snippets and stuff

Oh, I see I'm not really back to blogging much. Boo, me.

But here's some snippets.

On the last post ~ I am feeling better. Thank you for your prayers. I am sure they helped. Perhaps, too, some of it was hormonal. Sometimes I still have waves of the stress and anxiety but not as bad as those few dark days.

On life in general ~ The Grand Lunar has helped me choose a curriculum direction for next year. It may not be ideal, but it eases the weight of fear of failure I was carrying, yet still allows us to stay home and together, which we all enjoy.

On food ~ the other day I cooked pork ribs. Lunar's mother's pork ribs were renowed, but I do not have her recipe. (Linda? Do you?) But I hoped to try some on the grill. It rained a lot, and I ended up opting to do them in the oven, instead. Someone sent me a link to Alton Brown's recipe for ribs, and of course I made some kimodifications. But in the end they were both tasty and photogenic.

On fun ~ today we watched two children for our friends. I made playdough, and then baked cookies. The cookies taste quite a bit better than this picture looks, really.

The children also noticed that our wild plum tree's plums seemed to be ripe, and there were a few branches they could reach, with minimal climbing effort. The plums up there turned out to be small with tart (!!) skins but very sweet insides, and there was much plum eating to be had.

Overall, not a bad day, really.