a date night!

Well we had an absolutely fabulous day!  I of course was up around seven or so and hubs slept in till nine (I woke him).  We started the laundry and got to mowing the yard.  I did the easy part (read riding mower) while he did the hard part (yep, push mower).  Sasha got to hang outside on the lead while we worked and Aaron ran out of gas so she went w him to get more.  I finished b/4 he got back and worked on the dishes.  While he was mowing behind the garage he noticed something interesting and pointed it out: WE’VE GOT TOMATOES!!!!!!  Ages ago I wanted to start a compost bucket and life’s happened so we don’t have one; instead we collect ‘compost’ material in a plastic container and toss it in a pile behind the garage.  Some where along the way nature took over and gave us two plants, that’s right not just one, but TWO!!!  Even more awesome, the large one is flowering!  I’m sure that the tomatoes won’t be all that tasty if we get some, but it’s still really neat that it happened on it’s own. 

 

Okay, back to life – after mowing and dishes and showering and ‘pedi’ we headed to the store.  I looked online and discovered that Kroger had peaches for $1.48 and grapes for $1.28 so we swung by there first.  Next stop was Aldi’s.  I won’t bother listing everything we got, but I love this place more every time we do a large shop there.  I stocked up on produce: onions, zucchini, squash, tomatoes, mini bell peppers, cucumber, avocado,  mushrooms, snow peas, carrots, green grapes, strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries, as well as milk and frozen fruit, AANNDDDD a fold out chair w a canopy for less than $90!!!!!  I get so silly excited to find such awesome deals. 

 

Next we popped into Wal Mart, where Aaron played with the door alarm (something in one of my reusuable bags set it off and he was bound and determined to figure it out) while I picked out bananas and grabbed a plain yogurt to make some more tomorrow (hopefully).  I was torn and angry all at the same time; they got a butt load of peaches in and had to mark them down for quick sale: $.79 a lb!!!!  I tried to rack my brain and decide if I wanted oodles at that awesome price.  However I left them there :’(. 

 

We were done by 1, dropped off and put away the cold stuff and headed to our Dishcrawl date.  LOVED IT!!!!  Kocktails and Koture (the crab cake image was our sample) was pricey, tasty, and ‘fru-fru’ as hubs calls it.  Music City Flats was the best – a beef shoulder in a red wine demi-glace w garlic roasted mashed red potatoes and kale and onion sauté.  Oh I finagled extra drink tickets so I sampled both tastes from K&K and three from MCF.  I loved the spicy pink drink from K&K and the green apple sample at MCF.  Then we stopped at the food truck; it was a fried tater ball w a sweet and spicy sauce – IMO tasty and HOT!!!!! (temp not taste).  The next stop was another food truck; a lemon crepe – IMO not that big a deal, a nice lemon flavor but kinda soggy.  Afterwards I headed to Colt’s and got two dark bolts; LOVE these and so glad they let me get the dark chocolate ones.  Hubs went to get the car and then we drove over to Mirkko; what a let down!!!!!  I had one drink ticket left so I got the chard, which was the wrong co’s.  I’m not a big chard fan anyways and hadn’t tried the one advertised; however the one they gave I have had and was room temperature (read bleh).  Also the pasta was dried and cakey cold. 

 

With the first few being a big hit and the price being decent, can not wait for another one!!!!

 

Since the pasta wasn’t that great and I had shared most of my meat, potato ball, crepe, and pasta w the hubs I had plenty o’ room to go to dinner w the family.  We went to the Habachi place in Madison and I joined foursquare on hubs cricket. 

 

My high of course was a great day with my wonderful husband!

 

Are you on foursquare?  What is that all about and how does it work???

new foods!!!!

I know I said I was gonna try and journal more regularly, but having the pup is hard!  Now that the sun is hot and stays out longer we go out later and stay out later.  I’m not getting home till after seven then gotta prep, cook, and clean and FINALLY eat; by the time all that’s done it’s almost time to start bed time routines! 

 

This may sound like an excuse to you, but that’s just how I am/it is right now. 

 

Today however, even though it’s extremely late and I’m ready to pass out, I wanna get a few things down.

