Anna Rambles

Being sick has gotten in the way of a lot of things recently, namely my Non-negotiable priorities. Still, I have found that categorizing exercise and scripture study as non-negotiable keeps them on my mind a bit more than they heretofore were. The past few weeks I have done them about 40% of the time, which, while it is not perfect, is better than the < 5% I was averaging before. My hope is that as my cold disappears and the weather improves, my batting average will increase.

In other news:

I cleaned my ENTIRE house on saturday. Dishes, Laundry, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, the works. I am the queen of my domain.

Daylight savings time started which means last night it was light out well after 8 o'clock. I can smell camping season quickly approaching.

I am going to Vegas this weekend with The Girls. A few weeks ago, The Hubs gave me a few dollars to get a coke and I told him I was going to save it for my trip. When he asked why I would hang on to such a paltry amount, I replied that where Las Vegas is concerned, one never knows when a girl will need some singles. He wasn't nearly as amused as I was.

My favorite dessert is Tiramisu.

That is all.

And now, the dinners we have tried since my last post: Spaghetti and Sweet Onion Pork Chops.
The Spaghetti sauce was good. That's a pretty tough one to screw up. I think I may save that recipe, make a whole stock pot full of it, and can it someday when I am feeling adventurous. (Maybe canning will be a "Good Idea" in the future. I have never tried it. Frankly, the idea that something may explode in my kitchen is not confidence-inspiring.) When I asked The Hubs what he thought about it, he said "Its spaghetti- what's not to like?" It was really nice, however, not to have to brown the meat. Cook noodles, dump in sauce, warm through. Nice.

The Sweet Onion Pork Chops were really tasty. The sauce was tangy and sweet (although next time I will be adding a prodigious amount of hot sauce and liquid smoke) and was quite good. It could have used more onion. I also think that it would taste better over chicken, but don't tell The Hubs I said that. He doesn't like it when I blaspheme.

Sweet Onion Pork Chops:
The Hubs: 9 (I believe this is his highest score yet)
Me: 8
Wrench: "Its good"

Tonight we will be having Creamy Lemon Chicken, which I am looking forward to. The promise of broiled swiss cheese topped with fresh lemon slices gives me great anticipation. *wipes drool off of chin* Tune in tomorrow for the review!