Pragmatist
Pragmatist

Missy has a new name.  She's now Missydammit!

That cat is looking for new ways to get into trouble.  And she's teaching Banshee the error of her ways, too.  I'm so disappointed in him.

I had a large double blossom camellia in a small bowl of water.  Twice I found the camellia on the floor, and the water spread over the newspaper.

Why does she do that to me?  She has a fascination (fetish?) with flowers.  I have to threaten to kill her before she'll leave a bouquet alone.

Walking around the complex this afternoon, I noted that the camellia bushes were loaded with flowers.  So I came home, got my scissors and went back and cut a large double, ruffled blossom, white and pink shaded, a "regular" pink blossom and a white one.  They look so pretty in the blue vase.  Missy hasn't attacked them yet, but I've just now left the living room.  I expect by morning they'll be on the floor.

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I bought a breadmaker.  Been wanting one for ever so long.  Finally asked myself "Why not now?"  So I went to Target.  They had one brand, two levels of performance.  I got the expensive one.

Included with the Owner's Manual are recipes.  Seventy-five bread recipes and 20 dough recipes.  Who knew there were that many varieties of bread?  Oh, wait'll I try the Bloody Mary Bread.  I can make Challah, too.  There's a pause cycle to let me take out the dough from the oven, cut in three pieces, make three long ropes and braid them, and form into a round loaf.  Then I can put it back in the bread oven and finish baking.  Never had a breadmaker that would let me do that.

Passover starts the first of April, so I'm going to have to hustle if I want to give this breadmaker a real test before then.  I'll have to put it away in a sealed box, and get rid of all my leavened food and all my leavening agents until after Passover.  Which means, I'll be eating a lot of bread between now and then if I want to give my newest toy a workout.

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Really nice weather lately.  Fruit trees in bloom,  deciduous trees showing tender green.  Feels like Spring just around the corner.  However, this area has been known for March freeze before Spring has a chance to turn that corner.  Will it be so again, this year?

Shalom