We’re starting a new week. Cooper’s got school. Husband and I both working from home and managing it all together. We’ve been sheltering in place for 47 days. I’m starting to figure out a schedule somewhat. It was really hard for me to figure out how to shop and cook with all the restrictions we have. I’m used to going to the grocery store more often so it’s been interesting trying to buy enough food for over a week and have it not cost too much because our budget is tight right now. Also, how do I keep up my blog/sharing new recipes when things are kind of hard to come by and they probably will be for a while…and maybe it will get worse? The trickiest part has been fresh produce…so I am thinking about doing some type of CSA pickup. Researching that right now. How’s everything where you are? WHEW.
I did some meal prep yesterday. THANK HEAVENS FOR A CLEAN FRIDGE. Casey cleaned the kitchen yesterday morning and it freed up the mental space for me to do the fridge. One of my intentions this week is to keep it more organized. Wish me luck. Let’s sit down and make a list to get out our Intentions this Week, shall we?
Here’s what this past week looked like: My Everyday Life Week 17
Feeling thankful for friends who sew! Thank you, Erin for giving me a comfortable mask!
Rainbows while dishwashing.
Shooting & styling my husband’s cocktails during the quarantine. It’s been a fun project to work on together. We’ve been working our way through the Smuggler’s Cove recipe book.
Straws as chopsticks.
Cooper has a few fake 100 dollar bills and he likes to hide them around the house and it always gives me such false hope. I found one in a book as a bookmark and got so mad!
We got donut bombed this week!! It’s like a chain letter but with DONUTS. It’s happening with the kids in Cooper’s class. It was such a nice surprise and it will be fun reciprocating.
Went to Target. Was thinking about my Mom and then saw this book title.
My Mom’s name is Beverly.
Ginger pork over rice for the boys and Avocado with rice and stuff for me.
This weekend brought Cooper’s Spring Break to a close. We did some house projects, had zoom meetings with family, I finished up a lettering project and tried hard to rest my back. I’ve been starting my mornings with some deep stretching which seems to help. I know this won’t last forever, it’s just really annoying right now. You can really take things like BENDING OVER EASILY for granted. I hope to be able to go for a long walk this week.
School starts again tomorrow so we’ll juggle that while working from home. I like when the days are more structured and school helps (somewhat with that). Our days are so broken up as we figure out a new normal until the end of May. I wonder what Summer is going to look like… Let’s have a moment, make a list and figure out what our Intentions for the Week are.
You can learn a lot about yourself and the people you live with when you spend over 30 days stuck at home with them. Within the first week of sheltering in place, I learned I had not bought enough snacks. WE ARE A SNACK LOVING FAMILY AND I DID NOT BUY ENOUGH SNACKS. It was Friday. I wanted something for happy hour. I read the recipe for these Hot & Spicy Saltines from EveryDayCook: by Alton Brownand we had all of the ingredients SO I MADE THEM IMMEDIATELY.
Well, I made the ghee (fun project!) first and then I made them.
HOW LONG DID THEY LAST IN THIS SNACK-CENTRIC HOUSEHOLD?
recipe book.
(it was amazing). 
on wet hair.
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