Outside Temp: 65 F (it was not as hot today, into the 80's, but it was very humid and muggy)
What I cooked today:
Burgers and Pasta: Patrick and I are both working frantically on this project, so, I have absolutely no desire to actually make dinner.
me: "Beef or Chicken, tonight?"
him: "Chicken."
me: "What kind?"
him: "Chicken Kiev."
me: "Nope, takes too much time."
him: "Chicken Soup?"
me: "no soup. It's too hot."
him: "I don't know. Whatever you want."
me: "If you don't have a preference, we're having burgers, again."
him: "Sounds good."
So, we ended up with burgers, again. I think I'll go wild tomorrow and make a meatloaf.
Update:
The problem with working hard is that by the end of the day, you have no idea what happened. I'm sure that it's Saturday, because we forced ourselves to get cleaned up and head over to church this evening. I did manage to take 30 minutes to walk over to the post office to chat.
Other than that, I have no memory of today. I worked, and worked, and worked. Ugh, this work thing is overrated.
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
June 19, 2012
Outside Temp: 48 F (it was chilly today... like in the 40's chilly. Some rain, then clear this evening.)
What I cooked today:
Nothing: We had dinner out, so I didn't need to make anything. I'm actually looking forward to having the kids back so I can justify making food.
Update:
Work, work and more work. Since we are leaving for Seattle tomorrow, we both worked like crazy today. I did manage to clean up a little bit, so that the house isn't totally trashed when we get home. Boy, I hate that.
Grandpa saved us from our toil and took us out to dinner at the Lazy Doe. I love the beef there (I think they get it from the same wholesale meat place that we do). Ryan loves going there, since he gets to play Foosball. We also got to walk around outside, throwing rocks into the river and such. He really wanted to play pool with the older boys, but I told him 'no'. Boy was he mad at me.
What I cooked today:
Nothing: We had dinner out, so I didn't need to make anything. I'm actually looking forward to having the kids back so I can justify making food.
Update:
Work, work and more work. Since we are leaving for Seattle tomorrow, we both worked like crazy today. I did manage to clean up a little bit, so that the house isn't totally trashed when we get home. Boy, I hate that.
Grandpa saved us from our toil and took us out to dinner at the Lazy Doe. I love the beef there (I think they get it from the same wholesale meat place that we do). Ryan loves going there, since he gets to play Foosball. We also got to walk around outside, throwing rocks into the river and such. He really wanted to play pool with the older boys, but I told him 'no'. Boy was he mad at me.
Friday, June 15, 2012
June 15, 2012
Outside Temp: 46 F (it was in the high 60's-ish today, and absolutely exquisite. Of course, I spent the entire day inside working, so I didn't get to enjoy it!)
What I cooked today:
Nothing: I think Patrick and I munched on hot dogs and pop tarts and cereal and bananas and popcorn and ice cream all day. With no kids, I really don't feel the inclination to make a meal. But that's okay, popcorn is a grain, and ice cream is a dairy and hot dogs (they're Hebrew National) count as a protein...
Update:
The kids made it to California safely with only a few threats from Grandma about leaving them on the side of the road. Their vacation plans are packed with Sea World and the Del Mar Fair and hiking and maybe even the beach. They are only there for 4 days, so it will be exhausting!
Patrick and I just stayed home and worked, all stinking day. This project that we are working on has been promised to our client by Monday, which means that we will be sitting in the stupid computer chairs, eating popcorn and hot dogs for the next 3 days!
Grandpa was kind enough to come rescue Ryan from us, and bring him up to help plant beans today. I think he had a really great time, since he fell asleep around 6:30 this evening.
I did get Ryan's room all cleaned and organized (although it could use a good carpet cleaning) and Ryan was thrilled with his new clean room. I even moved his bed around, so he has a new arrangement. The worst part was picking up all 4,326 Lego's on the floor, under the bed, under the end stand, in the closet, on the window sill, etc. I hate Lego's.
What I cooked today:
Nothing: I think Patrick and I munched on hot dogs and pop tarts and cereal and bananas and popcorn and ice cream all day. With no kids, I really don't feel the inclination to make a meal. But that's okay, popcorn is a grain, and ice cream is a dairy and hot dogs (they're Hebrew National) count as a protein...
