holiday

I’m thinking of going to Salem, OR for Christmas. Bear in mind I’ve known him a long time and 3 days is about my limit’ like fish. One time he came down to help replace my desk, read that so it, and retile my shower and I had to leave town and go to Utah. He is a hood handyman, engineer and environmental engineer. He did a good job pulling out the old deck. You never realize what a difference it makes until it’s gone and you have a drop of a foot when you open the patio door,

Today was a teacher’s parent conference day.

I made some butternut squash soup with my homemade chicken stock. It needed help not just salt and pepper. We are so used to the large amount of salt in the commercial broth that the pure stuff takes strange. Today I added, garlic another ½ onion, carrot, celery and garlic, the holy trinity, according to Chef Paul Prudome of LA. Hope that will help pick it up and I can add yogurt or sour cream too.. Last night I cooked some too but fell asleep and it dried out. Tonight I added the soup to it.

I need to make an apple cake and some oatmeal raisin cookies to sell at Caro’s boutique on Sat. I may do a coffee cake too. A carrot cake, I think, takes more effort. Then there is the crème cheese icing. I’ll keep that for my birthday or a more special occasion.

I forfeited a week’s unemployment because I worked ever day and made more than the $450. a week they allocate. I wonder if thar makes my claim extended for a week.

I applied for an 11th and 12th grade English teaching position at a Catholic Hugh School. There is also a position as a librarian f or 2nd semester in Berkeley.
Marilyn’s grandson is due in Dec. Since the cottage they live in had mold, she wants them to come live with me while they look fir a place or repair the cottage which is too small anyway. Then if I get the job in Berkeley I could rent an apartment and rent them a room. They have no money. Prices in Albany/Berkeley are high with the university and proximity to the city.

Marilyn would pay me. She is frail and in pain. She cannot take care of the baby.

This month marks the last of my house payments with the bank.