It’s possible that we’ve been eating out a bit more than usual these days.
It’s also possible that anybody else’s cooking is a lot more appealing to me right now than my own.
This is how the girls and I ended up in a bagel shop for lunch one day last week. (and the week before that. and the week before that.) I had a bagel sandwich stuffed to the brim with every vegetable they had, plus a small bowl of their tomato soup that was pretty good.
Have you ever found yourself eating a grilled hummus and coleslaw sandwich for lunch and wondered how on earth such a concoction happened to land on your plate?
Oh right, I think it started because I was making soup.
Soup that began with potatoes.
And then some beans were added too.
And then Bean and Potato Soup turned into Bean Potato Onion Carrot Cabbage Soup as I went pawing through the CSA produce to find more soup ingredients.
Problems.
We’ve all got them. Big problems. Stupid Problems. Finger problems that we can’t seem to stop writing about.
When I was a kid, unloading the dishwasher was one of my chores. Like most kids, I would have to be reminded and mom would say “I can’t make dinner until the kitchen is clean. I need you to unload the dishwasher NOW so I can get the kitchen cleaned up and make dinner.”
On days when we stay home all day I try to get caught up on all tasks that are neglected when we’re away from home and running full speed ahead. You know… vacuuming, sweeping, feeding the cat.
Laundry is always on this list too, except when we’re home all day, Maxine changes her outfit six times over the course of about 12 hours. New socks, new underwear, the whole 9 yards. Usually she times her wardrobe change for when I’m elbow deep in rubber gloves and dishwater or I’m caught in a firestorm of pots and pans and herbs and spices trying to make sure nothing is going boil over or burn.
OK boys and girls stand up! It’s time to play Alison Says!
Alison Says… eat a giant salad for lunch EVERY DAY.
Woo HOO still standing!
Alison Says… figure out what to do with this giant winter squash you bought from the farm stand on the side of the road on Saturday.
Ohhhh I can do that! I can do that! Let's make soup.
Alison Says… peel that sucker and cube it up.
Done and done.
Dance a jig!!
Oh man didn’t get me! Totally NOT dancing a jig.
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