I took the day off yesterday because the kids didn't have school. The weather was just about as fine as it gets in the great northeast - sunny, no humidity, 70 degrees. That adds up to a good deal all around.
I started the day catching up on housework (yawn, I know, but when I have a Friday off I try to cram all the chores in so I have rest of the weekend to play and/or write). By 10:30 I'd logged a two mile walk around our hilly neighborhood. Later, I checked my email to get back to the fine folks who are taking advantage of the Mother's Day Weekend coupon for The Trouble With Green (thank you!). That was followed by laundry, groceries, a little bit of kid-taxi service, and then ... and then ... I made my husband's favorite meal: beef carbonnade.
It's his favorite because it's made from his three favorite foods: beef, bacon, and beer. He home-brews some pretty awesome beer with a group of guys that get together once a month. I used a chocolate stout they made back in December in this batch of carbonnade and let me tell you - it rocked.
The recipe itself came from an old issue of Cooking Light (yes, Cooking Light). I follow the recipe except I substitute the "light beer" it calls for with the chocolate stout. If I brought light beer into this house it would be ugly!
After dinner I settled in for some writing time on my next book, which is the first in a series. All and all it was a great day off.
Cheers!
Liv
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