Update:
The kids made it to California safely with only a few threats from Grandma about leaving them on the side of the road. Their vacation plans are packed with Sea World and the Del Mar Fair and hiking and maybe even the beach. They are only there for 4 days, so it will be exhausting!
Patrick and I just stayed home and worked, all stinking day. This project that we are working on has been promised to our client by Monday, which means that we will be sitting in the stupid computer chairs, eating popcorn and hot dogs for the next 3 days!
Grandpa was kind enough to come rescue Ryan from us, and bring him up to help plant beans today. I think he had a really great time, since he fell asleep around 6:30 this evening.
I did get Ryan's room all cleaned and organized (although it could use a good carpet cleaning) and Ryan was thrilled with his new clean room. I even moved his bed around, so he has a new arrangement. The worst part was picking up all 4,326 Lego's on the floor, under the bed, under the end stand, in the closet, on the window sill, etc. I hate Lego's.
Friday, May 25, 2012
May 24, 2012
Outside Temp: 38 F (I heard there is a snow warning for tonight... in MAY! I love it!)
What I cooked today:
Nothing: everyone was on their own for food...
Update:
So, I worked late last night... like really late. I got to sleep sometime around 3:30 and was up at 8 to demo the web site at the school. Amazingly, I was wide awake and ready to go! Although there were a few bumps, I think it went really well and in a few months, we'll have a great site.
Of course, by the time I got home (around 2:30pm), I fell into bed and slept.. for about 5 hours. I guess that would be catching up on lost sleep!
There is a 'winter' snow warning for tonight. Apparently, it's going to get cold and we should get some snow. This picture was from Showdown, which is the ski area at the top of the mountain. I'm just loving the idea of snow, at the end of May. Of course, the plants probably won't like it!
What I cooked today:
Nothing: everyone was on their own for food...
Update:
So, I worked late last night... like really late. I got to sleep sometime around 3:30 and was up at 8 to demo the web site at the school. Amazingly, I was wide awake and ready to go! Although there were a few bumps, I think it went really well and in a few months, we'll have a great site.
Of course, by the time I got home (around 2:30pm), I fell into bed and slept.. for about 5 hours. I guess that would be catching up on lost sleep!
There is a 'winter' snow warning for tonight. Apparently, it's going to get cold and we should get some snow. This picture was from Showdown, which is the ski area at the top of the mountain. I'm just loving the idea of snow, at the end of May. Of course, the plants probably won't like it!
Monday, May 14, 2012
May 14, 2012
Outside Temp: 53 F (My outside thermometer today had a high of 92.. but it's in the sun, so that might be a little high. All I know is that I miss the snow. )
What I cooked today:
Chicken with Fried Rice: I was hearing some complaints that I need to cook more than just burgers and pasta and soup (although my soup can be quite unique at times). 'They' were right... I've been pretty lazy lately, not making a list, not preparing, and just choosing the easy way out. So, since school is almost out, and I should have some more free time, I'm getting back into cooking. Tonight, it was chicken with broccoli (Patrick doesn't let me mix them together, so I steam the broccoli and cook the chicken with some sherry and soy sauce). I even made up some fried rice to go with the regular white rice. I've come to realize that 2 cups of rice is never enough for my family any more. I think I'll go with 3 cups next time. And the 3 chicken breasts wasn't enough either. But perhaps it was more about the good food.
Update:
So, yesterday I worked on the web site, and had a rough time. By the time I sat down to do my blog, I had a massive headache and I just wanted to crawl under my covers and pass out. Which is pretty much what I did. But before passing out, I asked my totally awesome husband to solve my programming problem for me. I'm not even sure if I explained anything to him, I just said, "Honey... please fix it.". And then I fell asleep.
This morning, at 6:58am (2 minutes before my alarm goes off), he woke me up and said, "Okay, honey. It works.".
He stayed up all night, and I must say, it works perfectly. I am always amazed at him. He is so stinking good at what he does.
So, I was able to get up and get the kids ready for school, while he fell asleep.
