Share Four Somethings - May 2023

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I had some plans for getting stuff done today, but instead I've been quite lethargic! We went to get our drivers licenses this morning, which took two hours (and I suppose it could have been worse, so I shouldn't complain) and I haven't had any energy to do much else. How embarrassing. But I did put together Something I Loved, Something I Read, Something I Learned and Something I Ate to share, so here we go!

Something Loved

I loved that my daughter's graduation weekend was also the Mother's Day weekend. So it worked out that we could go celebrate her achievement and also be with the Maryland family for Mother's Day. It would have been perfect if our Ohio family could have gone with us for the weekend so we could have everyone together, but I was well satisfied with it anyway. 

We attended the Baccalaureate Mass on Friday afternoon, went out for the family Mother's Day dinner on Friday evening, attended the Commencement on Saturday and had a small grad party on Saturday evening. We went to church service on Sunday morning, had lunch with the kids and then headed back home. A whirlwind weekend in a way, but so worth it to see Kennady graduate and celebrate her, and to spend time with the kids.

Something Read

Here are the books I'm currently reading:

Beneath A Peaceful Moon by Debby Lee

American Cozy: Hygge-Inspired Ways to Create Comfort & Happiness by Stephanie Pedersen

A Perilous Perspective by Anna Lee Huber

   

I just finished Fair As A Star by Mimi Matthews and The Keys to Gramercy Park by Candice Sue Patterson so I'll be writing up those reviews shortly. I have kept putting my Anna Lee Huber and Deanna Raybourn books on temporary leave while I focused on review books but my goal is to finish off at least one of those quickly before my next review book arrives! The rest of my reading news is at Just A Second if you want to see what I've recently reviewed and what I have coming up.

Something Learned

As I was reading The Keys to Gramercy Park, I learned that the Secret Service was originally established as a branch of the Department of the Treasury to deal with counterfeit currency. I feel like I probably had read that before, but it didn't really register. So it was established in 1865, at the end of the War Between the States. I did not know this―that after the war, around half the money in circulation in the U.S. was counterfeit! No wonder they needed a whole specialized branch of investigators and agents to track down counterfeiters! Then thanks to another author's newsletter (sorry I don't remember which author!), I also stumbled across a link to this article at Open Culture that explains a little about the international ink library established by the Secret Service. Isn't that cool? So if you read the article or even watch the following video from it, you'll probably have learned something too.

I've also been busy learning music and―*gasp*―choreography now that I'm an official member of the Scioto Valley Chorus. There's new stuff that I'm learning along with everyone else, as well as older repertoire that I need to get up to speed on. Get up to speed for real, because I have to remember what to do while singing the right words (or dah-vah-dahs) and notes from memory, and to do it at tempo.

Something On My Plate

Once again, I forgot to take pictures of my plate more often than I remembered. But I tried a few new things this month that turned out well. 

Chicken Pesto Alfredo Pasta

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Crock Pot Pizza Casserole

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I did get a photo of this one I made a couple nights ago - Chicken Florentine. It was pretty quick and very good!

Creamy Chicken Florentine

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I also remembered to take a photo of this one, even though I've made it before. Creamy Cubano Soup (recipe from The Happy Wonderer) made its second appearance on our dinner table this month. So good!

Now I feel like I could use a nap - what is wrong with me? I also should plan what we're going to do this weekend!

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