It's Friday, thank goodness, and because I don't have much of an update to share in the way of knitting (everything looks pretty much the same as it did on Wednesday), I thought I'd share three random things -- good things! -- to end the week.
1. We got rain!
After getting no measurable precipitation for nearly the first half of August for the first time since the 1800s, we finally got a couple of good soakings on Wednesday. I woke to a thunderstorm in the morning, and there was another as I was going to bed. We're still at quite a deficit, but it was nice to see the flowers perking up a little.
2. I met some new neighbors.
Okay, this might be stretching it a bit, but yesterday as I was walking in to the office, I heard a noise up a driveway, looked to my left, and saw this mama and her babies:
The photo isn't the best because I was trying to take it without scaring them, but the two fawns still had lots of spots and were so cute! It's a good thing Ruthie wasn't with me because I don't know what she'd make of deer; she already gets freaked out by rabbits, squirrels, and birds, to say nothing of dogs she doesn't know.
3. Girl dinner
You may have heard of this trend. "Girl dinner" is apparently the name for having what amounts to snacks for dinner, but in our house, it's what Molly and I eat when the Mister is out of town or at a work dinner and we don't feel like making an organized meal. It's what we did last night, when I made homemade pita bread (using this recipe) and we had some dips to go with it. I make this pita a lot, and while it takes a bit of time, it's always excellent. Here, have a piece!
I will note that if you'd like to try to make it, I find it works just fine with regular all-purpose flour. The dough is also very sticky, so you'll want to have extra flour on hand. And if you can't eat it all at once, it'll keep in the fridge and reheat in the microwave very nicely the next day.
We have what I hope will be another quiet weekend ahead. Molly is working tomorrow and then having a friend sleep over ahead of her last week of summer vacation. I'm looking forward to sneaking in a nap or two with Ruthie, who reminds you to make sure you're getting enough rest, too!
Have a great weekend, friends, and see you back here on Monday!
Three good things indeed! We had a thunderstorm last night and I welcome the rain although some of my container gardens were damaged a bit and I lost some big sections of gromphrena and coleus. Still, it was a good thing and the humidity has dropped way down, too, thankfully. I hope you have just the sort of weekend you want!
ReplyDeleteThe rain was SO welcome! These are very good things! Haha! Have a fantastic weekend!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got so much rain! We had a small storm move through on Wednesday night but it didn't add up to much. And no rain on the horizon either, so the best I can hope for is a humidity-induced pop up storm :( Such a fun deer sighting! And those pitas look delicious, thank you for sharing the recipe.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you have a quiet weekend coming up. Take an extra nap for me!
Three very good things! And a nap with Ruthie sounds delightful - enjoy!
ReplyDeleteNothing like a dog to remind you about the value of napping! Enjoy the weekend, Sarah. I hope it's nice and quiet and relaxing. XO
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