Friday September 12 2025

Good morning!

Almond flour is popular with the gluten free, keto and low carb crowd.  I think that keto in particular is dangerous, and have issues with low carb, but there are some proven benefits to almonds, so that gets a pass from me.  LOL

Meant to get up earlier gut slept in.  Waffles was not having me sleep more than an hour past her bedtime and started to wake me up.  I had a couple of nights of poor sleep so I needed it.

Not much going on but the routine.  I'm washing the sheets and doing laundry, going to the gym and meal prepping some.  

High Noon~

SiL came to get Nannie washed and dressed and took her to daycare. I have MY laundry to do, bedding as well as clothes. I have to go to the Frammiseee (that is my family's on-purpose mis-pronunciation) I got a phone text that I had two scripts ready and the charge is $0.00! I don't know WHY it is zero dollars but, heck I ain't complaining. (for a change) 

But first, Tinker says I have to take her out so she can drag me around the yard.

I have 'free-time' until I have to pick up Nannie at daycare at 4:45 PM.  Wheeee, uh, no, that would also be Booooo!

One of my issues with Twin A's book of recipes from the video game is all the unusual-for-us ingredients, some of which are hard to find. So here I am with this package of almond flour. And the recipes one finds are aiming for the keto and low-carb crowd so don't use much sugar. It's useful for people with gluten sensitivity, too, I'm sure. If I make them again there will be some actual sugar involved. The almond flour, eggs, and baking soda gave the muffins a nice cake-y texture; they just needed to be sweeter.

Last night Twin B and I went to band practice. I am definitely going to have to practice. Got home about 9:30 and Twin A was wanting "help" with his assignment for his statistics class. They're using some programming language called R. The instructor gave them a tip sheet that fell short of explaining how to get the answers. Between the two of us and some web searches and a You-tube video we figured out this assignment. But, ugh, there is no explanation of the grammar and syntax of the statements (why is that comma required? what does the square bracket mean?) This old programmer was frustrated. It was due at midnight and got completed shortly before. Then, did I have the sense to just go to sleep? No, I did the Wordle, the crossword, and the sudoku. LOL I did not want to get up this morning. 

Tomorrow I have lunch with my friend D. The choir will sing Sunday. The anthem has a catchy tune but the words include "for we are a holy nation" (over and over)

-- and I *know* or think I know that it's not meant in some Christian Nationalist way but it still makes me uncomfortable in today's political climate. I hate today's political climate.

my dh has made some purchases for odd (to me) ingredients, like coconut, almond and garbanzo bean flour. I have been using them up by subbing in 1/4 of a cup for all purpose flour in baked goods. I don't think it affects the taste or texture. 

Lazy day for me. I took the dogs for a good, long walk. I started a little newsletter for the local Master Gardeners. I got a little frustrated with formatting, so I'm taking a break. I called an insurance company to follow up on a letter about missed payments. I spent an hour on the phone with this same company in June to iron this out, and spent another hour today. I was assured that everything was fixed. We shall see. 

Stars, could BiL string a cable across part of your yard that you could clip Tinker to? We have done that with our dogs when the fence needed repair. Ours was attached to the deck and  a tree. We could put the dog out and they were a little free-er to roam without being attached to a leash. I saw dog owners do that in the campgrounds, too.