Of course, he woke up by 11:45, since his new game (Guild Wars 2, if you were interested) had a Beta Event this afternoon from noon to 7pm. Oh my goodness, you'd never have guessed that he only had 4 hours of sleep.
I was able to show the web site today, and so far, the reviews have been good. Hopefully, it will be 'live' in a few more days. I'm a little nervous about actually showing it to people, since all I can see is how it doesn't look exactly as I pictured it in my mind. But, since they don't have anything right now, I guess something is better than nothing, right? And I still have plenty of time to fix it up and make it better.
Also, Allen made a birdhouse and donated it to the auction last week. Of course, Grandma had to bid on it (because she's just that awesome). I think it turned out great, so I've asked Allen to make me one next year...
What I cooked today:
Chicken with Fried Rice: I was hearing some complaints that I need to cook more than just burgers and pasta and soup (although my soup can be quite unique at times). 'They' were right... I've been pretty lazy lately, not making a list, not preparing, and just choosing the easy way out. So, since school is almost out, and I should have some more free time, I'm getting back into cooking. Tonight, it was chicken with broccoli (Patrick doesn't let me mix them together, so I steam the broccoli and cook the chicken with some sherry and soy sauce). I even made up some fried rice to go with the regular white rice. I've come to realize that 2 cups of rice is never enough for my family any more. I think I'll go with 3 cups next time. And the 3 chicken breasts wasn't enough either. But perhaps it was more about the good food.
Update:
So, yesterday I worked on the web site, and had a rough time. By the time I sat down to do my blog, I had a massive headache and I just wanted to crawl under my covers and pass out. Which is pretty much what I did. But before passing out, I asked my totally awesome husband to solve my programming problem for me. I'm not even sure if I explained anything to him, I just said, "Honey... please fix it.". And then I fell asleep.
This morning, at 6:58am (2 minutes before my alarm goes off), he woke me up and said, "Okay, honey. It works.".
He stayed up all night, and I must say, it works perfectly. I am always amazed at him. He is so stinking good at what he does.
So, I was able to get up and get the kids ready for school, while he fell asleep.
Of course, he woke up by 11:45, since his new game (Guild Wars 2, if you were interested) had a Beta Event this afternoon from noon to 7pm. Oh my goodness, you'd never have guessed that he only had 4 hours of sleep.
I was able to show the web site today, and so far, the reviews have been good. Hopefully, it will be 'live' in a few more days. I'm a little nervous about actually showing it to people, since all I can see is how it doesn't look exactly as I pictured it in my mind. But, since they don't have anything right now, I guess something is better than nothing, right? And I still have plenty of time to fix it up and make it better.
Also, Allen made a birdhouse and donated it to the auction last week. Of course, Grandma had to bid on it (because she's just that awesome). I think it turned out great, so I've asked Allen to make me one next year...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
May 13, 2012
Outside Temp: 46 F (up into the 70's again. I opened all the windows and let the beautiful breeze clear out the smell of all the smelly boys in my house)
What I cooked today:
Chocolate Chip Cookies: I brought cookies to the meeting tonight, so I made up a batch. The hard part was keeping them away from the kids for the hours before the meeting!
Update:
Happy Mother's Day!
Okay, now that being said, I wish that I could schedule Mother's Day around my schedule, instead of some generic schedule. I've been working on this web site for the school and I really, really wanted to get it up for them by tomorrow morning. But, I've been beating my head against the keyboard trying to get it to behave.
The kids did their best to keep the peace, and keep Ryan entertained, so I could work. I felt a little bad, working my way through the day, instead of spending it with the family, being grateful for my kids and my life and all that. Perhaps, I'll pick a day next week to be my 'make-up' mother's day?
What I cooked today:
Chocolate Chip Cookies: I brought cookies to the meeting tonight, so I made up a batch. The hard part was keeping them away from the kids for the hours before the meeting!
Update:
Happy Mother's Day!
Okay, now that being said, I wish that I could schedule Mother's Day around my schedule, instead of some generic schedule. I've been working on this web site for the school and I really, really wanted to get it up for them by tomorrow morning. But, I've been beating my head against the keyboard trying to get it to behave.
