Friday....

[cairistiona]

It's difficult to imagine that only 2 weeks ago, we were celebrating Dink's Gotcha Day at the Japanese restaurant, wondering if it was likely to be our last meal out on the town for a while... and here we are in that very reality. Good news is that it's been 2 weeks and none of us are ill, so apparently we didn't breathe in any nasty germs while we were out.

curiouswombat had the good idea on her journal to post a photo a day while we're all stuck at home. I'm going to try to do that, although I suspect there'll be days where I'll miss. I'll have two today, however.

The first is the White Tree, which burst into bloom the day before yesterday:

https://instagram.com/p/B-LBWEuj_yn

It's always the first to bloom of our three serviceberries and didn't disappoint this year.

The other shows the fruits of my kitchen organizing labors:


Sorry the photo is a bit wonky--it was just a quick snap I texted to my sister. The pantry had become total chaos, but now it's tamed once more. There's far too many chips in there, which are mostly Dink and hubby's snacks, but I'm happy with the top two shelves' contents, which are what I use to cook meals with. You may recall that we became inadvertent spaghetti pasta hoarders--well, apparently we're now inadvertent bowtie pasta hoarders as well. I had a box, but Dink didn't realize, and she came home with a box last weekend when she did the shopping. I promise not to sell the extra for an exorbitant amount on ebay, however!!

Hubby has at last started figuring out how many pavers, sand and rock he needs to finish the fire pit patio. I'm assuming he'll get the supplies this weekend while the home center is still open.

Dink will be bringing home sushi from our favorite locally-owned restaurant--they're a scrupulously clean place and are doing curbside pickup, so I don't have any worries about it. It'll be delicious and nice to support a local business. My go-to from there is not sushi but a kobe bowl: marinated beef with soba noodles, daikon radish, green onion, carrots, cucumbers, and a sweet soy sauce with wasabi aoili. Yum! Lunch seems too far away....

Hope you're all having good Fridays.

Comments

[shirebound]

What a gorgeous tree! It looks like it's covered in cotton balls.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

It does! Little white petals are already streaming down from it, which just adds to the magic. :)

[epiphyta]

Your pantry is far better organized than mine - I blame the barstool space!

OM NOM NOM NOM SUSHI P. and I have decided to have that for our anniversary supper tomorrow night: the local place is literally just down the hill from us and will deliver.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I only wish my pantry could STAY organized, but with two other people in the house who don't really make it a priority, yeah... not gonna happen. LOL

I love sushi, as does Dink, but hubby can't stand it. So she and I usually save it for a girls' lunch out. This will be more of a girls' lunch in. *g*

[epiphyta]

I forgot to say yaaaaaaaaaaay firepit!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo!!

I made a teeny bit of progress on it for hubby today. Our neighbor runs a hauling business and I texted his wife to find out particulars on getting a load of gravel from him. They're going camping this weekend, though, so we won't get a reply until Monday. Smart folks, heading out into the wilderness where there's no virus-ridden people around!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I am so pleased the idea is spreading! I am also pleased that I am not the only inadvertent hoarder. Your cupboard is now a thing of beauty.

As is the tree :)

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

It's a very good idea... and it's fun to see how everyone else is spending their days. We're all living hobbit lives at the moment, staying home and doing homey things.

I think having those big baskets really does help make the pantry more attractive. They were a holdover from the old kitchen and I'm glad I was able to find a place for them in the new one.

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

SUCH a beautiful tree! And a mighty fine looking pantry, too. :D Always so satisfying, getting everything not only looking nice but that much more usable. Having so recently gone through and cleaned out and reorganized everything in my room, I find myself in the rather odd position of having an itch to spring clean, but... not really having anything of my own that needs sorting out right now. Except the remaining section of my clothes. Which does need to be done at some point, but which I do not feel like doing. Naturally. XD

Mmm. sushi! I am a very recent convert to the joys of sushi, and not very adventurous yet, but I do really like what I've had. It'd be nice if we had more options locally, though... it's pretty much only one very high end, pricy place or the local grocery stores - which do make quite good (by my inexperienced standards, anyway) sushi, but in a very limited range.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

You really did your spring cleaning in late winter (and early and mid, from the sounds of it) this year. I don't blame you for not wanting to go through clothes. That's just so... tedious. For me, at least, it also is a reminder that I'm woefully unfashionable. *sigh*

I don't get very daring with sushi, either. California rolls are still pretty much my go-to. I've never tried the raw fish kind (which has a different name that escapes me right now... um, nigiri?? Something like that, anyway). I think if I lived on the coast, I'd be more willing to try it, but here in the landlocked Midwest/Midsouth, I kinda don't trust the fish to be fresh enough to eat raw. :P