You're such an engaging writer. You always make me want to "answer back." Today I will :)
There are two things I am sorely missing right now: gardening and eating out. I'm not a great gardener but I love tropical colors and flowers and our new house has a blank canvas. I was SO looking forward to an annual local plant festival (Green Thumb) to find lots of treasures and make my new yard my own. That festival has a lot of family tradition and memories attached; it would've been a bittersweet experience. But to lose it entirely just made me sad. Instead I am spending time looking at my neighbors' yards and planning in my head, and I have ordered a few plants for delivery from a local nursery. It's not the same, but it'll be okay. The previous owner did leave a rose bush. I fertilized it last week and holy cow, the FLOWERS! Unexpectedly gorgeous.
Eating out. I'm an okay cook, but I have a family of picky eaters, and feeding everybody is just a hassle. I used to like knowing we could go out once or twice a week and I would not only be relieved of that burden, but everybody would be happy finding something they liked and someone would refill my sweet tea and clean up. It was such a relief! Now, I'm overseeing all the meals, grocery supplies are a little uneven, and, confession time, I hate takeout! Most food doesn't travel well. You still pay full price but you don't get service or atmosphere and you still have to clean up. So we order takeout occasionally, but I don't love it. I have had time to bake cookies more often, which I enjoy. I hope to keep that up after this is all over.
Oh, I can relate to so many of these things! Takeout has been so disappointing! But baking cookies is a definite plus. And I love that you're able to do some garden daydreaming lately. It's nice to have something to plan for these days.
You're such an engaging writer. You always make me want to "answer back." Today I will :)
There are two things I am sorely missing right now: gardening and eating out. I'm not a great gardener but I love tropical colors and flowers and our new house has a blank canvas. I was SO looking forward to an annual local plant festival (Green Thumb) to find lots of treasures and make my new yard my own. That festival has a lot of family tradition and memories attached; it would've been a bittersweet experience. But to lose it entirely just made me sad. Instead I am spending time looking at my neighbors' yards and planning in my head, and I have ordered a few plants for delivery from a local nursery. It's not the same, but it'll be okay. The previous owner did leave a rose bush. I fertilized it last week and holy cow, the FLOWERS! Unexpectedly gorgeous.
Eating out. I'm an okay cook, but I have a family of picky eaters, and feeding everybody is just a hassle. I used to like knowing we could go out once or twice a week and I would not only be relieved of that burden, but everybody would be happy finding something they liked and someone would refill my sweet tea and clean up. It was such a relief! Now, I'm overseeing all the meals, grocery supplies are a little uneven, and, confession time, I hate takeout! Most food doesn't travel well. You still pay full price but you don't get service or atmosphere and you still have to clean up. So we order takeout occasionally, but I don't love it. I have had time to bake cookies more often, which I enjoy. I hope to keep that up after this is all over.
Oh, I can relate to so many of these things! Takeout has been so disappointing! But baking cookies is a definite plus. And I love that you're able to do some garden daydreaming lately. It's nice to have something to plan for these days.