Today was...

Well, I did some cooking today. I made good use of those leeks from the market and made a potato leek soup in the crock pot (secret ingredient: sunchokes!) 

And T got some more work done on the shower project. the next step will be adding the tile and I am o so psyched for that part!

 Oh, and we did a little chalk art in the driveway. The neighbor kids came by for a while and played hopscotch with us. Yeah!

 Then Lils and I went to a building owned by the local theater group to gather up some materials for a parade float for the ski club. What did we find? Hats! We had a little photo shoot with all the awesome hats there.

Then some friends came by for a soup dinner. always nice to get together. I sent them off with my wedding gown, as my girl-friend is helping a young woman who grew up in foster care to plan her wedding. I recently read an article that had helpful hints for storing wedding gowns in perpetuity and decided that that wasn't going to be the fate of my gown (It was a fabulous dress, after all) so I was SO happy to be able to give it away today. After all, when a person grows up in foster care, they are not "nobody's kids" they are everybody's kids.

Oh, and my sister in law was in a bit of a car wreck today. She should be ok, but I'm sending out some extra good universal consciousness love and happiness her way, or whatever passes for healing vibes these days. I really hope she heals up fast and has very little trouble as a result. She's such a good person...

Welcome to My Universe

Something cool happens in my life every day. 

It might just be that I get a kick out of the little things. Either way, I think my Universe is cool enough to blog about. Enjoy.

What happened today? Well, the day is still young. So far, I'm actually feeling a bit crappy so I'm laying low around the house. We harvested some goodness from the garden, including green tomatoes, Swiss chard, a few small cukes, some accidental ornamental squash, and a pile of sunchokes, which I intend to roast for dinner. 

Also, I'm exploring the potato in it's many forms. The breakfast in bed* my awesome husband and lil' one brought me included a heap of home fries. Then there's the leftover potato-leek soup I devoured at lunch. Of course, I couldn't ignore those salt and vinegar chips in the cupboard. We'll roast up some potatoes with the sunchokes later. And much later? Vodka martinis in the hot tub*? Sure, why not. Potatoes are actually pretty good for you, with loads of vitamins C,B6, Potassium and Iron, among other things. Plus, we had a wicked good potato harvest this year, so that's what's on the menu.

The coolest thing so far today? My husband is finally starting to draw out the plans for our awesome new tile shower* and when he opened the box to check out the shower base, it was severely over-packed and loaded with packing peanuts! 

Here's the wee one making good use of those peanuts:

See how exciting my life can be?

*some examples of why I call it My Universe.