Re: Sunflower Sunday
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 8:13 am
trissie how long does the ski trip last ? It was probably a good thing to take it easy yesterday. We shouldn't wait until our bodies or minds can't cope anymore.
Right now I'm going to take it easy myself for an hour or something. Did some cooking preps in the morning, the leftovers will fill some lunchboxes nicely and we will enjoy roasted carrots and roasted kuri squash all week at payroll lunches
.Also baked two easy cakes, one with pear and almond powder, one with chocolate and coconut powder - the latter is almost gone. The excuse for baking is thath, well, the oven is running, so it would be a pity to let heating energy go to waste...
I hoped to tempt DS7 into eating, but he just had a bite. Not sure if he will go to school tomorrow. MrNG is considering staying home with him on Monday, and if needed I'll stay on Tuesday - and lose 50% salary.
TODO after reading break by the stove
write more NY cards to family, DF J--, who else ?
attack cleaning list
admin stuff I postponed
trip in the fresh air to walk to mailbox to mail my cards ?
dinner is burgers and fries -> MrNG's job
TADAs
tea, fed DS7
started to cook a few things ahead
peeled half a big kuri squash
2nd half of my breakfast
peel second half of red kuri squash
cook today's lunch
also cook ahead the fish parmentier for Tuesday or Wednesday dinner
put away Christmas decorations, still box to put to storage and tree to store
lol in
lunch baked and served and eaten (except DS7 who isn't hungry)
lol out
also two quick cakes baked
two cards written, I'll do 3 others later, and mail them.
Right now I'm going to take it easy myself for an hour or something. Did some cooking preps in the morning, the leftovers will fill some lunchboxes nicely and we will enjoy roasted carrots and roasted kuri squash all week at payroll lunches
.Also baked two easy cakes, one with pear and almond powder, one with chocolate and coconut powder - the latter is almost gone. The excuse for baking is thath, well, the oven is running, so it would be a pity to let heating energy go to waste...I hoped to tempt DS7 into eating, but he just had a bite. Not sure if he will go to school tomorrow. MrNG is considering staying home with him on Monday, and if needed I'll stay on Tuesday - and lose 50% salary.
TODO after reading break by the stove
write more NY cards to family, DF J--, who else ?
attack cleaning list
admin stuff I postponed
trip in the fresh air to walk to mailbox to mail my cards ?
dinner is burgers and fries -> MrNG's job
TADAs
tea, fed DS7
started to cook a few things ahead
peeled half a big kuri squash
2nd half of my breakfast
peel second half of red kuri squash
cook today's lunch
also cook ahead the fish parmentier for Tuesday or Wednesday dinner
put away Christmas decorations, still box to put to storage and tree to store
lol in
lunch baked and served and eaten (except DS7 who isn't hungry)
lol out
also two quick cakes baked
two cards written, I'll do 3 others later, and mail them.
I always loved sunflowers.
That's a good point about seed and mice, though we've had mice in our house every year since we moved here, with or without a feeder up. We have a year warranty on the work the pest control guy is currently doing to seal any holes through which they could get in. Hopefully, that will work. We also always have traps set. Dh checks them all on Wednesdays as part of his weekly routine. -Stay warm. That is insanely cold! 
Then, we have our family zoom call at 8:15 pm. I'd like to get in a long walk or some sort of exercise this afternoon, though temps here are cold -- though not as cold as in MN. It's currently 13F and lightly snowing right now. Dh is out running in this. Nothing stops him. AND I should finally make the guest beds and work on NY cards.