Fires, fry bread, books and CD's

Came up with a recipe for some corn fry bread. Much like a large cornbread pancake. Trying it to see how it will work for sandwiches. First bite seemed to taste good and have decent texture. Have a couple of them cooling before attempting a sandwich. May try thinning it down to make wraps.

Built a big contained bonfire this afternoon to get rid of some of the wood not good for anything else. Now it's supposed to drop back down to 19 degrees here tonight, so went ahead and started a fire in the fireplace. Trying to cut down on the gas bill.

Went to the library this morning, picked up a few books, one of which is on algebra. Need to start reviewing for electrical apprentice program. Got some CD's on learning Spanish. Not all that motivated toward it but still seems like a good idea.

Played crazy neighbor again today. Went and raked up a bunch of leaves from the parking lot of the church behind the house. Got about 160 gals, packed and added them to the compost pit, added the usual mixture to accelerate it and wet it all down well. Still have at least 10 weeks until it will be used. Should be enough time to kill off most weed seeds. Especially if I spread it on the garden a couple of weeks out and keep it covered.

Started digging out the middle of the garden. This will be the biggest part but about 1/3 to 1/2 done. from the way things look, once the mounds are in place I should have decent growing soil to a depth of nearly 3 feet. Should work well for pumpkins and tomatoes or corn.

Not much else to do but hang out and watch TV and read tonight.