I'm afraid this week is going to feel like a long week. I have to work all week, which hasn't happened since October with all of the holidays we've had this month. My 5-day work weeks feel long, regardless, but especially when I haven't had one in awhile... and especially after having such a short week last week with Thanksgiving. But it'll also feel long because Kevin is gone again. The good news is that he'll be home on Friday night and he's hoping he may not have to go back to Virginia next week... keep your fingers crossed!
Last week was a good week. Kevin had a productive week in Virginia and we got to spend lots of fun time together with family over the long holiday weekend. We had Thanksgiving dinner with my mom's family on Thursday and we took a trip to Crossroads Village with most of Kevin's family last night for Christmas at Crossroads. We got our Christmas tree up and our indoor decorations. I'm going to pull all the ornaments off our tree and re-do it one night this week, though. I need to pick up some ribbon that I like first, though. Then Carson and I can have fun putting the ornaments back on it again. We need to finish putting up our outdoor lights, too. I picked up two fresh, local, pastured turkeys on Monday night last week. I cooked one on Wednesday, which I chopped up and put into containers in the freezer for easy additions to meals. The other one I butchered up, freezing some turkey cutlets, and grinding the rest and freezing in 1-pound packages. I also made turkey stock, baked some bread, made sourdough corn muffins and corn fritters and froze some of each, made yogurt, made kefirs, made vanilla wafers, and baked a chocolate sourdough cake (at Carson's request). I also got some candlesticks painted, did some crafts with Carson, got some sewing projects done and started some new ones, and made some progress on learning to crochet. And I think I may have just about finished my Christmas shopping.
We don't have a lot going on this week in terms of plans. Carson and I will have to do lots of fun, creative things to keep us busy. Maybe we'll start on some Christmas crafts. Today we'll go to church and then we'll be putting up some more outdoor Christmas lights. Thursday I might be going to Detroit for some meetings, but they're not definite yet. Friday is milk and CSA pickup and Kevin comes home late. Saturday we may head to Longway Planetarium for a laser show, but we're not sure yet. We're planning to go to the Swartz Creek Christmas Parade on Saturday night.
Anyway, here's the plan...
Sunday ~ church; put up outdoor lights
(make sourdough crepes; make deviled eggs for lunches this week; make steel cut oats)
B: scrambled eggs; bacon
L: leftovers
D: turkey crepes; roasted veggies; side salads
Monday ~ Kevin leaves for VA
(re-decorate Christmas tree)
B: steel cut oats with maple syrup and brown sugar
D: turkey and veggie quesadillas
Tuesday ~
(re-decorate mantel; start soft cheese)
B: yogurt with fruit
D: hot dogs; roasted veggies
Wednesday ~
(hang soft cheese; clean out refrigerator door and drawers)
B: muffins from freezer
D: eating at my parents
Thursday ~ Detroit for work?
(make ricotta; make butter; clean out liquor cabinet)
B: kefir smoothie
D: pizza at my aunt's
Friday ~ milk and CSA pickup; Kevin returns
(soak beans; soak almonds)
B: steel cut oats with maple syrup and brown sugar
D: spinach and sun-dried tomato risotto
Saturday ~ Longway Planetarium?; Swartz Creek Christmas Parade
(clean out cars; dry almonds; make pumpkin ice cream)
B: sourdough pancakes; sausage
L: egg salad sandwiches; raw carrots with homemade ranch dip
D: chili in the crockpot
2 comments:
Wow, sounds like you had a very busy week last week!
Why are you re-decorating your tree?? We usually get ours the 2nd Sat. in Dec. So a couple weeks until tree decorating yet.
That would be great if Kevin didn't have to travel much more!
I still need to learn some more sourdough recipes. Sounds like you guys really like the crepes? They must be pretty easy too.
Enjoy your week.
I just think the tree looks too boring with just ornaments and lights. I want to add some pretty ribbon. I knew I wanted to last year, but I forgot until we had it almost fully decorated. I wasn't going to change it, but then I figured since we're hosting my dad's family for Christmas this year, I want it to look more interesting. We'll just get to decorate it twice - Carson will love it! :)
We do like the crepes and they are the easiest thing to make!
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