Thin Slices of Joy

I love Cher and Andy Garcia!

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I just read my posts when I first started this thread. I was more clever then. 😒

YeslamaDragon - Thank you! ❤️

My older daughter asked for help with her slow-running laptop. I showed her how to find which tasks were using up the most resources. She had multiple instances of multiple services. Showed her where and how to change the start up properties. She already knows how to uninstall programs. We bought this laptop for graduate school. It doesn't have the resources that she needs now, so I hope she can get a work laptop instead. She should be able to free up resources now.

She offered cookies in payment for IT help, but I countered with banana bread. We have some cream cheese to be used up. 😋

Here it is again! Don't know how many times we've made it, but it is very easy. We divide the dough into 3, but it can be made into the size you need. Adjust baking time to size. Yum!

Here's the easy bread info:

I've made this recipe twice after my husband mistakenly bought whole wheat flour. I'll probably make it again this week. It requires no kneading, and it yields 3 boules (baked as we need). The dough keeps in the fridge for over a week. The bread has a more sourdough taste the longer it's been fermented. It's tasty and simple.

https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/refrigerator-stored-artisan-boule-with-whole-grains

Tips for dough:

1. Mix salt into flour before adding to yeast
2. I use the inner pot from my broken slow cooker (yay, I found a way to reuse it!)
3. For first bake, divide dough into equal portions using kitchen scale
4. Prepare one portion to bake and the other portions go into separate bowls back into fridge
5. Bake as needed

Enjoy!

Minus - And so easy!

Lots of wet snow today. We lost power for almost 5 hours. My husband was using the Instant Pot and electric oven to make dinner. He finished everything on the gas stove. Our chandelier is a mix of candles and electric bulbs, so dinner was by candlelight.

Power came back a half hour ago. Whew! We may have needed to camp out by the fireplace.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Minus - Power outages are bad in any extreme weather. We're glad we still had the gas stove to finish dinner. We boxed up the leftovers and put them in the bay window instead of opening the fridge. Without the sun that area can get pretty chilly. It wasn't too bad for us.

I think the lockdown is getting to me. I hardly ever remember my dreams. When I do, they're usually about something as mundane as putting on socks. Last night I dreamt I was on an airplane without a mask. 😧

Just saw my daughter dancing in the kitchen while microwaving some lunch. 🥰

We usually have cinnamon rolls at Christmas. These have been the best. They take more time to shape, but the bake is more even. Highly recommend. 👍

Thoughtful music? Not everyone loves Elvis Costello. I had a roommate who couldn't stand him. I wasn't fond of her musical taste either. Only band we both liked was R.E.M.

Minus - Glad you're here!

Cynthia Erivo is wondrous! I first saw her in a video of The Color Purple Broadway cast singing Purple Rain in tribute to Prince's passing. Since then she's been in films and television. She can sing anything and act.

New day music 🎶