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It’s 7:45, and dinner is still on the stove. Now granted, I only got back from the store at about 7, but still, this is taking forever. To top it off, the potatoes are still boiling, and I haven’t even started making the soup yet (Cheddar and Ale soup). The risk is that I’ll fill up on bread and butter before the soup is done. It better turn out well.

According to WordPress, it’s been 2 months since I last posted… almost a new record for me! I guess it’s about time to get back on this.

(It’s 8:45 now)

Well, dinner’s finally ready. Took forever. The kitchen is a mess, and our dishwasher is dumping water on the floor, so I’ve got at least half an hour of cleanup to do. It’s not nearly as thick as I expected, but it’s pretty good. I think next time I’ll add more cheese, and maybe more corn starch to thicken it up some. I substituted potatoes for the broccoli or cauliflower the recipe called for, which I think might have added some extra water to the mix (though I did drain them first). But, it’s definitely edible, which is good, because there’s still a decent size pot of it on the stove that I’ll have to eat this week. It’s not as good as the Cheddar and Ale soup I used to get at British Isles (restaurant in Lansing that went out of business years ago), but it’ll do. The grocery store didn’t have any more bread bowls, so I had to get some shepherds’ bread instead. I’ll have to remember to actually eat it this time… last time it went from good to green in about a day. When I say green, I mean totally covered, full-on green. It was actually kind of impressive. I guess that’s what you get with bread that’s fresh baked and not loaded with preservatives.

As usual, the reason for my lack of blogging isn’t because i’ve been too busy. No, my lack of blogging was caused once again by sheer laziness. I doubt anyone is surprised. Kayte and Kelsey used to be my blogging conscience, and since they both blog more often than I do, they could usually guilt me into posting. Lately they’ve been nagging me a lot less, probably because they both decided it was hopeless. It might be.

I’d love to regale you with stories about all of the exciting stuff that’s been going on… but not a lot’s been going on. Don’t get me wrong, things are going well. Work is good, consistently oscillating between crazy and, well, a little boring, but I’ve been working on some things lately that are more interesting. Things are going well with church; I’m still heading up our ushering team and helping out with our tear-down crew (we meet in the gym of one of our local middle schools, so every Sunday we have to set up and tear down all of our equipment and furnishings). We just finished doing our men’s summer bible study and started up our small groups at the end of August, which I’m pretty excited about.

Jen came to visit in August (I guess there was something exciting that happened these past couple months), which was a lot of fun. She was only able to stay for 4 days (flew in Friday morning, flew home Monday night), but we had a good time. We spent some time at the beach, saw some of Carlsbad, were lazy, had a great dinner at Chart House (she gets a 50% discount through her work), and had a good time just hanging out. It was too short, and she needs to come back sometime, but we’ll work on that.

Mom’s coming to visit for a week in October, which should be fun. I’m not planning on taking any time off work, so she’ll have to fend for herself for a few of those days. I think the plan is that she’ll drop me off at work and take my car for the day (since I only have one car), which I’m not super excited about, but that’s pretty much only because I never wait for a ride anymore and I’m not used to it. But that should be fine, and we should have a good time. I’m looking forward to seeing her. Unfortunately Dad won’t be able to make it because of work, but I understand that he’s really busy right now. I’ll get to see him at Christmas when I go home, so it’s all good.

Well, I have a kitchen to clean. Ugh. Later kids.