I had lots of plans for the day, but they didn’t include replacing some of the broken tiles on the bathroom floor.
Until it did.
I’ve been putting it off because I wasn’t sure how easy or hard the tiles were to cut.
Turns out a few scores with a mat knife and they break smoothly even when there’s a curve. I had to quit when I found out that the plywood under two of the broken ties had disintegrated from moisture.
The plywood was put down over the original floor when we had the new floor installed after we moved in to the farm about 14 years ago.
The old floor was the same type of tiles (different color) put in when the farm house got plumbing and the bathroom was in the 1950’s. Before that the bathroom was part of the summer kitchen.
I cut the rotting wood out and put the dehumidifier in the bathroom to help dry it all out. I don’t have the tools to cut plywood so we’re going to get some help with that, but once we get the plywood cut to the right size, I’ll finish replacing the tiles.
To my surprise I was also able to get done most of the other plans I had for today.
They were to make my second batch of apple sauce (there was no more room in the draw in the fridge where I had the apples from out macintosh tree) and a pot of borscht.
Reading was on my list of things to do today too, I haven’t gotten to that yet, but there’s still time…
Both Neia and Margaret told me about the Foley Food Mill which will separate the apple skin from the apples after they are cooked. I didn’t think I’d be making a second batch of apple sauce this year, but our tree just keeps dropping apples.
So I just bought a used Foley Food Mill on Etsy.
I wasn’t sure about it since our apples aren’t like the kind that come from a store or even an orchard. They’re bruised, bug eaten and spotted. But from what I heard that shouldn’t be a problem.
I know it will make cutting up the apples easier since I won’t have to peel them. And I’m guessing I’ll get more apple sauce too, since so much of the apple comes off with the peel (the way I peel them anyway).
I’m not sure if I’ll get to use the apple mill this year, but there’s still some big red apples high up on our Macintosh tree, so maybe.
