Another Thursday

The school year is winding down and Spring is in the air.

Patrick has taken is last final exam, turned in his last paper, and given his last presentation.  For him, summer vacation has begun.  What school will look like in the fall is still unknown so, while he has registered for his classes, there really isn't anything to do now until August.  All focus is now on how to get something fun and refreshing out of this summer in a country still in panic.

Katherine has one more looooong week of school (well, it feels long).  There won't be any cumulative final exams for her, but each of her classes will have final tests on whatever chapters they are working on.  Summer vacation is right around the corner.

With the ending of school, we also finally get some nice weather.  We had a hard frost Wednesday night but that was (hopefully) the last one.  With this beautiful sunny weather I have managed to get some flowers planted.

For dinner tonight I tried a recipe from my grandmother's recipe file.  It didn't have a title so I had a little trouble figuring out what it was for; all I really knew was that it was probably a sauce and worked with chicken because of a note that said "enough for 1/2 chicken, double for a whole chicken".  It turns out that the recipe is for a thick sauce that can be served over the chicken.  Not bad; a little on the sweet side, but there are ways to fix that.  To round out my dinner I made a green bean casserole (well-liked in this house) and what we call Potatoes a la Phelps.  It's a potato recipe that Grandma Phelps made once when I was there for a visit (in my early 20s).  She said that this was Grandpa's favorite way to have potatoes.

After dinner was over and I had cleaned up the kitchen I went outside to enjoy an evening in my swing with a fire in the fire pit.  What a lovely end to a nice day.