Today I had to go back to the radiology place to pick up the disc with my xray on it, to give the Ortho at my Valentine's Day appointment. They were so ready, took about a minute including signing for receipt.
Do you have an appointment?
Here for pickup
Medical records?
Yes
For yourself?
Yes
You called ahead?
Yes
Perfect, id please, here's the stuff, sign here, bye
And I was on my way. In the car I read the notes from the X-ray doctor. Advanced (!) osteoarthritis, such an overachiever, with some things which I looked up -- bonespurs!!
I refuse to have that in common with T***p.
Anyway I'm all set to see what's next.
Meanwhile here's my bread adventure, from a new source, artisanbreadwithsteve. Using simple recipes and tools - bowl, spoon, spatula, I'm making cinnamon raisin bread.
This has to proof, covered, till tomorrow. Then stir a bit, then proof again. Then bake.
Some for afternoon tea, toasted and buttered, some to Gary for breakfast, some saved for Handsome Son when he visits next week.
On the boots front, today's actions:
Messaged Gov Pritzker of Illinois, to thank him for banning Jan 6 rioters from Illinois State gov jobs.
And by end of day got an acknowledgment, yes, boilerplate, but counted.
Messaged Kristi Noem to ask she reinstate TPS for Venezuelan refugees in the US.
Tried repeatedly and failed to message DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, about their ban on Black, women's and LGBTQIA observances. Either they've disabled their contact function or they're flooded.
This afternoon I'm knitting, drinking tea and reading Hamish Macbeth on my Kindle.
Happy day everyone, do your bit and then take time off to live.
Online with friends this evening.
Oh I love toasted raisin bread! I Hamish McBeth I do love those books and the very old tv show.
ReplyDeleteCathy
You sound like a kindred spirit!
DeleteRaisin bread! It was such a treat when I was a kid, "fancy" bread that got served to visiting guests, certainly not for everyday use or consumption! The kind my Mom bought was round and pre-sliced, and she served it with butter.
ReplyDeleteYes, bread used to be serious stuff, not fancied up except for special occasions. My mom baked a lot of bread, wonderful stuff, but raisins were reserved for teacakes
DeleteRaisin bread reminds me of Christmas Eve supper in Newfoundland which was always salt fish and raisin bread. So good together. We had salt fish recently without that bread-not near as good.
ReplyDeleteThat's a combo I wouldn't have thought of. Noted!
DeleteRaisin bread is one of my favourite things. Luckily we don't have to too often or I'd be over-indulging I know.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the osteo and bone spurs...hopefully they'll be relatively easy to deal with.
We'll see about the hip situation. As it happens, what I've been doing is right for this situation, so there's that.
DeleteThe toast sounds like it will turn out very well.
ReplyDeleteI would imagine there are many flooded inboxes in Washington and locally.
I hope people are hearing loud and clear when we do and don't support their actions.
DeleteBack when I baked the bread, I made raisin or cinnamon for the kid's treats.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a nice change.
DeleteI am afraid that I have bone spurs, real ones that likely really would have kept me out had we had a draft. TG we didn't.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised to find the array of things they found wrong with the joint, including these bone things. I had no idea it was so complex.
DeleteOuch on the bone spurs! I have those too. Good luck baking that bread!
ReplyDeleteThey're part of a laundry list. I didn't know the number of things that are wrong. I'm looking forward to the bread.
DeleteReading matter while eating raisin bread? https://thejdsnewsletter.substack.com/p/a-very-special-family-meal-at-angie via CupofJo and a in Switzerland
ReplyDeleteThe link doesn't work (blogger bans live links in comments), but I googled on several words and found it. There's very good information there, thank you. How to support the restaurant workers. We all know the business runs on the undocumented, just like agriculture. So if you eat out, here's some good trouble to get into.
DeleteI just copy and then paste the link in a new google search bar. Takes you right to it.
DeleteNone of my devices has a cut and paste mechanism that works, which is why I explained how I'd accessed it.
DeleteOh! I'm sorry. I should have known that you'd be doing that if you could.
DeleteNo worries. I was just signaling to other people working with similar restraints to mine how to get there anyway.
DeleteIt will be an interesting visit with the ortho. That's a lot of proofing for the raisin bread!
ReplyDeleteYou're wise - citizen activism, then breathe and live. Thank you for thanking the people who are serving our country well. I will take a leaf from your book, and look beyond Idaho's borders (as there's not a lot to thank our legislature for).
Chris from Boise
I think all the proofing is because it's a no knead recipe. He doesn't add vital yeast gluten, which my other no knead breads do.
DeleteYes, please thank the good guys! They're human and I think they'd like something other than complaints and demands.
The revolution is gaining ground and supporters.
ReplyDeleteYes, people just need to figure out how to fight back. There's plenty of will to do it.
DeleteNo worries about having bone spurs in common. Yours are real. Toasted and buttered raisin bread. I’m envious.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the bread. The bone spurs not so much!
DeleteI like your persistence in reaching out to the powers-that-be and making requests. It shows a degree of optimism, it seems to me, which is hard to have these days.
ReplyDeleteI've lived through the lowering of the Iron Curtain and the eventual dissolution of the USSR, and other seemingly hopeless situations. People like me resisted throughout.
DeleteCinnamon bread. Sounds wonderful. I noticed the closed site too.
ReplyDeleteI'm continuing my attempts though. On the Intelligence agency and the bread!
DeleteMy grandparents always had cinnamon raison toast. They did not, however, make their own.
ReplyDeleteThese days I always get my raisin toast at the Waffle House. I am not sure why they serve raisin toast but they do. And when you order it, it comes with apple butter which I think is the perfect combination.
I wonder what it would be like to have a governor whose entire mission wasn't to take even more power away from those who already have the least.
It's pretty good to live in blue state with a blue governor. But we had to survive the Christie years with attacks on minorities and women's health.
DeleteGary and HS will be pleased you took the time to make this bread. As will you!
ReplyDeleteI hope it's good. Then it can be a regular event. I expect dried cranberries would work, too.
DeleteConsidering the level of idiocy among the Orange clan, chances are one of the twits mistook the government acronym DIA for DEI and shut them down.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds very likely, I'm sad to say.
DeleteI wouldn't want anything in common with Orange Man, either! LOL!
ReplyDeleteHope the bread turns out great.
Yay boots front! Have a really good weekend. :)
Thank you, I have cosy plans.
DeleteIt is fun to read about your bread making adventures. I have bagel dough fermenting as I type. Half to bake today, the rest in the fridge, fermenting for another day. Delightful.
ReplyDeletenow there's something I haven't made, bagels. I bet homemade would be good.
DeleteI'm sorry to read about your osteo. I asked my husband - the oh corny one - another word for b**ne sp*rs. He said calcium protrusions. I won't tell you the rest, it went on forever! I'd love a slice of your bread. Applauding here on the rest. Corny one is still giving me suggestions, we'll be here for a while...
ReplyDeleteI had a little list of things the X-Ray evidently showed. I had to look them up for intelligible versions!
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