On Friday I walked on the treadmill, hit my 10,000 steps by 1 pm and spent the rest of the day watching the snow come down, cooking, and talking on the phone. I called my folks and was able to talk on the phone with two of my three sisters. I also made dinner and two kinds of soup. See the list below.
I also kept an eye on the birdfeeders and made sure they were well-stocked and the snow was cleared off so the birds could get to the food. I want my chickadees and finches to live through the winter! Not to mention the (possibly) eight new pairs of cardinals that have been making an appearance at the feeders since the snow started that morning. I'd love to encourage them to move closer in the spring, or at least visit daily. T was busy in his metal shop in the basement when he wasn't outside plowing snow with his tractor, but we took some time to watch an episode of Jessica Jones and a couple episodes of our newest discovery, Battle Creek while I made dinner and T relaxed after a busy day.
Saturday was more of the same (treadmill, cooking, talking on the phone, birdfeeder duty) with some writing, planning, and organizing thrown in. And unfortunately, some dawdling in the form of Facebook, podcasts, and researching possible online/android journaling apps. (Like I need more places to write!) In retrospect, I should have made a specific plan to writing first, and dawdle later. But I got a little writing in.
T got outside and plowed the looong driveway out to the street, so we can get out and go to work on Monday. Yay?
Today (Sunday) the sun came out and it was a beautiful day, but temps stayed well below freezing. I talked on the phone to my third sister and my folks again, did not walk on the treadmill, did some more cooking, and never even managed to walk down the driveway to the street, as I had intended. We finished up the last couple episodes of Jessica Jones and are eagerly awaiting the second season. And of course, there was football.
Cooking Up a Storm
December and January have been crazy. My work really goes crazy in those months, so I've been pulling from my freezer store of single-serving and multiple-serving soups and casseroles. And we've traveled several weekends and I've puled frozen entrees for that purpose and the freezer-cupboard is starting to look pretty bare.
Friday
- Laure's Blackbean Soup (triple recipe)
- 10 Minute Pizza Soup from Mel Joulwan's fabulous Well Fed blog (triple recipe)
- a salad and flank steam with rosemary and mushrooms for dinner
- a spicy hummus recipe I've loved since forever. I only had one can of chickpeas so I could only make one recipe
- for dinner, a salad, biscuits, and Chicken Pot Pie Soup from Skinnytaste, another favorite recipe source
- Skinny Baked Mozzarella Sticks and Quick Marinara Sauce pulled from the freezer as a football-watching snack. Both recipes were also from Skinnytaste.
- Joy's White Turkey Chili - I wanted to make a double or triple recipe, but when I hit the stores on Thursday evening (pre-storm) they only had one 20-oz package left. So one recipe it is.
- my bi-weekly double recipe of Crustless Smoked Salmon Quiche. T loves this and eats it for breakfast most days.
