Black History Month
now more than ever.
continued with the reading / audiobook list of great black lives. it seems apropos for the month ... and the times. <<sigh!>>
took on the long-term project of making sourdough starter - first time since Joyce was a baby. the first loaves I made using half rye flour, so they were a little sour and a little rye ... and completely delicious. I made a sort of tapenade out of fridge products - stuffed olives, sundried tomatoes, banana pepper slices, Pommery mustard, mayo. it tasted awesome on thin slices of my rye!
band practice continued, but we missed one practice because we were having torrential rain, and our director didn't want any of us driving / getting stranded in it! apparently this location has flooding issues regularly.
reached out to some of my Portland family members for help on an audiobook project. before my mom's mom passed away, my aunt had spent her last few years transcribing her life as grandma reminisced. we all have a copy of the written memoir, but I want to do an updated version and make it an audiobook! that will be something I can pass down to Joyce's baby!
once again a Disneyland Rose plant became available on the market so I snapped it up. I planted it one weekend when Craig was golfing. of course, the following week the weather turned and we had an overnight freeze, but it seems to have fared well enough through it.
we watched the super bowl this year in hopes to see the dashing of a three-peat run. we didn't feel that the team was worthy of the title. luckily, they didn't, and were soundly thrashed by the NFC team. the halftime show was definitely thrilling to watch, as it had a tremendous message to send to those currently in power. F3L0n47 was there but apparently the cameras didn't focus on him so that was a gift. he was also in attendance at the Daytona 500 - who is running the country?! - but since it was rain delayed he probably bailed and went back to his country club to sulk.
sadly the rain delay affected my schedule for the day. I was going to watch the race in the morning and then make a Shuffle dinner of Chicken Tinga Tacos with another online class. the race ended during the class, so I missed the finish. I had done prep for the class starting Saturday morning, so the flurry of activity for the one hour cooking session was only the actual cooking part, not the other necessary activities that I wouldn't have had time for! since I wanted to also make a Cilantro Lime Crema drizzle, I also went deluxe on the topping where they recommended just shredded lettuce. Instead I made a slaw of chopped arugula, radish and scallions. both of these I made the day ahead, so they were ready when the chicken was done. I did break down and buy store-bought pico de gallo, cilantro rice and refried black beans, but they were the lesser ingredients of the meal. everything was delicious!!
I finished my jar of store brand marmalade, and decided to get ambitious and make my own. Craig got a bag of mandarin oranges, which I then zested and chopped and cooked, then added some spices to make a delicious fall-scented delicacy fit for a Tea with the Queen!
Joyce called to let me know that her doctor recommended a change in her due date. because of her age and the stroke she had in 2020, she pulled in the due date by two weeks, and planned to induce, to keep more control over the delivery. we now expect Finn will join us at the end of this month! time to really get down to finishing the toy I'm crocheting for him :-)
they started to induce Thursday morning, but by the end of the day progress had halted so they wheeled her in for a C-Section. he made his appearance at 12:01 Friday morning! he's beautiful! he's perfect! Mom was doing as well as can be expected. Tim is so proud! I stayed up until 2:00 a.m. our time just so I knew that everything would turn out well and see the first pictures. too bad I had to be online for work at 7:00 a.m. oh well, I would just run on "new grandma adrenaline" for the rest of the day. because that evening ...
several of the surrounding county chapters of the BC support group gathered at a restaurant in Roseville and welcomed a guest, an influencer and survivor herself, the energetic Fitz of Fitzness fame. she was such a delight - she hugged me ... twice! and, when they were passing the pink "fight" wreath around, I ended up being the next person in line to get the honor for the month! how appropriate since it was just under a year ago when I had my diagnosis and this journey began.
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