Outside my window::
Sunny! Bright! Yay!
In the CD player::
Audrey Assad's various CDs
Reading::
I finished At Home in Mitford last night, and I liked it, notwithstanding the incorrect stuff about transplants (no, an organ cannot come form anywhere in the world......we aren't that speedy yet!). I've started The Light In the Window (the second one in the series). For church reading, I've started The Contemplative Hunger, and I'm already underlining bunches of things, so that's a good sign.
Hearing::
The dishwasher clank and churn.
Wearing::
jeans, a scoopneck long-sleeved t-shirt. Nothing exciting. It's still cold here, which isn't a surprise to me; the day I was born, Columbus had a blizzard. So really, April can either be really hot, or really cold, or wildly swing between two extremes in the course of a few hours!
Around the house::
Just the general stuff, but the tail end of spring cleaning, too--the fridge and freezer. Whee!
Pondering:
Birthdays. I love birthdays. I always have--and not just mine. I like getting older. I mean, I might not like all the gray hairs I find, but even those, I enjoy because I'm around to have them--and then I pull them out.
Guys, really, birthdays are awesome. You should like them, and celebrate them.
this week's kitchen table flowers
From the kitchen:
I made this for dinner last night. It's amazing. I use mild cheddar and totally add the goat cheese at the end. It makes the soup so much better. Yeah, it's April, but it's still soup weather--see above!
For the rest of this week:
Curry with applies
Meatloaf
Shrimp in some incarnation.
Out on Saturday for my birthday. :) (Saturday is my actual birthday)
Also, Saturday is......OUTLANDER DAY!!!!!! It's back! Season 2, huzzah! A most excellent birthday gift.
(If you haven't read Outlander yet.....do it. Really. It's good!)
Planning::
For California. There's a lot of logistical details still to be decided, including the ever-important questions of "What will I wear?!" and "How many books can I pack?!"
Clothes? What are these clothes you speak of?
The answer to the last question is probably "not many", because I'm going to need to pack beach stuff, and walking around for long periods of time stuff, plus the Jeopardy stuff (and a garment back), and etc. Sigh. I do have an iPad but I like real books for reading by the pool and the beach. I'm sure I'll figure something out. This is a good problem to have, right? I'd much rather pack for the beach and LA than for a hospital stay!
How was your Easter and the week after? Is it Spring where you are?