Yesterday was 4 weeks home.
We were out of town for a long weekend last weekend so we didn't get anything done around the house. The only thing we came home with was a Monopoly game and some Christmas ornaments. There was lots of other stuff I could have bought so I'm glad I just replaced some stuff lost in the fire. We'll have a full tree by December for sure.
Yesterday, we spent most of the day in the kitchen. My mom came over in the morning and helped us can tomatoes. She had previous experience but this was my first time so it was nice to have her input rather than just following a website and hoping for the best. We ended up with 20 pints of tomatoes. Yay! We have a few more tomatoes in the freezer too. As the last full batch was in the water bath, one of the jars broke open so we had to let everything cool to clean it up. Fortunately, clean up wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. If these end up tasting good, I may do more next year.
I also made brownie bites for the big girl's back to school pot luck. It was a new recipe but they turned out well.
This afternoon, I need to cook a cabbage and potato dish (at the big girl's request) for school lunches later this week and then I'm going to work in the little girl's bedroom until time for the big girl's school pot luck. There are a couple of boxes in there that need to be unpacked so I can get to the top of her desk to finish painting it. I need to hurry since school starts soon.
The good news of the new house...the big girl has made her bed every single day and yesterday was the only day I haven't made mine. She's also kept her room neat (although I haven't looked in her closet.) In fact, the whole house is pretty neat. It's easy to do when you haven't been home much but it's nice.
We were out of town for a long weekend last weekend so we didn't get anything done around the house. The only thing we came home with was a Monopoly game and some Christmas ornaments. There was lots of other stuff I could have bought so I'm glad I just replaced some stuff lost in the fire. We'll have a full tree by December for sure.
Yesterday, we spent most of the day in the kitchen. My mom came over in the morning and helped us can tomatoes. She had previous experience but this was my first time so it was nice to have her input rather than just following a website and hoping for the best. We ended up with 20 pints of tomatoes. Yay! We have a few more tomatoes in the freezer too. As the last full batch was in the water bath, one of the jars broke open so we had to let everything cool to clean it up. Fortunately, clean up wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. If these end up tasting good, I may do more next year.
I also made brownie bites for the big girl's back to school pot luck. It was a new recipe but they turned out well.
This afternoon, I need to cook a cabbage and potato dish (at the big girl's request) for school lunches later this week and then I'm going to work in the little girl's bedroom until time for the big girl's school pot luck. There are a couple of boxes in there that need to be unpacked so I can get to the top of her desk to finish painting it. I need to hurry since school starts soon.
The good news of the new house...the big girl has made her bed every single day and yesterday was the only day I haven't made mine. She's also kept her room neat (although I haven't looked in her closet.) In fact, the whole house is pretty neat. It's easy to do when you haven't been home much but it's nice.
