Month of Munch

There’s an apple core sitting in a glass mug on the chest of drawers. I ate the apple yesterday when we—the man and me—were hauling things around trying to get a room cleaned out for my mother and youngest brother. We’re finally getting somewhere with this house business. Mum and Micah AND Uncle Phil’s are going to be out here next week helping us paint. It will be a busy June. I’m looking forward to it, in a vague zoned out kind of way. It will be draining. I expect a month of recovery.

I’ll also be leading the singing at VBS in the end of June. I think I’ll lose my voice at least once. Since I’ve gotten married I don’t sing as much. I didn’t use to sing by myself anyway, not audibly, but I sang in groups more often as a youth attendee.

This month was the last month in the happiness project I’ve been doing. I decided to document all the food I made and I wanted to play. Here are some of the notable foods I made or ate.

Cinnamon rolls with blueberry glaze

Nashville Hot Chicken sandwiches with creamy coleslaw

French toast with brioche buns & maple butter(also with sliced apples once)

Mozzarella toastie with a fried egg, tomato slices, mushrooms, green onions, & sriracha

Earl Gray cake with lavender buttercream and blueberries(this was the birthday cake I made for a friend—see previous post)

Chicken alfredo with noodles—baked

I helped my husband make gochujang pasta

Scissor cut noodles

Pizzas made on flatbread

Eggs & lychee fruit

Kumquats

Chocolate chip cookies with pickles(pookles)

Lemon orzo & chicken

Strawberry shortcake

Mint tea over ice

Lavender lemonade with matcha

Lots of strawberry matchas

Lemon latte

Ginger beer & espresso

Strawberry, lemon, orange, & earl gray syrups

I played catch the green ball with Bella and I watercolored in the big blue book. I wrote poem after poem and read some books.

I surprised me mum for Mother’s Day. The man did not come with me—gasp! but I thoroughly enjoyed myself anyway.

We are planning to attend a wedding in Pennsylvania this weekend. I am madly dashing around folding clothes and towels, cleaning, and trying to decide what I can leave for tomorrow before the man comes home from work and we can drive away into the sunset. We’ll be going the opposite way of the sunset but it was poetic. We can drive away into the dusk. There. I hope I don’t forget something important. I probably will.

I’ve got an immediate order on watercolor cards and I’m kind of excited. I didn’t use to think I’d want to monetize my art and I don’t think I’ll ever fully go into any kind of business because I have art droughts and I want to keep loving my slow(slow? Not fast or busy anyway)life. But. I am willing to sell if I’m asked and it works.

We played softball one gorgeous afternoon and the man hit a home-run.

I had lunch with my class instructor on Memorial Day. That was lovely. So was the Remington 700 308 caliber that I took a turn(or two)at.

We bought another vehicle. Mk 5 GTI. I shall have to learn the art of driving stick shift. Send prayers.

Time’s up.

I wish all of you a lovely June, at least one purple sky, & lots of laughter.