Bread

During a period of unemployment early last year, in an effort to save money we dipped into our food storage and home-made bread became common in our house.  Coming home to a house which smells of newly baked bread is a fantastic luxury. A favorite of mine is to have warm bread, butter and local honey with a glass of cold milk.  Mmmm.

One of the Saturday chores is to grind wheat into flour. It gives a Mother Earth News feel to our home. 

 

 The results of one cup of wheat.

 The goal is to keep this jar full of wheat.  If it's empty, there's no bread until there's more.

The end result - two loaves of delicious goodness.

It's a Start

We got moved in last week.  Fortunately the weather was cooperative.  Nothing but a few sprinkles and some fog.  Now comes the job of unpacking and finding a place for everything.  Fortunately, our rental was smaller than our previous home which forced us to clean out and simplify.  That makes getting settled easier.

The home is everything we hoped it to be.  Just right in every way.  The Mrs. worked hard to get the kitchen unpacked.

The bookcase on the end of the island is a nice touch to store the cook books and recipes.  No more shoving them in a cabinet.  The Queen Anne Bench which was reupholstered a few years back (thanks Dawn!) found a home next to the front door.

This is a great place for the children to wait for carpool rides.  From this picture it's obvious that there is much work still to do - like hanging pictures.  In an effort to be honest, we also have big messes to deal with - like my office and the garage.