 

The day was ROUGH!!!  The air was out at school and we stayed open.  Thank goodness it didn’t happen yesterday (felt like temp round 100*).  The ED was a bit rude/snappy (I’m sure she was frustrated) when she overheard me ask the PC if she’d heard anything yet while walking in the hallway.  ED informed me that the building hadn’t reached the ‘can’t work/be in the building’ temperature so not to worry about it (doesn’t sound as rude in type).  To help w the warmth I made sure all the girls had their hair pulled up and our kids shoes were off.  We got a ‘fan’, kept the lights off, and played/worked on the iPad all morning and most of the afternoon.  We did get in the hallway and play a relay like game the kids enjoyed in the a.m. and gym time w lights off in p.m.. 

 

After work I attended YumEast.  I won’t go into all that much detail tonight (hopefully I’ll go back and post more w more opinions), but my two favs were Edleys and SillyGoose.  The first had an awesome BBQ sandwich w slaw, pickles, peaches, and a sweet and tangy sauce – I’m not usually a fan of all that on there, more traditional w meat and sauce, but WOWZA!!!!  Now I really really really wanna go there.  The second place had this yummy red quinoa ‘salad’ – quinoa mixed w rainier cherries, Georgia peaches, nuts, avocado?, and a creamy goat cheese to keep it together.  I only got a small serving since I went solo and wanted to go back, but dude was gone :”(. 

 

Alright, that’s all I’m gonna give ya for today.  My high was the new food festival!

 

Have you ever had to work (not at home, but at work) w no air?  How did you adjust?

a full day

Today is one of the few day's I've been waiting on, looking forwards to, having so much expectation of being awesome, and I'm glad to say it wasn't that disappointing.  Do you know what kind of day I'm talking about?  You know the kind where you've got everything  (almost) planned down to nearly the last minute?  (not including you're wedding day or honeymoon or birthday but just a normal day). 

I got up w the alarm at 8, after about six or so hours of sleep and hit the ground running for the most part.  Showered, pampered myself, picked out jewelry, played/read blogs, cut cheese (ha that sounds funny; I mean literally sliced cheese to pair with crackers), and was almost out the door when my old CCT2 asked for a ride to the tasting.  Being such a nice person and all I was okay with it.  However it made us ten minutes late, in the grand scheme not a big deal, but I was worried we wouldn't get in and have to wait forever.  Are you curious what we did?  We (some girls from work: PC, Mesmeric Chip, LC, CCT3, and CCT2 and myself) went out to Arrington Vineyards to have a bonding lunch.  It was lovely.  The tasting was free, but only a flight of four.  I wish I would have known going b/c then we could have worked out who was okay w sharing and who wasn't, but it went smoothly anyways.  I ended up liking the basic white, a rosé, and their port.  I purchased the white to share b/c CCT3 bought the rosé.  I was going to buy one and bring home, when I decided I could get it basically anytime since it's local and I can probably purchase it in a store.  

It was really intriguing to see everybody's preferences: PC liked the dessert black berry, CCT3 was a fan of rosé, LC liked the merlot (which is normally my fav variatal, but I did not like theirs at all), CCT2 liked the port (which was awesome b/c last time she came w her friends she didn't like any of them), and Mesmeric (who doesn't like wine for the most part) enjoyed the basic white and the rosé.  Lunch was nice too; I ate way too much and don't even want to see the numbers on the scale.  

Afterwards I picked up Sasha, which CCT2 was HI-frekin-LARIOUS!!!  She's a bit nervous around big dogs.  It was hard to tell her that the more nervous she was the more it affects the dog and they can react based on that.  I dropped her off and headed to the park (dude I'm having a HUGEAMONGUS de já vu (SP?) moment here - I'm sure I've typed that sentence b/4) where she played w Brady the Whippet for forty or so minutes and headed to the house.  I was H O T!!! I relaxed for an hour w a cool cloth and went to my new book club meeting.  

We had it at Pizza Real and I wasn't that impressed.  Their menu is very limited albeit tasty (the Tuscan had a fabulous garlic kale cheesy goodness).  The meeting was interesting too.  There were three new members, myself included.  I'd love to continue to be a part of it, but don't know if I'll really care for the book for next month.  The company was interesting though.  

Back at the IL's hubs was there and wanted sushi so I picked him up some at Kroger and noticed they had little soufflé cups of yum yum sauce.  I was so tempted to pick up some, but decided I wanted to keep trying to make it myself.  I passed out from my headache (that had been hanging around dully since three or so) and then woke up to watch a show and movie.  

Now it's extremely late for me so I'm going to try and turn in.  My high was girl time at Arrington.  

Are you or have you ever been in a book club??? 

