March 30, 2013
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Oh, the Cleverness of Me!
Just kidding. Though I did have a clever idea today, which will be forthcoming before this post is over.
Jasper was my Walmart buddy this morning, and he scored a deal that he’ll be talking about for a while. While I was looking for plant pots, he was scouring the clearance aisle, and he found a mini-Nerf-gun that he dearly wanted. However, it had no price tag on it and it was the only one on the shelves. In the course of our wanderings, we passed one of those price scanners and scanned the gun. The scanner had no idea what it was. When we got to the checkout, my determined son once more presented his prize for pricing. Once again the scanner was stumped.
The cashier put out a call and before long a perky young lady arrived to help. Her verdict? “If it’s not in the system anymore that means it’s been deleted and there’s no telling what the price was. Is it okay if you just pay a dollar for it?” It was very okay with Jasper! We’re not sure what the original price was, but we’re sure it was more than a dollar!
When we got home, I was not feeling all that great, so I lay down on the couch, only to have Walter tell me that a friend from church had called asking if I needed a ride to the ladies’ missionary brunch. The brunch that I kept reminding myself about all week up until yesterday when I forgot all about it in the midst of all the Good Friday goings on. The brunch for which I should have bought or made food.
Well, that got me up off the couch! I had less than half an hour to make something to take out of what I already had in the house. I threw together some scrambled eggs enhanced with bacon, onions and cheese. I remembered I still had hot cross buns! Hallelujah! So I took some both regular and gluten free because one of the ladies at church is also gluten free.
Lucy came with me and we had a lovely brunch with the other ladies. My friend Angie was the honoree today, as she and her husband are preparing to return to Kenya. Then, when I returned home there was a package waiting for me–a package from my friend Cyndee with some Kenyan tea in it! That improved my day instantly!
The rest of the day was spent preparing for a long list of sewing projects, making gluten free bread, potting up some herbs that I bought this morning, pruning a shrub, and doing some geography.
So what was my clever idea? Well, I was thinking ahead to making our holiday breakfast casserole, which is assembled the night before. The casserole requires two layers of bread, which is why I had to make a new batch of gluten free bread. Instead of making it into loaves which would have to be sliced and cut to fit the casserole dish, I took some of the dough and put it right into the casserole dish itself and baked it into a flat layer about an inch and a half high. When it was done, I sliced it into two layers and there I had two perfectly fitting layers of bread that did not have to be trimmed to fit! I’m pretty proud of myself. The “regular” casserole was made from store-bought bread which had to be trimmed to fit, but now I’m wondering if I should try baking bread in a 9×13 pan next time I plan to make this casserole.
Walter and I watched some of “The Ten Commandments” with Lucy and Jasper this evening and will finish it tomorrow. Jasper was very absorbed by it. It brought back some memories for me–the first time I saw that movie it was in a theater in Salisbury, Rhodesia–now known as Harare, Zimbabwe. I was awed by it just as Jasper was tonight.
Flynn, Mary, and Mercy have been at Six Flags all day but are returning late tonight so we will all be together for Resurrection Sunday. I wish Lina could be here with us!
