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?

maybe I'll be back in action

Well its been two months since I’ve done a journal entry; no real reason just busy (mini vacation & Aaron being gone regularly since so I’m almost like a single parent).  

I won’t bore you with everything that’s happened, just pick up like I didn’t stop (unless I remember something I want to share). 

Today was pretty basic.  I woke and paid bills.  We left the house around 12:30.  Today was the first day we took Sasha on an experiment of sorts: pet friendly restaurant.  She did well, guess it was easy considering we were the only people on the patio.  Aaron ordered the grouper tenders w ff and I had the ceviche.   The grouper was delish; nice an crisp and didn’t seem ‘deep fried’.  My ceviche was a bit over salt, and didn’t have extra cilantro like I asked.  The chips were gooood though.  

At the park Sasha played w a new puppy, Milo: a four month old mutt.  The parents didn’t seem to be okay w Sasha playing with her and tried to take her away a couple of times.  Trey (a guy who’s puppy I wanted to be Sasha’s bff and I think is ‘my type from highschool’ kind of dude) was there and straightened his hair for a wedding (I don’t think I’ve ever known a guy to fix his hair other than put gel in it).  

After park play we dropped her off w grandpa and ran some errands.  Hubs was down w me and my idea of sweet treats so we stopped at Sonic (he got a pb chocolate milkshake and I had a vanilla dish) and then stopped at Wal Mart, Goodwill, and ended at Aldi’s.  I found three shorts, two adorable pair of shoes, and a book that I really hope helps me (it’s all about hormone balance in women in relation to cycles).  I’m pretty excited to read it. 

Speaking of reading I’m in the middle of reading two books the first is an actual book and I’m only torturing myself so I can attend my book club through meetup that I really want to be involved in.  The other book Hailey let me borrow her Kindle (which Sasha chewed up the charging cord) to read.  I don’t see why the latter has been/gotten so popular.  It’s not that sexual, at least so far (first five or so chapters), more sensual (the guy takes care of her and is soooo supportive).  

At home it was pretty basic: dinner prep, put away groceries, and I tried a new recipe (& tweaked w another blogger out there that I just can not find!).  I’m waiting on it to cool now and then will add the store yogurt.  It took a bit longer to heat I think b/c I had it on low, next time it’ll be on high and I’ll make sure to close the silly lid!!!

While waiting for dinner I took care of my toes (I could have gone to a ‘spa day’ – 60 min massage, facial, mani, and green tea pedi), in order to save $ that I’ll spend on food events.  

Now we are watching SGU and I’m waiting on my milk to cool to 110/115*.  

SOOOOO to be responsible and all:

Bfast – banana

Lunch – ceviche, ½ order chips, some fries, and slaw

Snack – ice cream

Dinner – country style ribs, grilled mushrooms, & corn, 4oz vino, and a dessert drink

My high today is spending it w/ my hubs; it’s been a while w all the busy-ness we’ve had.

Have you ever done any of the ‘spa’ things?  

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????

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?

another long day

Well I’m ready for bed!  Sasha refused to let me sleep in!  I didn’t get home and in bed till 1!!!!  She wanted me up and out at 7.  I’m pretty sure I could have slept in a little longer.  

Since I was up, bfast was consumed and load of laundry was done.  Afterwards we left for the park.  Nobody there to remember.  Then we visited Bosco.  I ate lunch and watched an episode of Cupcake Wars.  Have you ever watched it?  The host is so adorable, in a little boy way.  

Then I got to work on the net.  I finally finished all 26 pages of the wineries in Sonoma.  There are way more places I want to visit than I expected.  I also saved some fish recipes to satisfy my craving.  

Hubby got off later than we expected, so dinner was made late.  I’ll get to that in a minute:

Bfast – greek yogurt

Lunch – LO Mexican (bleh)

Dinner – this fish recipe (no picture b/c it looks like pasty ass), wild rice, grilled zucchini

IMO – I’m so not a big fan of ‘baked fish’.  I know it was

        done on the grill, but being in the foil pack made it bake.

        Aaron liked it and said we could make it again.  Next time I’ll

        just throw it on the grill instead.  I had him make the rice, and

        of course he f’d it up as usual.  I baked/tossed it in the oven to 

        dry it out and it got a little better.  I mixed it w straight butter

        and that made it yummy.  

