Just in Time

 Done packing all 8 sold items 30 minutes before the post office closed at 5 PM yesterday! Phew! Just in time!

Since Mondays are the busiest days for me, I just whipped the simplest dish I can think of for lunch.

I made sautéed mixed vegetables (okra, long beans, and squash). Typically, this Filipino dish called Pinakbet is cooked with pork and salted shrimp paste. Since the mister and I opted to remove animal meat and products as much as we can in our diet, those 2 ingredients were omitted. 

I was so grateful that I got to squeeze in gardening before the day got dark. My Asiatic lilies and hydrangeas are all in full bloom at this time of the year. 

Honestly, the perennial flowering plants are the ones that I ignore in the garden, and every time they bear these beautiful flowers generously, I sincerely feel guilty.

Today will be spent for a little work, and maybe transplant some of the seedlings I planted from seeds a few weeks ago--- green long beans, love-in-a puff vines, bitter melons, zucchini, and some butternut squash.

Sunday

 I was kind of able to sleep in on Sunday, and got out of bed closer to lunch. We did not have anything ready to pair with our coffee, so I made a quick sheet pancake. 

The blueberries were bought from our favorite fresh produce grocery store where we also buy our coffee beans. The strawberries were freshly harvested from our garden. 

There is not a lot left from our garden, but I am begging the mister to build another garden plot solely for different varieties of strawberry plants. 

The mister went out for a couple of hours to go mountain biking. I did a little work doing inventory for my small online shop.

When he got back, we went to the nearest home improvement and garden store to buy lumber. He's going to finish the second wildflower plot in our backyard. I've been very excited about this project. I really want to add more plants to attract pollinators to our garden. 

By the way, the weather couldn't make up her mind yesterday. The sun came out but changed his mind. Then it rained a little bit, and then it was gloomy all day. 

After dinner, I made bread--- Spanish bread and hotdog buns (6 vegan hotdog and 3 cheese-filled beef hotdog buns). They were requests from my favorite diners aka the boy and the mister.

Today, Monday is a busy day, but I might be able to squeeze in a little gardening after 5 PM. 

Got to go. I need to pack and ship 8 items today, and I need to accomplish this job before the post office closes at 5 pm.

Until next time.

Early on Saturday Morning

 I meant, not early but mid-morning. I just consider it early because I normally sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays. 

The mister dragged me out of bed to go downtown because it's record store day. He wanted to buy a couple of vinyl records at one of his favorite record stores. By Friday, he already told me what he wanted to get, and it's a limited edition clear vinyl by Penrose. (This one!)

We went on our separate ways when we arrived there--- him to the record store, and I went to the thrift store. It's about a 4-minute walk on the opposite end from the mister's destination.

At the thrift store, I didn't see any vintage clothing for my price range to resell. However, I found a 1959 French flashcard set for $0.50. I also found a new but not in a box Küchenprofi black oven-safe mini pot for a dollar. 

We didn't have breakfast before leaving the house, and decided to stop at Cafe Bueno, a locally owned Mexican restaurant also located in downtown, for their all-day breakfast. 

I had the one with 2-over medium eggs, and he had the one with scrambled eggs and avocado.

We also had Horchata. (photo above)

By the way, between the two orders, I wished I also got the same as the mister's. Loved the smoky taste of the scrambled eggs. 

We went home after our blunch. That's how my daughter calls brunch but closer to lunch. 

I visited my garden when we got home because I wasn't able to since yesterday morning. It rained all day on Friday.

I needed to stake my leaning carrots. The plants couldn't carry the weight of their white lace-looking blooms.

Because we left the house without having our morning coffee yet, we opted to have a cup for our afternoon snacks with egg crackers and our last three Uraro cookies. 

By the way, back to record store day, I heard that the first person in line arrived at 2 AM. When the mister arrived at the store at 10ish this morning, the line was still long. 

Honestly, I don't know what the fuss record store day is all about. I just go with the mister on ordinary days for the free bin. Read: FREE! Free vinyl records, cassette tapes, music magazines, and CD. But, there is no guarantee that this bin is always outside the store daily, and the condition of these items are perfect.