That Girl Jen

sailors delight.

red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.

i am unsure as to what the morning sky looked like today. but right now we have a patch of clear skies... if we sieze the moment we might get stuck in the storm somewhere. 

yesterday, josh asked me what i wanted him to make for dinner. before i could even think, EP shouts "STEAK" and i laughed. she is so funny. so we had steak and corn on the cob for dinner. after dinner EP and i went outside to let the dogs out.  the sky was a beautiful shade of red. those are the moments i think about my pop-pop. it's one of those memories i have as a child. wether or not he's the one that told me that rhyme, i coorelate it to him. so now i have EP learning that rhyme, and i told her that pop-pop used to say it. she knows who he is, even though he's no longer with us. i think he would have loved her a lot.

which makes me wonder... if there IS another side after life... hmmm i know i would choose to stay and keep watch over EP and josh (i'd be a happy haunt) rather than "crossing over into the light." they are my light ;)

so i'm putting off to tomorrow (or friday) what i wanted to do today. let's hope mother nature is considerate of our plans for the week. of curse when you plan for something, that's usually when things don't happen "as planned!!"

so now what to do... maybe we'll color or finger paint or something. daddy has a lot of work to be done this week even though he's on "vacation" so we need to keep busy.

called to catch up with my nana today. haven't heard much from the other side of the bridge so i wanted to see how she is doing... she seemed to be in pretty good spirits, and was happy to hear from me. i really need to get a new round of photos developed so she can see some recent pictures of EP. she's growing up so fast!!

speaking of EP- right now she is pouring blueberries from one bowl to another-- she's "cooking" breakfast even though we had breakfast 3 hours ago!!

yesterday i did a little gardening. after this week's proposed rain i want to rearrange my herb garden. i think it's time for a little beautification. i'll be planting some wild flowers in some troughs across the back of the trellised area to liven my little space up a bit... i still can get my rosemary or lavender to flower...

the boy has to worktoday and tomorrow, then has vacation til next week. we're planning on going shelling at sanibel one day, and we have the 4th planned with shoshi and her family. i'll be making my paradise salsa and something else- what i'm not sure yet... i think there's something else we have planned to do as family time since daddy will be home, might as well make the most of it. there are a lot of local things we can do to keep it on the cheap.

went to ON this weekend for their baithing suit sale. i found 2 tops, but no bottoms since all the size mediums were gone baby gone. but i do have my baithing skirt that will work with both tops- so that's not a total lost cause!! EP's been a great little helper, when she's not hauling all her toys out. this weekend she was such a master chef. while i was making dinner last night she got so upset that she couldn't help.  she's been doing pretty good with the potty training, but we're no where near out of the diaper phase just yet. this week with daddy's help we;re trying to go diaperless for part of her day- to see if that helps. my side of the blue room has been in disarray. we simply need more space. maybe i'll reconfuigure the closet again. i really should get some sewing done. that would help alleviate some of my chaos. they boy (abd bridge) have reminded me about my bump'r idea and maybe that's a direction i need to put some focus on... who knows, it could be a million dollar idea just waiting to happen.

well, it's time to get to cleaning the house!!

i have the best little helper. tonight EP helped make crepes for dinner. her job was to put a pinch of salt on the crepe, followed by a sprinkle of sharp cheddar cheese. i was in charge of the applewood smoked ham, then she added more cheese and i rolled them up so we could warm them in the oven. i love that she wants to help me do all sorts of things. she also has a few "chores" that she helps with, like feeding the dogs, and putting everyone's clean socks away and shoes lined up in the hallway.

one of the things i'm hoping to do is put together a cookbook for EP as she's growing up. this way she'll have our family recipies to use, and add to to once she has her own faimily. then it can be passed from generation to generation. i'm also adding my grandma's banana bread to the cookbook- everyone that has it says's it's the best they've ever had... i've tweaked it a little to make it my own ;) so this book of food will be an ongoing work in progress...

well i'm stuffed after tonight's dinner... and she ate all her crepes and some tomatoe soup.

i think i might do blueberry and ricotta crepes for breakfast for something different to use up the last of the leftover ricotta from lazagna this week...