Quiet Time

I am come to really value my quiet time in the afternoons. I have started walking on the treadmill in the mornings while The Littles are watching TV. That gives me a couple of hours to myself. Since the afternoons have been so nice lately, I have been sitting on the swing a my Bible and a book. I have not had my time for the last 4 days and I miss it, so at nap time this afternoon, I am hitting the swing. It's so nice to sit there with no distractions and process stuff.

Brian started his new job yesterday.

I got to sit down with Mrs. Jenny for a little bit yesterday. I LOVE talking to her about anything. She had made some soup in her crock pot and let me taste it. After I ate it, she showed me the ingredients. I was truly impressed with her culinary abilities. She took canned soup, added some frozen meatballs, and frozen mushrooms. It was VERY good. Needless to say, I am totally stealing this recipe. I on the other hand tried to make Nana's Chicken and Dumplins yesterday. They didn't turn out like hers, they were good, but not like Nana's. I have the practice make perfect mentality about this. I think I got the flavor right, but not the consistency. It's hard to make something when there is no recipe and it's a little of this and a little of that.

Alex is being very mean today. I have got to get him under control.

I am such a dork. A couple of days ago Brian was reading my blog and I walked by and thought I really like that song that's playing. The next song came on and I thought the same thing. Well, duh! I picked the songs I like to put on my blog. Such a dork.

I am looking forward to the weekend already. My middle school girls are meeting at the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday for pizza and haunted hayrides. My parents are thinking about coming down. I asked my mom to make me a bracelet with the kids names on it and she has it finished. I can't wait to see it! Sunday, we need to take a rest day.