Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts

Friday, April 05, 2013

The First Friday in April

Istiqlál (Independence), 16 Bahá (Splendor), 170 BE - Friday, April 5, 2013 about 6:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time

It is the first Friday in April, I spent the morning in my mechanic's reception area because of the breaks and a loose bolt in the wheels. I can now drive my car safely, the problem is that I cannot afford go anywhere. I am a little concerned because I just checked my bank account and found out that I may have miscalculated. It is possible I do not have a problem because I have some aluminum cans to sell and some money in the savings I can transfer to the checking account.

I had planned to wait until Monday to sell the cans, but I think I will sell them on Saturday morning. I can sell the aluminum cans and then get to the bank before it closes at 1:00 PM. Since the money I have to deposit I have to go into the bank because the ATM will not accept change. However, that is all right because it will encourage me to get up when the alarm sounds rather then lying in bed.

It is the first Friday in April, I have to stay home the rest of the month because I cannot afford to go out. This could be a good thing, I may be able to get more accomplished around the house. The only issue about staying home is figuring out a menu. I may be eating macaroni and cheese for the rest of the month. That could be a good thing, at least cheese is protein. I guess I could make grilled cheese sandwiches with the bread I have.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Overcome the morning blues

Fiḍál (Grace), 13 Bahá (Splendor), 170 BE - Tuesday, April 2, 2013 about 10:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time

I have finally overcome the morning blues; however, it took a bit of work this morning. After saying my morning prayers, reading a scripture verse, composing entries for my writing.com blog, and making an entry in my offline journal I am over the blues. In fact, the rest of the day looks bright.

I still have to fold the towels when I take them out of the dryer. I also have to decide what I am going to eat for the week. I do not have any meat in the house, I think I will make some macaroni or perhaps spaghetti. I still have three cans of spaghetti sauce in the pantry. I also have cheese in the refrigerator, so I could make macaroni and cheese.

The macaroni and cheese sounds better then the spaghetti. I had spaghetti twice last week, perhaps something a bit different this week. I can mix a can of green beans with the macaroni and fix another batch of cornbread. Right now the only type of bread in the house is cornbread; this way I have to fix macaroni and cheese rather then a grilled cheese sandwich.

It is going to be a good day. I have overcome the morning blues. I have the ingredients for my favorite food, macaroni and cheese, in the house. I have a half-empty trashcan in the garage so I can clean out the refrigerator this afternoon.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Attempting to fix the pasta soup

Kamál (Perfection), 12 Qudrat (Power), 167 BE – Monday, November 15, 2010 about 2:11 PM Pacific Time

I am attempting to fix the pasta soup. It did not start out to be pasta soup, when I first made it I intended to make macaroni and cheese. However, after the macaroni finished cooking an interruption occurred. I had to leave the house for some reason, I do not remember why, but at the time, it seemed important.

I sit the macaroni aside and then took care of whatever business called me away. By the time, I returned home, the macaroni was cold. The next day, I mixed some of the macaroni with leftovers and made soup, which tasted bland. Since I have pasta soup, I am going to try to fix it and get it to taste better (not so bland).

Today, I put the soup in the slow cooker and added crushed basil leaves. The basil helped, but the soup still needs something else. I think the next thing I will cut up some cheese and add it to the soup. After that, I may add the rest of the salsa. I have to do something to make it taste better because there is too much pasta to throw away.