Slow Saturday

It was 4:00 a.m. when I last looked at the clock, last night/this morning, before I finally fell asleep.  I woke up at 10:00 a.m., which wasn't bad, I guess.  It had rained, earlier in the morning, but it had ceased by the time I woke up and the rest of the day was fine - partly cloudy, partly sunny.  Warm enough in the afternoon to open the windows to air out the house.  Cold enough in the evening for me to turn up the heater, even though I am wearing a blouse, two sweaters, a pair of sweatpants, and a pair of socks! 

I spent a relaxed morning, having a cup of tea, responding to emails, and writing the blog post about my crazy patchwork cushion cover.  Later, I chatted on the phone with my daughter as she outlined her day's plans with me (grocery shopping, going to an acrobatics class, then, cooking for the week and laundry).   

Daughter's grocery shopping (at the dollar store):

Daughter's Grocery Haul

She found 18 oz. packages of bacon ends and pieces for $2.00 each and bought one of each of three different flavors!  Plus a bag of 4 zucchini, a cauliflower, a 1 lb. bag of asparagus, 12 oz. containers of blueberries and blackberries, 2 bags of freeze dried peaches, a loaf of bread, 1 package of turkey sausage patties, 2 bottles of a cold brew coffee, a jar of ssan sauce (a type of Korean chili sauce) and a container of shampoo (not shown).  She said she spent $22.40 (does not include the shampoo).  She budgets $100-125/month for groceries.

Her cooking for the week:

Daughter's Weekly Meal Prep

Clockwise: extra cooked bacon (blue container), sauteed zucchini and onion, chickpea pasta with bacon, asparagus, roasted cauliflower.  She said she had some other leftovers from last week to finish, as well (sweet potato and lentil curry, sauteed greens, etc.).  She plans to cook some rice, tomorrow, and maybe bake a loaf of zucchini bread.

My own lunch was a salad:

Lunch Salad with Bacon

I had some cooked bacon in the freezer - I took out a piece and crisped it in the microwave, then, crumbled it on top of the salad.

In the afternoon, I went through my closet and re-organized it.  When my daughter helped me go through the clothes (when she was down here at Christmas), she grouped all the skirts together, all the blouses together, etc., which was fine, but she hung up the blouses according to sleeve length, with all the short sleeved blouses together and long sleeved blouses together.  I prefer to organize them by color, so, today, I grouped them by color, instead.

Then, I peeked in several of the dresser drawers to see if there was anything I could declutter.  I don't know.  I have 3 pairs of sweatpants and 5 sweatshirts, two of which are rather thin which I wear in spring or fall.  I don't think I can have any fewer than that.  I have 3 t-shirts, two of which are now too big for me, so I might be able to give those away, but my daughter wants me to wait until she comes home to see if she could wear them to sleep in, during the summer.  Two of the t-shirts were souvenir t-shirts from dance recitals, back when daughter and I were taking dance classes.  I have 3 tank tops and a pair of shorts for the summer, although the pair of shorts might be too big, now.  I have 3 flannel nightdresses and 1 pair of flannel pyjamas; several cotton nightdresses, but, in the summer, I need at least 5 or 6 so I can change to a new one each night, since it is so hot.  There really isn't much in the dresser drawers to declutter.

Then, I checked the chest of drawers where I keep my sweaters.  Well, now, I do admit to having at least a dozen or so sweaters!  And I am constantly knitting and adding to their number!  I pulled out one sleeveless knitted top that I made, to go to the donations pile (it is too big for me, now).  Once again, my daughter wants to see if there is anything she'd like before I actually donate any sweaters, so I left the rest of them in place.

Next, I moved on to the linen closet.  It wasn't that disorganized (I have designated different shelves for different things), but, things tend to get shoved in and things get a bit messy from time to time.  I pulled everything out, shelf by shelf, sorted it all, and put everything back!  By then, it was evening and I was getting hungry and tired.  It was too dark in the hallway, even with the light on, to take a photo, so, I'll do that, tomorrow.  But, I found another piece of eyelet fabric, which is a little longer than what I have in my bedroom window, when I was sorting in the linen closet.  I kept it out to sew into a curtain for my bedroom window.

Since I was hungry, I cut up the rest of a cucumber and had the pieces with a little salsa as a snack and then, had a cup of tea.

Evening Snack: Cucumber and Salsa

If nothing else, it was a healthy snack!  But, I got hungry for dinner, by 7:30 p.m.!

Dinner was part of a chicken breast I had baked and frozen, earlier, with vegetables:

Dinner:  Chicken Breast and Vegetables

I sliced up half of a zucchini and sauteed it, then, added the leftover vegetables from two nights ago.  I sliced up the chicken breast and sauteed it, too, to warm it up, but that dried it out.  Next time (there are more baked chicken breasts in the freezer), I shall make some sort of a sauce to go with the chicken.  Dinner was good and I had a glass of diluted orange juice with it (2/3 orange juice, 1/3 water).  Two hours later, I checked my sugar level (it should be under 180, 2 hours after a meal) and it was 102.  So, I ate a peach for dessert.   

Later, I video chatted with my daughter.  I did a little bit of paperwork, too, but not enough to make a noticeable dent!

Today, I am grateful for:
- The early morning rain
- The sunshine, later
- A nicely organized linen closet
- Chatting with my daughter
- Figuring out healthier meals

I will carry over my To Do List from yesterday into tomorrow.

How was your Saturday?  What are your plans for Sunday?