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Homemade Fettucine

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This past Tuesday, my daughter and I made homemade fettuccine.

 

We made about three pounds of the noodles. I’ve made homemade pasta several times, however, this was the first time for her. She enjoyed the entire process from combining the basic ingredients; all-purpose flour, eggs, and water that was formed into a ball and set aside for thirty minutes.

We then cut the dough ball into smaller sections and proceeded to roll the dough through my Marcato pasta machine.

 

We started at #1 setting and rolled it through that setting twice, we then moved on to #2 (rolling twice), and continued until #6. We rolled the pasta at this setting and then set the dough aside. We were ready to make noodles.

The dough sheets were cut to typical noodle length; however, the last dough sheet that was rolled, she kept it long (as seen in the above photo).

I must say that the fettuccine noodles that my daughter prepared turned out really great. 

And it didn’t take long to cook the noodles since they were fresh, it might have taken four minutes. The photo above is the super long noodles that my daughter created. If you’re a slurper, you’d be slurping a noodle for a while!

We didn’t have semolina flour, but since I’ve made pasta before, I know that we could use that as a replacement, however, I will be ordering semolina flour soon! Initially, my daughter wanted to make udon noodles, however, the Marcato pasta machine that I have did not have that attachment included. After additional research, I DID find the attachment that is very similar to udon noodles and I’ll be ordering that for my daughter.

 

I’m now using WordPress Classic Editor

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A few years ago, WordPress made changes to the admin control panel. I wasn’t liking the change at all and resorted to other mediums to occasionally publish my thoughts, crafts, food exploration. Yesterday, I wondered, “If I hate the current layout, I bet others do also.” I searched and found the Classic Editor for WordPress. It’s maintained by the WordPress team. According to the download page, over 5 million have installed it. You can download Classic Editor here. I now need to install it on all my WordPress websites.

Classic Editor is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress editor and the “Edit Post” screen. It makes it possible to use plugins that extend that screen, add old-style meta boxes, or otherwise depend on the previous editor.

Classic Editor is an official WordPress plugin, and will be fully supported and maintained until at least 2022, or as long as is necessary.

At a glance, this plugin adds the following:

  • Administrators can select the default editor for all users.
  • Administrators can allow users to change their default editor.
  • When allowed, the users can choose which editor to use for each post.
  • Each post opens in the last editor used regardless of who edited it last. This is important for maintaining a consistent experience when editing content.

In addition, the Classic Editor plugin includes several filters that let other plugins control the settings, and the editor choice per post and per post type.

 

A new website

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About ten minutes ago, I created a new website for my daughter. She’s had a website for several years; however, she thought it was “cringey,” and so when I asked her today whether she wanted to continue with her old site or go another way, she opted to create a new domain. I would have just recreated my content while keeping the same name, but she’s not me.
She’s mainly going to use it as a place to share her drawings. She’s quite talented. Yes, I’m her mom, but I’m also objective and will tell her when I see things that are a bit off. She has received positive feedback from others regarding her work, including her art teacher.

Our lives have been busy; however, I’m hoping that I can start writing more, and I have penned in updating my websites at least every two weeks. After I get back into the flow, I’m hoping to go back to writing at least once weekly.

Work update: Still learning…

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Earlier this month, I started my new position within the same company. I must say that I’m enjoying it immensely. I’m much more busier now than I was before (which is hard to imagine since I was busy in my old role also) however, I’m enjoying what I do immensely. More importantly is it’s quiet. I didn’t always have that in my old position, however now, I’m definitely receiving the solitude that I crave. I just completed my third week of training and now I have seven more weeks to complete. While there’s a lot to learn, I do have excellent trainers and I’ve learned a lot.

Today my daughter and I are taking it easy, relaxing and we’re about to play World of Warcraft. It’s not something either of us play a lot, but we do log on now and again to immerse ourselves into an MMORPG.

Job: Transitioning into a new role

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Earlier this week, I applied for a position within my company. The position had been open for a few weeks, and they had already interviewed people for the job. I was interviewed by two people, I’ve seen them before, exchanged pleasantries, but was never formally introduced to either of them. I’m thrilled to say that I did receive the position and will be moving into my new role early in September. It does have a later start time, however, I will be able to spend even more time with my daughter, daily, than I already do. God is good.

Adventures in Driving: My daughter’s learning to drive

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At times it’s hard to believe that my daughter is learning to drive. It seems like just the other day when she was a toddler and now she’s 16 years old and is learning to drive! I must say that she’s doing well and is a cautious driver which means there haven’t been any white-knuckled incidents for myself. I haven’t taken her into the city yet to drive on narrow streets and she hasn’t been on the highway, however, that will be coming soon. I honestly didn’t think she’d be ready to learn how to drive yet, mainly because (at times) she can get lost in her own little world and occasionally, it’s at the wrong time. Of course, in my mind, I was thinking of that happening while she was driving, but she’s proven me wrong. She stays focused and I’m thrilled with that. So, for the first time, my Prius has a new driver. I did tell her it feels odd sitting in the passenger seat.

I love meal prep!

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Being that my life has been jam-packed with obligations, one way I’ve been staying on top of healthy eating is preparing meals in bulk, breaking down into two meal portions (for my daughter and myself) and placing the food into our deep freezer.

Earlier this week, I made a large batch of taquitos and today I believe I’ll be making a large batch of chili. Last month my daughter turned 16! Wow, how the time has flown. At times, it seems like “just the other day” when she was born. Her birthday was a simple affair and she enjoyed it immensely as did I. She’s holding off celebrating her birthday with her friends until they are all completed their schoolwork. Her two friends (and herself) both had plenty of assignments to keep them busy, and so much of their energy was focused on their work.

It’s a beautiful day outside, and so after my daughter finishes some of her work, we’ll be headed outdoors!