A day in the life of…

Now that I have my own personal blog, without a thousand readers a day, I find myself spending random moments throughout the day thinking about what I could write. I was so used to putting my day into words in letters to Merritt each night, that it’s easy to get back into the habit. Of course, the rest of the world is not as interested in what I do each day as Merritt is… But maybe this will help my far-away family to feel a bit more in touch with our busy corner of the world.

Ruth woke up with lots of smiles at 6 this morning! I fed her and put her back to bed. The poor girl should have been born in the summer–she would have credit for sleeping through the night much sooner. As it is, when she wakes up at 10, 2, and 6 I say she’s been up three times in the night. In the summer, it would just be one, because Daddy would just be cleaning up after irrigating a bit before 10, and he’d already be up at 6. We relish the winter opportunity to go to bed early and sleep in–if only we could really store up all the extra sleep so summertime didn’t find us exhausted.
I’m afraid Merritt’s and my cold has finally gotten to Ruth. She had a runny nose this morning. But so smiley! Even though I can tell she doesn’t feel well, she’s still trying to be so happy. What a good little girl we have!

I just finished de-boning some chickens. We rarely buy whole chickens–it has to be a pretty good sale to make me feel like I’m getting any better deal than buying leg/thigh pieces, by the time I throw away all that carcass. But Costco’s coupon was too good to pass up. So after cutting off the pieces and putting them in freezer bags for later, I boiled the backs all night on the wood stove. What a treat to have some more yummy broth! Dry bouillon cubes don’t even come close.

And now it’s off to make a spinach salad for dinner at the in-law’s. Merritt’s poor parents live closest to Ruth, and so far have spent the least time with her! So we’ll try not to pass up too many of those dinner invitations…