Our Relaxing Sunday Resolution | Pork Tenderloin, Braised Cabbage Amongst Caprine Animal Cheese, Bacon Greenish Beans, Homemade Applesauce & Viscid Toffee Spice Cake

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 twosome of months agone nosotros made a resolution to brand Sundays a existent twenty-four hr menses of rest.  Sundays used to hold upwards filled alongside projects, laundry, fresh sheets together with cleaning - which used to work, pre-Emma.  When it was simply Mike, Mr. Darcy together with me, getting all of those things done on Dominicus used to experience good, together with then nosotros would gyre upwards on the sofa, stimulate got a cozy dinner together with lookout adult man TV.  With Emma, trying to hit those things all inwards ane twenty-four hr menses + stimulate got a relaxing dinner, is simply crazy.  

The master copy finish was to teach everything fresh together with build clean ready for the calendar week ahead, but instead nosotros were simply wearing ourselves out together with feeling overwhelmed at the terminate of the weekend.  When nosotros tried, nosotros would accept turns playing alongside Emma spell the other ran roughly trying to hold upwards productive, together with then nosotros switched.  We were exhausted at the terminate of the day, alone near one-half of our projects were half-started (mostly to a greater extent than messes made), together with the worst business office of all - Emma didn't stimulate got much fun either.  The one-time method simply wasn't working.  It took me a spell to realize this... almost 22 months.

So, we've changed our ways.  Instead of waiting for Dominicus to teach the solid tidy, nosotros produce it on Fri (or Sabbatum morning, if I stimulate got to run on Friday).  Laundry, cleaning, target trip, etc.  We endeavor to stimulate got fun alongside it - Target/Starbucks trip inwards the morning, together with then lounge roughly inwards the living room together with play spell nosotros plication laundry, together with I produce most of the heavy cleaning spell she naps inwards the afternoon.  Since nosotros rarely stimulate got dinner at domicile on Friday, at that topographic point is no dinner to prepare, together with I endeavor to stimulate got everything done when she wakes upwards from her nap therefore nosotros tin teach on a walk or teach to the park.

I dear that the solid is build clean together with ready for the weekend - leaving us alongside an opened upwards agenda to accept fun adventures or simply lounge roughly together with play. 

As a project-aholic, it took me awhile to actually teach on board together with non innovation whatever projection for Sunday.  It is therefore tempting to endeavor to teach things done that I mean value volition brand our solid "feel good," but it was actually was going against the truthful goals I stimulate got for our family.  With Emma inwards our lives, we've discovered nosotros don't teach equally much pleasance from completing those projects equally nosotros produce spending no-stress, relaxing fourth dimension alongside her.



Now our Sundays are all near identify unit of measurement time.  No goals, no agendas, no plans, no projects - simply existent identify unit of measurement time.  We accept walks, nosotros teach to church, nosotros drinkable lots of java together with hot cider, nosotros cook, nosotros eat, nosotros lounge together with nosotros play.  It feels therefore good. 

I dear to brand a big, depression maintenance family-style dinner for Dominicus night.  I know that it is our "day of rest," but at that topographic point is null I'd rather produce than hold upwards inwards the kitchen alongside Emma together with Mike's help.  I endeavor to brand depression maintenance meals together with that volition brand the solid odour good.  This Dominicus nosotros had Mike's parents over for dinner - it was a large feast, but it actually alone took near an hr of hands-on fourth dimension inwards the kitchen.  Mike's Dad doesn't swallow meat, therefore I ever endeavor to stimulate got lots of vegetable sides he'll hold upwards able to brand a repast on.

Our Dominicus Family Dinner :

Pork Tenderloin alongside Homemade Applesauce
Braised Red Cabbage alongside Goat Cheese
Bacon Braised Green Beans
Mashed Potatoes
Maple Roasted Acorn Squash
Salted Sticky Toffee Caramel Spice Cake alongside Whipped Cream


I'll hold upwards sharing all of these recipes this calendar week - generally tomorrow together with Wednesday, together with then I stimulate got to a greater extent than Halloween treats to share!

Happy Monday!

I promise you lot are all rested together with ready for the calendar week : )


Right : Emma pre-Church on Dominicus morning time sporting her novel pinkish cowboy boots.

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