Gute Hausfrau

In honor of Oktoberfest, I am dusting off my very rusty German skills. Today I attempted domestic goddess status. It all started with my morning dose of Martha. I really enjoy her new show. She's a lot more personable than she was on Martha Stewart Living. She's very upfront about the jail time, too; she doesn't try to hide it. I am by no means a Martha, but I do get excited about crafts and baking and at least trying to be domestic. After Martha and some office time, I set off to find a comforter set for our bed. We've had our new bed for almost a year & have been using not so great sheets and stretching a Full sized comforter over a King sized bed. Surprisingly enough, it works ok. Don and I have looked for a set but couldn't find one that we both liked or that wasn't too expensive. I finally bit the bullet and bought a set that is mostly rich purples. I'm not sure that Don is too keen on the color, but it will serve its purpose fine. I even bought little pillows to put on the bed. Big excitement.

After my bedding shopping, I came home to cook a "real" dinner. My recent goal is to cook something new or involved every Monday for dinner since I am usually home and have time to do it. This was week number two. I'm really enjoying this plan so far. It feels like a good start to the week, and we end up with just enough leftovers for Don to eat during evenings when I'm not home. Tonight I made WW friendly baked beef ziti. Since I am not the most graceful cook, the kitchen was pretty disasterous as I tried my best to manage boiling pasta, sauteing garlic and draining meat. I had sauce everywhere and ended up dropping a measuring container into the boiling water. That was fun! However, I cleaned up so well that if I hadn't told Don he would have thought that it was effortless. The ziti tasted great; you couldn't even tell that it was a WW recipe and low in points. Most of the meals I am attempting are WW recipes. So far so good.

I can hardly believe that tomorrow is the first day of our new Jr High program! I am excited and nervous at the same time. I think that we have been blessed with an awesome group of catechists, and everyone has been working so hard to make this a success. Now, we just add the student X-factor and leave it up to the Holy Spirit. Of course, my nervous self plagued me with dreams of unprepared teachers and hideously behaved students last night. I know that neither will actually happen, but it was enough to keep me tossing and turning! I can't wait to find out what tomorrow brings!

Itching Update: It seems to be subsiding. I still itch every now and then but it's not such a compulsion anymore. I guess I won't have to put socks on my hands after all!

I also need to start working on songs for Cabaret night. It always seems to sneak up on me. It looks like this year will be no exception. Oh, well.

Less than two weeks until Don's birthday! Yeah! No plans yet, but I'm sure that the schedule will fill itself very soon.

Well, that's it for me. Time to start settling down for the evening in anticipation of a very busy tomorrow.