So I had this wild hair of an idea today, since I had the littles and not much sewing can be done, I would run upstairs before I wrote this post and put a batch of bread together. It only takes 10 minutes and then the mixer does the work right? Well technically yes.Except we had bean soup yesterday and it was on the back deck. So I quickly divided the rest up into 3 containers, two to freeze and one for lunches. I found broccoli that needs to be used before we leave and I pulled out a small piece of frozen beef so I can make beef broccoli for dinner. A bride calls and wants a fitting at noon, okay fine. Now get to that 10 minute bread.
I can pull all the ingredients from the cupboard in less than a minute as everything is kept together, Grab the white flour and oil from one cupboard and the salt and seeds from another. The ww ground flour is with the other ingredients, now to find the honey, and grab the yeast from the fridge. Well I started and realized after I had the oil, water, gluten in the mixer, the honey had solidified, so I had to get a pan out put a washrag in the bottom and boil the jar for a few minutes. The rag keeps the jar bottom from getting too hot. Okay this is a set back but not to bad.
Then I go to start adding seeds and oatmeal and ww flour. The container of what I thought was preground ww flour was brown rice. I have no ww flour.grrrrr So now I have go downstairs get a large can of wheat and grind the flour. Which means I have to pull out the wheat grinder and it takes time to grind a can of wheat. In the mean time the phone starts ringing off the hook, the babies are getting in the cupboards. The bridal fitting that was supposed to be at 11:00 shows up at 10:00. I told her I was 1/2 done adding ingredients to my bread and I had to finish or it would start rising with out the rest of the ingredients. She only had to wait a few minutes. I ran down stairs with timer in hand and her fitting was done just as the timer went off and I ran back upstairs to stop the mixer and allow the bread to raise. Then I finished grinding the entire can of wheat allowing me enough in a bucket to make two more batches of bread. But now the kitchen is a flipping disaster.
What started out as a great (okay a good idea) turns into an hour long episode of the crazy Kim show. I grabbed the babies and came downstairs allowing the bread to keep rising. Realized that I have three loads of wash I need done by tomorrow as my work overalls and jeans are in there. Start laundry, answer the phone, clients are coming over.
Segue: Another 2 hours have passed, as I had another very difficult to fit bride come in, bread needed to go into the oven and as it was in the oven and I thought I had a few minutes I decided to do up the dishes as bread dough left turns into cement. As I was cleaning up the babies were destroying whatever they could find, dog water, dog food, Tupperware cupboard, chase the youngest one down to feed him a jar of baby food, get the two year old out of the toilet. Another client shows, okay little one down for a nap and older one going to sleep in Hub's arms I think I can sit and finish post as I just took bread out of oven. Whew!
Still have a load of laundry that needs to go into the dryer and I have not put on any makeup or set my hair. I have to teach tonight at 4 so I had better get cleaned up. It is ash Wednesday meaning 1/2 my students will show up a with ashes on their foreheads and it is my duty to sweat them off.
Hub's and I will go over to lilsis's tonight to get the twin beds she is sending to little brother into the truck.
This will only take 10 minutes.
Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.
Kim
