Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickles at Publix

I wish I had taken a picture
of Sweet T tonight as I
was fixing supper
(and I'm sure he does too
because that child always
wants his picture taken
--so if it ever seems like
there are more pictures of
him than others,
it's because every time he does anything,

he says, "Mom, take my picture doing this.").

That child was burning up energy right before my eyes.

I just let him go because it wasn't hurting anything
and it was amusing Baby J who was the center of

the whirling activity. Sweet T had the paper airplane that
his great uncle had mailed to him a while back and he was
flying that thing all over the kitchen with the constant
commentary of the grandeur of its flight.
That plane would loop around the light fixtures and skim
the baby in his bouncy seat. It landed out of reach
a couple of times. It only went into the sink once and
it artfully avoided the food and the hot cook top
(which would have caused it to be grounded).

But it was Sweet T who was going 90mph.
Climbing, running, throwing, jumping up and down,
rolling on the floor. Never pausing from his chatter
for a single second. While I was standing there cooking
and watching him, I thought of how often people will
see an active young child and comment that they wish they
had the child's energy. Well, I was having
exactly the opposite wish.
I do not want to have that much energy.
I think in an adult, that much energy might
land you in a padded room.

Although if I had that much energy and applied it
to cleaning and organizing my house and that sort of thing,
it might be a good thing.

So, I know the burning question on your lips, Dear Reader.
I can hear what you were thinking.
"What, oh what, dear Bell,
were you fixing for supper?!?!?"

Well....since you asked....

Tonight was one of those most simple and basic meals
that we love. Tuesday nights are usually messed up for us
in one way or another. Doesn't seem to matter what season
it is. It's always Tuesday that takes the first hit.
Is it this way in your schedule?
Well, right now, Tuesdays have Big E and Lloyd Dobbler
at baseball practice (when we don't have a game)
from 4:00 until 6:00 and then they have Cub Scouts
from 6:00 until 7:00. So I don't make any
great meals on Tuesday evenings.
Tonight I made pesto pasta and carrots.
So basic, but so good.
We love it.


I was thinking tonight that I am so glad my children
do love pesto sauce on pasta.
It's a cheap, easy, fast meal.

(And I thought as I was eating my portion
that I can serve that to Big E's little friend
who comes from the vegetarian family.)

This morning Lovely K and Baby J and I went to
College Town. We nosed around in Target for a while
and then we went to Publix.
I love Publix.
Lots of people love Publix.
Publix is lovable.

I'm not going to get into a whole play by play commentary on my savings there today. I just wanted to tell you about my pickle purchase. It was great. They had these Vlasic pickles on sale, buy one get one free. So I was going to get some anyway because, hello? Have you met my daughter? If not, make sure you have some pickles on you when you meet her. Because she's going to want some. She always wants pickles.
So when I get to the pickles in Publix, there were these little coupons hanging off some of the jars for a dollar off of any one Vlasic pickle product. So I got such a good deal. It was already buy one, get one free for $2.89. Then I got to use a $1 coupon on each jar of pickles.....so I basically paid 45 cents for each jar of pickles! Wasn't that a great deal?

I was pickled tink.