Summer, week 3

It's only week three of summer vacation and I feel like it is slipping through my greedy little hands already!

Remember this list?  Well, I am hitting it hard core!  Pronto!  So if I slip behind on blogging/commenting, you'll know why!

I have made some progress already, btw.

I've written a second draft of one children's story, and a first draft of another one.  (Don't get too impressed, these are easy readers for kids just learning to read.  But funny ones, though, for all the elementary teachers / mamas out there sick and tired of trying to get kids pumped about reading lame-o phonics readers.)  Now I need to write cover letters (or are they called letters of intent?  See?  This is why I get stuck!) and send them off to get published or rejected.

I've also cooked.  Here's a picture to prove it:

I know making a stir fry is nothing to write home blog about, but I just had to celebrate having cooked at all, and especially having cooked something that my husband AND I actually liked.  We have completely different preferences when it comes to food.  He's from Africa, remember?  And I am from the island of TexMexIa.  This is what he eats:

The recipe is here on Home Cooking with Sonya.    Of course I mean the stir fry recipe, not the recipe for the African food. 

I made a few changes though, to make it more 'figure friendly' as RR would say.  I sauteed the chicken instead of frying it, added carrots and pineapples, and used brown rice.  If you're feeling lucky you could just pour some of each of these ingredients in a bowl, mix it up, dump it in a pan with cooked chicken, bring it to a boil, then let it simmer for 10 minutes and serve over rice:

Moving on.  I have not jogged.  Not even jogged in place.  Or jogged to the mailbox.  In fact, I would like to revise that goal.  I want to faithfully walk six days a week instead.  (It's my list, I can do that.)

I would also like to add "veg out" to my list.  That way I have another thing to check off.