Thursday, March 26, 2009

When it rains...

The past two days have been cool and rainy, my favorite kind of spring weather.  I love the way the colors look so intense -- especially the new green leaves -- and the smell of clean growing things and how nice it is to have a cup of tea and look out the window...

Two interesting things happened to me on Wednesday afternoon, both at pretty much the same time.  Daniel and I had some errands to run at the University campus.  Of course just as it was time to head back to the car, there was a huge downpour.  After waiting inside for as long as I could, I wrapped Daniel snugly in a blanket, shouldered my purse and the diaper bag, and started to make a run for it.  We were stopped almost immediately by a young man we had never seen before who offered us the shelter of his umbrella and insisted on walking back across campus with us to the car!

The other interesting thing happened en route to the car.  A huge hawk flew right across our path, and on through the campus!  I have never seen a bird of that size up close like that before.

Today I had to go back to campus for a meeting and then Daniel and I hung out for a while before heading home.  It is nice for both of us to be out of the house, and with out new car it is not so difficult to get around.

Also today I baked bread and strawberry scones, cleaned the kitchen, and had a lot of playtime with Daniel.  I wanted to continue my spring cleaning project, but I have been so tired lately that I decided to take it easy.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Produce:
small red potatos
grapefruit
apples
mushrooms
red peppers
spinach

Meals:
pot roast with roasted potatoes and asparagus (for company/leftovers)
potato and egg pie with leftover summer squash and salad
mushroom yogurt pie with spinach
bulgar stuffed red peppers, salad
hamburgers with salad
chicken with mashed potatoes and broccoli