TGIF and kudos to blendtec

HAPPPY FRIDAY FOLKS!!!!  

Today was water play at school and would you believe that I ran off an left my swim wear at the house?!?!?  I had Aaron dig it out and everything.  I had it packed and in the bag ready to go next to my purse and realized as I was getting on the interstate that it was still on the bed.  Most of the teachers came in wearing their gear, but the bottoms are just so uncomfortable to wear, that whole stick to ya not cotton material like panties.  I had planned on changing when we got our 10:00 potty break, but told the kids not to spray me.  Most of them listened.  I had to remind our oldest kid and stay out of the way of one of the younger ones (he was just testing the distance it squirted).  

My CCT3 was stressed that it was going to be a challenge (she hates water days b/c of this fact), but we worked out a system to make it easier: send out a few kids at a time to start and slowly trickle them out and bring them back to class in the same order (that way only two or three are redressing at a time rather than 14/15 at once.  

The rest of the day was pretty busy too.  The ED son and the little girl who dances (can't remember the handle I've given her) would not listen when it was time to go to the gym so I sent them to the two's class.  I'm pretty sure it made the ED really upset; but I'd tried everything else I possibly could and he just would not listen.  The rest of the class had already missed some of their play time b/c of them and I didn't think it was fair for them to miss anymore.  I'm wondering if I get a 'lecture' about it next week.  

I haven't been recording my foods this week, no real reason other than it's just been late at night and I've been ready to turn in, but today I'll tell you (at least some of it).  I made a sundried tomato and basil hummus using the protec and it was AWESOME!!!!!  It wasn't the consistency I wanted; probably b/c I only wanted a single serving rather than using the entire can.  

Adapted from EveryDayMaven 

Ingredients

1/2 can beans, drained, cleaned, and deskinned

1/2 t garlic powder

1 T tahini

water (just to make the machine run)

2 T lemon juice

sprinkle to taste of salt, chili powder, a random spice blend in 

        the cabinet,

7 g s.d tomatoes (not the oil ones) and 7 leaves of fresh basil

        + 1/2 t d. basil

To make

I threw it all into the blendtec and processed until I was

        satisfied.  

*changes next time: heat the beans and water like Maven did and maybe use the oil packed s. d. tomatoes*  

**I don't know the WW points for this.  I weighed the serving and ate half**

I ate it w lots of fresh veggies and it was sooooo good!!!  Aaron actually liked it to and it got more herby and smoky over night.  

Aaron had the day off today so he was uber sweet and made us dinner: spinach mushroom feta stuffed chicken breast (his had bacon inside and out), mashed cauliflower for me, and steamed broccoli.  Thanks hun!  I only half the chicken breast and almost all the cauliflower (he made almost two cups).  

Allrighty off to bed.  My high today was the awesome dinner w hubs.

Do you ever make hummus and tweak?  Any tips on the silly skin on those beans?

an emergency trip to the vet

Well I’m sure you’d LUVVV to hear how if I could start this day over and try again…

Hubs and my alarm went off at the same time, but of course he dismissed his and fell back asleep.  Yes he was still sleeping when I got out of the shower.  Which means he didn’t play w the pup very much nor have time to really say ‘bye’, just a quick peck and running out of the door. 

Since we got home later and had so much crap to do (hence the reason there’s no entry from yesterday) I had to make lunch b/4 leaving out.  With that knowledge I still had a few minutes b/4 clocking in to gather myself. 

Here’s the best part of my day: I fell!  Not just a normal fall down forward catch yourself trip, but a I was picking up a kid and another kid sat down behind me and I didn’t know it and fell backwards while holding the child and was not able to catch myself.  So I banged my knee, butt, elbow, and head.  I didn’t know it at the time and I’m pretty sure I may have pulled a muscle in my neck (it hurts to turn right and up as well as just sitting up now). 

So after falling in front of everyone (yep grown ups and kids alike) the day was ridiculously busy!  Today was the first day of our ‘summer program’ and we get to go outside from 8:00 to 8:30 and there were 18 kids b/4 8:30!  In case you’re wondering that number almost maxes us out ratio wise (one teacher to nine kids). 

From there it was almost non stop till I left.  We’ve also lost our summer schedule so were’ not a hundred percent sure of what comes when.  Additionally I got paperwork time today (YAY), but didn’t have the accessibility to gather the supplies I need for tomorrow (the PC has them and was out today) so instead I worked on our new assessment program. 

