What has the weather been like? Cold, cold and snowy, a dusting of snow, cold. Have I mentioned that is is cold out? Even the snowman is sheltering from the cold.
What have I been up to in the kitchen? A Panettone bread pudding with creme anglaise. Panettone is an Italian christmas bread or cake, sweet with candied fruits, very light leavened with yeast. It also makes heavenly french toast. It is the first time I have made pastry cream, it was good, but I slightly over cooked it. I slow braised a pork shoulder, made pulled pork, then a pork pie.
Who have I seen this week? The gang at the pool, Ruth the neighbor down the hall returned from her holiday travels, Erica my replacement at the office for a couple of meetings. Amy, Jacob, people I worked with.
What have I finished this week? Writing a book chapter on Identity Theft. Colleagues are writing a book on cyber crime and scams, and asked me to write this chapter. Against my better judgement, I said yes. It is done and sent to the editors. I need to learn to say no, if my heart is not in it.
When is the next adventure? I am headed to Phoenix in a couple of weeks, for a few days.
Where have I been this week? Home, the gym, the pool, the grocery store, the library, to the salon for a much needed haircut, and I took the subway into my old office for some meetings, then a long walk across monumental DC to take the subway home.
Who deserves an atta girl this week? The lady at the hair salon. 67 years and I never know how to answer the question "how do you want your haircut?" I know it needs to be scissors only or it looks like it was hacked at with a machete, beyond that, shorter than it is, but not too short. She somehow figured this out and I have a nice cut. The best cut since the little twink on the cruise last spring.
HoW am I doing? Overall very well, something I ate Monday night didn't agree with me, Tuesday I slept late and had a very slow day.
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