. Totally fried. I’ve been coloring my hair for over 30 years. Blonding it for the last 15. I’ve been using L’Oreal Preference, for the most part. The color’s nice, and my hair usually feels even better after coloring it. For some unexplainable reason, I decided to try L’Oreal’s Feria color this time. BIG mistake. Huge! That stuff is evil! I can hardly get a brush through my hair. It is all crackly and hard. I’m UPset! So, as soon as possible, I’m getting in to see my hairdresser and will start snipping off the burnt stuff, a half-inch at a time. Grrrrr!
With all this stuff whirling around in my brain, I’m wondering why I think I’m bored. ??? I think it’s just that I’d rather think about fun stuff – like unicorns and rainbows.
Nah!
I’ll just sort through things, one at a time. And eat.