My day was full. It even had a Russian clown in it named Benjamin, I kid you not. He wasn't a weird, scary clown, just a nice Russian man from the circus in Moscow. He was the free town entertainment today. If anything, I will keep going back to the free shows because who else gets to say they saw a Russian clown that day? Other than the Russian circus people, I mean...
No offense to my kids, but frankly, I'm tired of talking about them. So let's talk about me for a minute...
Guess who was too "lazy" to go get bread at the store? Me. So, I baked a fresh whole wheat loaf from scratch. In the middle of summer. Lazy? Maybe not. But insane? Kind of.
Furthermore, I'm reading Julia Child's My Life in France. I knew I loved her before, but she really was a quite remarkable and fun lady. I used to watch The French Chef on PBS on Saturday mornings when I was a child. I loved it. Can you believe I lived in a world that didn't have The FoodNetwork? It amazes even me! I digress- I think it was because I was reading it in between things here and there while I was giving the kids their space (i.e.: Mommy needed a break from the craziness so she put everyone in their rooms for an hour so she could be lazy and read) that inspired the whole let's not make that long (three minute) trek to the store and spend money ($3) on bread when I can just simply whip some up here real quick (takes like three hours). But anyway, the house smells fantastic, it gave me something productive to do, the kids will have fresh whole wheat bread for their dining pleasure tomorrow. Who's not happy?
Here's the thing: Sometimes you have to do stuff for yourself or you go nuts. So today, I found the Russian clown quite amusing, and I made time to read and bake what I felt like baking. It's a simple life, but it's mine.
Enough with the rambling. And Day 17 (is that all?!) on the countdown has come to a close.
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