Boxing Day box of papers
I literally sorted and boxed up the excess papers on my desk – the piles had gotten really embarrassing, sliding off and messy. Our recycle bins are too full, post-party and post-blizzard, though, so the box of old papers is going to have to wait until the next pickup, after the one tomorrow, it’s be something like Jan. 10.
I also did some tidying and processing of vegetables: made veggie broth with the bag of trimmings I’d been harboring in the fridge since cookie party prep, and roasted and chunked and vinaigretted the golden beets I got in my last CSA box. I was going to roast the last squash – I did the three others on the 23rd, and made squash lasagna – this recipe, from Dec. 2001 Gourmet, which is one of those exceptional issues with a whole bunch of recipes I have made over and over; I left out the hazelnuts, and used RP’s Pasta fresh lasagna instead of dried no-boil noodles, which stayed a little too chewy. I have a small container of squash pureé in the fridge to do something with, and thought I’d use that last squash for something else – but I missed my chance – it’s rotted. I took it directly to the compost along with the drained solids from the broth & the beet skins and the rest of the full bucket – more tidying.
Golden beets
Rotted squash
Now I have to go fold laundry and continue moving my clothes back into my room – since September, because of going to TIFF & house guests, I have been using Al’s old old room as a dressing room. I cleared out one dresser and few drawers for the guests, leaving a bunch of my clothes in my room, but hanging things have been on a clothes rack in Al’s room, and socks & underwear in a dresser, and a few folding things in yet another dresser in John’s old room.
