In the meantime

Growing up, my family got into these ruts of have certain meals on certain days of the week.  For a while, we always had pizza on Saturday night, before we girls would head off to youth group.  There was also a time when we regularly had hot dogs with sauteed peppers, onions, and tomatoes on Tuesday nights.  When I was younger, we ate Chef Salad for Sunday supper for a while…and then we started making the German “crullers” with honey and watermelon  (which was a much better option to the Chef Salad, if you ask me!)  There was also a time when we made homemade pretzels on Sundays.  (What was it with Sundays?  I don’t know…)   And then there was the time when, for some reason, we frequently had baked potatoes, steak, and sauteed green beans.  Since it was a "nice" meal,  I don’t think we had it on a weekly basis, but quite often, or as often as we had fresh green beans on hand, we had this meal.  And boy was it yummy! ...

We are now past the 37 weeks mark!  That means baby Stanley, also affectionately known {for now} as Hazelelelponi (or Hazel for short!), could be here basically any time in the very near future! Almost 36 weeks!  I think I’ve hit the “you can come any time now, Hazel” stage, which will probably only serve to make the next three weeks draaaaaag by ever so slowly.  Oh well.  Eventually the time will pass, no matter how slow it may seem to be going.  Overall, these months have gone by quite quickly, so I guess I can’t complain.  In the meantime, I’ve been trying to keep myself busy.  The past month/six weeks or so is basically the first time in a quite a while that I haven’t had an outside job, so I’m having to be diligent in all of those housewifely duties that I’m supposed to do...  While at times have so much extra time on my hands contributes to getting even less  done around the house, it has, overall, been a blessing: ...

Zucchinni Skillet...reminds me of home :)  Believe it or not, these coconut cookies are actually Gluten, Grain, Dairy, and {kinda} refined sugar free.  They're pretty addicting!  Everyone tells me that I'll be flooded with baby blankets...buuuut...I couldn't resist trying out making a baby blanket.  Afterall, if I ever have an excuse to try quilting something, now is the time, right?   Annnd...it's been 4 years now with this handsome guy.  Happy Father's Day!