...Feeling a need to get back into the kitchen, I rolled up my sleeves this morning and cut up all the ingredients for a short rib stew, then put them in the crock pot for an 8-hour slow cook. Rachel went to her friend Ivy's for a playdate, but came home early because, while swinging in the backyard, she started feeling queasy.
Drew ran a few errands, then came back and hung out with Rachel while I worked most of the day on some writing I need to get done by tomorrow (finished it and sent it in ahead of deadline, yay!). It was so mild -- 57 degrees! -- that they biked to the playground near our house, then biked back in utter darkness. Then they did a "craft" for me together (a big book with drawings) before dinner. By the time they were done the ribs were ready and we sat down to eat. Unfortunately Rachel didn't like them but she was too scared to tell me because she didn't want to hurt my feelings. Sigh...I had really hoped to diversify her tastes a little more, but as I told Drew later, I didn't much like stews or roasts until I was long out of the house. Right, Mom? Right?
I should have poured more of the fat off the stew, but that's OK, I'll do it after it sits in the fridge overnight. After dinner I went back to work and said goodnight to Rachel after her bath. Good news: We just got word that she got into a "Physics for Curious Kids" after-school class! Yay! She is well on to her way to becoming a scientist, and, hey, we just got word that Uncle David is coming to visit at the beginning of February so Rachel can show him everything she's learned by then.
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