Well here we are back at Monday, friends. Hello. I hope you had a great weekend. When we left each other on Friday, I had a broken heater and no heat in the house. Today I still have a broken heater but now have space heaters in the house. Everything else is askew. Life is an adventure, yes?
Friday I ran out of work at noon to make it home for the heater repairman one of MFD's friends so kindly sent out. He couldn't help us so we're back in it with our warranty company. While MFD was rounding up space heaters lent to us from generous friends, I was finishing out my workday in a 45 degree house. It was not fun. The boy dogs even voluntarily wore sweaters, that's how cold it was. Seeing your breath in your bedroom is a weird thing. I felt like Grandpa Joe sitting up there wanting to whine but refraining.
When the space heater cavalry arrived, things were better. Dinner was made. Fingers were felt again. I fell asleep at 9:30 and slept until 8:30 Saturday morning. I went out for groceries and flowers, then painted my nails (Essie Cashmere Bathrobe) with my first attempt at a polka dot accent nail.
When the house is cold, Geege prefers to be a burrito, Mae prefers to be a snake in a hole, and Gus glues himself to me like he does any other time.
Saturday night MFD and I picked up balloons then headed to Aubrey's surprise 30th. Stephen put together a nice party, and she was surprised which is the best. Except for me, I don't do well with surprises.
This week in food prep: spaghetti squash made in the crockpot and combined with a dash of olive oil and some grape tomatoes and herbs; veggies are yellow peppers, snap peas, and celery; Sunday dinner was zucchini zoodles, mushrooms, and spinach sauteed in a little olive oil with garlic and pork tenderloin with a dijon mustard and rosemary rub; lunches are shredded buffalo chicken on whole wheat with spinach; and breakfasts are savory oatmeal cooked in chicken broth topped with a bit of cheese. Dinners are leftovers from Sunday, blackened salmon with steamed brussels and baked potatoes, and baked chicken with sweet potatoes and mixed beans. I ordered the
spiral veggie slicer from Amazon after seeing it on
B Loved Boston and I love it. It's amazing, easy to use, easy to clean, and only $13.
Sunday afternoon was laundry, lounging, and some writing in my rattiest, most beloved sweatshirt. I'm loving this
642 Things to Write About that I found out about from
Jen at That's What She Read. It was $15 on Amazon and it's the perfect thing to spur my creative writing by hand
goal.
Sunday night was spent shamelessly ogling dresses and celebrities on the Golden Globes, which I blogged about last night - click
here in case you missed it.
Tomorrow is the show us your books link up! If you don't blog, please stop by and check out what I've been reading and let me know what books you've loved lately!
Linking up with
Biana at B Loved Boston for Weekending
