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Grace in Small Things. 11-17 of 365.

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Day 11

  • Taking Poppy to the aquarium store to look at fish, then going out for lunch together.
  • Getting the news that Perry Mason and Mrs. Perry Mason planned to make an offer on the house they’ve been in love with since they first saw it nearly a year ago.
  • Making a ridiculously thrown together “pineapple upside-down cake.” It was tasty, but it wasn’t what it was meant to be.

    • Day 12

  • Watching the last “Doctor Who” episodes of Season 4 with Rockford.
  • Tandoori chicken from Cook’s Illustrated.
  • Poppy’s lovely little face.
  • Pete being so excited to see his little buddy Addison in the afternoons.

    • Day 13

  • Pasta with garlic.

    • Day 14

  • Playing with Pete while Poppy napped late in the evening; his joyful little shrieks.
  • Pete taking a few steps without noticing it.
  • Poppy drying the dishes.

    • Day 15

  • Dancing with Poppy & Pete at their music class.
  • Pete pretending to read.
  • The prospect of winning a box of Little Debbies.
  • Tucking a blanket around sleeping Pete.

    • Day 16

  • Mexican pizza
  • Watching the new “Battlestar Galactica.” Even though it was really depressing.
  • Playing “You’re the Mommy, I’m the Poppy” with Pi.
  • The enthusiasm with which Rockford plays the Rock Band.
    • Eating

    Recipes and strategies for the solo diner

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    Last night was the first of many that’ll find the kids and I eating dinner alone and Rockford eating a peanut butter sandwich in a parking lot. (I didn’t kick him out. He’s teaching a class two nights a week.) Even though I did plan for the children to have a sound, healthy dinner, it didn’t work out that way, exactly. Poppy wanted leftover rice and Jell-O, and Pete ended up with a fruit cup, some Corn Pops and half of my dinner.

    Which is the whole point of this post. My dinner.
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