This Morning's Coffee

• I am just about recovered from the stomach "flu" that is apparently making the rounds in Wisconsin and maybe Chicago.  I could have picked it up on a day-trip to Chicago on Monday.  At least it has a relatively short duration.
• So far, deer hunting yielded four deer, now in the freezer apportioned into usable bits, or should that be "bites."  I say "so far" because today is day 3 of a four day antlerless season and Dan is considering going out tomorrow.
• The Christmas tree is up but is bare of ornaments.  Decorating is one of today's to-dos.
• I ground wheat berries to make bread last week.  (Tasty bread, btw)  We were running low on regular flour, so I used some of the ground in my sourdough starter when I fed it last week.  I was a bit worried that I may have killed it but it is working fine today for another loaf.  Whew.  
• I need to research grinding wheat berries.  I just threw them in the Vitamix although I don't have the special dry blade set up.  The result was fine good, but certainly of a "stone-ground" texture.
• I read Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews this week on my iPad Kindle app.  It is the third in the authors' (two authors, one name) Edge series and I found it to be a very enjoyable read.  
• I also read Cat Tales by Faith Hunter, a collection of four short stories in the Jane Yellowrock series.  I enjoyed this for the back stories (and the writing) but you may wish to read the first in the series before you read this collection.  
• I'm still working on my holiday shopping and wondering if I'll make any headway on my list this weekend.  I'll see what the energy level dictates tomorrow.  I am at the point where I've done all the web-shopping and now need to interact with real people in retail establishments.  o.O
• Pinterest is a time-sink...a marvelous time-sink...but one just the same.  Just sayin'.........

Comments

[Manise]

Glad you are on the mend! Stomach flus are the pits. Hoping for a Vitamix for Christmas this year. Good to know that you were able to use the original blade for the wheat berries and still make the bread work for you.

[Joy]

Sooner is probably better as far as the retail establishments are concerned. I was very (not happily) surprised at how crowded the 1 mall was pretty early Friday afternoon. Didn't have a problem in the stores I went to, but parking involved quite a bit of circling, then some cutting across country ;^)

[Vicki]

Yuck. Being sick is no fun at all! Glad you're feeling better and getting some energy back.

[Kitten]

Interacting with people is highly overrated. Next year I'm ordered the stocking toothbrushes online too.

[Stacey]

Nice mug :D Glad t hear you're recovering. Interacting with people is generally a bad idea around flu season.

hope dan bagged one!

xoxo

[Carrie#K]

Feel better!

I advise against interacting with people without the proper weaponry. Er, preparation. Don't catch another cold. ;)

You ground wheat berries for bread? Wow.

[Cookie]

I hope you're feeling like normal by now. How did Wilson do? :D Love the mug, btw.

xoxox