One of the Photos

This is one of the photos from central Oregon, the bridge that spans the Crooked River. There is a new bridge that goes over the gorge now, but the old one has stories. People used to say one of our high school teachers (who was really a wacko) used to get her steering wheel all straight and close her eyes and drive across it. Jez oh Pete.

Sunday, the day to get things done!

Oh this was a good day! I weather was perfect, my lawn was mowed by this great 4th grader I know (his mom was in on it too, I promise). So it was nice to be out in my yard. But I got things done inside too!

First, some cleaning, bills paid, laundry caught up, plants watered and worked on my paper that's due in a couple of weeks. Tracey's moving some stuff to her house, so I tried to get more of that fixed up too.

Then I did some major menu planning for the week:

Monday-Corn Chowder (found more frozen corn from our summer) recipe from Nigela
Tuesday- Whole wheat pasta with veggi and peanut sauce (veggi: broccoli, zucchini, carrots, snow peas, red onion and garlic)
Wednesday-Baked sweet potatoes and veggi sausage
Thursday- Ratatouille and rice
NO Friday or weekend! I am off to Portland to see Michelle! Cirque du Soleil!

Of course I am a complete zombie when I get up in the morning, so I put all that into containers so I can take good food for lunch. Also put some Nancy's yogurt in a little container with blueberries, strawberries, honey and granola for breakfast. I am looking forward to tomorrow!

Then we have a big fund raiser coming up for drama. So at lunch the kids are selling candy bars and other unhealthy things to get some moolah. Tonight I made some sweet bread dough and cut it into little chunks, dipped it in butter, then cinnamon, white sugar and brown sugar, put a few of the pieces (like 4 or 5) into greased muffin tins let it raise, bake at 350 degrees f for about 12 min. Turn upside down onto foil (or something non stick). OOOh yum. They may not make it to the fundraiser.

By the way- I have two tomato plants and one basil. They are not pleased, but starting to snap out of it and be a little more happy in their new home. Seeds to plant this week.

If you need some seeds, let me know! Especially if you are close by. I have a bunch I will share!

last week and this week

Food for the week:

Small white bean soup (crockpot!)
Fried rice with vegg
Spinach salad w/cranberries and pecans
French Bread

Project for the week: get the theatre paper written.
post the photos

April? Already?

I bought two tomato plants and a basil. I won't put them outside, I promise! It makes me very happy to see a little summer on the counter!

The other great news is that I received the lovely ebond from my tax return in the mail today! My big goal is to save enough to get a CD (certificate of deposit) and put it in for 24 months. We will see!

OOk, the project for the week: I painted at Tracey and Ryan's new house, I attended three senior projects, filled out a grant report... but as for my own art, I have failed miserably! There are some really great photos I took of the Crooked River Bridge, but that was last week! Hiring Travis this week to do some yard work was great ($30 well spent)

The next few weeks will be some major fundraising for our drama trip to Ashland. We will sell candy and other yummy things! The trick will be that I will make cookies and sticky buns! Get to work!

There is also the menu I will put together- to be posted tomorrow!

Good bye Trace! I hope you love your new house! It is beautiful.