Blah. It's hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Praise the Lord. We have had a lot of chances to practice patience, long suffering, endurance, etc.
I cannot remember a time when we've done more laundry. Clothes are soaked through with sweat every day and stink. I am thankful for a washing machine and a laundry line right outside in the back yard. We used to have to walk past the church and across the street :)
The garden is suffering. The crops are suffering. Everything is dying. But, praise the Lord!
By mid-afternoon I am so wiped out that the last thing I want to do is prepare and cook supper. I may only have 3 (nearly adult) children, but I also feed several grown men. It's a blessing :) The last several days I have been preparing supper in the MORNING or at the very latest, preparing it along with lunch. I get everything ready that can be ready and then store it in the fridge. I take it out and cook it whenever it needs to be cooked in order to be done by supper time. It has been a great help to have this done and off my mind long before I start to get too tired to function normal.
Chicken and rice (cp - crockpot), quiche with veggies (cp), lasagna, enchiladas (cp), sweet potato stew stuff (cp), and so on ... all have been ready and waiting for us whenever it's time to eat. What a blessing!
What is a sweet potato stew?
ReplyDeletesweet potatoes, kidney beans, kale, mushrooms, tomatoes and seasonings: garlic, onion, rosemary, thyme, sage, bay leaves and red pepper. Oh yes, salt and pepper too. I think that's it. Rice or pasta can be added but we had enough to fill us up without the extra stuff.
ReplyDeleteJoanne, you sound like me when it gets hot! I like to keep my kitchen as cool as possible, too. I live in a big old farmhouse that keeps cool pretty long in the summer if we open windows at night and close them by 9 in the morning. But when it's humid...well, then we have even more opportunities to practice patience and praise to God even in warm weather! :)
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