domestic godess

ha. Just kidding. But I do feel like one today, home for TWO whole days in a row! Lest you go thinking that means my house is spotless, consider this: I worked out for a whole thirty minutes, wrapped some presents for Suzanne with Camille, helped Camille write a card for Suze (she can write all her letters, she just asks what's next, and writes it.) I did sweep and mop and clean up here and there and do dishes and and and... After our lunch of leftover chicken added to canned soup, which was really good, I was hankering for a nap. I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies instead. I ate dough. Oh heavenly cookie dough, why do I love you? Then I had just a little taste of a cookie when it came out of the oven, and oh jeez, ...just one more little piece...then I was done. I was going to have my afternoon yogurt with my coffee, then decided: what the heck, I will have one cookie instead. Forget everything I wrote earlier, it was so good. Now I am trying not to feel too guilty, and am vowing to be a good girl for the rest of the night.

Dinner is in the oven, which feels wonderful...see, Paul tries to eat a Paleo diet, which makes him lean and trim, and feel good, and it makes me hate him, not really. So he will come home with a roast of beef, make some of it into jerky, which he says is very healthy, and cut the rest up and freeze it for me to make stew. Today I decided to make stew. My two bags of stew beef were frozen solid, so I did what any lazy lady would do, I simply put each chunk of beef in a pan, sprinkled with minced onions and salt and pepper, covered with foil, and put in oven. My hope is it will cook like a roast...I also added some baby carrots, then cut up a five pound bag of potatoes, covered those with salt and pepper and minced onion, foiled the pan, and put it in the oven. I have a cheat-y jar of gravy, some nice low-fat au juice, which I will add to the meat when it is done.

It is still raining out, chilly and gloomy, and I love it, makes me feel so cozy in here. I feel just so dang successful, having dinner in the oven. But I still want that nap..