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brevity of one kind
Jan. 2nd, 2010 10:11 pmYesterday we took down the tree (which will be dried in the garage and used for bbqs and fire-starting purposes over the next couple of years) and put away the ornaments. We still have some of the Christmas lights and Christmas cards up as I like to keep those up until Epiphany. It was a lovely tree and I will miss it.
It was a fairly quiet New Years Day. Tidying, a bit of grocery shopping and general lazing about. I was completely tired as Miss Biscuit has begun teething (no teeth yet for now) and so she isn't sleeping so well and it takes a great deal to soothe her. I felt like a zombie yesterday and I had only about half a glass of prosecco on my birthday. Children -when you want to feel hungover but are too cheap to drink. (new motto) But it was a pretty decent day. I found online a replacement for my favorite dish that broke at Thanksgiving. It will be mine. When it arrives I will feel complete once again. I also ordered a few seeds for the Spring. I have plans for the garden. I will keep it simple but it will be a productive year I hope.
Today things seemed more alert. Children napped, I ran some errands (I had fun in a couple of book shops) and I got things done. I came home this afternoon and made pasta doug. Then I cooked up a roast beef and roasted potatoes, baked some muffins, sauteed some broccoli and then I made this mincemeat and apple sponge thing I found in The Guardian. I had some leftover mincemeat in the fridge and it was a quick way to use it up. Dinner was fairly pleasant despite Senor Onion declaring that he wasn't eating. The sponge was pretty delicious.
Tomorrow I need to buy some spices and hit up the farmers market for some produce.
Right now I am kind of in a phase (let's blame it on post-partum hormones just for fun) where I feel so disorganized in my thought process. I have a million ideas or plans and at times it can be difficult to grab a hold of them and do something about it or at least put things down so that there is a path to take. I absolutely hate it at times because I become so overwhelmed that I can't do a thing and so I just sit there. A kind of sensory overload. BUT I will overcome it. I just need to narrow down what I need to do now and go from there. And remind myself that I don't need to do everything.
It was a fairly quiet New Years Day. Tidying, a bit of grocery shopping and general lazing about. I was completely tired as Miss Biscuit has begun teething (no teeth yet for now) and so she isn't sleeping so well and it takes a great deal to soothe her. I felt like a zombie yesterday and I had only about half a glass of prosecco on my birthday. Children -when you want to feel hungover but are too cheap to drink. (new motto) But it was a pretty decent day. I found online a replacement for my favorite dish that broke at Thanksgiving. It will be mine. When it arrives I will feel complete once again. I also ordered a few seeds for the Spring. I have plans for the garden. I will keep it simple but it will be a productive year I hope.
Today things seemed more alert. Children napped, I ran some errands (I had fun in a couple of book shops) and I got things done. I came home this afternoon and made pasta doug. Then I cooked up a roast beef and roasted potatoes, baked some muffins, sauteed some broccoli and then I made this mincemeat and apple sponge thing I found in The Guardian. I had some leftover mincemeat in the fridge and it was a quick way to use it up. Dinner was fairly pleasant despite Senor Onion declaring that he wasn't eating. The sponge was pretty delicious.
Tomorrow I need to buy some spices and hit up the farmers market for some produce.
Right now I am kind of in a phase (let's blame it on post-partum hormones just for fun) where I feel so disorganized in my thought process. I have a million ideas or plans and at times it can be difficult to grab a hold of them and do something about it or at least put things down so that there is a path to take. I absolutely hate it at times because I become so overwhelmed that I can't do a thing and so I just sit there. A kind of sensory overload. BUT I will overcome it. I just need to narrow down what I need to do now and go from there. And remind myself that I don't need to do everything.
