Friday the 11th: We Remember

 I was in my first year of teaching, my grandma was dying, I was preparing to get married in 3 months, and I was setting up for Mass when the priest burst in to the chapel saying, "what do I talk about in my homily?" 

And that's how I found out. 

For the rest of the day we watched TV and read about virtue. My mom came home early and pulled my brothers out of school a little early too. In Wichita the skies were silent, which is rare for an airplane manufacturing town.

And every year since, I tell my students or remember with my family, and one of the parts that makes me choke up every time is the sacrifice of the passengers in Pennsylvania. What courage. 

Thursday the 10th: Food of the Week

 *Chores of the week isn't happening because I got too busy yesterday.

*Friday meal is probably leftover potatoes and some chicken mole from Trader Joe's.

*Today is Skillet Chicken Fajitas.  This recipe is both really good and a lot of work; I'm going to use bell peppers rather than poblanos to make sure it's not too hot. I'm also making two loaves of zucchini bread to take to Oblate meeting and to have for breakfasts here; everything is ready to go except for grating the zucchini, which needs to happen in the next 10 minutes. I will be squeezing the zucchini shreds first to prevent too much moisture in the bread, and I'm leaving out both nuts and raisins since I don't know allergy status at the meeting.

*Yesterday was Linguine with Garlic sauce; I made the veggies in a separate pan and only added about 3/4 of the white sauce to it as I had one eater who didn't want the veggies. As usual with this recipe, it was a little gloppy (maybe more milk?) and could use a little parmesan cheese--but still good and very elegant looking.

*Tuesday the Son made waffles and bacon. He had to eat the first two "for quality assurance" but they were all delicious and a great breakfast for supper meal.

*Monday I made sheet pan nachos with shredded barbecued beef leftover from Sunday. Our niece was surprised that the different flavors worked well together. I used canned diced tomatoes for the tomatoes and only one can of refried beans--two was too many.  

*Sunday we ate baked potatoes and the barbecued beef and an ice cream cake. Everything was a huge hit, and the beef was delicious.  The weather was hot enough that our coals had no problem lasting, there was a great smoky flavor, and the sauce is delicious.

 (Picture below is nachos with peaches)

 

Tuesday the 8th: Moving continued

  *Picture one: empty empty rooms ready for move out. The Husband actually spent one more week in the downstairs bedroom and bathroom until we closed on the house.

*Picture two and three are our first family pictures in the new house as we worked on unpacking. We were so tired. I had so many steps that day. Settling is still ongoing. 

 

Monday the 8th: Saint of the Week

Tuesday is the birth of the Virgin Mary, one of only 3 birthdays celebrated in the Church Year.

From a homily of St. Augustine: Dearly beloved: the much-desired feast of Blessed Mary ever Virgin has come; so let the earth made bright by her birth rejoice with exceeding great joy. For she is the wild rose on the lowland plain from whom bloomed the precious Lily of the valley. Now let Mary play upon musical instruments and let timbrels reverberate under the fleet fingers of this young Mother. Let joyous choirs sing together harmoniously and let sweet songs be blended together now with one melody and now with another. Hear how our timbrel player has sung. For she has said: "My soul magnifies the Lord because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid. For behold, all generations shall call me blessed, because He who is mighty has done great things to me."   

 (Found on Pinterest: detail from birth of the Virgin Mary, workshop of Michael Pacher, c. 1498, Austria (castle Rychnov, Czechia)

 

Friday the 4th: more moving

 *Pic 1: moving truck arrives.

*Pic 2: cleaning up rooms, emptying out the house

*Pic 3: Getting the treadmill out was really hard. 

 

 

Thursday the 3rd: Food of the Week

Tomorrow is chicken apple and rice. It's an old recipe off a rice-a-roni box; it's good? Maybe nostalgic for me as it's one of the first recipes I found and made after getting married.

Today I made open-faced tuna sandwiches from a Martha Stewart recipe. I already made the tuna salad because I'm leaving for an enrichment session in Wamego soon.

Yesterday we made a cumin-cocoa-allspice rub for steaks, grilled them, and had them with a pasta salad and some frozen french bread pizzas. This was the meal to celebrate the Husband's kidney transplant anniversary.

Tuesday we had chicken and broth made by the Son; he decided he might like oven cooking more than stovetop cooking, especially since the gas stove heat can sometimes be hard to manage. 

Monday I made the picture below, an apple chicken sausage flatbread with a cream cheese sauce. It was delightful and I probably could have eaten most of it myself.

 

 

 

Wednesday the 2nd: Chores of the week

 *Even though I haven't played the organ much this summer I'm still working on a few preludes and postludes for whenever I do make it back.

*Today we are buying socks for the Son and new curtain rods for the kitchen and hearth room. Yesterday I got a lamp for the guest bathroom and a wreath and curtains for the office.

*I still need to buy paint, but I haven't made it to Ace hardware yet to get a sample. 

*The Husband is getting new tires today for his car.

*Hopefully today I'll finish signing up for my sub account.