Cleaning Infirmary Linen (23 April)

[11:26]  Zee Nia take the lines from the bed in the infirmary careful to watch how the Mistress has made them so she can replace them with fresh linnesn in the mannas as the mistress has instruxted her that inpressions are of the utmost importantc in her like of work
[11:27]  Zee tossing the used linens in the launder cart to be taken to the stream ans washed later
[11:28]  Zee: she go to where the fresh linen is stores and take a set for each or the five bed ad place a set at teh foot of each of the bed
[11:30]  Zee she moves again to the first bed an take the sheet unfolds it not letting it tough the floor and places it on the bad care to replace it the way the one that was there before it with hospital corners and tucked under the think matress
[11:31]  Zee: /m,e she then takes the green woolen blanckes and fold it to fit the way the one before was placed and genly lays it over the sheet that she so carefully place on correctly
[11:31]  Zee she then take pillow case in hand and covers the pillow with fresh linne

[11:32]  Zee look at her work to see that is is the same as it was before, pleased with how well she made the exam table she move the the next and does the same
[11:33]  Zee taking her time to be sure it looks the same as the other one, she smiles and move to the next
[11:34]  Zee slook at her work on the exam tables pleased that she is remember how they looked before changing the linen as the tables wer all use this morning
[11:35]  Zee she moves to the fourth table, thinking to her self one left she lays the sheet on the last table and does the corners and tuck the sheet under
[11:36]  Zee: she tne places the woolen blancket across the shee and puts fresh pillow case on the pello
[11:36]  Zee: pellow
 [11:43]  Zee she then picks up a broom from the corner and begins to sweep the floor starting in the corner
[11:43]  Zee: she sweeps the dust and dirt into a pile
[11:43]  Zee and move the pile toward the door
[11:45]  Zee sweeping to the dorr and opening it to sweep the dirt that was tracked in out
  Zee she places the broom back into the corner
[11:47]  Zee: she then picks upa repcloth and begins to clean the windows of the infirmary being sure to make them shine so the mistress can see her reflection in them
 Zee: she take the repclot and place it with the lanudry of linen she need to clern and pick up a fresh one and begins dusting the shelf and medicine bottles care not to spill or break them as the mistress works hard to gather and prepare them

Preparing Meals (23 April)

[14:20] Chaton Noir: ~she sat up stretching her arms and yawning deeply, stubled out the door and made her way slowly to the bakery where she had a big bowl of gruel and some bosk milk. full, she walked out the heavy gate, crossed the bridge and started her day picking vegetables, knowing what she needed she picked a lot of sa tarna, sugar cane and various other items then going back to the village and milking the bosk and collecting eggs, that along with what was there already and she was set to cook~

[14:29] Chaton Noir: ~lighting a fire she mixed up corn and milk in a large pot stirring it together well and sat it on the fire, next, in a small bowl she mixed up dough for pie crusts, mixing milk, butter, mehl and eggs together and kneading the dough then rolled it out and fit it into two pie pans adding the cherry mixture of cherries and sugar, opened the oven door and placed them inside~


[14:35] Chaton Noir: ~removing the pot of gruel from the fire she emptied the contents into a large bowl for she and her sisters to feed from that day. next she sliced a bosk brisket and laying the slices on a platter along with larma, tospit and kalana she sat it on the long table to carry to the long house later, along with sa tarna bread fresh from the oven. removing the pies she sat them out to cool on the table and began to clean up her mess, washing the dishes and wiping down the tables and putting everything away~


[14:37] Chaton Noir: ~finally she boiled water for blackwine, mixed in the powder as it boiled and then carried everything carefully to the longhouse~