Pillow Project

Okay, so this is nothing new; in fact I've been meaning to get around to this project for - I don't know - a year.  Well today I checked it off of my "To Do" list.  Okay, so it's a mental list.  I'm too lazy to write it down; hence the need for a blog to make me document stuff.

Step 1 - Make friends with someone who buys a lot of rice - in bulk, and persuade them to store the rice in another container.  This is part of the reason it took me so long to get around to this project.  When one buys rice in bulk one does not buy it often.  I guess you could buy your own rice, but not us.  We went on south beach about a year ago.  I miss rice, but I digress.

Step 2 - Go buy a pillow form or some filler.  My bag was an odd size, so I used filler.

Step 3 - Stuff the bag with filler.  Better yet, put the filler on an old pillowcase or t-shirt and make your own pillow form.

Step 4 - Zip the bag closed.  Yeah, my bag had a zipper because I'm cool like that.





It took me a year- for that!  Now that it is finished I'm trying to decide where it should live, and if I should remove the handles.  I want to leave the handles, but I think The Boy might turn it into a weapon.  It would be like a giant Homie sock, because The Boy don't play that!

Marmalade - Update

When passing by my parents house the other day I noticed that their citrus trees were loaded with ripe fruit.  What does one do with an overabundance of grapefruit and oranges?  Give them to your daughter of course.  And what does the daughter do with them?  Marmalade!  I've made lots of different types of jams and jellies, but this was my first foray into the world of marmalade.  That night I made a batch of grapefruit marmalade.  I'm a little worried that it cooked too long.  Hopefully it sets properly, and if it does I'll post a recipe so that I can remember next season. 

UPDATE:  The marmalade set...boy did it ever set.  I'm pretty sure it could break a tooth (might have cooked it a wee bit past the gel stage).  EPIC FAIL!

Marmalade

When passing by my parents house the other day I noticed that their citrus trees were loaded with ripe fruit.  What does one do with an overabundance of grapefruit and oranges?  Give them to your daughter of course.  And what does the daughter do with them?  Marmalade!  I've made lots of different types of jams and jellies, but this was my first foray into the world of marmalade.  That night I made a batch of grapefruit marmalade.  I'm a little worried that it cooked too long.  Hopefully it sets properly, and if it does I'll post a recipe so that I can remember next season.