Small Successes

This has been a pretty good week, despite another round of colds in the house!

1) I read a mystery novel! I'm not usually a mystery person, but I saw a series at the library about a spunky nun in a cloistered monastery. She's one of the two extern nuns who are the monastery's connection to the outside world. This first book, Bad Faith, has her helping the sheriff to solve a mysterious death that occured at the monastery.

2) I've been "Susie Homemaker" the past couple of days! For dinner the other night, I made pizza - I took a refrigerater roll of biscuits, squished them together & spread them on a quiche dish, topped w/ spaghetti sauce (we didn't have any pizza sauce), black olives, & shredded cheese. The munchkins loved it. I also made oatmeal no-bake cookies & last night I made granola cereal. That didn't last long, so next time I'll make a bigger batch. All the munchkins loved it, even The Archangel who doesn't like oatmeal. It was quite easy. I'll post the recipe soon.

3) Casinodad & I watched a movie in one night! Usually it takes us 2-3 nights to watch a DVD in the evenings, but we couldn't stop. We watched Fireproof - what an excellent movie! The only complaint I had was the Kirk Cameron seemed to overact at times, mostly during the scenes when he was arguing w/ his wife & complaining to others about her. I think that must have been tough for him to do. I've noticed that Casinodad & I have been nicer to each other since watching the movie. I have caught myself thinking twice before saying something that might come across as rude or snippy. Is it something I really need to say or would it only start an argument? I've even been doing better w/ the munchkins & not yelling so much at them. It's amazing how much peace can fill a home when you let go of certain things & pick your battles.

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