Wet Saturday

Woke up around 7;30 to a gentle, steady downpour of rain. It was still really dark so at first I thought it was a lot earlier. It was also quite cool. Looks like Fall is here in Arkansas since that is when we get these dark, rainy days.

Started my day off with a cup of hot coffee along with a nice steaming bowl of oatmeal accompanied by toasted homemade bread. These wet, cool days just call for a tummy-warming breakfast. But they also make me want to just snooze all day. Can't do that! There is a lot to be accomplished indoors if I can just motivate myself.

I did make three loaves of homemade bread. One was an experiment using sour milk left from making butter.

Did some laundry, dishes, and the floors, except for mopping. I really need a new mop since my old one is coming apart. I hate sweeping up mop strings after I'm done cleaning the floors!

I opened a couple of windows to let the fresh, rain-washed air into the house. Such a pleasant aroma! Since there's no wind, the rain didn't blow in but I could hear it dripping off the roof and the leaves of the trees. Such a calming sound. It made me want to nap, but instead I fixed myself some lunch and waited for the bread machines to offer up their fresh, aromatic treasures.

Lunch was tuna sandwiches on the first loaf of bread to get finished. Quite delicious, of course.

By the time the rest of the bread was finished, it was time to go to work. It was a pretty typical Saturday at work. Now I'm home again, in comfortable clothes, and thinking seriously about snacking on some of the fresh bread.

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