Wednesday the 18th: Music of the Week

*I thought I had all my solos but got one more new one over the weekend. And it's a doozy! It an orchestra reduction from Haydn and it's going to take a lot of work. That will start today!

 And a holy Ash Wednesday to all who celebrate!

 

Tuesday the 17th: Souper Bowl Food

 *We celebrated both the Husband's birthday food and a big football game with enticing ads. Lunch was beef barley soup and homemade pesto biscuits. Supper was fancy pigs in blankets, carrots and chips with Love dip, snickers salad with pretzels, and peanut m and ms. I already posted pictures of the birthday cake, and I'll eat the last piece today before Lent begins tomorrow.

 

Monday the 16th: Season of the Week

 

Not yet...but Ash Wednesday begins our Lenten season on Wednesday. I heard a really good reflection at my Oblate meeting this weekend that instead of just deciding what we should do or not do for Lent, it's really important to take the time to sit in reflection with the Lord and let Him decide or guide us where we need to grow this Lent. 

 

 

Friday the 13th: Kale Pesto

 I know! But I just finished reading The Everlasting Cookbook by Tamar Adler, and she reminds me that you can use any kind of green, not just basil, and you can really be more flexible with what you have than most recipes would lead you to believe. My only complaint about this pesto was that the sunflower seeds that I used for the nuts, even though I just purchased them, were a little stale and that really came through. Otherwise a quite respectable Friday night dish to eat and watch Olympics.

 

 

Thursday the 12th: Food of the Week

 *Tomorrow we're having picadillo, similar to this recipe but no olives and craisins for raisins. 

*Tonight is sweet potato broth and peanut chicken stew.  It makes plenty so we should have leftovers for next week. I need to look at freezing some of it, and some of our bolognese, so we can buy less groceries in March.

*Yesterday we had Arby's as I had teaching until 5 and the Son had to leave for work at 5:10. He was nice enough to pick it up and leave me mine on the counter.

*Tuesday we had scones and pizza. A weird combination, I know, but the Son wanted to make scones and we needed something else to make it a full meal. So there we are.

*Monday I made burgers and fries. And a salad kit. It was really tasty! I used my cast iron griddle and the burgers had a lovely crust on the outside. The stove was also a mess, but that's the way of it sometimes.

*Sunday lunch was beef barley soup, and supper was pigs in blankets and dip and chips and m and ms and birthday cake and ice cream. The cake is peanut and chocolate, and it's still really tasty. 

 

 

Wednesday the 11th: Music of the Week

 *I just got a violin accompanying piece for solo festival, so that's now 19 pieces for solo work. Our first spring concert for our two small choirs is on March 3, so we are moving ever closer! 

Tuesday the 10th: IPA

 Part of spring semester for us is teaching solos to those who choose to take two memorized songs to small group regionals and potentially state. One of our students is doing a song in German so he got a crash course in German vowels a few weeks ago to start learning his song.