Things that are done

Sinkhole in driveway paved over!

Grass seed

 

1. Sinkhole repair

No trees removed after all!  It took them 5 weeks to do what was a rather complicated procedure, involving digging up the street (sometimes with manual labor, sometimes with giant diggers), putting a new storm sewer pipe in, plus engineering two new storm sewer grates, and filling in the old pipe that collapsed under our yard.  Now we are just waiting for that psychedelic-colored grass seed to sprout.

Good thing we didn’t have to have the trees removed, because deciding on what new trees to plant would have been too hard.  Decision-making: done for.

2.  Daylight Saving Time 

On Nov 3 it’s done, for this year, but I wish it would go away forever.  Note that my calendar says it is also the Day of the Dead.

3.  Dishes.

The dishes are done.  Or they were when this photo was taken.

Pumpkin muffins in the thought stage

4.  Baking

Since the Common Household Husband went on a low-carb regime, I have done almost no baking.  But a few days ago I decided to rage-bake half a batch of pumpkin muffins.  

Pumpkin mufffins, NOT done

This is the second time these muffins have been baked on this blog, but this time, because of my rage, I added ginger and cloves for an extra kick, SO THERE.  I like the more complex flavor. Most of these muffins went in the freezer for me to rage-eat later.

Pumpkin muffins, done

5.  Canvassing

My final and last day of canvassing will be on Sunday, unless my ankle gives out before then.  

It feels so good to actually
complete a canvassing list.

6.  Democracy?  Is democracy done?  We will find out.  

Dead mole (seen while canvassing):
accurate metaphor for
US democracy?  

Pumpkin Bread, HALF RECIPE

 

Makes 1 large loaf, or 12-14 muffins

 

Dry ingredients:

1 ¾  cups flour

1 teaspoons baking soda

1 cup sugar (use 1 ¼ cups if you don’t have o.j.)

¾ teaspoons salt

1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon

Optional: ½ tsp ground ginger.  Include when angry at national news.

Optional ¼ tsp ground cloves.  Include when angry at national news.

 

Wet ingredients:

2 beaten eggs

2 ¾ Tablespoons orange juice

⅓ cup vegetable oil

⅓ cup water

1 cup pumpkin puree (a little more than half of the 15 oz. can pumpkin)

¼ cup raisins (optional)

¼ cup chocolate chips (optional)

Optional ingredients

Ginger, cloves are optional spices (about ¼ to ½ tsp)

raisins, nuts, craisins, chocolate chips are optional: approx ¼ to ½ cup

 

Grease and flour pans (for muffins you can use muffin papers).  Preheat oven to 350 F.

Mix together dry ingredients (you can sift them if you want).

In a separate bowl, mix together wet ingredients.

 

Make a well in dry ingredients.  Add wet ingredients and mix until you are tired of mixing.  Add optional goodies if you want, and stir.

 

Bake loaf pan in 350F oven for about 1 hour.  Or make muffins, baking for about 20 minutes.