Day 173

Friday - 
Now that school is back in session, I decided that since everyone else is up and gone early in the morning - I would get into a routine myself. I set my phone to wake me up each morning at 7 a.m. It may not seem that early, but to me it's about an hour earlier than I was waking up all summer long. I really don't have anywhere to go, but I think it's good to get up and I can use that time to read and have some quiet time. I have my coffee, get my books, Bible, computer, and journal and just take advantage of the quiet. 

Following that, I talked with Wade on Skype. He is just so focused now on his upcoming travels and we talked about what he wants to do, where he would like to go, what he would like to see, and what foods he wants to eat. That time will fly by so quickly and we just need to slow down and enjoy our time together. 

I went grocery shopping and found these at the store. I am thinking that they are similar to what Wade has been eating over there. They may be named something different but are somewhat similar. Kind of expensive though. There are two in this bag and I believe it was over 2 dollars. But it will be worth a try. I put a dollar alongside it to show exactly how big they are. Then to be culturally diplomatic, I also put 1000 Dinar there for those in Iraq that might be wondering how big this bread is. ;-)
Because of conflicting schedules this coming Sunday, we decided to have our "Sunday" dinner tonight along with our movie night. I made:

Chicken Veggie Lasagna

Meat Lasagna

Garlic bread with marinara dipping sauce

Asparagus / Peach slices

Chocolate covered mini cream puffs / Twinkies

Dinner turned out good. Nice company. 

After we were done we watched a movie and made some butter. I had promised Jaide and Jared we would do that sometime soon so I figured we could all make some. I split the cream between 5 jars and we all sat in the living room and shook like crazy. It took a while and most of them gave up too soon, but Peggy and I finished it up and it turned out good. We all tested the butter on rolls. Peggy wants to let the kids in her latchkey program try this out too. 

The movie tonight was "Hookwinked Too - Hood VS Evil". That was a cute movie. Then we just sat and visited for a while. 

Tomorrow we all have separate things to do. 

I will be watching for news of Hurricane Irene. We won't be affected here, but predictors and weathermen today have been saying that is will be pretty bad.