Role reversal
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ar_wahanI often go off to UU (church) board meetings on Tuesday night, leaving my husband and kid at home. Tonight, they have meetings at 7 p.m. -- she has Committee on Ministry (as youth representative), he has town Finance Committee. I've two different frozen pizzas ready to cook before they take off. I'll make a salad, too. (She only likes cheese pizzas, or cheese and hamburger).
If they turn out, I'll send my kid (and maybe my spouse) to their meetings with chocolate-oatmeal-peanut-butter-balls. For some reason, I've been remembering this recipe that I made as a child with great fondness lately. I couldn't find it in any cookbooks, so of course, turned to Google. Think I found it. The uncooked balls (yeah, I know, that sounds bad!) are stickier than I remember, but maybe if they cool some more (they aren't cooked per se, but the stuff the oatmeal is stirred into is hot), they'll resemble what I remember.
Samurai took an extra shift of work today (she normally does not work on Tuesdays) because the car wash is short-staffed. I noticed her asthma inhaler on the kitchen counter and took it down to her when I went into town. Since her asthma is aggravated by cold, I thought she'd need it.
It's odd. I have really been wanting a break from work. I have this big new file cabinet that I can use to clean up the "piles of files" in my office. I'm eager to reduce the clutter in my life.... or so I say. But I've had a little breather in my work schedule, and what do I do? Make chocolate-oatmeal-peanut-butter balls.
EDIT at 6:15: Kid has decided to stay in town and go to the meering from there. The aforementioned "balls" aren't quite what I remember. And I can't send them to the meeting in any case.
But, I just got off the phone with the charming customer service person with Cross Country International, the same one I'd spoken to before. She got our reservations. She suggests we rent a car at Shannon Airport, since I was worried about my husband finding rental cars in the hinterland. We could offset the cost because we won't have to pay the part of the package fee that covers transportation from Shannon to the An Sibin Riding Centre two hours' away.
Hmm. That also means that we could fly in early, maybe visit Cork (where my husband"s family is from) and Galway City, in which I want to wander...
She also told me the package does not offer triple rooms, only doubles and sngles. So for just $185 more, I got my kid a single room. She will be thrilled (she says I snore). There are other bonuses to having my husband and me alone in a double room, too,which I will leave to your imaginations.
If they turn out, I'll send my kid (and maybe my spouse) to their meetings with chocolate-oatmeal-peanut-butter-balls. For some reason, I've been remembering this recipe that I made as a child with great fondness lately. I couldn't find it in any cookbooks, so of course, turned to Google. Think I found it. The uncooked balls (yeah, I know, that sounds bad!) are stickier than I remember, but maybe if they cool some more (they aren't cooked per se, but the stuff the oatmeal is stirred into is hot), they'll resemble what I remember.
Samurai took an extra shift of work today (she normally does not work on Tuesdays) because the car wash is short-staffed. I noticed her asthma inhaler on the kitchen counter and took it down to her when I went into town. Since her asthma is aggravated by cold, I thought she'd need it.
It's odd. I have really been wanting a break from work. I have this big new file cabinet that I can use to clean up the "piles of files" in my office. I'm eager to reduce the clutter in my life.... or so I say. But I've had a little breather in my work schedule, and what do I do? Make chocolate-oatmeal-peanut-butter balls.
EDIT at 6:15: Kid has decided to stay in town and go to the meering from there. The aforementioned "balls" aren't quite what I remember. And I can't send them to the meeting in any case.
But, I just got off the phone with the charming customer service person with Cross Country International, the same one I'd spoken to before. She got our reservations. She suggests we rent a car at Shannon Airport, since I was worried about my husband finding rental cars in the hinterland. We could offset the cost because we won't have to pay the part of the package fee that covers transportation from Shannon to the An Sibin Riding Centre two hours' away.
Hmm. That also means that we could fly in early, maybe visit Cork (where my husband"s family is from) and Galway City, in which I want to wander...
She also told me the package does not offer triple rooms, only doubles and sngles. So for just $185 more, I got my kid a single room. She will be thrilled (she says I snore). There are other bonuses to having my husband and me alone in a double room, too,which I will leave to your imaginations.
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Date: 2007-01-31 06:57 am (UTC)That sounds like a *wonderful* way to have a breather from work! If you think about it, decluttering is almost too much like work. You need a serious chocolate-oatmeal-peanut-butter ball break!
And you need to send some to
*hugs*
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Date: 2007-02-01 06:31 am (UTC)