Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:33 pm
I guess it was a satisfying day. But not a complete success.
I didn't sleep well. Visited with the grands over zoom,
Then started making hot cross buns. They never rose so I've made hot cross pucks. They each weigh 2x what a store bought one would weigh despite looking similar! They actually look gorgeous and smell great. The taste is dense but not inedible. I've frozen 8 and they may work well for French toast. The recipe said proof your yeast but mine comes in the foil packets with just enough for 1 batch so to proof it would mean having to open a second packet. AND it doesn't expire for months.
While the buns weren't rising, I did the morning walking (on the treadmill) and had breakfast. Dh had his nap after the buns came out of the oven.
After that we ran easy errands, pickup a pre-order from the bulk food store, dropped off the library books, took the car through the car wash, parked by the beach and did dh's afternoon walk along the water.
We picked up pizza on the way home and watched an episode. I also hung up the laundry to dry. Then I steeled myself to go grocery shopping. All day, Google has said the store was either "As busy as it ever gets" or "Busier than usual." I had hoped by 7:30 it would settle down but it didn't. We had everything we needed except something for Easter Dinner. So we decided to use up a gift certificate and ordered a roast beef dinner for takeout (there is no restaurant dining inside or out right now.)
So I spent the evening ordering new athletic shoes for dh. His old ones have fallen apart but he seldom wears the so never told me. It was only because he was on the treadmill that he realized how bad they had got, at home he wears slippers, out of the apartment he wears hiking boots or sandals. He only uses athletic shoes for his stress tests. I think I paid $20 for these from a discount store in a small town in Nova Scotia, probably a decade ago, so it is no wonder they have fallen apart. He needed them then because he had gone walking for miles and miles and worn through his previous pair of shoes. Since then, he started wearing hiking boots all the time. I will say they last better than shoes.
Now I'm off to bed. I only watched half my episode this morning because I split today's walk into AM/PM. I might watch the second half after I put dh to bed.