and on this monday.

here's a peek at one area of my hutch and corner

nearest a west facing window. our wedding picture

is on the lower right - 37 years coming up in july.

my great grandmother Lula's tea set sits just to

the left of our picture. the vintage coffee pots

were found at a garage sale for $1 each.

i have more, but of course.

they came with electric cords and the whole

lot is in excellent condition, 

making the smoothest coffee ever.

*

there are four pounds each of frozen ground beef

and frozen ground chicken on my countertop,

 thawing in tepid water. my plan is to cook them

into crumbles (separately, of course) this afternoon

 then portion/freeze for future meals. 

it's a time saver when assembling a main meal. 

once thawed which takes little time,

you can reheat the crumbles with

a good drizzle of your sauce choice or 

seasoning, depending on your main dish

and preferences. 

there's a small beef roast thawing alongside the lot

mentioned above, for tomorrow night's dinner 

that will provide leftovers for a day maybe two.

i'm trying to get back to cooking three times

a week rather than a new meal every day.

a great sale on boneless skinless chicken breasts

offered an opportunity to purchase a couple

large'ish flats of the meat. tomorrow i'll flatten

it to about a quarter inch thick, season, and 

fold into bread pans to bake. i saw the tip

on pinterest (chicken shawarma) and figured

it'd work with different seasonings as well.

once baked and cooled a bit i could invert

the chicken to a platter and cut slices

for the dish i'm preparing or to portion

and freeze for a later date.

it's an experiment and i'll share my findings

after the fact. regardless, that chicken's going

to get baked and it'll be yUm. 

i hope. that's my plan.

made salmon and asparagus the other night.

.fail.

too much seasoning on the salmon

and too much salt on the asparagus.

it happens - fails.

it's noon'ish.

a cup of coffee is at my side along

with a cookie made yesterday.

once this blog post is published i'll

continue working on my study topic of

*contentment*

due to be delivered Saturday morning.

a cookie helps. 

as does coffee.

strong, please.

a storm is expected, beginning late tuesday night

and continuing through the weekend. 

so they say.

i'll believe it when i see it.

yet i'm a little ticked we've been experiencing

a false spring - tulips and daffies are

reaching for the sky. no buds or flowers

yet so hopefully they'll be safe just in case

the storm is substantial.

until next time,

.sherry.

"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,

therewith to be content."

Philippians 4:11