We returned home to find that our garden had exploded. The pole beans finally decided to climb their poles. The lettuce was trying to race it to the sky. The herbs were elbowing the tomato plants for space. The jalapeños were thick and plentiful. Hot sun and lots of rain will do that, I suppose...
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| Garden bounty: basil, jalapeños, and zucchini cake |
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| It's a lot of basil! The pot's just there because it's pretty... |
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| BestestHusband uprooted the peppermint to make more room for the spearmint. We have a lot of mint... |
Food waste: We left some produce for Miss Ashley (our beloved daycare teacher/dogsitter/housesitter/babysitter) to eat. She did not eat the produce. MISS ASHLEY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO EAT THE PRODUCE!!! So we had some fruit go bad. She did help eat some of the garden. So I give her credit for that. On vacation, we made a valiant effort to keep from wasting any leftovers from a week of 3 meals/day x 12 people. I think we deserve credit for that. And we're working very hard to use/preserve the crazy amounts of herbs we brought in from the garden. OH, and we composted at the lake house! Does that earn us bonus points?
Money: Vacation is not cheap. But we cooked most of our own meals (we went out one night with the whole family, and BestestHusband and I went out one night just by ourselves - with coupons), which helps with 12 people. We shopped all of the grocery sales in advance, thanks to my detail-oriented mother-in-law.
Patience: It's easy to be patient when you're on vacation.
M&Ms: There was a bag of plain M&Ms on vacation. I was too busy eating other yummy stuff to care much.
Time: We got family time, couple time, 1:1 kid time, and even lots of alone time. The whole week was time well spent, in my mind.
This week is proving already to be a tough reality check. Sigh. Back to reality. But it was definitely worth it!
How was your week?
Money: Vacation is not cheap. But we cooked most of our own meals (we went out one night with the whole family, and BestestHusband and I went out one night just by ourselves - with coupons), which helps with 12 people. We shopped all of the grocery sales in advance, thanks to my detail-oriented mother-in-law.
Patience: It's easy to be patient when you're on vacation.
M&Ms: There was a bag of plain M&Ms on vacation. I was too busy eating other yummy stuff to care much.
Time: We got family time, couple time, 1:1 kid time, and even lots of alone time. The whole week was time well spent, in my mind.
This week is proving already to be a tough reality check. Sigh. Back to reality. But it was definitely worth it!
How was your week?
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