A Day in my Life - May

May is here and it's officially Spring!  This is my favorite time of the year, as everything comes to life, flowers bloom and it finally gets warmer.  Here's how the first day of May went for me.

My usual start to a morning is a walk on the treadmill; I walked for 30 minutes, then went back upstairs and had breakfast.

I'm still enjoying my read through the Bible in a year devotional and I did that after breakfast.

Here's a view out our front door; it was raining and cold, only 46 degrees.

I've talked before about the newsletter I do for our church.  I had to work on finishing that as it was scheduled to be out on Sunday.

The kids had a Pinewood Derby on April 30 and I had a lot of pictures to get put on a page about that, so I could finish it up. Above is a picture of a few pages of it, this time it was 20 pages.

Then I headed back downstairs to do some cleaning.  This is our guest room and I had to get it ready for some special guests who are coming next week.

I also cleaned the family room downstairs.

After eating lunch, I did this bacon in the oven, which I've found is the easiest way to cook a bunch of it.  I usually do a whole package, then put it in the freezer where it's easy to pull out and use just what you need.

I washed some windows using this glass cleaner I just got.  A few of my friends were on FB discussing the best glass cleaner and said this was great.  I love this brand for stainless steel so I decided to try it.
I agree - it's good!  It wipes off without smearing and it also smells wonderful!

It had stopped raining (We got almost an inch!) and had warmed up to 60 degrees, so I went outside to check out the flowers.  Bob and I do a walk around the yard almost every day, because things change so quickly right now!  This is our redbud tree.

The grape hyacinths are happy.  If you look close, you can see raindrops on the leaves.

In the front yard, the hosta seem to grow a few inches every day!

Our tulips will soon be done.

I spent the afternoon getting a meal made for someone from our church who had a total knee replacement.  It's ready to go here; a pan of lasagna, garlic bread, a salad and some cookies!

When I made the lasagna, I made an 8x8 pan for them and another small pan for us, so when we got home from delivering that meal, we had lasagna waiting for us.

We had a quiet evening, I baked just a few cookies from some cookie dough that was already made.  We watched a few episodes of The Repair Shop, a show we are really enjoying lately. It's from England and they repair all sorts of well loved items from the living history museum.  It's a feel good show!

And that was the end of this first day of the month!

After this, I'm taking a break for the rest of the week.  We have special guests arriving on Tuesday and we're really looking forward to having a good time with them!  I'll tell you all about it next week.

Friday Funny

 

Cooking Thursday

Today's recipe is another one I made for Easter.  It's a creamy, refreshing lemon pie which goes together quickly.  We all enjoyed it!

Sour Cream Lemon Pie

Crust:
1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
5 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix together graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar.  Press into a 9 inch pie pan.  
Bake for 12-15 minutes until crust begins to brown.
Allow to cool.

Filling:
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch plus 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1/2 cup lemon juice
3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, cubed
8 ounces sour cream
1 cup whipping cream, whipped for garnish
lemon twists for garnish, optional
Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon peel, lemon juice, egg yolks and milk in heavy saucepan. Whisk ingredients together.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens.
Remove from heat and stir in butter.
Allow to cool to room temperature, then stir in the sour cream.
Pour into prepared graham cracker crust.
Garnish with sweetened whipped cream and lemon twists.  
Refrigerate until ready to serve.