Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s been so warm here it feels like summer! It was close to 90 degrees yesterday and I spent the day driving The Teen’s choir group all over town for Singing Serenades It was such a blast. Bittersweet, though. After all, he’s a senior and actually much of the group is also graduating so this will be his last time doing this.

Right Now:

For breakfast, I am having a See’s Candy Bordeaux and coffee. Delish. We are trying to hit an earlier church service today so I need to get to it because one kid is still in bed.

I feel like this post needs flowers, since it’s Valentine’s Day and all.

This Week:

I have to work tomorrow but the kids are off. The Girl is not feeling all that great so hopefully the extra day will have her on the way to health.

There are rehearsals, track practices, parent meetings for theatre and I do believe there is a hair appointment in there somewhere, too.

Reading:

I finished Be Frank With Me and the review will post early this week. I am starting The Ramblers today.

Watching:

No lie. We will be picking up Chinese takeout later and then sitting down to the premier of The Walking Dead,

Making:

I didn’t have time to really think about food for the week because yesterday was a very fully day and there is no time today to figure it out so I may be at the market while she’s at practice tomorrow. I need a food delivery service oh, and a personal chef.

Grateful for:

Hot water. For a long time, we’ve been losing hot water pressure and the other day, it literally got down to a trickle. I DREADED making that call because spending $1000 on a water heater right now is just not in the budget but… it was just a clogged line and a small regulator piece needed to be replaced. A simple repair. We have plenty of hot water again and it’s wonderful.

What are you doing today? Between church and the middle school ministry, I will be spending much of it at church but later it’s just me, my Chinese takeout and the TV.

It’s been a good week. A busy, whirlwind of a week but here I am and only a head cold to show for it! I felt a cold coming on earlier in the week and did everything I could to fight it but alas, I lost the battle.

Even with the cold, I still managed to make it to book club. We discussed Ghettoside and it was a very good discussion. Lots to talk about. Besides being blown away by the sheer numbers of deaths in that part of South Central, we were fascinated by the detectives and their methods for investigating the cases.

Right Now:

I’m trying to rally the troops so that we can go to church but they are all dragging and giving me grief. I mean, I am the sick one! Let’s go, already. Geesh. Note: This was written earlier but I didn’t finish in time to post this morning but I was successful in getting them all out the door.

Right now, I am cooking up a ton of food to take over to my MIL’s house. Cheesy brats, bacon wrapped smokies, peach cobbler and 7 layer salad. Yum!

This Week:

This is a week of transitions. No more theater and although my kids tried to get me to sign them up for the next show, I held firm so they are officially taking a break from community theater.

There is still lots to look forward to: the Fullerton theater competition, Little Shop of Horrors, choir concerts and track meets every Saturday! That’s plenty to do. For them though, it’s a bit of transition because they are used to juggling all those extra rehearsals but I am looking forward to not having to figure out all of the conflicts.

Reading:

Oh goodness. I just finished Lost & Found by Brooke Davis. What a gem. I have to write the review up but man, it was good. I received a review copy for it so I assumed it was new but I guess it’s a reprint. Anyway, I am glad I caught it this time around because I loved it so much.

I am currently reading Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson. Another gem!

Watching:

I introduced The Girl to The Long, Long Trailer with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz . She enjoyed it.

Mad Men, Season 7 – Part Two is now available on Netflix! I can finally finish the series!

And you know what’s happening next week, right? The Walking Dead returns!

Making:

As I mentioned above, I have all sort of things cooking, a peach cobbler, cheesy brats, bacon wrapped smokies a 7 layer salad and a pear and walnut salad and that is just what I am bringing to this party. There will be tons of food but my kids like me to make certain things and I like to bring gluten-free options, too.

What are you snacking on today? Will you be watching the game? For me, it’s more about just being together.

Grateful for:

I am grateful for the wonderful church service I attended today. It was so awesome. We had a guest speaker, Tim Harlow and he rocked it.

How about you? How’s your weekend going?