I'm not sure how it got to be the last week of February. For a change, I've spent the entire day at home today – weekends have been wildly busy lately, so I welcomed the quiet.
Got to spend an hour in the garden yesterday evening and it was divine... more of this in my future, I hope, as the weather gets cooler.
Today involved an early morning and lots of kitchen time. Kid2 is experimenting a bit with baking and we had a pack of filo pastry in the freezer that wasn't doing anything, so she made some pastries and a quiche. The apple pastry was a perfect accompaniment to a dandelion root 'coffee' while I wrote the meal plan and shopping list for the next two weeks. Kid2 and Kid3 suggested some different things they would like to eat and we're trying a couple of new noodle recipes. About an hour after I finished the lists, I discovered I'll be going out to dinner twice this week, but I can work on doing the simple meals on those nights and Kid1 and Kid2 can take care of them.
Cleaned up the study this arvo and chatted to a friend on the phone. This evening has involved a patchwork of different use-it-up foods including frying some leftover homemade chips which turned out better than I expected. Now I'm waiting for the kettle to boil and looking forward to ice cream. Work tomorrow. That's OK. Good food and good friends await in between the work hours.