I spent the load shedding time listening to political views, informing myself - though I can't really tell you why. Apart from voting, there's not much I can do, and as long as the ANC stays in power, nothing will get done / change. Which makes it pretty depressing.
They're now talking about at least 3 years more load shedding.
And yet, this morning, I listen to more ...
I did, however, spend time sitting with the babies while they were feeding. And I got the bread dough ready, so I pretty much started the machine as soon as the power came on.
Oh, and by the way, if you're wondering about that 3kW stealing thing? Bullshit! I checked on Friday and I checked again yesterday afternoon. Pure scare mongering hype.
Anyway, I made just plain french dimpled rolls again. I ate all the potatoes I had steamed last night. I don't quite know what I want to do with the rice, yet.
I've also been thinking that I won't be able to continue feeding all these cats - not the wet food and definitely not at the price it's going now. So today I'm going to experiment. I've taken out the plain chicken, I want to bake it with the bread, then pick the bones off ... mix it with a pouch of wet food to stretch it. Chicken is a huge lot cheaper than any wet cat food. And, as long as it's thoroughly cooked, it's okay for kittens.
Little mites come out of their hut every time they hear me ... like, big noisy blob = food happens! Poor Mewthos is feeling neglected, as are the rest of MY mippies! Which isn't fair on them.
The bread dough is done ... but hasn't risen quite as much as I'd like, so I'm leaving it to rise more, before I knock it back, shape my rolls and let them rise again. I've washed the dishes, and as I'm hungry, I fried some rice with tomatoes and an egg, then added lemon juice. Placed the fried mix onto a layer of cheese - quite delicious!
Quarter past eleven, I've topped up mippies kitchen kibble store, re-packed their Royal Canin, which was delivered a week ago, bread rolls and chicken are in the oven ...
We've had a couple of drizzle intro's, but they all fizzled out. Forecast still says it'll rain this afternoon ... clouds come and go, it is hot, hot, hot!
I tried a bit of a nap, but ... it is just too hot! Wherever body touches, water forms ... there is no way to get comfortable ... today is even hotter than yesterday! Yes, there are clouds, and I'm putting all my hopes in the weather forecast. This can't go on ...
At the same time, I'm shit scared of another flood!
Well, the chicken is in the fridge. I'll test it on the babies tonight. It's pure chicken, all I did was mix in one pouch of Royal Canin. And I removed the skins, so there shouldn't be too much fat for the babies to cope with.
I haven't even started on the Maultaschen I've been planning all week, yet!
Right. That also presented some challenges. After a few attempts I figured out how to stop the 'sheet' from tearing, but the shaping? Yeah, disaster! Not at all what they should look like.
Then it started to storm, strong winds ... bit of rain ... so I hurried into the shower! Whenever there's a storm, there's always the chance of a power outage! I made it, though! And the only thing that's gone off - so far - is the internet.
Oh, and I fed the babies the chicken - they were not as enthusiastic as with the Royal Canin, but they ate every last morsel! One or two pieces were too big for them, they just put them one side - another kitten came to eat those!
Well, I'm out of energy. Even though temperatures dropped by about 8 Celsius since the storm - it was 34 or 35 before, now we're down to 26. So I just wrapped up the Maultaschen - I'll boil them another time. I also put a quarter of the pasta dough is in the freezer.
Anyway ... twenty to six ... lunch is already packed ... I'm just going to sit outside with my mippies, until Mewthos' mewling gets too much for my nerves and I bring them inside ...
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