Monday Monday

I always wake to the light hitting my window. At home I’d be up and “doing” but here I take a breath, smile, and turnover to sleep again, but not this morning. It was 8:30 am. I woke to hearing men talking. And they were not happy men. I almost opened the window and yelled. Good thing my hearing is off and trusted that I could be wrong. Turns out Steve got up early and was watching a VHS or “A Few Good Men”! Steve and I are usually the first to walk around. Then slowly, as the morning gets older, the others arrive. The kids sleep upstairs, except Destiny. She’s only four. It’s kind of funny but a good thing that they show up one by one. They let each other sleep. When it’s time to eat, it’s easier to feed everyone if we aren’t all crowed around waiting. Did I mention there are 9 of us?

For Sunday morning, Steve made breakfast of chicken apple sausages. I cut up potatoes with onion and seasonings. As people showed up Steve made eggs to everyone’s liking. Yesterday, Monday, I made creamy oatmeal with brown sugar and lightly buttered. Missed my walnuts! Today I will make matzoh brie, pronounced “br – i”. I dip crumbled matzoh into the scrambled egg mixture. Since I am cutting back on salt I use a dash of vanilla in the mixture. Hmmm, I’ll have to see if there is any here. After the pan is hot I pour this into a nice hot pan that has some melted butter. As soon as I have it all smoothed out, a sprinkle of cinnamon tops the pancake looking thing. After one side is firmly cooked I turn it over and when the other side is cooked thoroughly, I slide it out of the pan onto a plate. I make mine cooked through yet soft enough not to need syrup.

So that’s breakfast for today. I wrote about that because yesterday, Monday, was a nice slow day. We all woke at different time and slowly. It was a good sleep in day. By 2 pm Steve, Salome, Christopher, Destiny, Lizz and I were off in the van to find a place to fish. We went into Downievielle and found our spot on the rocks, which is on the bank of the Yuba River. Lizz and Destiny played in the water while I tried to keep shaded and read a magazine.

While Salome, Steve and Christopher continued to fish, Lizz, Destiny and I walked up the bank of the river, down the street to a bench, and made our stop there. Lizz did her internet thing, and I too checked email. Destiny and I had fun just roaming around on the boardwalk sidewalk. It’s a very small town. We walked down the street and through the parking lot. We ended up looking over the river seeing dad and mom. They had now moved to a closer spot to fish.

It was getting toward evening and still no fish. We all piled up back into the car and drove back to the cabin, which is in Goodyears Bar. Yes that’s really the name of the town. We decided that we’d try Goodyears Bar creek or take a drive down the street which would put us on the other side of the Yuba River. But that is for today.

Steve made dinner of asparagus, mashed potatoes, and sliced tri-tip. Delish! I finally walked up the street with Steve, Lizz, and Destiny where we found a spot, laid down in the street and looked up at the sky. It’s very dark and no traffic at 10 pm. The night skies are dark enough to enjoy sparkling stars even though the moon is growing bigger again. They usually see falling stars. They also usually catch fish! I think I’m not a good luck charm. Everything Steve has come here for hasn’t happened the way it usually does. Don’t misunderstand, he is still very happy to be here. It is so beautiful here.

It was 11:15 when we got back. Destiny was already asleep in Steve’s arms. I yawned several times. Next thing I remember, lights were out and the sound of a bear could be heard, from me! Hopefully it will be another lazy, hazy, crazy day of summer today. Hope you are enjoying the world around you too.
C