Nov 07/2025 Pancake

         I wake up around 5:30 am. everyday and pick up the phone and scroll the apps. Around 6 take care of the cat. Then exercise with the 20 pound dumbell and various body stretches. After 21/2 years I have muscle tone in the arms. Which was my goal. I took the slow road. It worked out really good. Last month I got a free flu shot without insurance. Lucked into that one. The last 4 months I was hearing about the shingle shot. Each year I would hear about it. But now it is even more so, for me to take notice. I take that as a nudge from DS to get it done. This one will not be free.  300 from a drug store 200 from the county. My mother once had the shingles and it was not fun one bit.

        Now, for the pancake. I would alternate between eggs one day to cereal and to something new a pancake, around the first of the year. Got a mix and used water. It didn"t go to well. But I kept trying every 3rd day. Making them too thin, over done and not too tasty. Then I decided to add, buttermilk. The results were not that good as well. In April I found a mix with Bluberries im it at Wallmart. I pour the mix into a small square bowl. Just a little shy of half a bowl gives me 3 small 4 inch diameter pancakes. Now, these blueberries if you can call them that were little blue micro  balls that could pass through a fork's tines. In truth you can't really call them Blueberry pancakes. By June my abilities were 4 out of 10. One day I saw blueberries at the store and got them. Added them to the mix, big improvement. I stopped with the buttermilk. I take a non- stick pan and strike it with a butter stick unsalted butter. Then drop a loose batter into the pan. Another improvement I made was adding a little more water. I was always making it too stiff. Another hard part was staying focused in not over cooking the pancake. If it got overdone , I would scrape it with a serated knife. I use a wooden spatula to limit my use of plastics with food. Today I made the best pancakes ever, looks and taste. All in all it was worth the effort. This endeavor helped me in perseverance as well as keeping focused.

        When I eat breakfast I like to listen to chants I find on You Tube. One of the chants is HU. I keep the volume low, it's a nice pleasing effect. It starts my day off with a positive spin.

       Have a great day!