Tuesday, June 9, 2009

DAY +7: Nothing new to report, but we have PICTURES!!!

This is a picture of a bowl with cut up pieces of potato preparatory to their preparation as mashed potatoes. [Dan Quayle, note the correct way to spell the plural of potato. (You guys do remember Dan and his potatos [sic], yes?)] Bob has progressed from boiling water and adding something to the water to be boiled to boiling water, peeling and cutting up potatoes and, building upon his hard-learned skill with the pasta, then adding the potato pieces to the boiling water (not shown here). He is very proud of his growing culinary accomplishments.

Bob also sent a follow-on picture to this. You can probably guess what it is, but I'm not including it today since pictures have been hard to come by recently and I don't want to consume the inventory (or the potatoes) in one shot. Tune in again tomorrow to see what becomes of this bowl of cut up potatoes (of such mundane domesticities are cliffhangers made).

And now, for the news of the day:

A perfectly ordinary day, at least for a recent stem cell (aka bone marrow) transplant patient approaching the nadir of her white cell count, with the increasing fatigue and yechy-ness attendant thereunto.

3 comments:

  1. Well Susan, Bob is obviously being forced into the chef position short-term. If he needs a place to further practice his skills, perhaps we can speak with Nick. I'm quite sure Bob's culinary abilities will be valued in the food business. Another career path...before you know it, Bob will be making home-made pasta, kneading bread, and maybe growing vegetables in your lovely yard! I am getting ahead of myself here. But do appreciate his boiling expertise...Hope the yechy-ness is not too yechy.
    Love,
    Barb

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  3. We were at the cottage for a few days. I'm so happy that there's no news. I never thought I'd say that I'd rather be bored by something. But I am! Hope you don't have to use the "y" words often.
    XXXOOO!!!
    Tami

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