Officially

In my first official act as (Temporary) Housewife, I made The Husband blueberry muffins this morning for breakfast.  Not just any blueberry muffins, though.  Blueberry muffins with cream cheese and blueberry jam filling.  I used this recipe, and it turned out pretty well.  I omitted lemon zest because I didn't have it and I used frozen blueberries, tossing them with a little extra flour to coat before adding them to the batter.  I was even organized and mixed up the dry and wet ingredients separately last night so all I had to do was assemble and back this morning.  That was great, except that the batter was really cold and difficult to spread in the cups.  I'm told they still tasted delicious, though.  (Being the gluten free half of our household, I couldn't eat them.  The Husband saved two for tomorrow and took the rest to work for his coworkers.)

In other news, I'm discovering this housewife business isn't for wimps.  While today, being Monday, is my first official day as the TH, in reality, I started housewife duties this weekend while The Husband worked overtime.  After two days of chores, dishes, and lots and lots of laundry, I'm ashamed to admit I woke up sore today.  I think it was hauling all the laundry up and down the stairs (basement laundry, in-building) and scrubbing the bathroom on the same day that did it.  Phew.  Sad, but I am beat today.  On the bright side, with the laundry done, the rest of the chores are relatively light.