Life before 2008 10 Aug 2005 05:13 am
Miscellaneous Mish-mash of Motherhood
Another morning, another wonderful cup of coffee. Do you know that coffee has to be a one of the more inspiring fluids known to man? Here we have it every morning but every single day we can wake up anticipating it’s dark warmth and jolt of invigoration! We brew good coffee here at the Graham’s…I try to get the freshest, best beans, we grind each pot right before brewing, and we use a French Press which makes an awesome couple of cups. Fortunately the world seems to be agreeable to this quest and getting good stuff is easily accessible to just about everyone.
And every day is like a fresh start. Forget that I just had a cup 24 hours ago and that it was wonderful. Today’s could be BETTER! With a tad of sugar and good douse of milk or cream, it always tastes that way too. And if it’s shade grown and my man is home that day…watch out ’cause I’ll be in utter bliss and won’t be opening my eyes anytime soon! It’s worse than “Lucy in tke sky”. 
This morning we had a breakfast that knew how to stand up to it’s coffee. Thick sliced bacon, then most of the drippings drained off save for a couple of tablespoons. Then an AWESOME, frsh tomato with deep, dark red juice, also sliced thick, seared in the fat. You can’t scoot these around in the pan or they break down! Just leave them until you think they may be browning on one side and then flip them. A fried egg (poached would have been better though) on top, with melted cheese. Oh manohmanohman……..
Beautiful discovery: when the juices mix with the golden yolk of a fresh, free roaming chicken egg (none that pale tasteless stuff; get good eggs folks!) there is a whole new tone of warm oranges and yellows on the plate. It’s gorgeous. With little flecks of pepper…my goodness you’ll want to lick it up so serve some good toast with it. A year ago we bought nice heavy, white plates, “bistro” style. You don’t get tired of plain plates when the food is so darn fun and gorgeous to observe!!
Wheaton and Celia are sword fighting in the living room. The little vino makers just finished squashing a bunch of black grapes into juice. Black grapes are another fun new produce item I’ve found up here. They are incredibly juicy and the kids didn’t waste any time devouring them.
Wheaton said a funny last night: he had me peel him a banana. We’d gone to Horn of Plenty yesterday afternoon and they sell a different banana than we’re used to. It’s not a mini and not plantain and not as big as the Chiquitas. Just a nice medium yellow banana. I peeled it for him and he pulled the white fruit out of the peel, smelled it, and said, “ah….FRESH!” Guess I have him trained ‘eh?
Rowan is pushing himself up to a sit this week and very close to figuring out how to pull into a stand. He knows “up” is there but hasn’t quite gotten the idea of how he’s going to get there. He’s doen three nights in a row of sleeping through to 4 am so we’re feeling happy!
Speaking of sleeping…When one sleeps, it doesn’t mean everyone does! Last night there was a strange lump by my feet. I sat up and there was Wheaton, on his tummy with his bum up in the air, sound asleep hugging David’s feet. About then came in Celia, who’d had a dream or something and wanted David to check it out in her room. He got up and she crawled into his spot. David just headed to the couch. Getting kicked out of bed almost never happens and I’m glad for that! After all, they are a couple of of bed hogs with very sharp elbows. But I couldn’t resist stroking Celia’s hair for a little bit and patting W. How much longer will they be warm and snuggly little lumps that want company in the middle of the night?
After half a night on the couch, David deserved a good breakfast. I was glad I could provide it. He’s off to westerly points today; with a scorching forecast and no AC. He’s planning on the men’s bible study tonight on covenant baptistism, with fellowship and “Lutheresque Libations”. We have a class at the library and plenty of swimming today. We’re watching through the Horatio Hornblower series, which is worth a trip to the library if you haven’t seen it. It’s EXCELLENT.
School calls…
