Use it Up!!

Well, it seems I've been absent! We're still here. And we know where we're going. But we can't tell online yet. You locals better keep it hush hush in my comments section! Stephen says.

BUT, that doesn't mean that I can't talk about what I'm up to.

I'm still taking time to run in the mornings, which is nice. It's my brain break, ya know? Even in the rain. In fact, I've been enjoying rainy runs. Does this mean something is wrong with me? Nah.

I've been trying to cook from our pantry more--again. Only this time, there's this odd sense of a deadline, so I need to use up the "least likely to travel well" stuff (ha, how's that for a yearbook award?). Today, that meant making a chocolate cake with dried cherries in it, topped with an experiment. I've been reading about making coconut oil frosting (melting the oil, adding the other ingredients, whipping it, then chilling) and so, I'm taking it on. Maybe cooking is my other form of relief. If it's nasty, I'll just whip up some buttercream. That never hurt anyone. :)

Perhaps I haven't been on here because I feel like there's nothing exciting to say. No big art projects, bathrooms not even made spic and span in any special way. I did re-paint the banister on our upstairs landing yesterday. I suppose that was fun, but I didn't feel particularly inspired to take pictures. The kids are watching PopEye, because I'm being a bad mother and letting this rainy day be an excuse to use the TV more than usual. They don't seem to mind. I'm sure the days I think I'm failing are their favorites, and the days that I just KNOW I'm building character, they dread. Such is parenting, right?

Now, off to decide what to use up next. Perhaps the millet. Millet pilaf with diced tomatoes and sea salt anyone? I think that sounds good. With bacon and spinach. It's like a BLT in a bowl. Yes, I did just pull that out of my head as I typed. Not too shabby. I hope it will really taste as good as my brain is imagining it.