At 4:00 it wasn’t too terrible, just busy and our newest peer (who started today – and I’m sure will be given a moniker) wanted to play on the computer… so I had to create him an avatar/account.  I got out about three minutes late, but that didn’t put me home too much later than normal. 

However when I got home I had me another wonderful treat.  Sasha had pooped nine or ten times, thrown up once (real good) and had a couple of bile like spots.  Additionally I discovered that she got a hold of a CD and the case and did god knows what to it.  I found a couple of large pieces of the case and several shard like pieces by her cushion.  The case had a CD in it, but the paper that was on the ground was to a different one which I did not find.   With that discovery I called the vet.  The one we usually attend tried to refer me to an emergency place in Cools Springs (and with it being rush hour would have taken me at least an hour to an hour and a half to get there) but I inquired about having an x-ray done just to see if she had any obstructions.  The lady told me yes but I’d be charged an ER fee, which I totally didn’t mind paying.  She also said that blood work wouldn’t be back till tomorrow, which wasn’t too terribly important to me; I just wanted to know that she did not have anything in her body that could be harmful or lethal.  So the lady told me to go ahead and come in.  Well when I got there the doc informed me that x-rays don’t view those materials and I’d have to go to the ER for an ultrasound if I wanted to know for sure.  After twenty or so minutes I decided to ‘gamble’ and ‘wait it out’.  We came home, knowledge in hand of what to look for, and tips on just in case she’s got stuff in there.  Did you know that you can give them bread (theoretically/wife tales not scientific or anything), semi large amounts, and it’ll pack around the object in order to help it pass?  So now I’m outside watching and waiting for a BM.  Some signs are belly discomfort, restlessness, downward dog, and blood in vomit and/or bowels.  Also some drooling, not eating, and something else (it’s on the paper inside the house).  Lots to watch for all on my own – yep that’s right the hubs is out of town yet again so I’m a single parent.  Oh and we don’t get to go to the park for a few days or so!!!!  Bet I’m going to have a horrible god awful no count terrible miserable tossing turning up every hour kind of night!

K, after we got back from the vet I had to finish cleaning.  I thought about scrubbing the spots of ‘dirt’ but there was just too much.  Instead I opted to mop!  I mean really mop, like with a bucket of baking soda, water, and Dawn.  I thought I was doing an awesome job only to learn that the industrial b. soda leaves a really strange film on the floor (gonna tell hubs he gets to rinse tomorrow if he makes it home at a decent hour).  I also cleaned out my tub since I had the b. soda out and got the bleach down.  Here’s another shitty moment for ya: I got the bleach down off the top shelf in the dry storage/mud room and somehow unbalanced the deteregent.  Well the detergent fell of the shelf onto the deep freezer.  Not a big deal right?  WRONG!!!  The bottle was fine, minus the cracked top and a little mess, but it landed at just the right angle, right spot, and with enough force to dent the edge of the freezer!  So now the freezer does not close all the way on the right side.  To close it I placed the heavy ass tub of b. soda on it and noticed the left side popped up.  I just about broke down.  Rather than cry like I wanted I called Aaron and asked him to please help me use his brain (also at this point I was a little shaky from the unknowing of digesting plastic) to think of something else heavy in the house to weigh down the other side.  He suggested all the detergents and her dog food box as a back up (after I asked).  I decided to use the dog food bin first b/c I didn’t want to climb up and get down for bottles of detergent.  The box was not enough so I placed one container of detergent on top and it worked.  I really hope that he is able to fix the dent and the lid will close once he gets home.  Cross your fingers for me. 

After doing all of that I made dinner and sat down to watch some Stargate Atlantis.  I didn’t get to really enjoy my dinner and show though b/c I’m too worried about the puppy.  As of a few minutes ago when we came inside I noticed a little drool on her jowl which was a sign of ER visit on the doctors sheet.  She’s eaten some, the last half of her food, a piece of bread, and a second one with pb.  I’m gonna be ill if we have to go in the middle of the night and can’t decide if we should go ahead and go or not.  I put my second glass of vino away in case I need to drive.  Guess I’ll talk to Aaron about it after I get done. 

B/4 I leave:

Bfast – cantaloupe and cc, the good stuff

Snack – 3 vanilla wafers and grapes

Lunch – tomato cucumber salad w cheddar cheese (I forgot my LC)

Snack – veggie straws, two pieces of chocolate, and iced coffee

Dinner – revamped LO gyro plate.   When I got it the other day they left out the sauce :’(

            I heated it up

            Made a salad of spinach and 7 super slaw w red onion and

            p. peppers

            Topped with ranch

            Tossed and served with vino. 