Dessert – 2 cookies and spiked coffee

I didn’t have a high today.  Wait I’m glad to be done w those pages!!!!

Do you have a tasty fish dish that’s not fried or taco’s?  Please share…

HAPPY DANCE at our house!

Today I was a responsible employee!  Instead of taking the ten or so mins I had to check my email b/4 clocking in I was productive for work reasons!  Since the co has screwed me so often on tidbits here and there I’ve taken every min of my time and clock in and out on the dot as often as possible. 

The day was pretty easy overall.  None of our challenging children had fits, I made progress on all my vday needs, and I had a semi relaxing afternoon.  Semi due to the four kids refusing to clean up even though they know they need to and had plenty of warning time.  ERRRRR; I told the buggers that we will not play in h.l. in the afternoon tomorrow. 

During my lunch break I had just enough time to check emails, read blogs, and post my pics from Thursday.  Maybe tomorrow I will be able to upload the rest from the weekend. 

When I got off work I called Aaron and discovered he got off early today (and for the next month and a half) and was at the dog park w Sasha!  I was so jealous! 

Nothing out of the norm at la casa other than I mixed some recipes to create a semi new one.  Not posting pics b/c it wasn’t pretty, at least not till after I soaked up the excess liquid.  *go to bottom for my changes*

Just remembered that the blogger let me know my ?, this chick just recaps this other chick; so that she isn’t getting revenue to her site.  There seems to be quite a bit of peeps who dislike the latter. 

K, we are watching the most recent Bourne and then off to bed.  Just so I remember:

Bfast – fresh pineapple and banana oatmeal

            IMO – was okay.  Probably better if I add some coconut extract

Snacks – berry medley, mandarin orange, kiwi, & six veggie straws

Lunch – LO soup w added chickpeas and baby limas as well as lots of spices (I can’t even remember them all, which is a shame b/c it made the soup way better! As in I’d buy it again if I could recreate this).

Dinner – Caprese Style Bake

            IMO – amazing!!!!  I can’t believe that even after roasting the s.squash for an hour (yesterday) and

cooking it in liquid for another forty five plus there was tons of it in the bottom.  Aaron said

we could repeat it, but maybe add some meat next time..  I also loved how the squash kept

it’s al dente bite!  SOOO going to have to buy this veggie more often. 

Now if you want to make it:

NEED:

1 apprx 4lb spaghetti squashed (roasted, shredded, and probably drained)

3 c tomato sauce of choice (I used my homemade Roasted Garden Veggie Tomato Soup)

½ ball of fresh mozzarella – cut into small pieces

2 vine ripened tomatoes – sliced or ‘cubed’

Basil – did not measure b/c I love the stuff and just sprinkled it on to every layer

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

¾ c Italian Cheese Blend – more if desired

Crushed red pepper

ASSEMBLE:

Preheat oven to 350

In 9x9 pan layer:

Spaghetti squash – 1 c sauce – 1 tomato – ½ mozzarella cheese – 1 tbsp b. vinegar sprinkled – basil

REPEAT

Top w last 1/3 of spaghetti squash – 1 c sauce – sprinkle ¾ c cheese over top

Bake for 30 mins covered.  Another 5-10 uncovered.  Let set for 5 mins, drain if necessary. 

I appreciate the idea from these two ladies and hope you’ll try a version of your own. 

SOOOO glad that the hubs will be home at a decent hour for the next month and half!

Thank you for letting me tell you my way of doing the pasta.  Have you made a dish with this veggie?  Please do share…

just a good ol' day

Can you believe that January of 13 is over?!??!  I wonder how all those people who thought we were ending in Dec. 12’ feel? I have to admit I had suspicions just b/c of what was going on w the peeps we know, but once it got closer it didn’t feel any different really.  I wonder if it’s supposed to or not?

Anyways on the way to work this morning I heard the horrible news about an amber alert out of Memphis.  A 24 yr old black male, black hair, and brown eyes stabbed the mother of his two month old, was nice enough to take her to the hospital (I think if I heard correctly) and then kidnapped the infant. 

I had a few minutes to spare b/4 clocking in and finally got all my late entries posted!  I can not believe that I’ve finally caught up!  The only thing I didn’t complete was link love and I did that on my lunch. 

