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bags, cats, Columbia River, cooking, DIY, sewing, Sunday Sevens, swears
I am trying really hard to be positive here, and not let on how grumpy and harrumphy I am feeling these days, but GOOD RIDDANCE JANUARY with your 30 days of gray and drizzly weather. And, SWEET JESUS, if I see another fucking Facebook post about the fucking sportsball, I am going to LOSE MY SHIT.
That was positive, right?
On to February, which I have just decided is going to be MUCH BETTER THAN JANUARY! We will continue to soldier on here and hope for the best.
On to happier things. Like this lovely curry I made this week with chicken and veg. I love, love, love the sauce recipe here, but I’ve had to reduce the curry paste a bit for the delicate palate of the resident Brit. (I’m from California, so can take a little more spice.)
Pooh butt fringe.
Still life with travel bag straps. Unfortunately, my entire sewing room looks about this tidy right now. 😦
I got some kitchen projects done this week, including chopping a mess of fresh ginger in the food processor and freezing it (with some water) in 1 tablespoon portions for later use. Super handy, as I am not a speedy cook and need all the help I can get.
From Thursday’s walk with my mother. We were mobbed by 8 well-fed squirrels who obviously have humans all figured out.
Shelby is sure those drops of water are up to something.
All you sewers, take a good look at the zippers on the side of my bag. Notice anything strange? Yep, I am a genius and accidentally bought AND PUT IN 6 separating zippers into a travel bag before I noticed that they are separating zippers. I blame it on January.
The good news is–and we’re focusing on the positive, right?–that the bag should be finished today and I’m really happy with it. YAY! Then I can finally finish my partner’s vest and it’s on to new projects!
Have a great week, everybody, and hang in there.
STH
Living in Color 
Oh my gosh I BUY frozen ginger… it never occurred to me I can just whizz fresh and freeze it… Duh….
And I quite liked January! 😀
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If you have a food processor, it’s pretty quick and easy. I do a similar thing with garlic, which will probably show up on next week’s Sunday Sevens. 😉 I’m glad you had a good January–here’s to an even better February!
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Your curry looks AMAZING!! And I have never heard of freezing ginger, what a great idea! I was only googling how long I should keep it for yesterday! Don’t need to worry now 🙂
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Thanks, Natalie! I started freezing it because I got tired of it getting moldy in my fridge (plus it’s just so much easier to mince in the food processor than with a knife). I use a silicone ice cube tray with 1″ square sections (then pop out the frozen cubes and put them in a freezer bag), but you could also put a sheet of plastic wrap over a muffin tin and spoon the ginger and a little water/broth into the depressions.
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Definitely something I am going to start doing! I only use it very couple of weeks and think it’s such a waste when it goes bad 😦 Thanks for sharing your tips!
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