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Utensils in a Crock

Today at church someone asked me how my week was.  I said I thought it was fine because at that moment I couldn't remember a single thing about my week.  I knew I was busy, but nothing stood out as memorable.  Then I said that "since there were no crises, it was a good week."

I really feel that way.  Of course, after a short minute, I remembered some of the things I had done but nothing was out of the ordinary and there was nothing to talk about without boring the person to death.

So, yeah, it was a good week, praise God.

Then I had to make an image to post today.  Another head-scratcher!  I remembered years ago some friends and I agreed to post a New Photo Each Day For The Year.  

It was pretty excruciating. We tried it for two years then gave up.  But during those two years I made images of the most Amazingly Mundane Things (sometimes) just to get a new pic each day.

So I thought I'd start doing the same now.

So here's my pic for today.  Utensils in a crock.  

My grateful heart sings today for:

the good fellowship during the fellowship meal we had at church today

Stuffed Peppers for Dinner

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Once upon a time my children were young.  Once upon a time I cooked dinner 

EVERY.   SINGLE.   NIGHT.  

These days that's hard to believe.  

As the kids got older/needed me less/had their own schedules/weren't home at mealtime very often, I cooked dinner less and less.  It got so bad that the question of the day was, "are you making dinner tonight mom?"  

More often than not the answer was "no".  

They practically cheered when I did make dinner.  

Now that the kiddos are completely grown and gone and it's just me and my husband, I really have to force myself to get into the kitchen and use the culinary skills I once had.  If it were up to me, I'd eat salad and cheese & crackers every night.  But once in a while I take pity on my hubby and force myself to make an actual meal.  

Today was one of those days when I kind of enjoyed making dinner.  I'm a morning person and I prefer doing all this prep early in the day.  (once noon has come and gone I consider the day to be a wash and nothing much constructive gets done).  

So...not only was I able to get these great stuffed peppers put together while my enthusiasm was way up there on the motivational scale, but I was able to photograph my creations while my tummy was still content from breakfast.  Score!!  All I had to do at dinner time was throw some grated cheese on top, stick them in the oven to heat them through and put a salad together.  Score again!!!

And voila!

Thanksgiving Day Morning

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It's Thanksgiving Day, 2014.  There's much to be thankful for, the primary thing being that there's a God in heaven Who has everything under control even though it seems like this country and this world is spinning wildly into oblivion.  God has His plans and they can't be thwarted.  All that is happening is by His permission and design...

A couple of days ago I made some French bread.  This morning I had an epiphany and decided to make French toast with the remaining French bread. So yummy.

After I took a few photos of the bread cooking, it occurred to me that I could take some photos of the meal itself.  So I quickly got things set up (too quickly I'm afraid because after I was done and looked at the photos, I realized what I could have done better--but hunger was motivating me to hurry) and made a few images.

I finally had the chance to eat, and it was as good as I had anticipated.

Cooking

Another busy day with the baby, and I'm running out of time for a post. Earlier today I noticed that Chelsea has this neat little gadget to hold open a cookbook while making a recipe. I love it! I'm going to have to find one for myself.

Posted at 7:50 pm on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009