“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 868 (Sunday) – cheeses

Adding to the wall.

The day had a leisurely, relaxed feel, and yet, things were accomplished. Using a wadded up plastic shopping bag and the rest of the quart of paint from the June bathroom wall treatment, the walls were touched up at the corners and ceiling, and around the light fixture. That only took a month and a half to get done.

The 4x4 canvases for the past five years were gathered for a revision to the current display which was mostly canvases scattered in several locations. There were two in the office on a shelving unit, one hung in the dining room, one in a drawer, and now the new ones from yesterday. A couple things were reconfigured and four canvases are now hung in the dining room. 

New bathroom artwork.

Art from the home office was rearranged and two pieces were moved to the bathroom. Now when I sit on the toilet, there is something to look at. A 4x4 canvas is now hung in the office with a wire thingy found in a drawer. The bathroom clock was moved from the kitchen counter where it has sat since the first round of bathroom paint, and rehung in the bathroom. Instead of hanging in the place where it was before the painting project, it is now above the medicine cabinet in an attempt to balance the off-center light fixture that has annoyed me for five years and 10 months. Frames, matts, and backboards were ordered. Problems were being solved all over the place.

Early in the afternoon, there was a mild hankering for baked macaroni and cheese. This would require effort as none currently existed in the house and the idea of running the oven inside when it felt like an oven outside was not exactly appealing. The idea was ignored in the hope it would go away. An hour later, it was mac and cheese on the brain again, and again, it was ignored. At 5:00, the idea of mac and cheese was still kicking around with no sign of abating and I accepted defeat. The power of cheeses had won.

Chicken, mushroom, onion
mac and cheeses.

Various recipes were consulted for general guidelines on how much milk to use and what oven temperature. It was decided to add things beyond cheeses, and onions and mushrooms were chopped and sauteed. Roasted chicken was chopped. Various cheeses were gathered – Swiss, American, Provolone, and some shredded Mozzarella from the freezer. An entire box of mini penne was cooked which was twice as much as needed because I neglected to check the measurement on that item. There was melting, mixing and baking, followed by eating and it was good. And now there is fancy mac and cheese for future lunches. 

For a day that was intended to be all about doing nothing, more got done than most days with the intention of getting things done. Another one of life’s wacky little mysteries.