Today is Saturday. After a week long of working in a cubicle and doing little else (except for karate with my kids and a parent teacher conference on Thurs for my youngest - she's in the top of her class), I got up today feeling restless and like I had to use my body.
So, I dug, put in two posts with concrete around it, went to Home Depot to buy fence boards and items to make a gate, stained fence boards, and dug some more. Tomorrow I'll be able to assemble the gates to the fence posts (it's a double wide gate) and maybe finish staining the fence boards. I like home improvement for 2 reasons. 1) Makes me feel like a man 2) The sense of accomplishment feels great.
When I got inside at about 7 PM I decided to start making butternut squash soup. Great stuff and really healthy. But it won't be ready until tomorrow. Does anyone have a soup recipe you'd like to share? I have 4 of my own that I make. Maybe someday I'll share how I do them. I make a good split pea, butternut squash, chicken noodle spinach and carront (with tomato sauce also), and Gazpacho soup. My best friend and love of my life before she passed was just able to taste Gazpacho soup for the first time 2 months prior to her passing. She loved it so much she wanted more. We made a bunch together and of course planted more tomato plants together with the hope of using the tomatoes for Gazpacho soup. I suggest everyone try Gazpacho at least once. Do it for her. It might not be once. You might love it and have a bunch more after that. It's a cold spanish soup with tomatoes, peppers, celery, and cucumbers,etc. Very healthy soup. I put in Jalapeno and it makes me feel alive.
Wup. I realized it's late. I have to make phone calls before it's too late. Till next time....
Update: I forgot to mention that I was slightly bummed as I broke my 2 inch thick wood cutting board. How does that happen? Stupidly with a knife embedded into the squash, lifting and then hitting the board. Of course not much happened so I did it again. And the third time something gave way startling me. It was the wood cutting board. :( So now I'm using an old plastic thin one.
I really have to cut it out with the butternut squash. 2 years ago it broke a blender as I was putting it in water in a blender and pureeing it for the butternut squash soup. The motor gave out. My best friend and love of my life got me a new one for my birthday in April of this year. With more POWER! 475 Watts. But I vowed to take better care of this one.
