Good morning!
So I should be cooking. I should be packing. There is a lot I should be doing. But I'm sitting at work watching the princess and the goblin with the kids. I will be cooking later. I will be packing later. And it's raining. What better weather can there be to get ready to go to the desert. It will make the heat and sun all the better. I am so excited. To have a worry free week with nothing to think about but winning card games and wither to nap or swim. I am so excited to spend a whole week with my in laws. Not by blood but adoption. To have a whole week with a very loving mother in law. It will be amazing. I truly am grateful to be able to go.
But there is other news.
It was decided yesterday that I am going with my mom and Lars to Japan in July. This was not the plan before. I am still in a kind of shock and am really excited. I will be gone for 10 days from July 23rd to August 1st. It will be amazing I'm sure. Needless to say I have no idea whats going on.
But in the meantime I have a lot of packing and cooking to do. And a week away from the kids to look forward to.
hugs+kisses
mce
Friday, April 13, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
First Beach day of the summer
Hello!
As I write this I am sitting at work feeling nicely sun baked. You know that happy, alive and lazy feeling? That's it. Today I did something that I have never done. I have been asked and begged and pleads had been made and dismissed. Today these pleas were answered. I took the kids to the Beach. It was frighten and I was ready to back out at the slightest sign of disobedience. I told them that they would be told something once only and if that was not enough then we would pack up and leave and not come back for a long time. I made them all look at me while I warned each in turn. They were prefect. I couldn't have been happier with their behavior. They check with me as we left that they had been good and just how good had they been and were we going to come back to the beach again then? They dug in the sand and played in the waves and collected shells. My mom and cousin Sheri came with, which I have to say was the deciding factor in us going at all. It was amazing. I hadn't been to the beach in so long it felt like coming home. I went into the waves and lay in the sun. I have decided that since they were so good we will be going again soon. I feel as if summer has started now. I know spring has just begun but the beach is always summer to me.
I've been feeling so great lately. Maybe it's the fact that I know I have time off coming. And it's not the scary "who knows when I will be working again" time off. It's a week. Just a week. I can do a week. I am even working the Sunday I get back for 12 hours. Not sure how I feel about that yet. It's rational and smart and I know that. But it's also vacation. Oh well. As Jono pointed out, I'll be missing them by Tuesday so I might as well work Sunday.
I hope all of you are having an amazing time where ever you are.
hugs+kisses
mce
p.s. It was pointed out to me that the picture of Lu at the bottom of the last post may do with some explaining. That is Lu pushing a wight across the floor for her "workout". She insisted on doing it since it was one of the exercises I was doing.
As I write this I am sitting at work feeling nicely sun baked. You know that happy, alive and lazy feeling? That's it. Today I did something that I have never done. I have been asked and begged and pleads had been made and dismissed. Today these pleas were answered. I took the kids to the Beach. It was frighten and I was ready to back out at the slightest sign of disobedience. I told them that they would be told something once only and if that was not enough then we would pack up and leave and not come back for a long time. I made them all look at me while I warned each in turn. They were prefect. I couldn't have been happier with their behavior. They check with me as we left that they had been good and just how good had they been and were we going to come back to the beach again then? They dug in the sand and played in the waves and collected shells. My mom and cousin Sheri came with, which I have to say was the deciding factor in us going at all. It was amazing. I hadn't been to the beach in so long it felt like coming home. I went into the waves and lay in the sun. I have decided that since they were so good we will be going again soon. I feel as if summer has started now. I know spring has just begun but the beach is always summer to me.
I've been feeling so great lately. Maybe it's the fact that I know I have time off coming. And it's not the scary "who knows when I will be working again" time off. It's a week. Just a week. I can do a week. I am even working the Sunday I get back for 12 hours. Not sure how I feel about that yet. It's rational and smart and I know that. But it's also vacation. Oh well. As Jono pointed out, I'll be missing them by Tuesday so I might as well work Sunday.
I hope all of you are having an amazing time where ever you are.
hugs+kisses
mce
p.s. It was pointed out to me that the picture of Lu at the bottom of the last post may do with some explaining. That is Lu pushing a wight across the floor for her "workout". She insisted on doing it since it was one of the exercises I was doing.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Cookies, Cake and Spring
Hello!
If you haven't noticed Spring is here. Isn't it amazing?! In LA it is bright and sunny and perfect. I've been having a great week so far. I am still dealing with on going issues with my mother-in-law-to-be, but I have reached a point of "what will be will be", which makes it all a lot easier to deal with. SO with this in mind I baked cookies. Perfect Chocolate chunk cookies with sea salt. Doesn't that sound amazing? They are.
I also made Flourless Chocolate cake. It was another recipe out of my new cook book and it turned out amazing! So good that I was caught in bed with a slice last night by my Fiance/Trainer. There were raised eyebrows, foot taping, and promises of undying love and then more promises to work out extra heard today. It was a close call let me tell you. Needless to say next time I need to make sure I remember what time he gets home from work. I also tucked two small slices away in my bag for lunch today. I was sneaking nibbles in the front seat while driving them around.
Spring also means Farmers Markets time. Jono has started going with me to these and we make a nice little trip out of it. I've fallen in love with salad greens from farmers markets. The crisp and tart and slightly spicy mixes you can make yourself out of big bins of lettuce leaves. With a light vinaigrette and some goat cheese they are perfect. It's time for light clean food. Cool and crisp. I am in need of bright flavors and simple food. I don't want to spend hours standing over the oven while the house gets hotter and more confining. It is time to be outside having a picnic.
I hope you all find yourselves outside soon.
hugs+kisses
mce
If you haven't noticed Spring is here. Isn't it amazing?! In LA it is bright and sunny and perfect. I've been having a great week so far. I am still dealing with on going issues with my mother-in-law-to-be, but I have reached a point of "what will be will be", which makes it all a lot easier to deal with. SO with this in mind I baked cookies. Perfect Chocolate chunk cookies with sea salt. Doesn't that sound amazing? They are.
Spring also means Farmers Markets time. Jono has started going with me to these and we make a nice little trip out of it. I've fallen in love with salad greens from farmers markets. The crisp and tart and slightly spicy mixes you can make yourself out of big bins of lettuce leaves. With a light vinaigrette and some goat cheese they are perfect. It's time for light clean food. Cool and crisp. I am in need of bright flavors and simple food. I don't want to spend hours standing over the oven while the house gets hotter and more confining. It is time to be outside having a picnic.
I hope you all find yourselves outside soon.
mce
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