1. I gritted my teeth with determination and tackled a job I've never been very good at: cleaning our stovetop. I didn't hurry. I thought things through. I tried different approaches and, in the end, I think I did a pretty good job. I love cooking with our gas stove, but it doesn't have a solid stove top like every other stove I've had and, for me at least, cleaning the grill and what I'll call the grid and burner mounds is challenging. But, I quit avoiding it today and allowed myself a brief moment of self-congratulation.
2. Ed and I have made a fun habit out of meeting at The Lounge around 4:00 on Friday afternoons and it worked out easily to do it today. We are both starting to get fired up about our three nights with the guys in Pendleton, starting September 30th. As we talked about that week, I confused some dates -- nothing bad resulted -- and I realized that these small confusions happen a bit more frequently than they used to.
Realizing this makes me want to somehow pause for a few seconds before I speak and try to make sure that I have things straight.
I'll try.
3. Ed finished his beer and headed to the Humdinger to buy him and Nancy some dinner.
Coincidentally, I, too, was ready to fix some ground beef for my dinner. If I'd had the right bagels or some buns on hand, I would have fixed myself a Swiss cheeseburger.
Instead, I got out the wok, fried chopped white onion, celery, and yellow sweet pepper and later added slices of yellow summer squash. When I assessed they were softened, I pushed the veggies up the side of the wok and then, after applying a generous sprinkling of salt, pepper, and garlic powder, I fried the ground beef. When all of this was done, I added a can of fire roasted tomatoes, black beans, and jasmine rice I had cooked, mixed it all together, let it heat up, served myself a bowl with liquid aminos added, and enjoyed a delicious dinner.
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