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| Wilting Rose |
We had a cool day, temperature wise, on Monday with the daytime high being only 65F. It was quite a change from the previous week's highs of upper 90s and triple digits. Since I didn't want to turn on the gas heater without it being checked, I scheduled a safety check for later in the week. Then, I thought that I'd bake a batch of muffins as having the oven on will help warm up the house a bit. Except, when I went to preheat the oven, it didn't work! The oven is a gas oven, but, it doesn't have a pilot light; there's an electric ignition instead. And the ignition mechanism didn't work. The oven worked perfectly well when my daughter baked the pan of brownies towards the end of September, which was the last time we used the oven. So, I don't know quite what happened between then and now for the oven to stop working. Anyway, I was able to add the oven to the service request. But, first, I had to cancel the earlier service request and submit a new one for both the heater and the oven to be checked. Later in the evening, we took the trash cans to the curb for pick up in the morning.
I didn't do a meal plan for this week, either, but, I cooked scrambled eggs and diced fried potatoes for brunch:
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| Monday Brunch |
We had some leftovers for dinner, but, I forgot to write down what we had!
On Tuesday, I brought the emptied trash cans in, tended to the chickens, and spent a good portion of the day sewing on my hexagon quilt border and watching videos. It was slightly warmer with a high of 72F. Brunch was leftover pizza from Friday's dinner. For dinner, we had rice, salmon, canned mixed vegetables, and chili sauce:
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| Tuesday Dinner |
On Wednesday, I had another dental appointment to have two permanent crowns cemented on and impressions taken for my partial dentures. It was another two hour appointment, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. After we came home, I made some French toast for brunch. I rested in the afternoon and watched some videos while I sewed on my hexagon quilt and waited for M to tend to the garden.
Daughter and I had a cup noodles soup as a "first course" for dinner, mostly because I was feeling cold and wanted something to warm me up. That was followed by leftovers for the second course - daughter had leftover salmon and rice; I had leftover chicken curry and half a bread roll. I had some dates for dessert.
We had a warm day on Thursday, with a high of 90F! Which was lovely! In the afternoon, the gas company technician came to check on the heater and the oven. The heater was fine, he said, which was a big relief (long time readers know I've had issues with my heater in previous years).
The stove, on the other hand, seems to have given up the ghost! He removed the bottom shelf and tried to remove another cover, underneath, which would not budge! He attached a meter to detect the current in the wire that ignites the spark at the back of the oven and explained to me how a certain minimum amount of electricity needed to flow in order to heat the element that then caused a spark and how a safety feature prevented the gas from flowing until the element heated to the required temperature. He said that if there was electricity flowing, he could replace a burned out element but, he didn't detect any electricity flow. It looks like I might need a new oven.
My stove/oven is a free standing gas appliance with four burners and a 4.4 cubic feet oven. Two of the burners no longer light on their own (their electric ignitions don't work; I've had them checked by the gas company technicians in years past, but, they can't fix it as the entire top is sealed), but, I am able to light them with a long handled gas lighter (or a lit candle). We mostly cook on the other two burners. I am perfectly fine with that, but, daughter prefers to have all four burners available to her when she cooks. However, I will miss not having an oven as I like to bake. It looks like I will have to buy myself a new stove/oven to replace my current one, which is 32 years old! I bought it back in early 1994. I've looked online and picked out a couple of possible stoves, but, I plan to go in person to see them first before I decide which one to buy.
Thursday afternoon, I went to the pharmacy to pick up one of my medication refills that was ready and bought us some ice cream from the 31 flavors ice cream store as a treat.
Thursday evening, daughter went out with a few friends of hers to do an escape room.
I had leftover chicken curry and the other half of my bread roll for brunch and daughter had leftover rice and salmon. For dinner, I cooked a pot of fresh rice and I added the last three Chinese sausages to the rice cooker along with the last of a bag of frozen green peas.
Today, Friday, our temperature went up to 95F during the day! It was lovely! Once again, I spent a good part of the day sewing and watching videos online. M was here in the evening to tend to the garden. I baked some blueberry muffins in the microwave; they turned out okay. We enjoyed some of them at tea time and M got to try them, too. Brunch had been the last of the French toast I had made on Wednesday. For dinner, daughter finished the salmon I had cooked earlier. I made myself some fried rice for dinner.
The big accomplishment of the day was trapping the last kitten, Tora. We had been worried that the other kitties would go into the traps and it would be difficult to catch Tora. But, in the end, Tora just walked into the trap without any trouble and daughter, who set up the trap, said it was almost anticlimactic! We have an appointment to take Tora to the neutering clinic at 7:00 a.m., which means an early morning for us.
Plans for Saturday include taking Tora to the neutering clinic in the morning and picking it up when ready, probably around 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, daughter has plans to go out with some of her friends.
How was your week? What are your plans for the weekend?
