Okay, so now that I've had a little sleep (Henry only let me sleep from 6am to 8am this morning), I've devised a menu and made a lengthy grocery list since I'm running low on just about every thing.
Monday: cedar planked pesto grilled salmon with this couscous
Tuesday: roasted vegetable minestrone
Wednesday: burgers at Green Iguana for a friend's birthday
Thursday: stuffed shells (thanks for the idea, Mama Fuss!)
Friday: Plum-spiced chicken and fried okra (can you tell this has been in my freezer for awhile? It's on my menu nearly every week)
Saturday: date night! Maggiano's (we have a gift certificate, and I dream about their fried zucchini ... is that weird?)
Ooop, baby crying ... again. It appears I might need to strap him to me again today ...
Monday, October 11, 2010
Menu Monday
Last week's menu:
Monday: Stuffed burgers with goat cheese and spinach, baked sweet potato chips, baked beans
Tuesday: grilled chicken, Annie's whole wheat mac & cheese and sauteed cabbage w/ bacon
Wednesday: pork enchiladas with sour cream and homemade guacamole
Thursday: dinner at my in-laws' house (Ribeye steaks, mac & cheese, corn, green beans, broccoli salad, cuban bread, deviled eggs, cream cheese-stuffed celery and German chocolate cake. No I did NOT lose any weight this week)
Friday: grilled hot wing pizza
Saturday: Panera - Mmm, Fuji Apple Chicken salad - my #3 favorite salad behind #1 the Stonechase Salad and #2 Summer Salad from Crispers
Sunday: Spencer and I split my leftover shrimp Udon from lunch on Friday. He ate all the noodles (and various veggies that I may or may not have said we orange noodles) and I added plain ramon noodles to the rest for me.
Okay, so I've been trying desperately to work on using things in my fridge. Have you heard about putting cabbage on your boobs to help the engorgement subside when you stop breastfeeding? I did it, I can vouch that while it doesn't take the pain away completely, it certainly alleviates it enough to sleep. However, ever since then I've had half a cabbage in my fridge which was still good and I had no idea what to do with it. The only time I've ever cooked cabbage is boiled in a slow cooker with a corned beef for St. Patty's Day, and since my husband doesn't like corned beef, it's been awhile. SO I decided to cook it the way I do brussel sprouts. I mean, sprouts are basically just little cabbages anyhow, right? O-M-G it was awesome. I chopped up the cabbage into manageable pieces, rendered a couple of pieces of chopped-up bacon, added the cabbage and then sauteed until soft. FABULOUS!
Then on Friday I used up the leftover wings from Winghouse that were never going to be eaten (lest I remind, we are not leftover eaters, unless I can reimagine them into something else. Hubby does not really like to eat the same meal twice in one week, including lunch). Chopped up, added a little Frank's Red Hot and honey because there wasn't enough sauce, chunky blue cheese mixed in with ranch and a little cheddar grated on top. Yum!
And only $35 in groceries (plus $35 in diapers and a cute sweater off the clearance rack; I really shouldn't do my grocery shopping at Target). Most of that grocery bill was snack-y food, since I feed Spencer lunch at home 4 days a week and I went to the store hungry (hello Sabra hummus and yogurt-covered raisins).
Honestly, I have no idea what to cook this week. I'm pretty low on supplies from my freezer, and need to do some real shopping. I think I'm going to make soup, maybe this soup. I want to try falafels. I'm completely out of chicken. I feel like just going to the grocery store and meandering through the aisles, but I know that means I'll end up with a lot of things I don't need and still no full meals. I'll have to think on it and make a list - I'll get back to you later.
Monday: Stuffed burgers with goat cheese and spinach, baked sweet potato chips, baked beans
Tuesday: grilled chicken, Annie's whole wheat mac & cheese and sauteed cabbage w/ bacon
Wednesday: pork enchiladas with sour cream and homemade guacamole
Thursday: dinner at my in-laws' house (Ribeye steaks, mac & cheese, corn, green beans, broccoli salad, cuban bread, deviled eggs, cream cheese-stuffed celery and German chocolate cake. No I did NOT lose any weight this week)
Friday: grilled hot wing pizza
Saturday: Panera - Mmm, Fuji Apple Chicken salad - my #3 favorite salad behind #1 the Stonechase Salad and #2 Summer Salad from Crispers
Sunday: Spencer and I split my leftover shrimp Udon from lunch on Friday. He ate all the noodles (and various veggies that I may or may not have said we orange noodles) and I added plain ramon noodles to the rest for me.
Okay, so I've been trying desperately to work on using things in my fridge. Have you heard about putting cabbage on your boobs to help the engorgement subside when you stop breastfeeding? I did it, I can vouch that while it doesn't take the pain away completely, it certainly alleviates it enough to sleep. However, ever since then I've had half a cabbage in my fridge which was still good and I had no idea what to do with it. The only time I've ever cooked cabbage is boiled in a slow cooker with a corned beef for St. Patty's Day, and since my husband doesn't like corned beef, it's been awhile. SO I decided to cook it the way I do brussel sprouts. I mean, sprouts are basically just little cabbages anyhow, right? O-M-G it was awesome. I chopped up the cabbage into manageable pieces, rendered a couple of pieces of chopped-up bacon, added the cabbage and then sauteed until soft. FABULOUS!
Then on Friday I used up the leftover wings from Winghouse that were never going to be eaten (lest I remind, we are not leftover eaters, unless I can reimagine them into something else. Hubby does not really like to eat the same meal twice in one week, including lunch). Chopped up, added a little Frank's Red Hot and honey because there wasn't enough sauce, chunky blue cheese mixed in with ranch and a little cheddar grated on top. Yum!
