Why can't Sunday last longer?

I woke up Sunday just before 6:00 AM. I am trying an idea regarding breakfast. As you may have guessed, I didn’t normally eat breakfast, especially during the week. But, now I have to so I don’t throw up from the medications I take. So, the quickest thing to make (and clean up) was instant oatmeal.

But, while the flavor’s not bad, the texture is awful. But, I remember Jake had ordered oatmeal for breakfast in a restaurant once when I was down there. When I looked at him funny, he explained that he, too, didn’t like the texture of plain oatmeal, but this particular restaurant added granola to it so it had some crunch.

So, yesterday, I bought some granola at Meijer. I checked them all out and the one by Kashi, “Mountain Medley,” had the least amount of oats (I am putting it in oastmeal, after all). It had cranberries, raisins, almonds, pecans and sunflower seeds, along with oats, barley, wheat, rye and brown rice.

So, today I added 1/3 cup of granola to the warm oatmeal and ate that. It was much better, but I realized I could just buy the ingredients separately rather than the expensive brand name stuff.

I finished all my morning routine and got dressed. Then I stripped the bed and started the wash. Next I went out back and refilled the bird feeder and the two suet cages. It was sunny outside (a big change from yesterday) and pleasant. The high is supposed to be only 61 degrees F., which is a lot less than it has been, but still much warmer than it normally is in March.

Back inside, I ran the dishwasher while I vacuumed the living room rug. I washed the kitchen floor after I got the bedding out of the dryer. I remade the bed and took a break, watching some of the old movie “Key Largo” (one of my favorites) and waiting for the kitchen floor to dry.

I cleaned the toilet (always fun) and then went back to doing my taxes. I halted briefly to throw all the towels in the washer (the floor was dry by then). Then it was back to my Federal taxes (groan).

I put together a simple meatloaf and stuck it in the over with four medium-sized russet potatoes for my Sunday supper. I noticed the oven looked a little grungy inside, so I filed that away in my brain for later.

I finished with both my Federal (which I eFiled) and State taxes (which I’ll mail) around 5:00 PM. I tried calling my Brother Carl to see how he was doing, but only got his voicemail. Hopefully he was outside, enjoying the weather and his lovely yard.

Finally dinner was done. I cut off a big piece of meatloaf and opened up one of the potatoes. I added butter, sour cream, salt and pepper to the potato and I took my meal into the bedroom to watch the rest of the news. As I said, it was a simple meatloaf so I can’t brag, but it was good as was the potato (although pretty filling).

Later on, I put the rest of the now-cooled meatloaf and the other potatoes into the fridge. I put my cake pan in the sink to soak.

Since its supposed to be cold tonight, I locked the oven door and turned on the “clean” selection on the stove. I’ll waste a lot of gas, but the furnace won’t be turning on anytime soon (it takes like four hours) and I’ll have a clean stove for summer.

I watched some TV, but I was tired and went to bed by 10:00 PM. It seemed too short, but I feel like I had a good weekend (I wish I gotten outside Sunday afternoon, though – Damn taxes!)