What I cooked today:
Lasagna: To be perfectly honest, I didn't assemble the lasagna. Either I forgot to buy lasagna noodles, or Patrick ate them, but after I started the meat, I realized I didn't have noodles. But, Grandma had some at her place. So, I made the meat sauce and the cheese mixture and sent them up there for Grandma to assemble and bake. They said it was good, and only left me a bite or two. Oh well, my family got fed, and it wasn't burgers!
Update:
I had to pull over on the road to Geyser today, so take this picture. The picture doesn't do it justice. The cloud structure was huge and at the bottom was a beautiful rainbow. It was so bright! I really wish I could take pictures that could accurately convey how amazing it is up here.
This morning I woke up with the ambition to mow the lawn. We got the mower a few weeks ago, but I haven't used it yet. I haven't actually mowed a lawn since our first house, and even then, I only mowed once or twice. But, this is a riding mower, so it's a heck of a lot more useful than my old gas push mower. Of course, since I haven't ever used the mower, I didn't have a really good idea of how wide the cutting blade was, or the turn radius. Needless to say, there are more than a few places on the lawn that I missed or cut badly. But, for my first time, it wasn't a bad try. After all, now I can only get better!
After mowing the lawn, Patrick, Grandma and I went over to the Raynesford Community Center for the blood drive. I haven't donated blood in years. Fortunately, I have not problem donating blood. Patrick and I were competing with each other as we went along. My hemoglobin was better, but his blood pressure was better. But, I really got him on the time. I had my entire pint done in about 5 1/2 minutes, which is really fast. He took over 7 minutes... lazy veins. It was a great chance to chat with the neighbors, which is always great. And do a good deed, which is also good!
After that, I raced over to book club. We read a book this month on Guernsey (which is an island in the English Channel, between France and England) and the German occupation during WWII. It was a really great book, that described an event that most of us had never thought of. My memory of High School history's version of WWII was: Nazi's were bad. Japan was bad. We bombed them. Yea, we are good. We didn't really discuss the actual history and how people existed during this time. I love being able to discuss books with other women and get their opinions. And the food was awesome!
I thought there was a teenage boy to mow the lawn? Remember that riding lawnmower is his car.
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