Can I just say that I still revel in the slow pace of my lifestyle now, after all those years of hectic-ness? I remember one year on Mother's Day, I had three or four small children, and Paul took them for a nice long walk with the double stroller, and left me to just sit in the yard and vegetate in the sunshine. I loved that, loved him for that. I remember trying to read the Sunday paper when we had lots of children, in fits and starts, usually finished up by the time the next Sunday rolled around. Life was just busy busy busy.
This fine morning, I washed white towels, then colored towels, then got out the vacuum cleaner. Paul ended up vacuuming, and mopping. Shh, he is such a nice guy, but I noticed crumbs he left. He does things so quickly, but I can't really complain, now, can I? He burned the cardboard (yeah, we are that kind of rural!), and took care of the garbage and the returnable cans.
I sliced and cubed chicken breast (a five+ pound package) and marinated it in soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil, and lots of pepper. I froze some, but put the rest on a baking sheet in the oven, sprinkled with sesame oil. A bag of stir fry veggies with lots of red peppers, and some fresh broccoli florets on another baking sheet with sesame oil, into the oven. A pan of jasmine rice, and dinner was underway. Oh, for a sauce, I used butter, honey, ginger (a lot of ginger!), garlic, soy sauce, some orange chicken sauce, orange marmalade, rice vinegar...mmm. Char mixed up a pan of brownies, she went with Camille to their friend's house and took them warm from the oven, leaving a few here...which I do not want to eat, ha.
We had our friend Annetta here for dinner, it was so very pleasant. She left a bit ago, and it's just Paul and I here with Sunny and the kitties. We didn't have church today because there was a mentors' weekend, and we watched a broadcast of a meeting today instead.
Yesterday we were bare feet on the deck, this morning we woke up to more snow. It's cold out, 19(-7.2c) right now, going down to 6 (-14.4c)tonight. brrr. I plan to get up and go to the pool...
My suitcase is in my room, ready to be packed. I have a list (Passport! Charger! Plug converter!). I will be wearing my new wool sneakers, even with dresses. I usually wear my Birkenstock knock-off clogs, but they are harder to walk in these days. I plan to practice in the next few days, to see if I can manage them.
Ah well...have a good night!
