The handful of times I've posted on the weekend, it's because I've gotten something so fabulous in the store that I had to share it on a weekend. But today? This had nothing to do with yarn, and more that I've been so busy this past week that every single minute has been so full of work or toddler-wrangling that I haven't had a moment to myself to think, let alone to assemble a coherent sentence. So I've sequestered myself in my basement today. I have the 4th season of Alias playing on the 50" TV, and I'm going to catch up on various computer work and pretend that I'm neither a mother or a wife. If I hear the sound of a toddler screeching upstairs, I'm going to pretend it's noisy neighbors. If it's lunchtime, I'm not going to care what Joe feeds James, I'm just going to stay down here and pretend that the outside world doesn't exist. Heck, there's even a bar down here if I really want to drown out everything else!
Basically, Mama needs a day. And I'm taking that day. The one non-sitting activity I might do is to make this panzanella that I made for myself on Mother's Day. I'd never made this before, and not only was the recipe fool-proof, but it tasted so fabulous that I pretty much at the entire dish myself.
So what have you been up to this week? Has the humidity and rain turned your house into a marsh too? Every time I walk on carpet, it feels like I'm stepping on a sponge. We've had one sunny day in the past week, and last night the storms were so bad that we lost power, thought our pond was going to overflow, and watched the road in front of our house turn into a river. The one nice thing about all this rain is that it's made everything vividly green. It makes for some nice porch sittin'.
Enjoy! That panzanella looks great - going to add it to the menu this week.
Posted by: Vickie | May 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM
Oh, yes, the rain. Glad I did not look out the front window because today I see evidence that the storm sewer did not keep up and my garage had water in it. Fortunately, it all drained away and nothing was damaged. Enjoy your "day off"!
Posted by: Abby | May 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM
That panzanella looks yummy! We have the great squish here also. We have to drive over the DesPlaines River on our way to the health club & I cannot believe it hasn't overflowed over the bridges. It is so high (there are wide wetlands that are considerably lower than street, bridge level on both side of the river & they are flooded) - just below the bridge. It rained yesterday morning & the humidity has been so high that, when we were coming home from the health club about 9 last night, there were still large puddles everywhere - 12 hours after it had rained. There is just nowhere for the water to go. This has caused me great muscle pain. I am just now beginning to feel like getting up & out!
Posted by: mwknitter | May 22, 2010 at 04:41 PM
Ok when did your son get so big?? He looks so OLD sitting there reading his book!!!!
and I've saved that recipe to try. It looked really yummy and then I find out it's a Barefoot Contessa recipe. Should've known! Will have to make it soon......thanks for posting it!
Posted by: Lynn | May 24, 2010 at 10:53 PM