Fresh Tingly and Delicious

I spent most of the day digging carrots out of the garden, making rye bread and chocolate chip cookies. The worst/best thing is there are still carrots yet to be dug. I have five huge bags full of them and there are still more. If anyone would like some organic carrots let me know and I will get them too you.

The cookies spread a bit too much making them thinner and crisper than I wanted them to be. I think it is because I followed the recipe. I even measured out all the ingredients exactly?

I put the bread in the oven and washed my hair. I used baking soda. This is the second time I have used baking soda and I still like it. I just put some in the palm of my hand and rubbed it into my wet hair then rinsed it out. It leaves my scalp feeling tingly and my hair feels soft. I was worried about the tangles I usually get in my hair after shampooing but there weren't any. I used to have to wash my hair everyday with shampoo otherwise it looked flat. I had to use conditioner otherwise it was too dry, frizzy and hard too comb. Using baking soda has eliminated all these problems and I can wash it less often.

The closet in the basement is finished and everything has been put away. It looks so unnaturally clean down here, like having a whole new secret ... except the new bedroom is still full of books.

I made borscht for dinner. By the time I got started and found a recipe I liked it was too late to roast the beets in the oven so I didn’t bother. I didn’t have any cabbage so I substituted left over peas from the garden and left over potatoes and zucchini from last nights dinner. I don’t do sour cream but I had Balkin plain yogurt (the best) Instead of water I used homemade beef stock. I’m sure all this substituting is the reason the soup tasted so freakin delicious.