Journal Entry #8

Journal Entry #8

Feb 18th, 2013

Today is a holiday here and so far I'm making the most of it by moving very slowly! In fact it's already 8:30 and I am only just now getting up! Glor is awake, no sign of life from Cubber yet!

I usually like to have plans for a day like today, however I don't so may have to take it as it comes!

So far I've gotten a grocery list made, had an excellent breakfast and just a little while ago came upstairs to get dressed and my bed hadn't been made so decided to chill here for a few minutes... Yeah well a few minutes has now been the better part of an hour!

So to better keep things rolling in what remains of today I will log the tasks as I set out to accomplish them!

- make my bed. Didn't take a picture as it didn't warrant it! But it is as if now my day can actually start!

- get dressed, just in my barn clothes, however it's surprising what a chore this is sometimes.

- go to the barn to walk Leo, Leo was pretty good today! Not nearly as spunky as he was yesterday! I will try and get out before it gets to busy tomorrow so that I get done in good time.

- get groceries! I love getting groceries and trying to save as much as I can while I am in the store. No I don't clip coupons and I will not trapse all over town, but I do like getting the best deal possible while I am at the store. We have a Safeway in Chestermere and I like that store alot! I got a total of $285 of groceries for $208 last night!

- make supper, I love to cook and once I have something in mind I quite enjoy putting it all together. I don't always like the process of coming up with something however.

Supper tonight was Surf and Turf this consisted of homemade hamburgers and Sushi (I bought it) and homemade brownies and ice cream for dessert! I have posted pictures of the supper below and for the record it was as good as it looks! I don't remember who shared the brownie recipe on Facebook but I tried it and it works! Even Gloria and Cub raved about it! I will post the receipe after the pictures.

This is Supper:

It was super filling! I had a little more Sushi that that pictured here, however there are leftovers for tomorrow!

 

This is dessert:

 

 

The following is the receipe for the brownie pictured above!

Our kids had a bit of a glum day in the desert! They are learning new things and I think we're also a little tired combined with this! Anyhow sounds like they bounced back from it so this is a good thing!

One of my old classmates shared a quote I really appreciated so thought I would include it here.

"People often say that MOTIVATION doesn't last! They are right, neither does bathing - thats why we recommend it daily!" - Zig Ziglar

I thought I was done journaling for today and now after a fun session of texting my kid and a nice hot bath I'm tucked into my cozy bed ready to call it a day! The tv was on in the background but fortunately it's off now so just a tad more here and then I will read a little and sleep will follow shortly if I'm lucky!