Hello, friends. It's been a busy few weeks around here, with little time for blogging or reading. We had a wonderful long visit with our daughter and son-in-law earlier in the month. He works remotely and she is between jobs as they begin to look for a house in CT (!) ... so we had plenty of time together. While they were here, all of the remaining Hurricane Ian repairs were completed and we began refurnishing our ground-level guest suite. This past week, I have been frantically trying to pull it all together in time for our first non-family guest since 2022... who arrives later today :)
My reading has been slow, bordering on nonexistent, all month but I was able to pick up the pace over the last few days.
Current reading//
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
I'm buddy reading this nonfiction classic with Tina and it's been slow going, but I will finish it this week!
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
This is the current selection of the MMD book club and I'm determined to finish it before the author talk on Thursday. That shouldn't be a problem since I've passed the 50% mark and the pages are turning quickly.
In the kitchen//
I have several quick-and-easy shrimp recipes in our regular dinner rotation, but this week I found one more to add to the mix - Cilantro Lime Shrimp from Natasha's Kitchen. Just a quick marinade and either saute or grill the shrimp and you'll have dinner ready in minutes. I didn't have cilantro on hand, so used parsley instead. It was still delicious!
Another recent hit is this copycat Cheesecake Factory Miso Salmon recipe. This has probably been around for a while and I'm late to the party, but everybody loved it and my daughter even asked for the recipe. I've already made it twice!
The week ahead//
I'm relishing the thought of a relatively quiet week. After our weekend guest leaves, I'll have a few days to prepare for the arrival of our other NYC daughter and son-in-law. There will be some cleaning, meal-planning, shopping, and cooking, but beyond that I just plan to read. I'd love to finish both current reads and start March with a clean slate!
How was your week? What have you been reading?
The Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz.
ReplyDeleteStarting fresh in March for reading sounds good and I am planning that as well.
Testament of Youth is slow and I haven't been in touch enough about where I am. That said, if you reply here I can email you with thoughts...I am in Part three.
Gorgeous photo you have of the beach. I know your daughter and SIL were probably reluctant to head back north. Great you are having more family visits.
Tina - No worries. I am also in Part three now... just about at the end of chapter 10, Survivors Not Wanted. A fresh start for March will be welcome!
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