Losing Track of Time

I am never sure anymore what day of the week it is. I wonder why that is? I forgot to write a blog post yesterday, and this morning I forgot that I was supposed to call a friend. I'll make a note to call tomorrow morning instead.  And speaking of writing notes to myself, I should get into the habit of writing out my to-do list the night before. I seem to accomplish more when I have it written down.

Yesterday, I put a small beef roast into the crock pot for dinner last night. Then I proceeded to make a batch of yoghurt. I had taken a litre bag of milk from the freezer and thawed it in the fridge. I have opened a can of evaporated milk from the pantry to use in my coffee and tea, thus leaving the whole milk to make yoghurt with.

I have to heat the milk to between 180-185 degrees, then

remove the pot to a sink full of cold water, stirring and cooling to 110 degrees and no cooler.
I then pour the "cooled" milk to a glass pitcher where I stir in the yoghurt starter. In my case, I add 150 ml of plain yoghurt with an active bacterial culture. Then I quickly pour into my receptacles and place them inside the yoghurt maker. This part is performed quickly, so I don't have any intermediary photos.

I place the glass dome over the top and push a button. The machine keeps the yoghurt at a constant temperature for 8 hours. I placed the lids on my finished product at the end of the cycle and placed in the fridge. I actually enjoyed one of these after dinner last night over top a bowl of strawberries.

Besides making yoghurt, I finished up the kids' Easter cards with verses inside and addressed the envelopes for mailing. About a month ago I bought a roll of 100 postage stamps, so I am ready to mail out a bunch of greeting cards. I spent another chunk of time shovelling snow from the back deck...my exercise and fresh air.

Today, after my conference call, I

• tidied the area around my chair where I have been basically living the last week (my husband used to call it my nest) 
• shredded some papers downstairs in my desk area
• potted up my parsley and dill from my aero garden into pots of dirt and placed in the back room where I also keep the garden plants I am overwintering
• watched the government corona virus  update on television  from noon to 1 PM
• made a birthday card for a young recipient who will be celebrating his first birthday next month
• baked a loaf of keto bread
• received an Amazon order of almond butter and thin foam squares (part of my subscribe and save)
• emailed a recipe for keto almond bread to a friend, and texted my daughter and another  friend in Kingston who has come down ill. She has been required to work all through this crisis. *fingers crossed*
• shovelled some more of the back deck
  

 You may be able to see the layers of ice more clearly in this photo. I am making progress though.

Sure is a lot of the white stuff, but it is melting a little bit every day. Hope everyone is safe and well.