The morning went really well.  In the 1^st room I chatted w the Metro SLP, I’d love to make friends w her, she seems like my kind of people.  Then in our room I was able to finish my basket drawings for our art and my CCT3 helped me cut out more (larger too) images for the kids to paste like they were packing a basket to take to grandma’s like Red.  Morning circle went really well.  It actually went for an extra seven minutes!  The best part was the kids telling the story of Red and The Pigs.  By the end of the The Pigs you would have thought we were having a party it was loud and involved. 

Some of the kids really loved the art, esp Dear Fussy.  She kept asking for specific foods to go in her basket so I was scrambling to find them.  She stuck w the activity for so long she didn’t have a chance to get in to a tizzy. 

Nap was a little rough, there were three aftercare children who just did not want to nap! 

The afternoon went smoothly too and we actually got paperwork time!  Not the full 1 ½ like we were supposed to, but good enough for me to complete my summaries!!! (I did the other half yesterday)  The kids enjoyed our math circle and majority of them got involved. 

Aftercare was pretty easy.  The kids thought my ‘game’ (really goal) was fun and then we danced until it was time for us to go. 

Pretty nice huh?!?!  The reason I do what I do. 

At home Sasha and I got to play outside for twenty minutes or so.  The guy two houses down asked if we had somebody taken care of our tree yet, funny thing is I couldn’t hear him so Sasha and I walked over there and he was scared of her!  She’s 4 ½ months tomorrow, can’t wait to see how much she’s grown in a couple of weeks.  BTW I still haven’t looked up that bug yet.  Aaron said it was a hair follicle bug that just makes her itch. 

Then I came in and marinated dinner, took care of cleaning, and then prepped my lunch and got dinner started.  I decided to make fried rice finally and took responsibility to make the rice yesterday (after two days of waiting on hubby to make it).  However DA me didn’t take it out of our fancy schmancy hold all the heat in pots so the rice on the bottom was still soft, damp, and easily mashed; so in other words made fryin hard!  By the third scoop I realized a little trick: get the skillet hot, pour oil in, and WAIT for that oil to get hot.  That was the greatest sound ever: little crispy rice poppin sound.  I made two separate batches of rice; the first had way more oil so I let Aaron eat it since he can have the extra cals and I ate the second which was just lightly fried IMO. 

For anybody who ever stumbles across this here’s what I did:

In advance marinate meat (we did country style ribs from Aldi’s – so frickin’ tender)

            dashes of: garlic asian spice (garlic, white pepper, and ginger)

                             wasabi powder

                             hoision sauce

                             soy sauce

            smaller dashes: fish sauce

                                      rice and apple cider vineager

We have these vacuum seal sucker containers that marinate in 30 mins, but I should have done this earlier, you too if you want more flavor. 

Sautee: ½ bell pepper (mine was orange for color contrast)

             3 leaves of purple cabbage

             ½ purple onion

Set in dish in warm oven to maintain heat

Working in serving spoonful batches now – heat skillet, heat oil, dump in rice and stir stir stir.  Once crispy place in warmed dish w veggies and continue w the rest of the rice. 

Now it’s time to prepare meat. 

Cook in reserved rice oil till nice and brown.  (I left the juices which made for softer bites, if you want crispier ones pour off marinate first). 

Serve in bowls and top w Sriracha and extra Soy, eat w chopsticks b/c it’s fun!!!!

Okay, now that I’ve gotten the silly bug out I’ll tell you about all my eats today:

Bfast – blueberry peach oatmeal

Snacks – clementine’s and a piece of cheese

Lunch – another new soup from Campbell’s (1 serving = 3PP) w cilantro, sriracha, and extra veggies

             IMO - will buy again!  Tasty and filling.  The rice is a bit strange, but love the beans in it.  Def good

                        good in a pinch.

Snacks – grapes galore

Dinner – fried rice served like Biz; she always puts a bed of spinach underneath her food.  I love that idea and going to try to incorporate it when I can.  It was really pretty: orange, purple, and green w a gorgeous glass of vino.  I also ate two extra bites of Aarons b/c I like to taste how he changes his and the 2^nd bite was b/c he just couldn’t finish. 

Dessert – 2 chocolate covered espresso beans and one chili truffle. 

