Tuesday would have been my dad's birthday so I wore his bowling shirt in memory as I do every year. After work I headed over to pick up the rock, after a visit with my trade partner and loading up the rock I headed by another BBT house for a trade of mulch. Once home I unloaded the rock trying to beat the storm that was coming in. After unloading the rock I went to work on dinner which used up some leftovers. I used some more of the leftover pork loin to make stroganoff. I like the recipe out of my better homes and garden cookbook for Beef Stroganoff although I have subbed different proteins just as I did this time. This dish also enabled me to use up some mushrooms and the last bit of sour cream I had on hand. After dinner came baths and play time for the boys. I used the time to try clean up the kitchen and realized I needed to get the ears of corn and the hatch chilies put up before I lost them to rot. So I turned on the grill and got the chilies roasting while I blanched the ears of corn and got them in the freezer. Once the chilies were roasted I put them in a bag to steam while I got the kids ready for bed. I knew the 1 hour wait time would end about the time I got the kids to sleep. Clark went down without to much of a struggle and then I realized Logan's bed needed to be made. He had also got real quite and when I went to check he was sitting on the floor of his room asleep with hotwheels in his hands. I took the hot wheels and tried to get him to go to bed. He mumbled something and then laid back down on the floor so I had to pick him up and put him in his bed. About this time the chilies were ready to be put up so I went in the kitchen to peel and deseed them. I put them in freezer safe containers and placed in the freezer. I was going to get a shower so I just rinsed my hands and then went to turn on the shower so the water could warm up. As the shower was warming I realized I needed to send a pm to my trade partner to let her know I had picked up the items from her porch. While I was typing a message I made the mistake of touching my eye! On all things that are holy it burned! I did not care if the water was warm or not I threw off my clothes and got in the shower. I did think to wash my hands and then hold my eyes open to the water. The thought did cross my mind though that water makes pepper oil hotter and that I could be making it worse but just could not imagine bathing my eyes in milk. Luckily the fire went away within a couple of minutes from my eyes but I had a cut on my hand and the capsaicin made it feel like I had rubbed muscle cream on my hands. Bedtime did not come early enough and despite being exhausted I did not sleep well.
Wednesday was much of the same, I used more pork loin to make nachos and then called it done even though I had a bit left.
Thursday night Logan was excited because it was the night before his birthday. Phillip took care of picking up cookies for his class which saved me a ton.
Friday night I picked up what I hope is the last load of rock , then picked up some molds that a person in BBT is loaning me so we can make crayons for Logan's birthday party. I was going to stop for pizza but forgot so once home I unloaded the rock and then picked up Logan so he could help me. We went and picked up a pizza and pizza bread for him. Once home he told me all about his day and then Phillip went to help a friend. While Phillip was gone I worked out details for Saturday with Grandma, got the kids baths, Logan and I worked on making some crayons and got as much as I could together for Saturday. Clark went to sleep pretty easily and then Logan snuggled and watched TV while we waited for Phillip to get home. I am pretty sure I fell asleep before he made it home. He got Logan into his own bed and then was trying to talk to me and I am pretty sure I fell asleep while he was telling me a story.
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