Minnesota Vikings fans walked past a naked-dancing-couple sculpture while I walked home with two chicken thighs from Whole Foods in my backpack.
Category: Home Living
Cooking for Family
Spent much of the day converting these ingredients into scalloped potatoes and braised celery to take to a family gathering. The biggest task was de-stringing four bunches of celery.
Editing Construction Specifications
Spent much of the weekend reviewing and editing hundreds of construction specifications for our condo. Soon, we’ll be signing off the design.
Fresh Pasta
Stocked up on fresh pasta at the Mill City Farmers Market.
Condo Task Dependencies
Created a spreadsheet to communicate task dependencies to the developer of our condo. Our tasks to make selections are dependent on the developer completing their tasks. I was tempted to produce a Gantt chart.
Transforming Root Vegetables
Bought vegetables grown in Minneapolis by kids. Transformed some of the root vegetables into a scalloped bake without losing my fingers in the mandoline.
Building the Umami Inventory
It was time to build the umami inventory: made mirepoix and stock.
Hardly Leftovers
Prepared dinner with carefully curated ingredients: everything left over from Thanksgiving, except pumpkin pie, stuffing and cranberry. Tomorrow: farce galettes au compote de canneberges (stuffing patties with stewed cranberry for dipping).
Electrical Requirements
After I put together an electrical requirements document for our new condo I had to lie down.
A Manual for New Homeowners
This week we hand off our house to new owners. In recent days I have been putting together an online manual for the buyers to make it easier for them to settle in. The display of the manual adapts to the device being used. The following five screenshots show the manual formatted for smartphones. There… Continue reading A Manual for New Homeowners