Today was another sick day for me. I feel like I hit 30 years old and started falling apart. I never used to get sick; I remember being in college and the entire class would be carrying around Kleenex boxes and I’d waltz through with nary a sniffle. Since having B I’ve definitely caught a few more colds but in the last year, that seems to have gone up even further. And the headaches. This year - and the cause of the sick day today - I’ve had at least three instances of two- to three-day headaches. They start off faint-but-there and untouchable by Advil or Tylenol and carry through the night turning into a stronger one with a stabbing head rush every time I stand up. Love ‘em. This one is nearly gone and will be gone by morning, so back to work for the next two nights.

Tonight was a scrounging kind of dinner night. B ate part of a peanut butter and banana sandwich and then part of my egg-on-an-english-muffin. Canned peaches rounded out the gourmet meal. I’m enjoying Menu Plan Monday, both for the recipes and new blogs that I find via I’m An Organizing Junkie and for the way it makes it so much easier to make dinner on any given night. I’ve done meal planning before and somehow fallen off the wagon; I’m hoping I ride this one for a long time.

June will be another Make It Instead month in the kitchen too. I have the dry ingredients for bread pre-mixed in the freezer, a recipe for yogurt and one for pita bread, and puréed tomatoes in the freezer ready to be made into another pot of tomato soup. Crackers may be on the agenda too. I was surprised at how easy it was to do the last MII month and am looking forward to this one too.

The sewing machine has continued to hum a little and I now have two pairs of long pj pants and two pairs of short ones to go with the ones B modeled the other day. Some of the shirts are partly cut out as well but I’m still digging through my solid knits bucket trying to find colours that coordinate the best. Look for more pictures in the coming week.

Up tomorrow: B’s first real dentist visit in the morning, lawn-cutting (if the weather cooperates), and a nap for both of us in the afternoon.