I think I’ll take the rest of the day off, as I’ve squeezed enough into my morning hours.
- Morning reading and reflecting resulted in a blog in draft. Thoughts forthcoming.
- Pancakes for breakfast (thanks for the recipe, Shannon! Kids devoured them! Best consistency I’ve found so far.)
- All 3 kids dressed and beds made, teeth brushed. They’re starting to catch on to the pattern…
- Play time outside with bikes and pushing the baby cart while I arranged for 2 more showings today when JJ is working on the rental house
- 2 loads of sheets and towels through the wash. Diapers to soak this evening.
- Started in on preserving some tomato soup from our bounty. With homemade bone broth that simmered all day yesterday. And basil from the in-law’s garden. And garlic from my garden. This is 100% local soup, I tell you. **Update: I only blew up 2 jars. No idea how. but the rest is safe. So while this may seem like a braggy post, I assure you there are hiccups.
- Kids played agreeably, for the most part, in the living room with their brooms “paddling their boats” (couches), managing not to poke out a single eye or put a hole in my wall. I’m sure this will change eventually.
- Put dinner in progress – Greek Nachos again, so the tzatziki sauce needs to ruminate. Don’t worry, I salted the cukes and drained the yogurt yesterday. Chicken currently thawing.
- When I realized we had nothing to go with our ham for lunch, I went out to the garden and trimmed off some broccoli, tossed it with some oil and roasted it.
- Can I share the joy of watching all 3 children devour broccoli? Granted, they mimicked their father by first sticking it up their nose. But it eventually made its way to their mouths and Miss M even asked for seconds
- After lunch the bigs raced for their rain boots (on this beautiful sunny day) so they could go out back and play on the swing set.
- The baby is playing with the doll house and piling the clean laundry on the floor as we speak.
On deck: making zucchini muffins for breakfast on the go this fall, possibly some reading or writing or project imagining. If JJ gets home early enough, I’ll squeeze in a run and log this day into the history books.
my mind is officially blown. i’m glad i thought to let the kids play outside with the chalk (they looove the way it looks with it being used in water…) and i cleaned/straightened the garage and vacuumed my van. i have all the dishes cleaned up and before nap time. i thought that was good. talk about thinking ahead for what to eat over the next couple days! nice job, michele. (and your garden is in way better shape than mine.. i am waiting soooo patiently for my second tomato and first pepper this year… hope nothing else gets to it before us!!)
I sat down and I’m officially done, even though I NEED to make the z muffins… don’t discount your car cleaning!! I never do that.
And btw, the think-ahead version of planning dinner has been so good to me. I rarely will cook labor-intensive food if I don’t. Too many dirty dishes at one time (=pet peeve).