Random thoughts

This nice fall weather is sure making me nostalgic for some outdoor adventures. Like long hikes, camping, or apple picking.

I also miss having a backyard. A place where you can walk outside, plop yourself on the ground and have nice clean place to read your book or have a family barbecue or dinner.

Well anyway, I went on a nice bike ride around my neighborhood parks, and although I ran into areas that were shamefully littered, there were areas that had a nice view of the Hudson and had cute little families running around playing.

Maybe I'll put up some fall decorations around the apartment. Ya know, decorative fall leaves and a little pumpkin.

I think I'm getting anxious to be in a schedule and be active and working. I feel like I'm in a bit of transitional period, right now. Perhaps I should prepare myself before the madness begins. Set goals, create good habits, etc.

We'll see.

Bread machine : 1, Anna: 0

(I just realized that I often will keep score with inanimate objects in my blogs. Tin can-1, Anna-0...hmmm.)

The bread machine hates me. I keep trying to be creative and make things like applesauce bread and banana bread, but the bread machine laughs in my face and makes me look like a total dunce! Well, maybe I am. But either way, I just wanted to make some yummy bread without heating up the house. I mean, those are kind and wholesome things, right? To share delicious bread with the world in my nice cool apartment.

Part of me hopes that after about an hour (which is still the time left on the machine) I will be pleasantly surprised and my bread will turn out fine! Yet, I have ruined bread before.

Why doesn't this homemaking stuff happen instantly?

Maybe the recipe on the website was not accurate? Yeah. Yeah, sure. That's it.

What do you do if you put to much yeast in it? Nothing, I suppose. It's too late.

sigh...it's just too late.