Margie called today to give us an update on her grandson, our nephew who is doing just fine. While my second batch of pizza dough turned out perfect, she told me not to try to make whole dried beans up in this rarified atmosphere. Apparently one can cook beans all day and they will not soften. Split peas et al are OK but not pinto beans or anything like that.
It makes one think! I know a lot about cooking but not at high altitudes. I don’t bake so don’t need to learn those modifications. It takes forever for the kettle to boil water for tea, and for the oven to heat to 400 degrees. I used company “cash” that Jim gets for parking in a lot far from the office, for an electric tea kettle hoping it’ll boil water faster and will not leak because the one here is driving me nuts leaving puddles on the gorgeous gas stove that I’m constantly wiping. We’ll see if it works any faster. I loved the ones we had in the UK that heated water in under 90 seconds.
It’s been eighty degrees the last two days but the grass froze solid at night and there was frost on the car. Today we started out in the thirties and it’s only going to sixty today and we’re supposed to have thunderstorms. They must use the Girl Scout motto for the weather here, Be Prepared!
We’re looking forward to a quiet weekend. I still need to vacuum “Zoe’s rug” one more time because her sable and white fur really shows up on “her” burgundy rug. Hey, if I had no hips I’d lie in the comfiest space possible as well. All for now, Dee
Cooking with Dee 
Do you think I like sleeping on the floor? I would much prefer to sleep on the couch but you have all these rules! I don’t think you have a good appreciation for all the long hours I spend supervising.
Yes, I was amazed that they were able to do everything by laparoscope, which means lil’ J only had 3 band-aids on his abdomen!
Sounds like smooth sailing from here on out…