My days are so routine, but in a comforting way. Today included. The least one has a birthday on Sunday, and turns seven. She had high hopes about what sort of cake we'd bake, but with the stove still out---we'll buy a pretty bakery cake at the grocery instead. Lovely. And she wants Little Caesar's pizza. Double yay. Now, if one of the kids will wrap her presents (yet to be bought except for a dishy Barbie MP3 player I have tucked in the closet), then my work is DONE!About to finish up making the Beef Stroganoff for dinner. Noodles to cook, frozen corn to be thawed in a pan, plain old sandwich bread on the side. Sounds easy and yummy.
Tomorrow is grocery day. Might have company (friends of the kids') for dinner on Saturday. Again, easy to deal with. The house has stayed decent, so I'm game for just about anything. This habit I have to putting the house to rights before bed sure does pay off. I get up early with the dogs in the morning, and feel at ease because everything's picked up. For those of you who are always neat and tidy, believe me, this hasn't been the norm. at this house. For years, I left dishes in the sink and odds and ends piled up hither and yon. This is MUCH better. Settles my nerves (which tend to be wound up), and gives me calm. If I do anything right, this has to be near the top of the list.
Now off to tidy up myself and finish up those dinner plans.
(another photo of the shelf over the kitchen sink---the lace curtain is from an old tablecloth of my mom's---they say I have a girlie house---what's up with that?!!)
