A good sleep.

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I didn't get to bed until later.  Much later than I planned, and then hoped... two different times... I aim at practicality if think I can get beyond that sometimes... thus hope.  I think it was 1:30, maybe 1:00 at the earliest.  I saw 1:30, but can't remember which clock.  If it was the computer it was the latest time... or the cellphone/wall clock then it was in-between... if it was the alarm, then it was 1:00.  My computer, wall clock (which receives a signal from the atomic clock), and cell phone all used to be the same, for years, until... a week or two ago.  Now the computer is about 12~14 minutes earlier than the other two.  I'm not sure which one is correct.  I then woke at 8:30 (but by my alarm clock, which is either ~30 or ~17 minutes fast.  Bleh.  Yeah.

First thing was to let Sam out.  She wanted to go earlier.  I checked the temp, outside, at... I think around 22:30?  It read in the middle 40's.  I didn't want to let her out until the sun was up, warming things.  Who knows how cold it got.  I'll have to start watching that.  I don't notice the 40's, but even just that is colder than I like to let her out in, at least if I may sleep long.  Then I checked the stock.  More water was needed, two 8-cup containers.  I turned off the heat while I was at it, and will be pulling and checking the oxtail meat shortly.  If it is good, I'll pull it all, take the meat, then put the bones back and set it all back to a simmer.  I will just simmer it for about another 24 hours... then get it down to a flavor I think will work.

I have dishes to do, including the other big stock pot.  Having two large stock pots makes straining to pull meat or bone so much easier.  You can use a spider, but that doesn't ensure you got everything, and doesn't help when actually wanting to filter smaller particles out.  As well as dealing with meat from the stock, I need to do a bit of work with kefir.  And I will sample the creme fraiche creations, which I considered finished last night, so refrigerated.  After a raw sampling, I may try some of my favored in a cup of chicken stock.  With the ham and beans, I will try a sampling of each creme fraiche... turn that dish into three dishes, one of a soup, two of just beans and ham, with a bit of the various options on each portion.  My job now is to decide which ones I would use, and for what.

With creme fraiche, it seems as if the yogurt variety would work better with desserts, as it lends itself to sweetness.  However, if looking to cut carbs and still have a dessert, it might be wise to instead use the kefir version, saving the yogurt type for dishes that otherwise might have no carbs?  Plenty of time to figure it all out.  I've only got the rest of my life.

I'm not sure what else I said I would be doing, save laundry.  I need to wake first, but laundry is on the list after I deal with dishes and stock meatbones.  Then a shower.  I have items at the post, but have one more item, at least, arriving tomorrow.  I will do all that then.  I just can't make it to the post every day.  So... it will have to wait.  Good morning and day.