                        IMO – way better than the first time around!!!!

Oh yeah I’ve also misplaced my original jump drive with the saved entries and had to use my back up. 

K, Sasha is barking about something.  If I had to give a high it’s that the day is over.

What’s the worst your pet has swallowed/done?

just not impressed

We had us a nice day; I sort of slept in (till 7!) and enjoyed a leisurely bfast till hubby got up.  That’s right a day w my man!  It seems like it’s been soooo long; two weekends in Paris and if I’m correct I think he worked the one b/4.  

When he got up I was doing busy work (dishes, laundry, a little cleaning) so he folded his laundry and put that away and then cleaned the mats off the top of the deep freeze!  Not sure how long they’ve been there, but we’ve just been piling on top of them or lifting the lid w them on to dig right off the top.  Now I’m hoping to utilize the foods again (or at least try).    

Once he was done (I could still have done a few things around the house) we headed to the dog park for an hour and half.  We didn’t really run into any of the normal puppy peers she usually plays with, but there was a new little guy.  He looked like a puppy and played like one but was two years old.  His name is Zilla (short for Godzilla – which is so funny since he’s tiny and all.  Also humorous b/c the guy wanted to name him Godzilla and instead of telling his gf that he told her some weird name w Commander in it and she said ick, but totally accepted Godzilla; a small for of psych was pulled over her!!!).  Zilla really enjoyed trying to get w Sasha, but I think she enjoyed it too after the initial shock b/c she kept going back to him after relaxing.  On the way out of the park I noticed he had ink on the palm of his hand and had to ask if it was really there.  Then we talked about tats for a couple minutes and he gave me the best advice I’d never heard of: when looking at portfolio’s don’t look at all the good stuff look at the worst piece and think ‘that could be mine for life’ and if you can live with it go ahead, if not find a different artist.  That’s an awesome way to look at it.  

In case you’re wondering why we didn’t stay longer it’s b/c I had to go to a baby shower.  I’ll be honest and let you know that I felt a little out of place.  There were eight gals plus me and the mom to be and I felt ridiculously out of place.  All the people were either moms, to be, or want to be, and then there was me – little out of place non high school friend not a mom nor a longing to be walking dead inexperience in the corner.  I finally got to eat one of Lindsay’s cakes: a chocolate vanilla orange combo w a gorgeous decoration.  I wasn’t a big fan of the orange and chocolat combo; kind of reminded me of the orange cream candy in a mixed box of chocolate (which happen to be my (IMO) least fav piece of candy, it’s actually the piece I smash for so I don’t get a bit and then force Aaron to eat it.  However the orange and vanilla combo was yummy and I loved the icing/frosting btwn the cake and fondant.  I couldn’t figure out if was supposed to eat the fondant or not.  I tried a couple bites, but just couldn’t eat it.  I check out all the other chicks and the majority of them ate the top layer and left the side piece.  I also found out that dinner this month is at Jonathans, which I would love to eat at, but it’s the night b/4 Iron Fork and I really need to save my money for CA (esp since I realized I really don’t have money in my account – I thought I had some only to discover from hubby that the amount was the stuff from the insurance agency I owed to the CC bill for the new roof we got).

After the shower I hung out at the IL’s and ate dinner and watched a movie

IMO it was a good movie.  When reading it the synopsis it didn’t seem like one I’d rent on my

        own, but it kept me in suspense quite a bit.  Since I didn’t know the real story I had no clue how it

        was going to play out.  

To take responsibility for my eats: 

Bfast – cantaloupe w cc

Snacks – a few nuts, a few wheat thins, grapes

Lunch – chips and salsa, fruit, nuts, and cake (curtsey of baby shower)

Dinner – DC burrito from Nuvo 

IMO they shouldn’t charge as much as the do.  I figured it’d be a ‘fancy’ burrito but was along the

        lines of blue coast or baja.  I think they should take more time to assemble it so the bites are

        balanced.  It was also a lot spicier than I thought it would be.  There wasn’t all that much meat

        either (which I only ate half so maybe there’s more in the other side) which made me thankful I

        didn’t order the shrimp one I wanted).  Also the tortilla got super soggy quick!  

The best part of my day was the first half w my husband doing house stuff and playing at the park.