The kids did their best to keep the peace, and keep Ryan entertained, so I could work. I felt a little bad, working my way through the day, instead of spending it with the family, being grateful for my kids and my life and all that. Perhaps, I'll pick a day next week to be my 'make-up' mother's day?
Saturday, May 5, 2012
May 5, 2012
Outside Temp: 35 F (we had a freak snow storm this afternoon, while it was 48 degrees... Not quite sure I understand that one...)
What I cooked today:
Tacos (and leftover pizza!): We had pizza from last night, and since I only had a few tortilla, I just made a small amount of taco meat, and gave everyone a choice. It worked out well, since I wanted pizza, I got pizza, and I didn't really care what everyone else did. Does that make me bad?
Update:
Ryan has been asking to go see the Avengers for weeks now. We were under the impression that it started last week, so we figured the crowd would have died down. We headed into town around noon, to catch a 1:15 showing. We got there about 25 minutes early, so I stopped at picked up burgers for the kids before heading over to the theater.
Stupid move, although it may not have made a difference. By the time we got there, there was a line about 50 feet out the door. Ugh, not a good sign, but I thought, maybe it will be okay.
Nope. We got up to the window about 5 minutes before the movie started, and they were totally sold out. They were even sold out for the 4pm showing this afternoon.
So, we proceeded to get back into the car and go home... (Okay, so we took the kids out to a real lunch first). Ryan was so upset, for the next hour, all we heard was:
R: "Go Back! I want the Avengers!".
Me: "No, Ryan... They were sold out."
R: "Not sold out. Let's try again."
M: "We'll try to go next week."
R: "Not next week. Today. Let's try again."
M: "There's no more tickets left."
R: "Yes, there are more tickets. Please?"
M: "I'm sorry, but we'll have to wait."
R: "Wait. I have a plan. Let's go see Avengers now, and THEN go next week."
Ahhh, my son and his plans. We ended up stopping at Target and got an animated version of the Avengers... That helped.
It worked out for me, since I was able to get a few more hours of work time on the web site I'm designing. I have been having those fun moments of smashing my head against the keyboard, and cursing obscenities at the screen. And then those moments of: "Yes! I am a GOD!", when something works right.
I'm praying that tomorrow is a better work day. Although I probably accomplished something, it just reminds me how far I have to go!
What I cooked today:
Tacos (and leftover pizza!): We had pizza from last night, and since I only had a few tortilla, I just made a small amount of taco meat, and gave everyone a choice. It worked out well, since I wanted pizza, I got pizza, and I didn't really care what everyone else did. Does that make me bad?
Update:
Ryan has been asking to go see the Avengers for weeks now. We were under the impression that it started last week, so we figured the crowd would have died down. We headed into town around noon, to catch a 1:15 showing. We got there about 25 minutes early, so I stopped at picked up burgers for the kids before heading over to the theater.
Stupid move, although it may not have made a difference. By the time we got there, there was a line about 50 feet out the door. Ugh, not a good sign, but I thought, maybe it will be okay.
Nope. We got up to the window about 5 minutes before the movie started, and they were totally sold out. They were even sold out for the 4pm showing this afternoon.
So, we proceeded to get back into the car and go home... (Okay, so we took the kids out to a real lunch first). Ryan was so upset, for the next hour, all we heard was:
R: "Go Back! I want the Avengers!".
Me: "No, Ryan... They were sold out."
R: "Not sold out. Let's try again."
M: "We'll try to go next week."
R: "Not next week. Today. Let's try again."
M: "There's no more tickets left."
R: "Yes, there are more tickets. Please?"
M: "I'm sorry, but we'll have to wait."
R: "Wait. I have a plan. Let's go see Avengers now, and THEN go next week."
Ahhh, my son and his plans. We ended up stopping at Target and got an animated version of the Avengers... That helped.
It worked out for me, since I was able to get a few more hours of work time on the web site I'm designing. I have been having those fun moments of smashing my head against the keyboard, and cursing obscenities at the screen. And then those moments of: "Yes! I am a GOD!", when something works right.
I'm praying that tomorrow is a better work day. Although I probably accomplished something, it just reminds me how far I have to go!
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