Dear Husband saw an ad for a sale on some of the Great Courses and decided to buy several of them. He has very eclectic tastes. He chose a class on the Hubble telescope, one on Math, two on gardening, one on cooking and a lengthy series on the Dead Sea Scrolls. This evening we watched the first 4 lectures on the Dead Sea Scrolls. It’s fascinating, but I think I need to watch the lessons during the morning, or earlier in the evening. By the time it gets close to bedtime, I find it more difficult to follow some of the points.
I think we may watch the cooking series together. I find these classes are promoting some discussion between us. Occasionally, it’s a simple matter of not having heard something, or of having heard it wrong, but more often it’s discussion of a concept that is new to one of us. I learned a lot of baking technique in my 20s, and then set it aside when a doctor told me to stop baking to make it easier to loose weight. I tend to be a cook who follows recipes, while DH is more likely to take ingredients that please him and put something together. He makes something we call “slumgullion,” (beef chop suey), that is different each time he makes it, and usually very tasty. I wish he could recreate some of the versions, but he doesn’t work from a recipe, and he doesn’t take notes on what he’s doing. This course may help us blend our talents. I may become a free spirit in the kitchen, and DH may be encouraged to keep track of his inventions!
While DH is busy with courses that don’t interest me, I have several classes from Craftsey on how to machine quilt using a regular sewing machine. I’ve finished one of the courses and started a second. I plan to go back to the beginning of the second course and start over. Too much time has passed since I first started it.
And, I have too many quilting projects underway. I have two baby quilts to quilt for family members, and at least five large quilts cut out and calling to me to finish them. It’s almost time for Scraps on a Mission to start, and I have two laps quilts underway for them. I don’t have any difficulty at all finding ways to fill my time. Don’t you feel sorry for people who are bored, or those who can’t find something that interests them?
Glad you’re keeping busy. Too many quilting projects underway? Impossilbe!
The CCDs (image sensors) on the Hubble are made by the company Mr BW works for. The whole array that produces those amazing pictures is about the size of a paperback book and a fraction fo the weight. I’ve held the engineering twin in my hands and it is an amazing feeling. 8 million GBP’s worth!
Wowwwwwwww! That’s amazing! I haven’t watched the entire series with DH, but the pictures I’ve seen have been fabulous. You must be so chuffed to know someone who is involved in making this a reality. 🙂
Your DH and I are very similar – I take a recipe as a suggestion. Usually don’t have a couple of ingredients so substitute. Or, I just don’t think something sounds quite right, so substitute. Or see 3 recipes and think each of them could contribute something. I couldn’t actually follow a recipe if my life depended on it.
Oh, and I don’t write them down either.
Bogie, we are just so diametrically opposed! lol I know a lot about cooking, but I need my cheat sheets to hand. Tonight I tried to make a muffaletta, similar to one made down the road, and it was a pale shadow of their version. I thought I had it down, but it was sustenance rather a delightful meal. That will be one meal I’d make the trip for, rather than trying to make my own,