Backache

I woke up at 5:30 AM on Sunday (my usual weekday time). I tried to fall back asleep, but it didn't work. So, I read a magazine until about 7:00, when it seemed okay to get up on my day off. My back hurts, BTW.

I did the Blog entry and then warmed up a cup of yesterday's coffee. Then I put all the stuff from under the kitchen sink back. Before I did, I refilled all three of the pump hand soap dispensers.

I'm hungry, but first I need to make this coming's week's breakfast. This is the area in my "diet" where I am most lacking, as I usually don't eat breakfast. So, I heated up four cups of water and added the last of my Irish oatmeal that Jake and Carla got me. Once it started to thicken, I turned it down to simmer and stirred it occasionally. After 30 minutes, I pulled it off to cool.

Then I pulled out some of the ham I had frozen, but then thawed yesterday. I put that in a skillet and warmed it up. Looking out the kitchen window, I saw an enterprising squirrel, snacking first on the suet cake and then the seeds in the bird feeder. So, I took his picture through the bathroom window and posted it.

When the ham was warmed, I plated it and put it in the microwave. Then I added some butter and fried two eggs, over easy (another perfect flip, BTW). I ate that, listening to "Sunday Morning, Over Easy."

I cleaned up the dishes and put the porridge into a Glad container for next week.

I am not sure why but, as I mentioned, my back is killing me today. This is hampering working on my ToDo list. Actually, I blew the whole damn thing off and concentrated on not moving when it would hurt me.

By chance, I started watching the History Channel, which had an all day marathon of UFO stories: Fascinating!

I warmed up yesterday's soup and this time, when it was hot, I added half a bag of washed, baby spinach. I ate that for lunch with another slice of the Italian bread. When it cooled off, I froze the rest of it.

I kept watching the History channel, hoping my back would ease up. It didn't, but at 6:00 PM, I got up and made a simple pizza dough.

I let it rise for 30 minutes, and then rolled it out. I made two pizzas, neither one using a tomato sauce base.

The first one was brushed with olive oil and sesame oil, then topped with a cup of fresh spinach (sliced into 1/2 inch strips), mozzarella cheese and sliced mushrooms.

The second one was brushed with olive oil as well, and then topped with ham, slices of fresh tomato, fresh basil and diced red onions, and then mozzarella cheese.

I topped both of them with freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano when they came out of the oven. Then I had a taste contest. The ham pizza clearly won. The spinach and mushroom one was b-o-r-i-n-g!

I cleaned up the considerable mess and went in to watch my Sunday night shows.