-Today I am trying really hard to be productive, but I have friends that are proving to be a distraction (you know who you are!)
-Roasting two chickens in the crock pot. It is hot outside and I don’t want to heat up the kitchen by using the oven. Roast chicken is slowing moving into first place, our beef is almost gone, and a whole chicken is cheap, one will feel my family with some leftover. Here’s to chicken!
-Ice cream is in the ice cream maker. That was my Mother’s Day gift, a six quart ice cream maker and I am so excited. We are having a party Friday for my children’s friends and I promised homemade ice cream, so I figured I needed to do a practice run first.
-Did I mention we are having a party Friday, so not in my comfort zone, hope I can entertain 30 teenagers!
-The weather is warming up, really warm, record warm. We haven’t turned on the air conditioner yet, for two reasons. I am afraid it won’t work, that is how our luck has been with this house (did I mention the roof and windows leak?) and if I put off turning it on I put off knowing this for sure, yeah twisted logic, but it makes me feel better. Dadzoo is also very nervous about the electricity bills, the rates are higher here and the house is bigger, so I am trying to conserve as much as possible. Although we might cook to a crisp today.
-Lots of laundry, I am making a focused effort to have it finished today so I don’t have to fuss with it during the party preparations. I love using a clothes line (have I mentioned that before?).
-We have mice, yuck, and we are getting another cat today. Happy hunting!
Do you have ceiling fans Aimee? We use ours when things get warmer and they do help. Also patio overhangs help and the trees we have planted to the west. But, when things get hot, I have to turn on the a/c or risk getting very, very sick like I have in the past.
Sigh on the things needing repair…I have a lot of empathy for you there BUT it still is SO fun to see you being able to do some of the things you have dreamed about for years.
Blessings,
Aimee
PS: We have had little problem with mice in the living areas of the house since my husband sealed up the areas around the pipes and we put out traps with peanut butter.
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