What are your thoughts on crème candies and fondant?

pasta revamped!

Well I didn’t really think that I was going to do an entry today, but my dinner was too good to not at least get that down.  However b/4 that I’m going to do the norm and complain about my day.  

I thought it was going to be terrible b/c once again I had a hard nights sleep – to hot, uncomfortable, not enough room; you know having to share a bed w a heater X2 and all.  My bfast wasn’t all that great, but I ate it quickly.  Then Sasha decided she needed to cuddle so I let her.  

I’m not sure but I believe my CCT3 was upset w me all day today.  I asked her a couple of times how she was dong, how her weekend went, if there was anything wrong, and she never divulged.  However she left @ 4:10 and came in w the DR so I still think there was something buggin her.  

The day itself was normal; nothing great, nothing awful.  

When I got off hubs was still at work so I got to play w Sasha for an hour or so b/4 my routines.  My dinner was a minute or so from being down when he got home so I turned it on low and did his instead of eating mine.  

Now to the goods;

Bfast – cantaloupe w cottage cheese

IMO – melon not as sweet w the cheese and not a favorite

        brand

Snacks – carrots w sugar snap peas

IMO – LOVE these peas!!!!  So sweet

Lunch – the other half of my beef/balls w barley & ‘vamped up’

IMO – way better than last time (don’t remember what I did

        then), but this time I added peas and broccoli w lots of spice

        and Italian seasoning (not the spinach and herb like last time).  

Snacks – Clementine and an apple

Dinner – LO past ‘revamped’ & 8oz vino

Nasty pasta from Saturday that was penne tossed w EVOO

        and spices and topped w mushrooms, onions, and sun dried

        tomatoes.  

                   I sautéed some baby bellas and LO grilled onions

   Then threw in the penne (which I finished cooking 

                   they were WAY underdone)

   Tossed w 1/8 c tomato sauce, crushed red pepper, basil,

                   garlic, s&p, and a sugar sprinkle

                  WOWZA ----  I want to remember this dish so I can

                   recreate it from scratch!!!  

Dessert – 2 oreos, milk, and 1 pb cookie

Allrighty, now that I have that pasta dish down for memory my high today was playing w Sasha at home.

Do you ever revamp a LO dish to make it WAY better????  

Back to the grindstone

Today was one of the easiest Monday’s in a loooooooonnnnnggggg time!  

I had a pretty decent nights sleep, just a little bit of tossing and turning.  I didn’t make lunch last night when I got home (BTW if you’re wondering I was w mom all weekend!  We didn’t do too much; just play on the net researching vacations and scarves, and food, and random junk AND went out to eat on Sunday and then shopped for mom.  I didn’t get home till around eight and still had to make dinner and played w pup.) SOOOO back to this morning I enjoyed my bfast and then instead of relaxing I got busy making my lunch for the day.  

The main reason today was easy was b/c how fast it moved: the first half our or so we spent it in the hallway b/c of the tornado warning.  Circle time was easy and the kids listened well.  We got paperwork two times, that’s right TWO! times today.  The sub came in and relieved us for two hours in the morning (my CCT3 took an hour and I took bout 45 mins; I went to the public library and got books for this lesson).  After nap CCT1 came in ten mins late and we got more time.  My CCT3 used an hour and twenty minutes and I got out at three since we dropped down in numbers.  So CCT3 got 2 hrs and 20 mins!  AND I got 1 hr and 45 mins..  This would be way more exciting if I could actually do some paperwork, but it’s put on hold b/c of the girls whose place I took (she lost all the assmts so I got screwed; long story!).  

None of our challenging children were too difficult and we were low in nos in aftercare.  

Hubby had to work late so when I got home I had lots and lots of stuff to do.  Sasha dropped a deuce and stepped in it which got all over the place.  Instead of cleaning it up right away we played outside for 30 or so minutes.  While we were outside I noticed I new ‘spot’ so we came in and she got spot washed.  THEN I cleaned, and I mean CLEANED her kennel area!  Cleaned poop w one towel, scrubbed floor w oxiclean, and ten sprayed it w the oxy pet deodorizer stuff.  

