Pesto and grilled peppers

We wrapped up the three day weekend with a nice pesto and some grilled peppers. Just us at home. Just the way I like it.

Earlier in the day, we all trooped over to Lake Elizabeth, a park in the center of town. We had talked about driving down to Carmel to the beach, but decided that it would be too crowded and not much fun to sit in miles of traffic on the way home. Instead, we bought sandwiches at the Safeway deli, and hung out by the edge of the small lake, only ten minutes from our doorstep and enjoyed a lazy afternoon. It felt great not have an agenda. To simply lie around on a blanket and talk with the kids or throw a ball around was nirvana. We have had a busy weekend of entertaining and being entertained, so it was nice to just relax and hang out together and veg. We saw Star Wars yesterday and there has been an on-going family dialogue about the movie and how all the episodes hang together. We are keeping ourselves plenty amused and entertained by thoughts of sith lords and jedi powers.

I am not sure how our schedules got to be so crammed full of commitments, both work and social. I find that I miss lazy mornings and unprogrammed days. I miss having the time to page through a glossy recipe book and put together a grocery list that includes prosciutto and gorgonzola cheese instead of oatmeal and frozen pizzas. I miss the smell of summer when the cool mornings used to give way to hot sultry afternoons, when the only planned activity involved curling up in the lounge chair on the porch and reading a Nancy Drew mystery. Today some of that feeling was recaptured. Today the world slowed down, e-mails went unanswered and I made pesto and grilled peppers. Life is good. Now if I can just remember what this feels like tomorrow...