Dateline August 25th 2009, 1126 East 9th is feeling a lot like home.
Life is slowly returning to pre-build state. I have starting riding the Tues/Thursday training ride, I actually went to church this week. We all went to the State Fair last week where Eliza caught a couple of Blue Gill on a cane pole. Kelly and I got about 25 miles in on the tandem while chasing the hot air balloons up the Monon.
Last Saturday Eliza and I decided to make doughnuts from the mix we bought from the New Hebron, IL Amish salvage grocery store. Huh?
Well the mix makes approximately 6 dozen doughnuts. We needed friends to help eat. And if friends are coming to eat sweets we better feed them dinner first. So doughnuts turned into a backyard feast with many friends and neighbors.
Eliza and I mix kneaded the batter, then let it rise. I wanted to fry the doughnuts in a dutch oven on an open fire. So while I started the grill and cooked the food, we called on our Order of Arrow neighbor, Dan, to start a camp fire (he never made Fire Crafter - we accept him for the man he became) to get the oil going.
What else can we fry?
There is plenty to do around the house. The front yard is slowly taking shape, I have some grass growing and planted some hand-me-down hostas and irises.
The living roof is a long way off but I have managed to get some seating moved up and out. Last night friends Martin, Dan, and Brian stopped by with something called a growler of beer which we promptly drank - on the roof. One unforeseen problem socializing on the roof - we have to go through the second floor where Eliza sleeps. The electric hoist might come in useful again as a means of external roof top personnel access.
We have never had "real" curtains so we are struggling to understand how they are intended to be installed and used.
2009 contiunes to fly by, summer is winding down, the fair is over and I have realized that I have a lot of work left to do on both the old house and new, and, that work will will be there when I get around to it.


