My hubs went to Memphis for several days beginning last week. Last Tuesday. The few days stretched into a few more and now he will return tomorrow. it has been like a mini vacation! Only I am the only one to feed and let the cat out in the middle of the night.
When he left last week I thought, Oh Boy! I can lay around and read as much as I want and eat what I want and no fighting over the tv programs!
The reality is this, I started a book I could not get into...Little, Big. I am just not much of a "fantasy" fan. I enjoyed the imagery of the prose (...His hat looked as if it had been in a fight....) but I could not for the life of me get interested in the story. I would begin to read and find myself asleep. So much for reading.
I made my current favorite dish, Chicken Pot Pie. I have discovered the joy of using my eight inch iron skillet as a pie pan! Golly gosh (this is how I cuss these days because of my career at the People Pleasing family oriented Biscuit Barrel and their three strikes you're out cussing policy)it makes for a flaky crust! I might buy another one just for fruit pies! Anyway, something happened to my broth. I'm not certain what I did, maybe not enough chicken stock and onions. I used the Barefoot Contessa recipe as a guide instead of just winging it. It did not have the usual "Hamburgers! that's good!" kick to it that it always has when Joe is around.
And I thought I would breeze through a project I have been working on, off and on, for several months on the computer. Guess what? Never looked at it.
What I have done is sleep a lot, eat a lot and not read a lot. Download a ton of music from the MP3 program and work a lot of extra hours. And not care a fig about tv. (Anyone watching Survivor? I love that guy Russel from New Orleans. What a peacock!)
And it all ends tomorrow. I have missed him. Life is sweeter with him around, if not more hectic and demanding.
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I always enjoy when hubby goes out of town for a few days (now that the kids are grown; hated it when they were younger because inevitably when he left, they would get sick or something would break). Its always a nice change, for just a few days to have the house to myself and the remote to myself too :)
betty
AFter being in the hospital last week again, I value my privacy like crazy! Hubs is at work and from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. I am LOVING the quiet! Sometimes I just sit by the cat and watch the birds.
I also LOVE my cast iron skillet but never did pies in it. Did you use a bottom crust too? My Nanie always made her cornbread in the skillet. She was from Looooosiana.
It never works out the way I had planned when I have a day or so to myself -- never do what I think I'll do. Mom used to use cast iron skillets for baking things, including cake layers. They make the best corn bread too!
I'm with you on the chicken & the not reading, but you lost me with the working extra hours. Hope you've been enjoying his return. ~Mary
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