Bread-making

I made bread today! Yesterday I ground my wheat berries and soaked the flour, and today I made the bread. Evan says he can really tell a difference; my nose is stopped up, and I can only tell a little difference (in taste). However, the consistency of the dough is way different! I always struggle mixing up the ingredients to soak and then kneading the bread, but this time it was so much easier that I honestly wondered if I had left out or put too much of something! My only thought is that the freshly milled flour is more moist (?) than flour from the store.
Overall, I am very excited about my grain mill. It is a bit loud for me (I've never done well with loud vacuums, either; I guess I feel like they're going to explode or something), but I don't have to use it every day or week, since I usually bake in bulk. I am also impressed that I can get 25 pounds of wheat berries from my co-op for $12. And that's organic wheat berries. Woo hoo!! I milled 6 cups of wheat berries and got 11 cups of flour.
That's my news for tonight.