And only $35 in groceries (plus $35 in diapers and a cute sweater off the clearance rack; I really shouldn't do my grocery shopping at Target). Most of that grocery bill was snack-y food, since I feed Spencer lunch at home 4 days a week and I went to the store hungry (hello Sabra hummus and yogurt-covered raisins).
Honestly, I have no idea what to cook this week. I'm pretty low on supplies from my freezer, and need to do some real shopping. I think I'm going to make soup, maybe this soup. I want to try falafels. I'm completely out of chicken. I feel like just going to the grocery store and meandering through the aisles, but I know that means I'll end up with a lot of things I don't need and still no full meals. I'll have to think on it and make a list - I'll get back to you later.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
TMI
Doesn't it seem like a cruel joke that after giving birth, you bleed for 6 weeks and then have a period on week 8?
Yeah, I think so too.
Yeah, I think so too.
Checking in on my list
I've been doing a LOT of reading. Read: Hunger Games (loved). Glass Houses (too young, too shallow). Forest of Hands and Teeth (meh). Still working on Shutter Island (very good but I keep finding myself straying to greener pastures). Blood Omen (totally different from the usual vamp fiction, not bad - good departure for me). Shiver (delightful). Fire (loved once I realized there was a corresponding character with Graceling, which I also loved).
I also watched a couple movies that Hubs would never watch: Love Happens with Aaron Eckhart (cute) and Play the Game (meh). I think my hormones have permanently changed me, because I seriously cried at the end of Love Happens (movies normally never make me cry) and then I got choked up watching the end of 10 Things I Hate About You (during her poem ... WTF?) which I've seen eight million times. We also watched Up In The Air, which I quite enjoyed.
I finished the boys' room (including finding and installing the perfect shelf:
The potty training is going relatively well. I'm not pushing it; I bought more pullups. They aren't much more than regular diapers, so at this point I'm just going to leave him in them and move on with my life. He's a boy; he's only 2 1/2. In the grand scheme of things, he's early for potty training and I should be happy with whatever I can get. He pees in the potty about half the time and poops about 90% of the time. There haven't been any more smears of poop all over my bathroom, so that's a plus.
I still haven't taken great pictures of the boys, but I'm thinking of taking them to a beach or park or something like that to see what I can do, maybe on Friday. I did take this picture, which melts my heart:
I think I've decided against a Kindle or Nook for the time being. I have apps for both on my phone and I've read several (free) books on that, and I'm pretty happy with it except that it eats battery life.
I'm currently addicted to Wordfeud on my Android (are you on it? What's your user name? Let's scrabble!)
One thing I have not done is start exercising. I still haven't pulled out the Wii Fit, and I've taken a couple walks but nothing significant. I just can't seem to get myself to get in a habit. I know it's up to me to get motivated, and I think I will, I just can't seem to do it yet.
AND I have managed to take Spencer to do at least one fun thing every week. We've been to playgrounds, we've played in the sprinklers, we've been to Ikea (don't knock it, he's enjoyed it). Ice cream, play places, visiting with other kids. We've generally had a good time. Two days in a row is a little much for us and we fight a lot on the second day, but somehow even though it seems like I want to kill him then, when I look back it's not so bad. Mommy amnesia is almost as powerful as labor amnesia.
I also watched a couple movies that Hubs would never watch: Love Happens with Aaron Eckhart (cute) and Play the Game (meh). I think my hormones have permanently changed me, because I seriously cried at the end of Love Happens (movies normally never make me cry) and then I got choked up watching the end of 10 Things I Hate About You (during her poem ... WTF?) which I've seen eight million times. We also watched Up In The Air, which I quite enjoyed.
I finished the boys' room (including finding and installing the perfect shelf:
The potty training is going relatively well. I'm not pushing it; I bought more pullups. They aren't much more than regular diapers, so at this point I'm just going to leave him in them and move on with my life. He's a boy; he's only 2 1/2. In the grand scheme of things, he's early for potty training and I should be happy with whatever I can get. He pees in the potty about half the time and poops about 90% of the time. There haven't been any more smears of poop all over my bathroom, so that's a plus.
I still haven't taken great pictures of the boys, but I'm thinking of taking them to a beach or park or something like that to see what I can do, maybe on Friday. I did take this picture, which melts my heart:
I think I've decided against a Kindle or Nook for the time being. I have apps for both on my phone and I've read several (free) books on that, and I'm pretty happy with it except that it eats battery life.
I'm currently addicted to Wordfeud on my Android (are you on it? What's your user name? Let's scrabble!)
One thing I have not done is start exercising. I still haven't pulled out the Wii Fit, and I've taken a couple walks but nothing significant. I just can't seem to get myself to get in a habit. I know it's up to me to get motivated, and I think I will, I just can't seem to do it yet.
AND I have managed to take Spencer to do at least one fun thing every week. We've been to playgrounds, we've played in the sprinklers, we've been to Ikea (don't knock it, he's enjoyed it). Ice cream, play places, visiting with other kids. We've generally had a good time. Two days in a row is a little much for us and we fight a lot on the second day, but somehow even though it seems like I want to kill him then, when I look back it's not so bad. Mommy amnesia is almost as powerful as labor amnesia.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Paranoia
I find myself checking the mirror constantly to make sure that Henry is in the backseat - I'm terrified that I'm going to leave him somewhere, or set his seat down next to the car and drive away without him. I was never this way with Spencer. I don't know if it's because of the craziness of two children or because I'm so used to the toddler chatter going nonstop in the other seat, but I'm always sure I didn't grab him. Do you get worried that you've forgotten your kid?Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.2
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