Half and Half

Day started at a decent hour. I was up, dressed and fired up around seven. There was no shower, the decision to not leave the house was made in the very early hours. All revved up with nowhere to go led to getting the laundry ready to deal with. But before that step was taken there was some MSC challenge attention required. I had mostly caught myself up on things but had a couple days left to wrangle. Next move was to order a couple of books off the internet. I updated some Musings as well and then found myself casually browsing. Next move was to get the laundry in and running ahead of starting breakfast. I warmed up three slices of bacon to rob them of their grease and then layered a full pan of perogies into the remaining liquid sizzle. I turned the heat down much lower this time around and really let them warm slow. Towards the end I jacked it to get more colour. I topped them with something I got for Christmas and have been unsure of since. Those green chunks below are candied jalapeños. The cheese and Cholula you will recognize of course. Those elements were good. The new piece? I didn’t care for it, sorry Mom. It was very spicy which was nice but it reminded my taste buds too much of the various preserves and chutneys I hated as a kid. Couldn’t do it. I’ll have to find someone to give it away to. Yuck!

After a solid feed of perogies and storing the few leftovers I decided I would go after my lingering to-do list. First I repotted a couple of rogue morning glory plants. I had been harvesting some of the seed pods that were left after a flower withered and died and burying them in random pots to see if they’d germinate. Well, they did. Not wanting them in every pot in the house I decided to put a couple into their own pot and get them ready for spring. It went poorly. I had a pot of dirt already warmed in the house for a few days. I broke up some chunks of topsoil to create a finer blend. I let both pots dry down so it would be cleaner but all the soil fell away from the roots when I dug it up. I gently put it in the new pot and watered it hard. Way more than I should have. It had a fairly significant droop going on a short time later but by day’s end had started to perk up. Time will tell. The next item was the magnetic knife holder that I got as a gift a decade ago. The hole on the left was a breeze to drill. The one on the right was between two glass tiles. My bit doesn’t work well on glass. I tried progressively smaller ones to no avail. Through trial and error I was able to get enough purchase that it blew the glass up (luckily not into my eyes) and I got my pilot hole. I still managed to strip the screw head on the left so it’s permanent now. Regardless, I’m glad that those sharp knives are out of the drawer and in a place where they aren’t hidden land mines. It looks decent too.

With my list nearly done I made way downstairs to change the laundry over. From there I went and played some more MSC, just recreationally while I listened to the last few podcasts that had stacked up in the queue. Out of content I again fled to the basement. This time close to two. I started the latter half of my day at this point. FS19 got fired up and that was that. I continued listening to the Hobbit audiobook that Audible gifted everyone while I played. Major items from this session are that I got a new trailer to haul grain, needed an upgrade to match my huge combine. I got a pickup truck and a header cart. I also bought a small field next to my smallest field and then rented a plow to turn them into one respectable sized field. I also bought the field to the West of those. So after expanding my capacity, I’ve expanded my acreage. It’s not a big deal but when I take a load of material in my new wagon I get way more income (obviously) but the less trips to do so is exciting. I should be able to take it in faster now. Starting to make plans to get some chickens next, will try and put them on the next farm I buy. For now I have to rebuild my inventory and my savings. I was able to tear myself away from that at half nine and used the time before bed to get my laundry folded and stowed. Half the day was feeding my addiction and the other half was somewhat productive, hence the title.