And Still It Won't Go...

[e_moon60]

I know it's been over a month since my last post on January 20.  That's because of too  much stuff and too little time.  The highlights: on January 19, I found out I would have to find a new host for my four websites (each with an embedded WordPress blog) and get them moved, by March 31.   I also had (have) a book to finish, one I was supposed to

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[seekerval]

Technology is a wonderfully helpful thing ... until it decides to get capricious. I hope the issues you're running into get solved quickly--and inexpensively.

The bread looks delicious. Warm bread with melted-in butter...NOM! But, my goodness YES! What a time-devourer to bake all your bread from scratch. Although I occasionally use the Bread Machine, I haven't done the whole mix it, knead it, wait for it, bake it program in many years. Thou art a seriously more dedicated baker than I, ma'am.

Your meadow and drainage pool look fantastic. Such an improvement over bare, dry dirt!

[tuftears]

That bread looks GREAT!

Hope the health and email issues work out!

[e_moon60]

Thanks.

[mrs_redboots]

The bread looks lovely. I'm afraid I mostly use bread mix in a machine, but it does make good bread - and I always enjoy making it from scratch, on the rare occasions I do (mostly flatbreads, these days, or pizza base).

Meanwhile, most listservs don't let you change your email address; you have to unsubscribe with your old address and resubscribe with your new one - that is usually the quickest option, anyway.

[e_moon60]

Thanks for the tip about listservs! I'll try that in the next day or so.

[e_moon60]

Oh--and I don't think using a bread machine needs an apology...if it weren't that I like handling the dough, and the feeling of connection to past generations, I'd use one myself. (I do now have a stand mixer with a dough hook, for small batches of the really stiff doughs, like pumpernickel. I like pumpernickel but found mixing and kneading it really hard.)

[mrs_redboots]

I've never made my own pumpernickel - I am not even sure what the ingredients are, and whether they are obtainable over here. Well, they must be, as we can buy it, but I don't buy it that often as my husband isn't that fussed on it, although he likes it occasionally.

Meanwhile, when I do make bread from scratch, I usually start it with the dough hooks on my hand-held electric mixer, and then take over to knead it by hand once it has all come together nicely.

[gifted]

Your lands are looking just beautiful. I love hearing of all the life you have attracted and homed there.

All the best to your health.

[e_moon60]

Thank you. When the current crunch is over, I hope to be posting more about the land both here and on the 80 acres blog. That is, if we can ever get the blogs working in the new domain host.

[gifted]

It's an absolute pain changing over hosts, and especially an email with everything attached to it. Knowing how independent you are and may need a bit of prodding otherwise, consider talking a younger family member or friend into helping with the more methodical parts of the change, such as notifying the services which aren't online and don't require a login with a phone call or something, so all you'd have to do is provide them (the friend) with a list of whom to call about the change of email -- once you have acquired one of course. Might take a bit of load off the task.

[e_moon60]

I have a friend helping me with some of it. I do at least have a stable email other than the sff.net one.

[fair_witness]

Lovely bread, and lovely photo of the land.