Not a pirate, but a baker. :)

When I got home on Friday my head was killing me, my eye was really bothering me, and I was pretty close to beat  I think the long work week coupled with being out every night, and the lack of a good night sleep all week just wrote me out.  So to bed was where I headed.

As you may or may not know, one of my little pet projects that I’ve been working on is increasing my bread baking skills.  I woke up Saturday morning and decided to make another attempt into making acceptable loaves of potato bread. Even after my somewhat unacceptable attempt to make a loaf of potato bread,  I’ve already started to become a bit weary of the chemical taste in some of the commercial breads which I never noticed before.    The last time I made the bread, I thought it was too heavy, and did not rise enough.  So this time around, I used bread flour, and a different yeast. Well as you can see below, something worked. :)

My Potato Bread

My 2nd Attept at Potato Bread

In other news, I plan to increase my overall workout schedule a bit this week. Long term, I will hopefully get my cardiovascular system back up to where it should be. I am also planning on increasing the frequency of my morning yoga sessions, which have been helping a great deal with my overall health and flexibility.

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I love Pirates! Pirates hijack Turkish ship off Yemen

The Associated Press

Turkish maritime officials say pirates have commandeered a Turkish chemical tanker off the coast of Yemen.

A statement from the Turkish Maritime Affairs Directorate says the Karagol, a ship bound for India, was hijacked Wednesday, 16 miles (26 kilometers) off the coast of Yemen. It was carrying 4,500 tons of unspecified chemicals.

The statement says 14 Turkish personnel were aboard the tanker.

It is the second ship to be commandeered in the area in the past two weeks. On Oct. 29 Somali pirates hijacked a ship carrying iron ore and demanded a ransom for its return.

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