By the time I finished it was around 6:30 or so.  I made lunch for tomorrow and dinner.  Now I’m enjoyed a cup of spiked java and watching House.  Since I’ve told you about my day, how bout my eats?!: 

Bfast – raspberry banana oatmeal

Snacks – ½ donut

Lunch – yummy tomato soup w veggies (I really wish I could figure out how to recreate this kind of tomato soup)

Snacks – slice of cake & handful of goldfish and a green apple

Dinner – tortilla pizza, a few cheese balls, and a teeny slice of hubs pizza as well as a slice of crust

My pizza was delish! 

Tomato basil tortilla

2 T tomato sauce (apprx)

Sprinkles of cr. red pepper, basil, & garlic

Slice red onions and 2 small bell peppers

1 oz Italian cheese & a sprinkle of feta

TO MAKE:  toast the tortilla first, flip, top, and bake till cheese is melty

IMO – LOVED LOVED LOVED!!!!!  Not sure what made it so tasty, but was a nice blend of

               sweet, herbs, and a kick.

I’m pretty sure that’s all there is to say.  My high today is our little guy who’s got supposed Autism mastered a goal (even though we don’t have to record and report); coloring pictures!  He usually likes to write letters and we have to verbally prompt him to color, but not today!  He took out a picture of two kids in rain gear w umbrellas and started coloring.  He colored the umbrellas first and then used a brown for their boots!  Of course he didn’t stay in the lines, but he did a solid coloring!!!!  

So glad to have a nice Monday for a change.    Do you have an awesome tomato soup that’s sweet and herby to share w me????

much better day plus lots of food details

Hmmm…… How was my day and what did I do???

Well during bfast I read my book.  I didn’t get a good nights sleep and managed to eat my food quickly so I ‘rested’ with the thought that I’d go to Kroger to get pork for dinner, however when the alarm went off Sasha came and cuddled w me.  Now when I say cuddled I should mention that she crawled into the chair w me w/out invite.  But I guess my wiggling/playing sort of seemed like I was patting so I allowed her to inch her way up.  it was nice cuddling w her for 15 more minutes.  Yes I’m living mommyhood through my four legs.  

At work I checked my email and had to clock in.  

The day was a bit better, my CCT3 was back and we were kind of low in numbers.  Actually we ended up being low in the afternoon too.  I honestly can’t think of anything worthy of noting through out the day.  Fortunately enough we were able to get out and do close to 45 minutes of paperwork.  I completed my summaries!!!  Now all I need to do is update the goals, which I’m hoping to do tomorrow during our time. 

I don’t think I remembered to tell you that the people I family (one child and three dogs) sit for are expecting.  I ran into the guy on Saturday at the dog park and he told me.  The lady is only 6 weeks along, which IMO is a bit early to tell people based on what I know.  I found out today during my pw time they are also getting married!  I talked to a coworker, the chick who gave him my no and didn’t get too much more info.  

Also the floater had her baby today at 6:30 a.m..  I thought it was strange that she was considered ‘in labor’ since Sunday evening.  Her water broke then.  However, to me, since I haven’t had kids, I would think labor really means the hours one is ‘pushing’ and trying to get the baby out rather than just ‘your-water-has-broken-the-baby-is-on-its-way’ time.  

On the way home I stopped at the store to get dinner, which put me getting home two minutes b/4 hubs (who went to the dog park).  

While making dinner I brought up to the hubs about him going with me to Paris this weekend, only to learn that he has to work at Rich’s both days this weekend.  

That’s really all for today. 

I sort of did better w food choices except for the damn crackers:

Bfast – strawberry mango parfait w banana greek yogurt 

IMO – the yogurt wasn’t as impressive as I thought it would

        be.  I’ll admit it was better than the last one I had, but wasn’t

        fully impressed.  Now I’ve got the pear one to try soon. 

Lunch – soup edited via my style

IMO – LOVED IT!!!!  I added crushed red pepper, Canadian

        steak seasoning, and garlic as well as some frozen veggies.

        Made almost the same thing for tomorrow!

Snacks – 2 mandarin oranges and a bunch of ritz crackers

Dinner – pork chop (pan seared), cheese rice (BLEH), steamed broccoli, & vino.

Dessert – spiked coffee (I really wanted a fig Newton, but they weren’t open, instead I had four wheatie cereals (bites).  

The best part about today is a toss up btwn finishing my summaries and sharing dinner w the hubs (we don’t have the exact same thing too terribly often) OH and we already basically know what we are having tomorrow! 

Hope you had a high for your day…

Monday is over

So today was rough!  Sasha basically booted me out of bed.  She seemed to need lots of stretching space so I decided to crawl into the guest bedroom.  Also it was partly b/c I couldn’t go back to sleep w/out noise and I can turn the radio on in there to sleep to.  I also had to be at work early since my CCT3 was out to attend a funeral.  

