Wednesday, in the rain...

It was foggy, but not yet raining when I went into work on Wednesday. Unfortunately, it was raining when I left to go to another building for a meeting at 9:30 AM. It was also raining when I went home for lunch and then home at 5:00 PM.

Needless to say, with two days of warm temperatures and now the rain, there is no snow left in my yard!

Once home, I went through the daily rituals and then started the Wednesday night wash. I read my book on the couch, with the fireplace turned on and reluctantly got up to put the clothes in the dryer.

For dinner, I made another old favorite. I browned a pound of hamburger and then took it out of the pan with a slotted spoon (this part was unnecessary as there was very little grease left). To the pan I added two small diced yellow onions. When they had softened, I threw in some diced garlic and fresh ginger (just to be different). Then I sliced about 1/2 pound of button mushrooms. When that was ready, I added the hamburger back in, along with two cups of chicken stock (I needed to use it up) and one cup of brown rice.

I put in some dried parsley and dried thyme. The last thing I added was some large-diced celery (so it would keep its crunch).

I brought that to a boil, reduced the heat to simmer and covered it. I let it do its thing for 25 minutes and checked on it (it needed another 5 minutes). Then I dished out a big bowl and topped it with good soy sauce.

I ate that watching some taped TV, but soon went back to my book. I read until I got sleepy, then shut off the light and went to bed.