MASS DECLUTTER (part 1) (+ Tim's Cooties)

For Valentine's Day Tim gave me his cooties. That was NOT fun.  On the bright side, he's been back to work and for me, it's my second day fully dressed. 

Feels good.  

In other news, I'm about to dive into a MASS DECLUTTER. Which means I touch everything that I own and for me, that means by category. I never declutter by room and I never take it slow once I jump in. And, since I've done this kind of job before (about ten years ago when I said goodbye to 95 percent of my stuff), I know what to expect this go. Should be quick and easy. 

Famous last words? 

Let's find out. 

In the meanwhile, happy to be dressed, happy it's the weekend! Bring it on! 

HELLO NEW WEEK (and new banner)

I wanna tell you that the three day Valentine weekend was wonderful however only the first day rocked. For the rest of it, Smoochie Face got sick and that's not fun. Glad he was home to rest. About to make him something to eat. Before I go, here's the new banner. Just a quick post for now. Catch up again soon. 

Huggs and bugs, Me. 

SMOOCH, SMOOCH, SMOOCH AND SMOOCH!

TABLE SWAP TIME

Three days with the new air fryer oven lid. There are pros and cons to an air fryer lid and I had a few issues with the latch. Thought I'd have to return it and then last night and my brain came up with a solution. So far, it's working. I love this new oven toy. Even turns the correct size skillet into a mini oven. 

Pretty freakin' cool.

In other news, the office and kitchen are in moving-mode. To film in the kitchen, a longer table might help so it's table swap time. Smaller table goes in the work room, longer workbench goes in the kitchen. 

As I get back into making videos I'm also thinking about what kind of book I want to put the time into and how videos tie into the book. Right now I'm leaning into a mix of bakes and non-bakes. I've also started and stopped this project many times over the years. Talking myself out of it, then back in and back out again. This time I don't want to talk myself out of writing a proper book with my food photography. I can see and feel the book in my hands. 

No talking myself out of it.

In other, other news I made a kick-butt good lunch with the lid. See the cartoon of me below. Food was killer good. Ate a giant bowl of it. Delightful. Up next I'm tossing popovers in the oven for Smoochie Faee and then right back to the table swap. If just the tables get moved today, that's a great start for tomorrow. 

And that my Boogerbutts is all that's fit to print. Chat again soon.

Huggs and Bugs, Me.

I'M READY TO DO THE WORK

Really, really good start to the week. And, dig this, the air fryer oven lid arrived and I made a few videos with it. Haven't looked at the footage yet. Mornings are the best time for my brain to edit and I like going to bed knowing where I left off the day before. Next session, edits! Mainly though, I had fun. I never thought I'd go back to video. 

Happy to be wrong.

Although I haven't actually published anything yet or written out a proper recipe for others to read. For myself, I have piles and piles and I mean PILES of bake formulas that I've written over the years. Time to turn those bad boys into something good. I'm ready to do the work. 

Pretty cool. 

That's about all. I told myself that I wouldn't work more than 12 hours today and that also means no more screen time (even for fun). Plus, Smoochie Face has game with the Goobers tonight and I'm headed offline for a cheesy chickflick. I don't know much about it, just that the main guy from Twisters is in it. 

Be around tomorrow to catch up on your blogs. Right now it's time for me to unplug, get in my jammies and slooooooooow down.

Chat soon. 

Huggs and bugs, Me.

UN-ICK-A-FIED (plus new Valentine banner)

Hello Saturday. Lovely to see you again. Today we had organic sprouted brown spelt, oat and buckwheat waffles with a little strong flour, homemade vegan yoghurt and dried strawberries tossed in. The strawberries were meh, I would not use them crushed again. Maybe if I make a strawberry powder, that could work.

All that's needed now is a new camera card (good fast one), because this time going back to video, I get to correct the things that went sideways last time. Which includes housing raw video. So ... headed to a store with a door to snag me a new card. External storage for another day. What's gonna be nice is one card will house ALL new videos and the second card will house all related photos for the video and bake book.

I always wanted to write my own bake book. I've talked about it many times and haven't done anything to get there. Now, I've got a fresh start. So by Monday, when the new non-instapot brand air fryer oven lid arrives, I'll be rockin' in the ktichen. 

In other, other news I am stinky. It's time to get un-ick-a-fied. Because boy do I need a shower. Or two. The last day or so I've had a battle with an earache. Today is the first morning that it's gone, gone, gone. 

Gone.

In other news, this is my new banner. Shug and Mad Snapper decorated their blog with hearts and I thought heck, that's fun. I wanna play too. 

And that my Boogerbutts is about it. Smoochie Face ran to the post and the market for a few goodies. Mostly gonna be a work/play day. And come Monday, I press the record button. 

Let's see what happens. 

Huggs and Bugs, Me.

C-STANDS, TRIPODS AND STUDIO LIGHTS (oh my) + FRIDAY QUESTION

Yesterday I moved camera gear back into the kitchen after a very, very long time of having the kitchen free of C-Stands, tripods and studio lights. Now with the second air fry lid on the way, I'm ready to shoot. 

Hot dog.

As for the lid, this time I went with a different brand and a store with a door. That way if the lid sucks, it's a short trip and an easy return. The broken lid came from Amazon and I tell you, I shop there less and less these days. I find too many issues with their third party vendors and also with the Amazon warehouse itself.  

The good news is, I get to vote with my dollar and that dollar opted for a store with a door that also delivers. Just gotta wait until Monday to play with the new lid. 

Air fryer lids house both the fan and the heating element in the lid. That little lid sits on top of certain sized pots, pans and my instapot. I've had a handful of air fryers and no longer want the toxic coatings. I'm hoping this new lid works well and reduces toxic tools in the kitchen. 

I'm cautiously optimistic.  

In other news, last Sunday I ended up doing all of the things and it was fun. Scored yarn on discount and a new Snoopy mug for Smoochie Face. Then back to watch the rest of David in the Kitchen on YouTube. Which rewinds to the last 12 hours, making it easy to catch the entire show. 

Was a good day.

Today, I've got bagel dough fermented in the fridge. Last weekend I made pretzel bagels, everything and sesame. Today I'm making more bagels. I love that the dough is split and there's always something fermenting in the fridge, ready to use. 

Delightful.

Friday Question: What's your fave kind of bagel? And what do you like to put on them? Right now my fave is pretzel bagels, nothing on them. Though before that I dug just plain and before that, everything. Oh and onion. I also like cinnamon raisin. Really, I don't know if I ever meet a bagel topping I didn't enjoy. Right now though, I'm groovin' on pretzel bagels. 

So yummy!!! 

Friday Question: If you could have any bagel appear before you right now, what kind would it be? GF? Low-carb? Regular? How about cauliflower bagels? 

What do you fancy?

WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO?