Tuesday

We hated cooking in our old kitchen. It felt dirty and cramped. We treated it like a rental home in that regard. We ate out as much as possible. Now we love cooking in our new kitchen.

John gets out all of the ingredients and pots in the afternoon.

Then after we feed Toby and walk him, we start prepping. John was on red onion, garlic, and cilantro duty.

I was on broccoli, cauliflower, and curly kale duty.

We fixed Vegan Quinoa, Broccoli, and Kale Curry. It's hard to find a more healthy meal than this.

Easy, fast, and delicious. The quinoa was toasted tonight instead of cooked in liquid. The recipe claims to be a one pot meal, but it doesn't mention that you empty that one pot, cook other ingredients, and then combine. Yes, you end up cooking in one pot, but you've got another bowl to clean at clean up.

Mom and Dad's computer arrived at dinner time. It will give us lots to do while they are here. I'm counting on the touch ID feature to eliminate their frustration with passwords.

The weather forecast for Friday, February 23-Thursday, February 29 looks pretty good compared to the weather we've been having. It will still be cool at night and in the mornings. Low to mid 60s in the daytime is still cold for us. In the 50s, we wear leggings and short sleeved shirt, long sleeved shirt, and a hoodie over it all. In the 60s, shorts with a short and long sleeved shirt and maybe a hoodie if it's windy. Mid 70s, we will just go with long sleeves and shorts. We break out shorts and t-shirts once the temperature crosses 80. The key is to wear layers and shuck them as the temperature rises during the day and cover back up as it drops. Of course, for folks coming from the north, our temps feel a lot warmer to them than to us because our bodies have acclimated to the heat and anything under 75 is cold.