It’s Sunday night (boo!), but I don’t have to go back to work until Tuesday (yay!). I’m on a freezer cooking tear, because I want to have some stuff on deck for the nights when I don’t feel like cooking. I have half a batch of pasta bake in the freezer already; I’m making beef stew and dough for dinner rolls right now. Last night I roasted two chickens and stripped the meat for…something. I haven’t decided yet. Probably chicken noodle soup, chicken pot pie, and maybe enchiladas or taquitos? I also need to catch up on making baby food. I have apples, green beans, and sweet potatoes waiting! I guess I will spend most of tomorrow in the kitchen.
I didn’t get very much writing done during my break from work, but I did get some (YA) reading done! I finished Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher in less than 24 hours; it was such a page turner. I feel like there’s nothing left to say about it that hasn’t already been said. It was deeply affecting and so well-plotted and paced. I originally went to the bookstore to pick up Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler’s new book, The Future of Us, but it’s still in hardcover, and I am kind of allergic to buying hardcover books, heh. I think I’ll save it for my Kindle app. Also, my sister lent me her set of the Hunger Games trilogy, and I’m halfway through The Hunger Games right now. The violence has made me nauseated several times so far, hahaha. I am such a wimp! But I’m sticking it out, because Katniss is such an awesome character, the story is so mesmerizing, and I know that the rest of the books can’t be as bloody as the first one, right? Right??
I’m very excited for 2012, as long as it’s not the end of the world and all. My husband and I have a lot of great things planned for this year, and it will be our first full year as a 3-person family with Cara. Bring it!!
