My Back

Hours in the kitchen yesterday and my back was only tired -- not sore.  This is HUGE.  I've had so many back issues lately.  I'm crediting the COLD SHOWERS.  My Hoka shoes help my back too, but I've had them for long enough that this improvement is probably not shoe related.

The BBQ was good.  I'm not a fan of ribs, but the family likes them.  I used a different cheese in the mashed potatoes and I wasn't a fan -- cheddar from Trader Joe's.  But the spinach salad was fantastic.  I've been off salads for a few weeks in lieu of cooked veggies and this tasted good.

I made 2 cakes from a vintage 1950s recipe -- neither was great.  I added lemon zest and glaze to one and the other I added peaches and brown sugar on top.  The lemon was okay, but dry (probably needed a lower baking temperature).  The peach cake had no flavor at all (hubby thought it was apple LOL).  I'll go back to the French and Italian recipes for vanilla batter -- more moist and forgiving.

I started the cat care yesterday and it went fine -- 15 instructions and all LOL.  A week feels kind of long, but it's not going to be hard.  My only complaint -- once again everything happens in the morning and at bedtime (cat needs insulin in 12 hour stretches).  The middle of the day feels long, but the beginning and end feel rushed.

We had lots of rain yesterday, but nothing that upset the BBQ.  We lost power for a minute at bedtime -- nothing more though.  Thank the lord.  

I don't have any "plans" for today -- as much as one plans anything right now.  Guess I'll wing it with the hubs and pups.  It's probably too wet for the hike I've been jonesing to do and this afternoon is back to HOT.

Have a happy Sunday.  Stay well.  Later gators.