Day 19- April 8- Hilda Snowball, Jr.

I got busted. Was too tired last night when I got home from hanging out with Jean and Luc to post my picture and Minnie Molly totally busted me on Facebook this morning. I didn't tell her my trick of "post dating" the entries so they secretly show the date I SHOULD have posted it on yet- but she caught me before I could do the trick! Guess you teach them well when your students can then bust you back on not doing YOUR homework!


Not much on the go again "today" (I'll write it as if I was still on Apr. 8) since no one will really know the difference in hindsight! Weather has been less than co-operative. I took a walk in the morning to the stores to do some research for a new qamoutik I'd like to buy before next year. A kind that floats like a boat and is a dream for the slushy time of the year, which was so early this year that I fear it will start to become the norm. Darn global warming?! Captured my photo of the day of another blogger, Sapina's sister Hilda while I was checking prices at the Northern.


After buying more yeast, I started the Naan breads. They were the most labour intensive to date, but I think I am realizing that you just cannot use even close to the amount of flour that a recipe calls for. I read somewhere that the amount of flour is significantly affected by the altitude that you live at, but I feel like latitude is also having a huge affect too. Or else I still suck at bread making. The naan turned out a bit more dense than I would have liked, but the garlic infusion did taste really good and complimented the indian curry chicken so well that I was not completely upset that I had made them. I think I will try the recipe again with less flour and if they still turn out so dense then I will look for another recipe. I think I will take today off from my quest to conquer yeast, since I don't use the quick rise stuff so it take a freaky long time of waiting for things to rise. Part of me thinks I should just try a regular bread next. Or dinner rolls to be just a bit different.


So, Hilda. She is my muse for the 19th day. She was actually still a student when I first came to GR, she was in the upper class, so I rarely taught her, maybe for one class of Study Skills, as I was always elected for the junior high aged groups. I know her family fairly well though, and have taught her sisters and brothers for many years since then. Hilda is an very good mother, a hard worker (she works at the daycare) and is one of the most talented musicians/singers in town. Her singing is not due to training and development, but her voice is so pure, clear, and beautiful it can ONLY be God given!! I have actually been thinking for years I should try to get back into playing music by getting together with her more, and never seem to find the time. Next summer when I send my bass and try to make more time for music, I think we'll have to find time to play at some point together!
I did a little photo processing on this one before posting. I found the background too distracting so I tried to get rid of some of it. Hope you like it!





Theme song for today: The Ocean by Ten Shekel Shirt (It always makes me think of home!)