My last post was about how cold I am, and right now I'm about to go change into a short sleeved shirt. It's GORGEOUS outside! My kids and I spent from about 9:30-11:45 outside today. They pulled up grass, and sat in the beach chairs (even though we have never been to the beach in the almost 8 years of our marriage), they played in the backyard, and then we went to the little park in Medina and met a friend, and then some other people I knew came to play. It was so heavenly. Dusty's hoping to get some outside work done after work. It's supposed to be in the high 70's today and tomorrow. I'm a winter person, but it's nice to have a break in the cold.
OK, so Hannah has been waking up at approximately the same time of the night for 4 out of the last 5 nights. For a while the ceiling was falling down, but when I called her bluff after the 750th time of claiming that as her "dream", now she's not saying that there's really anything wrong, or she just creates a reason to call out. Last night it was that a truck drove by and startled her...yeah, right. It's not that we mind going up there, but there's no possibility of going to be at 10, if we know we'll have to get up within an hour to go up there. This morning I told her that Daddy and I won't be going up there again tonight, unless there's actually something wrong. She's perfectly capable of rolling over and going back to sleep. So hopefully she'll be able to do that tonight.
I'm getting a baking itch again. I really want to bake something, but I know that we're getting pre-made cookie dough tonight that we bought from our neighbor, and I know we'll make some cookies from that, so I don't want to make too much stuff. Plus, our kids are developing a habit of eating dessert every night. I got in that habit too a few years ago, and gained a lot (alot...hehehe) of weight from it. I'm trying to break the of the habit and have it be a special thing instead of an expected thing.
I'm wondering if a nap in a cup is in my future. It seems like it may be one of those types of days. Also, what will I cook for supper. Something that doesn't require ground beef, cheddar cheese, or bread. And something that can be eaten quickly, so that everyone (Dusty and the kids) can do more outside. Not that I'm choosy or anything. Hmmm...
It's too late for today, but last night Karon and I had corn beef with boiled cabbage, potatoes, onions and carrots. We call this a New England boiled dinner. Notice: no ground beef, no cheddar cheese, no bread. This makes a wonderful meal, very low in carbs too. Make a big enough pot and you can have it several times before it is all gone. How does your family take boiled cabbage? I love it. When we were kids, my mom would boil cabbage and we would eat it with vinegar, Pennsylvania Dutch style. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI hope Hanna makes it through the night without waking you up!
A nap in a cup? What is that--a dessert? A rest? I WANT ONE.
ReplyDeleteIs it bad that I eat dessert for lunch and dinner every day? Yes? ....I am going to be so fat someday.