Gotta write down the menu somewhere, might as well be here!
Monday - coconut chicken (Dream Dinners)
Tuesday - spaghetti casserole (Weight Watchers)
Wednesday - game night, no cooking
Thursday - Brian's night to cook, chicken tacos
Friday - turkey chili
Y'all have heard me talk about Marc Broussard - well, check out this video/commercial he shot to promote the NBA All Star Game:
I cannot get enough clementines! Seriously, today I've already had 6 of them! And I'll probably have a few more before bed. They are SOOOOOOO delicious! Let me be clear here: I'm totally lazy when it comes to fruit. I'm hungry for fruit, I want to eat it right now. I don't want to have to take a bunch of time to peel it. Well, these are so easy to peel, it takes me about 15-20 seconds to peel the whole thing! It's like the skin is loose! And...they're SEEDLESS! What more could you possibly want??!!
I don't have much of an update on the mold situation. I can tell you that we've moved out of our bedroom and now our bed is in the dining room. The dining room has taken up residence in the kitchen, and our whole house just feels weird right now! We did find out that we only have mold in one wall (we think) - and it's not in the wall between the shower and the tub. So at least the tub won't have to be taken out. I'll keep you posted. Here's our bed - you can see that there's a half wall separating the den and the dining room. It's weird to sleep out in the open! (Excuse Max's demon eyes, I don't know why that happens):
It seems that we have mold and/or mildew in the wall behind our shower. I am SO upset - if we do, we're going to have to tear down the wall and clean it out, and maybe tear out the shower too. I don't even want to talk about it. I'll keep you posted. We'll know more tomorrow morning, hopefully. This stupid state is made of mold. :-(
OK, on to other things: Menu Plan Monday.
Monday - day off - leftover minestrone - yum!
Tuesday - coconut chicken (Dream Dinners)
Wednesday - B's game night, no cooking
Thursday - turkey chili
Friday - out with friends
I did it! I did 12 of 12 yesterday! 12 of 12 is this cool thing my friend Susan does on her blog, and I've decided to try it. The idea belongs to Chad, who is someone Susan knows. Anyway, you take 12 pictures on the 12th of the month and it just documents your day. So - this is my first ever 12 of 12! Here goes:
So yesterday, my wonderful friend John, who used to play in our band at church, got married! B and I headed to Lakeland for the wedding. Here I am driving. Notice my sleeveless dress - it was in the 80s yesterday!
Um, yeah - I totally left my camera in the car, so I don't have any pictures of the wedding. Well, John and Joy might not want their picture all over my blog anyway! But I did want to get a picture of me in my new dress, but by the time we got home I forgot about the picture - I just wanted to get out of my dressy clothes!
Anyway, after the wedding, we headed over to Violette's, my not-so-local scrapbook store. I had gotten the Classic Metro QK alphabet for Christmas (thanks, Mom & Dad!) but when I opened it up, the wrong alpha was in there! So I had to go exchange it.
Brian drove home and I studied for my upcoming Kindermusik classes. Mainly I was learning some new songs. Brian had the pleasure of me singing many kids songs a cappella in the car! :-) So goes the life of a KM teacher. We're always singing!
When we got home, I had to cut out my laminating - I had laminated all the lyric sheets for this semester and I felt like I had to get SOME work done yesterday. As you can see, I had a little "help" from the cats...they LOVE the laminated posters! They're slick, so the cats run and jump on them and slide across the family room!
I'm embarrassed to show you this next picture, because our Christmas tree is still up. *sigh* I swear we're taking it down tomorrow night! I was sick all last week and running around like crazy this past week trying to make up for it. Thus, all the decorations are down, but we still hafta take down the trees. Anyway, this gives you a good view of our family room with all the boxes - my Kindermusik materials came in this week and I got them all separated on Friday night. (We took them to my classroom today, so the family room is clean-ish now.)
We were home for about 45 minutes and then we left to go to Tim & Christy's house to play cards. On the way we stopped and picked up dinner at Urban Flats.
Here are the flatbreads we had for dinner - yummy!
And the card playing commenced...
When we got home, I had to take a picture of B because he was wearing his sexy jeans. Doesn't he look hot??!!