Now onto the best part of the day, oh wait totally forgot to complain about the thing that pissed me off most today!!!!  Did I mention that I didn’t get paid for a half hour of OT last period?  Well I didn’t, not at all, not OT or even my regular rate!  I emailed the DR early this week; Mon or Tue and she never got back w me, but we have to hand in our time sheets tomorrow so I really need to know whats going on…. Sooo I went into her office and asked.  Basically the payroll lady said she isn’t going to pay me OT b/c she paid snow pay (we closed early one day during that week, but I didn’t get snow pay b/c I was to leave at 4 anyways), but she would pay me my regular rate for the half hour. 

My ? is – since I don’t get the OT time, do I get the snow pay?  If I don’t then I should totally get OT.  Does this make sense?  I know what I mean, hope she does too b/c I’m going to try and talk to her tomorrow.  Or I though about just adding in 1 hour snow and ½ hour of regular time and see what happens and go from there. 

Okay now onto the best part; the kids telling the story after circle time.  I really wish we could have video taped it. 

Can you eat with chopsticks?  My MIL can’t and it’s fun to try teaching her!  Thanks for letting me vent there in the end…

lots of IMO's today

I’m not sure as to whether to say today was a good or bad day.  It started out just fine; new to me yogurt while enjoying my book (which by the way I really wish I’d picked it up sooner or had more time to read so I can actually discuss it w Lindsay).  Aaron had the day off so I didn’t feel rushed when it was time to get ready in order to play with Sasha.  I got to work w enough time to check y email and pay our phone bill.

The morning itself went okay I guess.  Circle time wasn’t terrible neither was center time.  There was an accident from Jumping Tantrum, that’s right FROM; she bit a peer for no reason.  Got him good too!  Broke the skin and turned purple really fast.  Jumper also got some sassiness after lunch.  She had eaten all her meat and veggies and I had to help a couple of other kids so she had to wait on her fruit  well she stole a spoon and when I took it back (it wasn’t hers) she basically cussed me in her own language; throwing and shoving things w grunts. 

Nap was good though; there was maybe one or two kids awake at two when it was time to get em up.  My lunch break was productive.  I finally got some entries posted from last week, just two.  They were very link heavy and took a bit of time to complete.  I started my WW but the computer froze while I was copying the last image to publish. 

After lunch/nap is where I think it went all downhill.  I kind of blame these veggie straws.  They are very popular w lots of peeps.  I usually enjoy them, but went overboard today.  For some reason the green ones were super crunchy w a nice snap and I couldn’t stop eating them.  I think I ate too many b/c towards the end I actually felt like I was eating something fried and felt a littlie icky.  From then on out I just felt kind of crabby and impatient.  I should remember this and test the theory again.  (Later while talking to hubby about it he said I was probably crabby b/c I was berating myself rather than actually feeling icky from consuming them.) 

Again before going outside our new fund biter decided to bite just for the hell of it.  The ED was in to see her little one and get some loving (also to check out the mark) and she saw both bites, w/ in ten minutes of each other.  Biter bit one person, I cleaned wound and was about to be done filling out the accident report when biter bit another child!  I only mention the ED being in the room b/c she told our DR that it seemed to really stress us out.  Not too sure I appreciate that really.  I mean yeah we were frustrated, but there’s the whole he said she said business.  IDK how she said it or why or in what manner so it may be negative on us or it could be one of those moments ‘they really needed some help and I’m not sure what to do’.  The ED offered to take her out, but that’s almost rewards.  I removed biter helped her over to the safe place and gave her something to chew on instead.  Seemed to work till it was time to put her coat on and she tried to bite me!  She also tried to bite a peer outside on the playground.  I saw ED later and got her to sign the reports while talking about it.  She didn’t mention that she had said anything to the DR.  I also said I thought it might be due to biter’s cognitive level rather than sensory need and ED said it could have been just for the reaction.  Regardless the DR said it was okay to mention to mom so I did and it made the mom teary eyed.  I guess she thought we were going to kick her out; but I did my best to reassure her that I thought it was due to needs rather than being mean and just wanted to give her a heads up and see if she has any tips or tricks. 

My CCT3 said she was going to do paperwork when we came in but didn’t go straight to it.  I can’t remember what she did right away, but I do know that the kids were wild on the carpet and they shouldn’t have been left alone so I sat with them.  Well there was a bm hanging around and my CCT3 took care of that instead of doing paperwork.  Personally I think it was a bad mistake.  We were ridiculously understaffed today (luckily nobody asked me to close and we, admin team, figured out a way to cover it successfully) and I’m sure we won’t get our time for the rest of the week either.  (*NOTE TO SELF* put this on the calendar at school). 

