Yesterday: 3 boxes of "tenant" stuff packed and drapes off beautiful big bright windows! Lots of dust up there. Need Rob to help carry up the large air cleaner bought at thrift store on Whidbey in November - $25 instead of $500!!!! I am hyper-sensitive to dust so will wait 'til that kicks in. Also load of laundry, computer time, and good supper - lots of veggies and enough for Rob's breakfast! Maybe I could start cooking enough that we could both have veggies for breakfast. What an idea!! We LOVE this ratatouille sort of veggie mixture. I posted it on the canned tomatoes thread.

Today: shopping at Maxi (grocery) and found BIG Tide free and clear (hard to get here). And a one kg packet of buckwheat flour which is notable for its plain brown bag with green print which stood out beautifully amidst all the fancy packaging. LOVE the note: "Located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River beside Lake St. Pierre, the Ricard family has been cultivating buckwheat for five generations." Did you know that 30 mg of buckwheat flour contains: 1 gm fat, 21 gm carb, 2 gm fibre, and 4 gm protein?? Also 20% of daily iron. Buckwheat pancakes will be an occasional treat. The checkout clerk was allergic to buckwheat and had to handle it with a plastic bag. A shame. It is such a Quebec crop. I grew a small field once. It was a beautiful sight with its pink flowers and heart-shaped leaves, and hummed with bees!

Came home and found places for lots of groceries. Thurs morn - a good time to shop, store was almost deserted! Laundered sheets and remade bed. Defrosted freezer in small fridg. Discovered a good way to have salad: warmed some black bean dip in a large bowl, then filled bowl with torn up lettuce and mixed it up. I do not like cold food in cold weather. So this was a slightly warmed salad. Worked for me.

Took de-tox bath!! Even used whirlpool. Spent time on computer, emails and such. Will soon start supper -broccoli for me, asparagus (from New Jersey) for Rob. With very lean pork chops and apple sauce. We may have cheese and crackers later, depending on how late supper is.

Funny story: Last Tuesday was my birthday. Rob came home around 8 and we had supper. I did not say a word. After supper, he came in the LR with a cake with one votive candle on it. The "cake" was a big round of triple cream cheese. We agreed to save it for snack time at Quaker meeting. Appreciated by all.

I told him I had not been able to turn on whirlpool so he insisted we go upstairs. "But it's late!" "Look for the control." I looked and looked all around the tub. Finally he pointed to the bottom of the tub , "You need to look!" There was a large chocolate cake sitting on the bottom of the tub and I had not even seen it because I was looking for the control switch!! Is that tunnel vision or what!! Scrumptious cake lasted six days of desserts.
And I know where the switch is - on the wall.