The Raven's Roost

Fox decided that insulating the garage roof is a good idea. It's already somewhat insulated, with rolls of the fluffy fiberglass stuff that came with it. But he went out yesterday and bought sheets of pink styrene that he's now screwed to the beams of about one quarter of the structure. He still isn't quite back on America Time so he was up at three this morning working on it.

I'm kinda-sorta taking a day off. Mondays are usually when I get the majority of housekeeping done for the week, and I make out my shopping list for Tuesday. So I've been happily browsing cooking blogs, the New York Times cooking section, and poking around in my bookmark files. As the weather warms up I want lighter fare so I plan to poach some chicken breasts and shred them to store in the fridge. Then they can be tossed with greens, carrots, and become salad. But it's still cool in the evenings so I'm also tempted to braise a chicken in milk in the oven. Any leftovers would be good tossed into a stir fry. I still have a pork shoulder in the freezer from when I was going to make puerco pibil and ended up not, because I was not up to grinding the spices for achiote by hand. Yes, I know you can buy a bottled achiote at the store, but I found a recipe calling for three habaneros, and promising that it would not be "like that weak store-bought stuff." Tomorrow I will simmer myself up a pot of barbeque flavored lentils which will make a couple of good lunches.

I need to figure out some supply storage options, and once I do the office will be ready to convert into my art studio. I may simply need to move books out of the bookcases and shelve them elsewhere, and use space for bins of art supplies. A lot of stuff is still just loose, too, so a dozen or so of those cloth bins from Lowe's would probably go a long way towards getting everything organized. I'd like to get back to making Shrines soon. I have several ideas for new ones, and just no place to work at the moment.