Just For Today...

We've been keeping super busy here in Philly (what else is new?), so I'll just fill you in on today (yesterday, by the time I've actually posted this).

When I woke up today, I thought we might be able to go apple-picking after Mass.

What I didn't expect was that the orchard would be so quaint and have hayrides!


I didn't think that available for picking were so much more than apples! We had the option of choosing our own grapes, peaches, pears, veggies, pumpkins and more.


I didn't know that it'd be a perfect day for making delicious baby foods. This time, I cooked parsnips, butternut squash, acorn squash (both plain and with apples and cinnamon), and zucchini for Casey. The last baby food of the day, warm applesauce, was ready for her at just the same time we realized that she's now learning how to have more solid 'movements.' She grunted and turned red and didn't appear to like this new 'development,' so we're grateful that she's enjoying said apples (which should improve the situation).


I didn't anticipate our washing machine would make an ominous shudder before filling the basement with a haze and nasty smell. I didn't understand what the odor was, but felt it might be gas. I didn't comprehend that when my husband answered "yes" to "Ohmigod, do you think we should call someone??" he guessed we'd talk to a knowledgeable coworker or dad later... not that I'd dial 9-1-1 and bring firefighters to the house for what was probably a burned rubber belt in the machine. I thought it was gas, okay??? (Reason #501 to live near family!)


I didn't imagine that the quiet moments and chaotic ones would make it such a busy day that Tee Jay and I wouldn't get to eat dinner until after Casey was already in bed... and that we'd go to sleep exhausted, yet so incredibly fulfilled.