Laid-back Sunday...

Sunday was my day of leisure. After sitting on the porch, watching the rain late last night, I cut four strips each of blue cheese, sharp Pinconning and Swiss cheese and put them on a paper plate with some saltine crackers. I snacked on them while reading a book until I fell asleep. I woke up after 6:00 AM and noticed there was one piece of Swiss cheese left. That gave me an idea for breakfast, so I saut�ed some mushrooms and made a mushroom and Swiss cheese omelet. Excellent!

I lazed around afterwards, the chicken stock on the stove, simmering (since 4:00 PM Saturday). I had coffee in bed, still reading. Finally I decided I really must get going. I used my big spoon with holes to dig out the main junk from the stock (see Photos), then I poured the stock through my metal colander. Next, I poured it through a metal sieve three times (I don't want any peppercorns in my stock, you see). Finally, I divvied it up, putting 8 cups in the freezer and saving the rest for tonight's chicken soup. Then (the fun part) I went through all the bones and junk and got out as much chicken pieces as I could. Those went into the pot for the soup.

I remembered (albeit a bit late) that I never put in any bay leaves (what was I thinking?) so I put two in the remaining stock. Then I put olive oil and butter in a pan and saut�ed a diced onion, a carrot (cut small), a stalk of celery (cut the same size as the carrot) and half a box of sliced mushrooms. When everything was done, I threw it in the pot with the stock to get happy.

I ate the last two hamburgers with BBQ sauce, chips and a big dill pickle spear for lunch, again reading my book (Damn that library, anyway!)

Next, I went outside and moved 5 more wheel barrows of mulch. This time it went to the North end of the back garden, where there is the honeysuckle vine from Virginia and the three rose bushes. (See photos). On the way back in, a squirrel tried to hide behind a tree, but, by being patient, I caught his butt in my camera (again, see photos).

So, now its 5:00 PM. BTW, I listened to and loved "Californian" by Melissa Etheridge. I threw in a half a bag of wide egg noodles into my soup and by 6:00 PM, I was eating dinner. Very good, but a little salty (and you never hear me say that!)

My Sunday shows started at 7:00 PM so the rest of the night was TV, then a 10:00 PM bedtime.