TToT – A Whole Lotta Good

April 26, 2014 Off By Lisa

The sky was a glorious blue this morning and the breeze was just enough. It was the kind of day that always reminds me of an early summer at the beach – perfect. I felt pretty light as I drove alone with the moon roof open. It’s been a very good week.

For starters, Zilla had one of her best weeks of school yet – we could not be more pleased and proud of her efforts. She’s been pretty terrific overall lately in the behavior department. She is absolutely delightful. A challenge? Yes. But completely delightful.

For me, the week flew by pretty fast and for that I am very grateful. With so many days off for bad weather over the winter, we have had pretty much nothing but solid five-day weeks and no breaks from President’s Day until Easter and it will be much the same until Memorial Day. So if week flies by, it’s a pretty good thing.

For Passover last week, I made a pot of matzah ball soup. That in itself is a great thing. However. I was in too much of a hurry when I pulled it together and the result was less than stellar. I rushed the process and cooked solely with purpose rather than love. The result is never good in my kitchen when I do that. As a result, the matzah balls did not hold together well and were much more like matzah mush. The Hub and Zilla still liked it just fine. The truth is that it may just be the best tasting batch I’ve made yet and that I believe is largely due to the homemade chicken broth that went in this time rather than the box of organic from the market. That stuff is pretty good and, make no mistake, I use it a lot. But there was something special about the homemade chicken broth.

Speaking of which, I am pretty glad my first-ever roasted chicken turned out very well. I did not grow up in a family of dark meat eaters so a whole chicken just didn’t make a whole lot of sense. We’re perfectly happy with just chicken breast. But I really wanted to make my own chicken broth so I decided to give it a whirl. All efforts turned out perfectly and served us well for not only a hot meal the first night, but a chicken salad and a few lunch sandwiches plus several quarts of the broth. Awesome.

I could stop there and be happy enough with my week, but there’s more…

The Hub has been a cleaning beast this week. He super-vacuumed the house, cleaned all the hard surface floors, did several loads of laundry, took my car for a much-needed car wash – inside and out, cleaned our shower head so it sprays correctly again, cleaned the inside of the dishwasher of all things, and purchased replacement bulbs for my stove surface light. That stupid thing is always burned out and I really miss having it.

And while we’re on the subject of how great my Husband is, he still makes the world’s most perfect cup of coffee and is completely supportive of me and the things I want to accomplish. I could not be more blessed.

But I am…

One night this week, Zilla started prayer as she often does. But on this particular evening, she strayed from her norm and instead offered this:

“Dear God, thank you for the delicious food that you gave my Mom the ability to cook. I love you. Amen.” She did that all on her own and it’s not even a format that we generally use here. The Hub and I were speechless.  What a kid!

And to end the week, she crawled into our bed with me this evening and fell asleep. There is nothing quite like falling asleep with your baby in your arms. Especially when that baby is so much less a baby with every passing second.

I could probably add a few more things, but I think I’m going to sit with this bunch for now. I hope the week has brought all of you moments of joy and thankfulness as well!

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Ten Things of Thankful