The Diary Game – #22: Share your day with us! - Sunday

It's almost 1 p.m. and I've been feeling exhausted since yesterday. It's been a long time since I felt this tired. Even though I slept last night like a rock, I still feel exhausted.
I've never slept long in my entire life and I didn't today either. I still wake up early on my own even if I don't feel the need to go to the bathroom.

At 6 o'clock this morning I was on my way to the toilet after I put some small wood on the fire. I have to go outside to use the toilet. Next, I brought firewood inside, drank 2 cups of water and sat in my chair for a while doing nothing. Because I felt dizzy, I went back to bed only 30 minutes later after putting some more wood on the fire.
Of course, I couldn't sleep, but I did lie down until the dizziness went away.

Once out of bed, I started baking: brownies and cocus cake. Most of my ingredients are long past their expiration date, but that doesn't mean they are spoiled. I put both cakes in the oven at the same time and after that, I made bread dough and took puff pastry out of the freezer.
This time I want to let the bread dough rise longer. I read it's possible to do so over 15 hours. I will try that out as well. I don't knead but make a stirred dough. This is also good to bake after rising once (20-25 minutes in the oven is enough).

By the way, I bake my cakes again just like my grandmother did which means at a lower temperature (140°C-150°C instead of 180°C). The baking time maybe 20-35 minutes longer, but the taste is so much better. Baking a cake without eggs, milk and butter also works fine. Just replace the butter with some oil.

If it comes to oil I try to use as little as possible unless it is olive oil. All seed oil is unhealthy, just like turnip and palm oil. To be honest, it feels bitter how the food industry, but also the government with its food disk of 5 (food pyramid), has been lying to the population for decades about what is healthy and what is not.
By the way, the food pyramid is an invention of manufacturers, a marketing thing. The Big Food industry is not interested in whether what you eat makes you unhealthy, after all, Big Pharma also wants a huge piece of the pie.

Because it is Sunday, the farmer is at work.
Anyone who thinks it is quiet in the countryside is mistaken. These agricultural implements not only make a lot of noise but also cause the buildings to vibrate considerably. They say you get used to everything, but I will never get used to noise. What I also don't get used to are the many cars that drive past here every day, or should I say crawl past? I am the second to last to live here on this road and after me, only a shepherd lives with not too many facilities. No running water and probably no electricity either. He works for the farmer who also keeps quite a few sheep. So the question is what those people are doing here. Can be they are burglars and check if anyone is home.

After baking and washing the dishes, I drank juice and fed the dogs. They are outside all year round and not only guard us but also work excellently as a doorbell. They can already hear a car approaching when it is still 2 km away.

I started practising with Duolingo again, but my phone is having trouble loading the app and just like yesterday, my phone froze. There are many apps on it and I don't need all of them daily, but I do use them. A part is required by the government. To be honest, it annoys me.

Chocolate and coconut cake left.

We just had a drink and tried both cakes and no, I didn't have breakfast or lunch. A part of the coconut cake I put in the freezer, the rest the children can eat (or take with them to school).

I still feel tired and my legs hurt and I wonder why that is. To be honest I don't like cooking and baking that much. If I wouldn't have children I would skip it. I am glad I am not a cook. The kitchen and work space are too small and my back hurts after standing 5 minutes.

I have to put my legs up for some time and hope I'll be fine again.

I have a lousy oven,one without a thermostat. The only heath comes from the bottem and I use a bottle of gaz. The gaz is a bad quality and I can no longer cook with it. I don't think it's because of the cold only.

Extra help in the kitchen. I can bake bread with it and make the puff pastry puff.

2:30 p.m.
The puff pastry has been thawed so I am going to season the minced meat and make sausage rolls. These rolls will be today's meal. Maybe I'll make semolina pudding later if I don't feel too tired. If not there's yogurt. I made it yesterday.

Briefly, I spoke with an acquaintance. He lives in Morocco and enjoys talking to me for hours, although he has little to say and he understands English less well than I expected.

So far it doesn't look good. Is it too cold inside?

I'm not going to finish baking the bread until tonight. I want to make rolls. If these turn out well (soft and airy) then I will fill some of them with custard pudding tomorrow. Pudding rolls are a Dutch treat.

When I'm done baking, I'm going to write some more and watch at least one movie or series before I go to bed. It's good to distract my mind.
I won't do the last dishes. This house chorus will remain till tomorrow. Washing dishes once a day is often enough. This way I save water and electricity as well. I have a small electric boiler for hot water supply in the kitchen. I only turn it on when I need hot wate

All photos are taken by me

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Finally some rest. It feels like my day is already over. It's getting dark outside. It's 4:15 p.m.

Sunday 14-1-2024