Which means I'm eating fabulously. We agreed that we'd split up the week. One day where he makes dinner (and plans it too), three days I make dinner and the rest we fend for ourselves.
Sunday night I made this fabulous Italian dish with a red wine reduction and fresh pasta. Couldn't pronounce the name of the dish for the life of me but it is definitely going in the keeper pile. And as a side I made this brussel sprout salad - last minute addition to the menu. It was surprisingly good considering the bs where just blanched. You peal the leaves which I've never seen before and is a brilliant idea, if a bit time consuming. Julllianed white turnip, pomegranate seeds, apple, bacon and a brown butter sage vinaigrette. It's like a proper salad.
Tuesday night nick made a wonderful dinner - one of his staples. It was nice to have a full dinner before my evening committee meeting. Which never happens usually - not enough time.
Last night i made a corn bread/chili dish. While I was making it, Nick was working on another important project. Making Lego sets! Talk about a throw back Thursday.
After dinner, it was like the old days. The real old old old days. Nick and I at the table working on our Lego projects. I've spent time cleaning and sorting our old collections so it was easy putting together the old sets. We're almost done with one box. Thanks to nick putting together the police station while I was at work. I left the Lego out yesterday morning because I had a feeling he couldn't resist. I mean, who can resist Lego.
We have three more boxes to go. Two more boxes full of "city" sets. And a box of "castle" and "pirate" sets.
The goal is to get them all made before this weekend when my god kids descend on us for the weekend. They had such a fun last time with the sleepover in the spring and the Lego and we only had a few sets built then. I resolved next time I'd make them all ahead of time for the wow factor. And it keeps the Lego downstairs. Last time cam couldn't get to sleep because the Lego sitting next to his bed was too tempting and he was up late playing.
It's going to be a tight schedule. Only two more days until Saturday. The term "sweat shop" has already been thrown around last night.
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