cme_1976 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cme_1976) wrote,@ 2008-04-06 10:59:00 |
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Quiet Weekend
We had a great trip to Utah for A's spring break. He really liked the scenery and the weather in Moab. And all the stars- he keeps talking about how great the stars were there- and the fact he needs more gear for camping :). I've been telling him for ages that he needs gear but now he knows for himself so that's a good thing. A good fleece will keep him a lot warmer at tennis matches than a sweatshirt (he's been stubborn in the past about the cost; but a good fleece will last a decade.) We had fun with Sarah, Carrie, and Shan (and Notch and Ollie!) camping and hiking, and when they left we hit Arches (kind of a bad call- way too crowded- would skip it next time), spent a day in the Canyonlands Needles (probably our best day of the trip hike wise), and 1/2 a day at Dead Horse State Park before driving back to Salt Lake and Staying with Paul, Amanda, and Kaia (she's so cute- and is such a good baby!).
We got back from Utah and tennis season started immediately. I'm now a tennis widow a couple of weekends a week and a few weekends (this weekend included). It's been quiet with A gone, but I've gotten a lot done. The weather's finally gotten nicer- it rained most of last week, so I can run outside now. I've been doing more organizing in the kitchen this weekend. We moved in so quickly that things weren't set up the best way and the pantry had become a disaster- so bad that instead of looking to see what we had (canned tomatoes or wheat flour) I had gotten into the practice of just buying more- which then added to the pantry orgnaization problem. So I spent a lot of time sorting stuff and combining partially filled bags of flour and also bought a bunch of large mason jars and spent some quality time in the bulk bin aisle getting beans and grains and organizing them. I'm trying to cook with more whole grains and whole beans instead of canned and now that the pantry is organized and I can find stuff hopefully I will use them. My mom gave me a new cookbook "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" that's great and I've been inspired to cook with more whole grains. We're not vegetarian, but we only eat meat occasionally, and I'm trying to stick to meat sources we know more about. We have a lot of great local meat producers, and we're getting a chicken (dead, I don't think I could process them myself!) every two weeks this summer from a farm.
Other than getting things (my closet and craft room too) more organized in the house, things are pretty quiet for me. Work is picking up speed as we head into the field season, and I head to Louisville next sunday for a week of training for work.
We had a great trip to Utah for A's spring break. He really liked the scenery and the weather in Moab. And all the stars- he keeps talking about how great the stars were there- and the fact he needs more gear for camping :). I've been telling him for ages that he needs gear but now he knows for himself so that's a good thing. A good fleece will keep him a lot warmer at tennis matches than a sweatshirt (he's been stubborn in the past about the cost; but a good fleece will last a decade.) We had fun with Sarah, Carrie, and Shan (and Notch and Ollie!) camping and hiking, and when they left we hit Arches (kind of a bad call- way too crowded- would skip it next time), spent a day in the Canyonlands Needles (probably our best day of the trip hike wise), and 1/2 a day at Dead Horse State Park before driving back to Salt Lake and Staying with Paul, Amanda, and Kaia (she's so cute- and is such a good baby!).
We got back from Utah and tennis season started immediately. I'm now a tennis widow a couple of weekends a week and a few weekends (this weekend included). It's been quiet with A gone, but I've gotten a lot done. The weather's finally gotten nicer- it rained most of last week, so I can run outside now. I've been doing more organizing in the kitchen this weekend. We moved in so quickly that things weren't set up the best way and the pantry had become a disaster- so bad that instead of looking to see what we had (canned tomatoes or wheat flour) I had gotten into the practice of just buying more- which then added to the pantry orgnaization problem. So I spent a lot of time sorting stuff and combining partially filled bags of flour and also bought a bunch of large mason jars and spent some quality time in the bulk bin aisle getting beans and grains and organizing them. I'm trying to cook with more whole grains and whole beans instead of canned and now that the pantry is organized and I can find stuff hopefully I will use them. My mom gave me a new cookbook "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" that's great and I've been inspired to cook with more whole grains. We're not vegetarian, but we only eat meat occasionally, and I'm trying to stick to meat sources we know more about. We have a lot of great local meat producers, and we're getting a chicken (dead, I don't think I could process them myself!) every two weeks this summer from a farm.
Other than getting things (my closet and craft room too) more organized in the house, things are pretty quiet for me. Work is picking up speed as we head into the field season, and I head to Louisville next sunday for a week of training for work.
