How We Eat Pizza And So Many Other Things

This is how Mr. Moon and I eat our pizza. I make a lovely salad of mixed greens with a garlicky, vinegary, olive oil dressing, salt and pepper. Honey, I'm here to tell you- the best. It is even, dare I say? GOURMET!
Of course this only happens in winter when I have the greens that are worthy. I suppose you could try it with regular boring lettuce but what would be the point? It just would not be the same. 

The boys did not eat this deliciousness on their pizza. They eat pizza in the manly way with nothing on it at all except for the cheese, pepperoni, and pineapple that came on it, and had their vegetables on the side. 

With small lakes of ranch dressing to dip them in. 

It was a fun supper and then they wanted to shower in Boppy's bathroom (he does have the coolest shower) and so he oversaw that operation while I got started cleaning up and then there were brown cows, teeth brushing and then...Harry Potter. 

Oh my heart. 
I had so much fun reading to them. They were sleepy as two little boys who'd had a big day could be but with great will and effort they kept their eyeballs open. I kept asking them if they wanted me to stop so that they could go to sleep but they kept saying "no" until I finally called it myself and they did not complain. I bet they were asleep within two seconds of me turning out the light. And I heard no peeps from them all night. 

This morning I got up pretty early for me. Glen had gone duck hunting before dawn and I'd given the kids strict instructions not to get out of that bed before seven o'clock but that after that, they could get up and go watch TV. I put glasses of orange juice in the refrigerator where they could reach them and bananas out on the counter so they would not starve before their real breakfast. 

And they did exactly what I told them and even took their glasses back to the kitchen when they were done with their juice. After I'd had some coffee, I made their pancakes and cooked the bacon. 

These are blueberry, grated apple, and oat bran pancakes and I will tell you that both of those children had eaten three very large ones down to a drop of syrup before I even put my fork on mine. 

There were also scrambled eggs for me and Levon. August does not eat eggs. They each got one more pancake and that was all I'd made. 

Then, there was kid Monopoly.

Big fun! If you have kid-entertaining needs and those kids are a little too young for regular Monopoly, this is a good game. It goes fast and isn't very complicated but there is some math involved and some reading. Also, it doesn't take 28 hours to finish one game. We played two games in about forty-five minutes. 

And then...MORE HARRY POTTER! 

The kitchen was a disaster site, the boys' bedroom was a mess, and I acknowledged all that and said, "Who cares? Let's go read!" and read we did, sitting in the library. 
Heaven for me. And I think they liked it too. 
Then their mama came to pick them up. She had stopped by the pottery studio and found my poor, sad little first attempt at a bowl which had come out of the kiln after glazing, and brought it to me, along with some of her cookies. 

Bowl and Cookie

She did not win the cookie contest but I'm sure everyone enjoyed them. I ate one and it was great. The raspberry cream filling was perfect with the lemon and rosemary in the shortbread.

I made the boys pose for me when they were about to get in the car because I had to get a picture of their new Crocs.

They were being goofy. Why I feel the need to tell you this is beyond me. 

And so that was their visit and I think they had a good time. I know I did. After they left I got things tidied and did some laundry. I blame the fact that I have such endless laundry on my husband who is so large that one pair of his overalls is half a load in and of itself and also, he takes at least two showers a day. I would not say that he is actually OCD but I will say that the man likes being clean. And that is not a bad thing in a husband. 

I have felt quite reasonably energetic and cheerful today which is a fine way to feel. I have also spent a good part of today being grateful beyond measure that it's not last Sunday when I was eating Jello and sipping broth and spending vast amounts of time in the bathroom. 

Thank you all for helping me get through that. Truly, your reassurance helped me a great deal and I appreciated it so much. 

Now all I have to do is finish getting the Christmas presents for my family which, if you know me, is a gargantuan task that pushes every one of my crazy-buttons. I have a few things but not nearly enough and some of the things I have ordered have not arrived and if they don't get here soon I'll...what? 
Not die, I'm fairly sure. 

Take care, y'all. 

Love...Ms. Moon