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I did a lot of sidejob work this weekend, trying to catch up which I almost did, then got another two plan requests yesterday so I'm back to having 5 plans in the queue. I suspect I'll be close to 30 hours of work on sidejob stuff by the time March is over. Yay money but also ugh. I watched hockey games, playoff season for the PHF and NCAA, so I watched all the games this weekend and then didn't watch last night's game between the Whale and the Six. Glad I didn't because the Whale lost. The final is Sunday night at 9pm which is terrible but I'll still watch it because it should be some really fun hockey.
B also came over Sunday afternoon, mostly to hang out. By that point, I was sick of staring at computers and went and did some baking, so I got two loaves of bread rising, then waited until she arrived, then made the fiddly ice cream from egg whites that is honestly incredible, just annoying to sit and stir on the double boiler. One loaf of break went in the freezer up here for eating in the next two weeks, and one went in the storage freezer for this summer. My decision to start making my own bread really was a good idea, the sandwich loaf from America's Test Kitchen How Can It Be Gluten Free is such a good bread and is pretty flexible on the flour. As long as I give it enough rise time, it handles the coarser ground flours that I grind myself. Plus I'm able to slice it into very thin slices and so it goes a lot further. It isn't cheaper in time but a loaf lasts me two weeks and the $8 loaf from Canyon Bakehouse only lasts a week, it's tastier, I can use ingredients that I've grown myself (sorghum) or grind myself (white rice flour) and so it's worth it in a lot of ways.
B and I fiddled with her Electric Eel Wheel Nano 2, which was struggling to take up the yarn she was spinning. Turns out the tension knob wouldn't hold any tension with the elastic band so she's going to replace it. I did get it to take up if I pulled on the band enough to get the elastic to catch on itself partially stretched, so it's also only a matter of time before the band breaks doing that. She's much improving on spinning, it's delightful to see! We are planning a trip to Webs and Osgoods next time she visits because I need weaving supplies (boat shuttles and weaving yarn since I don't spin fast enough to keep the loom occupied) and Osgoods is a mill ends fabic store, so we can pick up cheap fabric for things. I want to start sewing things from handwoven and thus, need fabric to practice with first.
The snow is melting quickly, it's 50F all this week although the mornings have been very cold. It's also supposed to rain Thursday. And Saturday.
B also came over Sunday afternoon, mostly to hang out. By that point, I was sick of staring at computers and went and did some baking, so I got two loaves of bread rising, then waited until she arrived, then made the fiddly ice cream from egg whites that is honestly incredible, just annoying to sit and stir on the double boiler. One loaf of break went in the freezer up here for eating in the next two weeks, and one went in the storage freezer for this summer. My decision to start making my own bread really was a good idea, the sandwich loaf from America's Test Kitchen How Can It Be Gluten Free is such a good bread and is pretty flexible on the flour. As long as I give it enough rise time, it handles the coarser ground flours that I grind myself. Plus I'm able to slice it into very thin slices and so it goes a lot further. It isn't cheaper in time but a loaf lasts me two weeks and the $8 loaf from Canyon Bakehouse only lasts a week, it's tastier, I can use ingredients that I've grown myself (sorghum) or grind myself (white rice flour) and so it's worth it in a lot of ways.
B and I fiddled with her Electric Eel Wheel Nano 2, which was struggling to take up the yarn she was spinning. Turns out the tension knob wouldn't hold any tension with the elastic band so she's going to replace it. I did get it to take up if I pulled on the band enough to get the elastic to catch on itself partially stretched, so it's also only a matter of time before the band breaks doing that. She's much improving on spinning, it's delightful to see! We are planning a trip to Webs and Osgoods next time she visits because I need weaving supplies (boat shuttles and weaving yarn since I don't spin fast enough to keep the loom occupied) and Osgoods is a mill ends fabic store, so we can pick up cheap fabric for things. I want to start sewing things from handwoven and thus, need fabric to practice with first.
The snow is melting quickly, it's 50F all this week although the mornings have been very cold. It's also supposed to rain Thursday. And Saturday.
