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Last night I baked three batches of bread (one spelt, the rest wheat) for Bardic tomorrow. I have six more to do today. My shoulders will feel this!
...and I'm thinking that six might not be enough (it ends up as one loaf, approx 1.25 lbs) for 5 people. Yes, that's a reasonable amount, but when it comes out first with cheese people tend to eat more than they would otherwise.

Hurricane Galen hit last night.

He fell asleep around 8:30, and so he wanted to play at midnight. Whether we were up or not. I was repeatedly awakened by sounds of scrabbling - he tore into a paper bag, dashed from one end of the tub to the other repeatedly (getting quite damp in the process - weird), etc.

Dawn finally gave up, got up around 1 AM, and played with him for half an hour to get him to quiet down. I think that going forward, she's going to have to play with him before she comes to bed just to tire him out.

Date: 2003-09-05 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maestrateresa.livejournal.com
Yeah, we've had to do that with kittens...and children!
Nothing quite like a baby that wakes up alert and happy
and ready to play while you're trying to sleep. It
didn't take me too long to figure out that Ms. A needed
to be woken up and played with to help her reverse her
day and night to a more sensible schedule.....

Date: 2003-09-05 08:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madbaker.livejournal.com
(Thankfully) Galen isn't as nasty as Bucky... but if he'd had a Harpo horn last night, it would have been "Honk, honk, honk..." for hours.

Date: 2003-09-05 08:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wingedcorset.livejournal.com
If I was nearby I'd be happy to help you knead...but the drive is a bit prohibitive...Will we see you at bardic then? I'm goign to be one of the servers...

and aside about spelt bread...does all spelt bread taste bad? I assume you make good tasting spelt bread. The bakery where I worked made the WORST spelt bread. It tasted like cardboard.

Spelt bread

Date: 2003-09-05 08:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madbaker.livejournal.com
I haven't tried this batch, but similar ones I've made in the past haven't been bad. The flour tastes nuttier than wheat.
I made one batch from spelt mostly for [livejournal.com profile] callistotoni, since she is allergic to gluten.

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