Oy.

Yeah, I made it four days before I went dark and here I am a week later, finally getting back to tapping the keys.  I have not done the best job ever returning to this blog.

Let me share a few things, though.

Last Thursday night John made a truly delicious meal of shrimp, gnocchi and edamame. I   was only responsible for the edamame, and that was definitely the weak link of the dish.  Lesson Learned: always let John cook when you can.

Last Friday I went into the city bright and early for my Tysabri infusion.  It went well.  John and I came home.  We put together a charcuterie plate and watched junkie television into the evening.  We both fell asleep on the couch.  Class, that’s what it is.

On Saturday, much to John’s chagrin, I began cleaning the house while he went fishing.  So our house got a nice little shake-up and then we headed to a birthday party in the evening.  I barely ate anything but I did cook a piece of salmon when we got home.  Go me!

Sunday. Sunday we definitely cheated.  I was dying to see “A Star is Born” and so we went to a matinee at The Movie Tavern and ordered brunch.  I have to admit, it was pretty yummy.  Chicken & waffles.  Chocolate mousse with caramel popcorn garnish?  Yes, please.

This week has been a little weird.  On Monday we made butternut squash ravioli with sea scallops and sauteed spinach. John made a yummy white wine butter sauce (that he hated but I loved).

And then John left for a work trip. So this little girl had steak, potatoes and zucchini on Tuesday night and totally cheated by having dinner at her parents house on Wednesday (salmon, baby potatoes & broccoli).  Last night John was home again and before watching football (urgh, it was ugly football) we made fennel, butternut squash rice and steak (cuz I had a sirloin filet leftover from my Tuesday night steak binge).

I have zero idea what we’re cooking tonight.  I had a photo shoot for a magazine article and right now all that matters to me is that my hair looks pretty (and is full of hair spray …. whomp whomp) and I wrote three excellent pages of my probably-won’t-ever-get-finished novel that I began in 2016.

Additionally I tried (and failed … miserably!) to make chocolate chip cookies for John.  I definitely only added one and one quarter cup of flour when the recipe very clearly stated TWO and one quarter cups.  I also have used our rice cooker to excellent affect to make Lucy’s supplemental food (if I have never mentioned it, she is the most sensitive, fussiest dog on the face of the planet …ever).  I absolutely adore our rice cooker despite really not enjoying rice at all.  And we finally got some glass storage jars for our pantry, which I very happily filled with anything I could think of (oats, panko, Israeli cous cous and rice … so far!).

I vow to make a better effort for the rest of October.  I really do mean to blog every day.  It is constantly amazing to me that as a woman who is currently not gainfully employed, I run out of hours every day to get the things done I’d like to accomplish.