Friday Things

Today was a busy but, good day. 

The cleaning lady came today. I provide lunch for her because, she comes around 10 a.m. and leaves by 5 p.m. I made Chicken Francese served over pasta and she enjoyed it.

 After lunch, I left for IKEA. It is literally 15 minutes from where I live. There are a total of 3 IKEA stores in Istanbul and two are close to me.

I was looking for suitable containers to store flour and a silicone baking mat. I found the containers but, they were out of the baking mats. I also found these shoe bags and grabbed three of them to use while traveling. I used to use old grocery bags and they were rather flimsy and throwing them out each time after use was filling the landfills with plastic. Nowadays, I am using re-usable bags for groceries. These shoe bags look sturdy and they are washable. 

Today, I got rid of the paint cans left from the painting of the house in June. There weren't much paint left in any of them anyway.

I also got rid of an old broom and dust pan which were in poor condition. I have a small dust pan and a brush and those are enough for I barely use them. I also tossed some old papers such as expired insurance policies, services that have been cancelled, etc. These days almost everything is digital. I am down to three binders where I keep necessary papers. 

Before I returned home, I also went to the Farmers Market briefly to get just a few veggies to tie me over till next Friday.

I currently have two "experiments" going on right now. The lentils are sprouting. I can probably put them in my salad in a few days. I also started a sourdough starter. I had failed on this one in the past but, we'll see.

I had an interview at 5:30 p.m. Another candidate for the current customer. 

So, all in all it was a productive day.

Wishing everyone a good weekend.