Tuesday

Tuesday, I got home and changed clothes after work. I have a list of 13 items I'd like to get done tonight, so I got busy!

First on the list was to take all the pins, paper, cardboard and tags off my new shirts and get them into the washer. Sounds pretty easy, however, if you've ever tried it, you know how time consuming that can be. But, I got 'er done!

While they were washing, so was I! This time it was the main bathroom floor. I left that to dry and moved on to the next item.

I had bought several of the filler pencils to fill in all the nails holes in the molding I put in the living room, kitchen and hallway that I never used (yet). But I took one and filled in the nail holes in the window molding. When I was finished, I put the laundry in the dryer.

My old landlady had left me almost a full box of extra self-stick tiles that she had installed in the kitchen when I first moved in. Well, she must have miscalculated the correct spacer amount because, over time, the tiles directly in front of the sink had spread until there was about a 1/4 inch gap. So, I took my trusty painters knife and a hammer and dug out six tiles and two spacers. This sounds a LOT easier than it was. The tiles didn't just pop out, but came out in little chunks.

Eventually, though, I got out all the tiles. I washed my hands and the tools in paint thinner to get the sticky crap off them and then laid down new tiles. I stepped back to admire my work, when I noticed the clock: it was after 8:00 PM! I hung up the shirts and folded the rest of the laundry. Hmmm, three items checked off the list of thirteen? Not too impressive!

I quit for the night and made dinner. I took the remaining seven plum tomatoes, (I haven't checked the garden in a while), cut them in half and seeded them, reserving the seeds, goop and water. I put a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in my big pan and heated it up while I sliced about six or seven cloves of garlic. I was making this recipe up, in case you were wondering.

I saut�ed the garlic in the oil until it was soft, and then added the tomato water, seeds and stuff. I seasoned it and let it reduce.

At Jake's suggestion, I had bought some of the refrigerated fresh pasta made by Buitoni. This particular pasta was the Portobello mushroom and cheese tortelloni. I boiled the torelloni in some of my thawed-out homemade chicken stock.

When the pasta finished cooking, I drained it and let it sit a bit while I diced up the tomatoes and about 1/2 cup of pitted Kalamata olives. I added the tomatoes and olives to the garlic, and then topped it with the tortelloni. I let that all sit and steam for a bit, just to warm the tomatoes and olives, but not cook them.

I mixed everything together and topped it with Parmigiano-Reggiano. I ate dinner (very good, BTW) watching TV and then went to bed at 10:00 PM.