Yesterday and today were both gorgeous, sunny days here, with temperatures in the low to mid-80s. However, since it was quite humid, we got pretty hot and decided to shut all the windows and turn on the sir conditioning. This, as always, felt heavenly. We were dry, cool and comfortable, and we had a quiet weekend around the house--baking, watching movies, making good dinners, doing laundry and cleaning chores, running a few errands.
Today I went out to clean the back patio--I like to keep it swept free of leaves, and then of course the lovely chickens like to leave little gifts that I first sweep and then scrub with a designated scrub brush. Well, I made the mistake of hanging some laundry on the line, and then noticing a few weeds and dead brush that needed to be pulled from the garden...which lead to pulling a lot of weeds, raking up straw around the coop and some from the grass as well, raking out under the chickens' favorite roosting bush, sweeping birdseed off the sidewalk around the patio, etc.--and then picking up all the waste, putting away tools, and on and on. And of course getting back to my original intention of cleaning the patio. By the time I was through I'd been out an hour and a half.
When I came in, Matt was making sauce for our tortellini, with the help of junior chefs Julia, Ben and Emma (Rachel was outside with friends)....they had set the table beautifully, and even put candles on the table for a fancy dinner. To my original point of the irony of air conditioning--Emma was wearing her fleece jacket, and Ben asked if we could have a fire after dinner and snuggle in front of it!
Only little kids could be cold in this kind of weather, just because of a little air conditioning!
Jen
2 comments:
That's so cute!
E. HATES having covers on when she sleeps... last night it was warm when we went to bed (despite the a.c.), so I put her in a top (actually, the floral one with matching pants that you gave her for Christmas)and left her legs bare. I kept trying to cover her up throughout the night, but she kept kicking the blankets off. Needless to say, her little legs were FREEZING when we woke up!
Well said.
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