Aftercare was a PITA.   The kids stayed at the table and played w table toys, but they made a huge mess.  Also the little gal who we are still taking responsibility for to go potty managed to pee her pants and I just couldn’t keep my cook w her.  She was doing all sorts f wrong decisions: playing with a paintbrush in the drain, pulling on her private, and just hanging out for over fifteen minutes in the restroom.  She really needs to work on speaking up and facing the speaker as well as taking responsibility for her own needs.  I also would like to take a minute to complain about another child, I’ll call him something soon b/c I’m sure he’ll come up again, he drives me bonkers.  Every time he gets into trouble he has to back talk, literally!  Always wanting to know why he’s in trouble, or why I said to do something, or to apologize or that he didn’t mean to.  And I know that I have to be nice to him b/c of his family situation, but man does he really need things laid out for him.  He’s so smart and knows what he’s doing!  BBBBEEEEAAAAHHHHHH

Okay, that might be out of my system.  On the way home it dawned on me (FINALLY) to just take control of the kitchen situation at home.  So I decided that tonight we were going to have a spinach artichoke like pasta and Aaron was okay w it!  He added crab and scallop to his dish, while I attempted to keep mine meat free.  More on that later.  I also decided that tomorrow we are going to have pork fried rice and took out the last two pork ribs to thaw and asked him to be responsible for rice.  I wanted him to make it while we were fixing dinner, but he said he’d do it later.  We’ll see.  If it doesn’t get done tonight guess I’ll eat his leftover pizza for dinner (that I discovered was still hanging out in there). 

At the house he did dishes and made his pasta w seafood while I made lunch and prepped the ‘sauce’ and made my own dinner.  I also forced Bella to take her meds.  I felt awful!  I’ve been trying to find ways for her to take the antihistamine for a while and finally broke down and smashed it and mixed it w tuna water and plunged it down her throat.  I thought the tuna water might make it better, but she didn’t take it willingingly.  I can’t decide whether or not to continue using the tw or just water.  Probably just going to use water so not to taint the tw for treats. 

While making dinner the shittiness didn’t end.  I had a glass of wine on the microwave and told myself not to forget about it.  However my self didn’t listen and I opened the cabinet and knocked the entire glass (minus maybe two sips) onto the floor.  The worse part is that it was the next to last pour of a bottle from NY.  However the glass I was using didn’t break!  I’m pretty sure it was from the tasting I went to w Carrie and should let her know!  After cleaning it up I finished off the bottle and started another one.  It was really one of those days where I should have just drunk from the bottle!!!

I ate:

Bfast – new to me Greek Lite Yogurt Kroger brand blueberry w a banana. 

            IMO – it was okay.  Only 2PPs, I’d eat again, but nothing to write home about

Lunch – new to me soup from Campbells 

            IMO – it too was just okay.  I still prefer the boxed one from Aldi’s that’s seasonal.  I think it smelled better than it tasted b/c my CCT1 asked if that’s what it was by name and I couldn’t remember, but it didn’t taste basily enough or hearty for me. 

Snacks – caramel rice cakes in the am, ½ banana, clementines, veggie straws, and an apple

Dinner – Spin Art Pasta w roasted onions and bell peppers over Shirtaki noodles

            IMO – once again just okay.  First time I had the noodles.  They weren’t terrible.  Aaron thinks they were to soft.  But if I can have pasta for no extra PPs more regularly bring it!  I kind of which I’d taken the time to actual create a sauce rather than just mixing it all in. 

            Mixed Art Hearts w seasoning

            Topped w peppers and onions

            Then topped w fresh spinach

            Next broke some LC cheese

            Added the noodles

            Baked in oven to get hot and melt and wilt

            Then nuked in microwave b/c it was gooey wilty enough

            Finished w nutritional yeast

            LOOKED like ASS, but decent enough to eat. 

Guess I should tell you that Aaron took Sasha to the vet today and she does have a mild case of demadex (sp?).  Now I’m going to have to look it up and figure out what it is for realz.  Her weight is 57 ½ I think, should double check but doubt I’ll remember to come back and tell ya. 

Ok I gotta go, but wanted you to know the best part of my day was coming home and having Aaron already here. 

Hope you were able to get through all that nonsense!!!