Soup and Suspense

The report is mixed today...

First, the fun stuff: We went to the Greek festival on Saturday. The weather has been nice - crisp in the evenings and warm enough for comfort during the day, with showers (and the occasional torrent) from time to time. We chose to eat at the festival and bring home some goodies for later. Everything has been very yummy so far! We also spent a few dollars on a priced-to-sell place mat for Ian that has the Greek alphabet on it. It's never too soon to start him on his classical education, right?

We also went to the farmers market on Saturday, making it a big day from start to finish. Our visit to the market was quick, knowing that we'd be headed to the festival later. The highlight of the market was happening by one vendor at the close of day. She gave us free shiitake mushrooms - as many as we wanted - since they wouldn't keep until her next sale day. We took home about a pound, along with a few veggies and some fabulous fresh bread that we bought.

Life handed us mushrooms and the sky rained down water, so we made soup (but not from rain water). We have a great cookbook we bought at Mission San Luis Rey a few years back featuring simple soups made from seasonal ingredients. We made a mushroom soup finished with sour cream that was quite delightful. We also bought turnips and made a lovely creamy turnip soup. I'm saving up some leeks for a leek soup later this week. I love soup weather!

In the also great column, Ian has largely started sleeping 5-6 hour stretches at night, with an additional quiet time of 4-5 hours after breakfast, at which point Mommy catches a few more winks.

I also have two small contract work possibilities that may materialize in the next few weeks (the sort of thing I can do on my own time that won't be lucrative), and I am able to continue doing a little bit of volunteer work by offering editing that I can do at home when Ian is sleeping or Daddy is watching him. All of this gives me an excuse to talk with other adults and to keep my mind interested in things other than baby poop. I still think of poop plenty - don't worry!

In the not so great news column, we'd appreciate prayers for God's provision, because one of the most obvious sources of what we need has been slashed rather significantly. Dan's pay has been cut. How drastically this will change our lives remains to be seen, but we are certain it will force some decisions we wouldn't have had to make otherwise. Prayers for wisdom in the face of those decisions are also coveted. Here's where the suspense comes in. How our needs will be met is a bit of a question...

That's it for now. I'll try to upload some pictures later on!