I kept telling Scott when we paint the ceiling in the kitchen either him and Meadow need to go away for the weekend or we need to plan it when we don't want to cook. He went ahead and started anyway making cooking a little difficult. Things would never get done around the house if I put them on Brooke's timetable.

Friday Scott's birthday means cottage weekend. This time we were prepared ahead of time. We brought all our groceries knowing we would get here late. Then we went to bed right away in the 40 degree house.  The next morning the deer were excited to see people. I noticed two of the little ones were a little on the chubby side. Sorry Dad, but you need to stop feeding the deer. Your mom claims they are pregnant. They seem too small for that to be true. Of course the first thing Meadow wanted to do in the moring was puzzle. Meanwhile,  I prepped egg waffles. With our Christmas money this year we finally got ourselves some skis. I hadn't cross country skied in a long time and this was Scott's first time. We were too embarrassed to test it out in public, plus there isn't much snow left at home. On the lake it is. I tried a few trips back and forth down the driveway. Meadow had her little skis on for less than ten minutes. Meadow kite...

Friday Tyler and Emma are currently selling their house. With two open houses this weekend they decided to stay out of the way. When plans to go out of town fell through they decided on a stay-cation at our house. Tyler promised he'd order some food when they came over. Of course, if you know Tyler at all, he ordered in some Indian food.

Scott had been working nights all week while I picked up extra hours/days. Today he finally got a chance to sleep in. I had to shoot five gyms in the immediate area plus two further afield at 10 pm every night this week. Some nights I wasn't home until four or five in the morning. I was pooped. Meadow and I had poached eggs on avocado toast for breakfast. While Scott still slept I finished up the guest room repaint. Thanks, bear. I had painted it during the week. I got the two coats done while Brooke touched up my work. So long Blueberry Popover walls. Meadow then needed a bang trim. We were going to have a January Friendsgiving, but first Meadow wanted to make a tent behind one our chairs. I guess we didn't need to build a tent after all. The Tandoori Turkey  (we skipped the turkey bag and covered it with Silpats for the last two hours) had already been cooking for hours when we started all the sides. Curried-cumin potatoes. Wi...