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Old Workplace Kitchen

One of the rooms off the workflow contained these kitchen appliances.  I guess the workers in the place needed to prepare food and eat at some time during their workday.

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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!

She's At It Again

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Okay, so yesterday I posted to fb something like:  this morning my cat spilled her entire water dish on the kitchen floor and a few hours later she threw up in the living room (incidents not related to each other).  Then later in the day the dog threw up on the couch. (true story, believe me)  I thought animals were supposed to lower a person's blood pressure!

Anyway, I was out of the house since early this morning.  I arrived home around 2 and as I was sitting on the couch working on the computer and half-heartedly watching tv, I thought I heard a suspicious noise coming from the kitchen.  Not wanting to stop what I was doing, I ignored it.  hmmmph

When I finally did get up and go into the kitchen, this was the sight that greeted me.  "Oh no, she's at it again" I thought.  What the heck is going on with her?  You see where the water dish is???  right smack in the middle of the kitchen floor--you can't really see all the water that's scattered around though.

See the little bench in the background?  THAT's where the water dish should be!

And here's the little culprit.  Normally she's sweet, lovable and well-behaved.  If I didn't know better I'd say she was in love.  But she's an indoor cat...  Hopefully she'll get over this proclivity pretty soon.

Anyone Want to Buy a House?

Kristine's mother, Karen, is a Realtor. The other day she asked me if I'd help with cleaning a house she's selling. So this afternoon, I spent a few hours doing just that. Here are some shots of the house.

Looking into the dining room.

Looking into the living room.

The kitchen, duh!

Standing in the dining room, looking out onto the lanai and yard.

Backyard.

Now for a few general specs on the house:
three bedrooms (two downstairs, master bedroom upstairs)
two bathrooms
1500 sq. feet
2-car garage
no insulation
no attic
no basement

Cost:
$630,000
Yes, folks, that's what it costs to live in paradise!

When I came home and told Kristine about it and then told her the price, her instantaneous reaction was: "That's really a great price!!"

See, it's all relative.

Karen, said she had three bids on it and it sold within a month. Go figure.

Posted, through tears, at 8:15 pm on Wed, March 11, 2009

Moving Day (Friday, Jan 30)

My friend, Chelsea, moved today. A couple of her friends showed up to help, while I babysat for the day.

The new kitchen.

Living Room