The nice part about the day was the early to work shift, early quick lunch, and early to leave and come home! Everything else was a bit up and down through out the day.  The morning was easy, the kids refuse to sit and listen during circle, gym was a blast, lunch and nap was a headache, snack was easy, then we just danced.  That’s it really.  

During the a.m. my CCT1 informed me that she was going to be about 15 mins late only to come in a couple hours later to let me know she wasn’t coming in at all b/c of staffing!  In case that doesn’t make sense to you, I didn’t get paperwork today!  I really needed it too.  

At my place I took care of dishes, lunch, AND dinner!  Dinner was a new one and my own creation. Before that though here ‘s the rest:

Bfast – banana blueberry oatmeal

Lunch – soup

IMO – it was sooo good.  It reminded me of my fav tomato

        soup from Aldi’s.  However this one was 4WW+’s instead of

        2, all b/c of the pasta??!?!  I really wish I could recreate this

        soup.  It’s my favorite tomato.  

Snacks – apple, cantaloupe, four bites of cookie, an indulgent treat of graham cracker w choc syrup and whip topping!  

Dinner – an Asian dish

Fresh made lentils w mandarin spices

Sautéed onions and red cabbage w soy and chili paste

tossed w mango and left over wild rice

IMO – delish!  Def not picture worthy (lentils are

                hideous), but yummy.  Aaron came home and said ‘it

                makes me want Chinese food’.  Also that he’d eat it, but 

                would like some chicken or shrimp added. I also had a

                half glass of vino, just didn’t feel like finishing it

The best part of the day was hearing hubs comment the yumminess of my dish.  It was what I was aiming for!

How was your Monday???

a new way to 'sneak' in a veggie

Today was another normal Sunday.  Sasha had to wake me up early again today.  The clock read 6:22, but at 7:45 I realized we forgot to set them forward; which means in reality when I picked up the phone at 7:45 it was really 8:45!  I called dad and thought we’d only chat for 15 or so minutes, but it ended up being a 45 min conversation.  It only ended b/c Sasha was ready to play!  

After getting all ready and gathering all my s%!+ together we went to the park.  Sasha was a big fat meany today!  There was a cute 5 ½ month mutt that was teeny and it was the first time she’d ever been to the park; well Sasha was very adamant in playing chomping on her neck!  I tried to get Sasha away and the little girl ran back out which was Sasha’s invite to play again.  After getting Sasha away the owner and little mutt left :’(.  

Another curious happening; some trendy fashion gal had a pit bull girl.  I don’t mind the breed, but they didn’t match, know what I mean?

Before going to IL’s we stopped at Aldi’s so I could get a few items.  She had lots of fun playing w Bosco and I’m pretty sure she allowed him to satisfy himself.  Normally she sits down when dogs try to do it, but she just stood there and stared at me while he tried.  

While they played I did the normal net things: email, blogs, pinterest, & winery research.  

At my abode I prepped and made dinner, washed dishes, and made lunch.  Hubby helped a little.  Now we are watching House and it’s an episode that’s got Joe from Medium and his name is Joe in this too!!!

Kay, now to wrap it up:

Bfast – apple spiced farina

Lunch – crab salad 

½ serving crab

1 stick celery

2 pickles (1 sweet & 1 sliced burger dill)

1 radish

1 roma tomato

MIX w a squirt of mustard and a dollop of s.c.

TOP spinach and romaine w ‘salad’, sprinkle Old Bay &

        SERVE!  

IMO – I LOVED IT!!!  If I had time and planed ahead it

                might be even better if he had time to ‘merry’.  

Snack – 1/3 celery w pb, a handful of trail mix, ice coffee

Dinner – Hawaiian Pizza over Cauliflower crust

4 oz LO Christmas ham

¼ fresh pineapple

2/3 can tomato sauce 

Abundant amt of chz

MAKE ‘crust’ to this recipe – do it in smaller pizzas; we did

        one big rectangle and the middle was extremely soft!

TOP and leave in warm oven for cheese to melt

IMO – TASTY!!!! Hubs said he really liked it and we

                could make it again.  Next time we will do it smaller.  

Dessert – pumpkin spice pop tart w spiked java

Most about my pizza being a hit!!!

If you’ve made the crust b/4 got ne tips?