Before bed I had to do a "killer" Sudoku (also called "sum" Sudoku) - these are my favorite!
As soon as we start un-making the bed, Sam runs and gets up there - he CAN'T WAIT for us to get in bed with him!
So, that's a Saturday-in-the-life-of-us. Pretty exciting, huh? LOL!
In other news, let's talk about MPM (Menu Plan Monday). I have to admit, today when I was preparing for this coming week, it was nice to plan out my meals and know what we're having for dinner. Then, my wonderful husband went to the store while I did even more Kindermusik preparation, and he bought what we needed for our menu and for snacks, etc. So without further ado, here's our oh-so-exciting menu for this week:
Monday - veggie soup (leftover)
Tuesday - peanut crusted fish
Wednesday - B's game night, so I won't be cooking. I'll probably have PB&J.
Thursday - B's night to cook (I teach evening classes) - pasta with grape tomatoes, basil, and parmesan
Friday - minestrone (here is my recipe, it's YUMMY!)
That's it for now, except........I worked all afternoon today after church, got a TON of stuff done, but tonight I actually carved out the time to scrap a page. Here ya go. Good night!
Well! Another year has come and gone, and here we are in 2008. Amazing! I managed to gain a few pounds over the holidays, so now it's back to being strict with eating healthy.
Speaking of the holidays, ours were great. We spent some fab time with our families and got lots of fun presents, and I worked lots of Sudokus and Brian played lots of Wii. ;-) We got to see our niece and nephews, and that's always a high point. I helped make a gingerbread house with Brian's mom and Emma - I had never done that before, and it was so fun! I will post pictures eventually, when I can get my act together.
Our trip home from KY took 18.5 hours! We both nearly killed each other, the traffic was so horrid!! And it was pouring rain, and we thought we'd NEVER get home. We've never been so happy to be home! And then, I promptly got sick on New Year's Day. :-( It was just a cold or sinus infection, but I could not believe the amount of snot. (Sorry if that grosses anyone out!) It's really weird to be sick when it's 80 degrees outside! So I wasted a whole week laying around on the couch. I'm FINALLY human again, but still blowing my nose quite a bit!
OK, that's enough complaining! This week I have a few makeup classes to teach and I'm desperately trying to get ahead in studying and preparing for classes. Tomorrow I really need to finalize my schedule, which will mean several emails and phone calls. But...it has to be done. I miss the kids and can't wait for classes to start next week!
So. I've decided to start doing Menu Plan Monday. Dream Dinners has closed, much to our dismay, so I have to start being creative again with our meals. And healthy, too. It's Tuesday though, so I'm late with my menu for this week, but I'll go ahead and post it anyway...and then next Monday I'll be on time for my first real posting.
Monday - Boca Burgers (Brian worked late)
Tuesday - pot roast/carrots/red potatoes
Wednesday - veggie-beef soup made from leftover pot roast
Thursday - Aloha Chicken Kebabs (DD cookbook)
Friday - Pita Pizzas (DD cookbook)
I got Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious cookbook for Christmas, so I'm going to try some of the recipes from that this week! OK, I'm headed to bed now. I'll post recipes and pictures later. Happy New Year, everyone!
Well, I ended up reading almost all the books on my list, with a few minor changes to include books that were more readily available at the library. Here's my list:
1. Main Corpse - Diane Mott Davidson
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling
3. Sisterchicks Down Under - Robin Jones Gunn
4. While My Pretty One Sleeps - Mary Higgins Clark
5. The Note - Angela Hunt
6. Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
7. Finding Noel - Richard Paul Evans
8. Still Summer - Jacquelyn Mitchard
9. Iced - Carol Higgins Clark
10. The Gift - Richard Paul Evans
11. Getting Rid of Matthew - Jane Fallon
12. Best Kept Secrets - Sandra Brown
13. Queen of Babble in the Big City - Meg Cabot
14. Running from the Law - Lisa Scottoline
15. The Quickie - James Patterson
16. Second Chance - Jane Green
17. Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea - Mary Higgins Clark
18. Miss Julia Strikes Back - Ann B. Ross
19. Peace Like a River - Leif Enger
20. The Grilling Season - Diane Mott Davidson
21. Prime Cut - Diane Mott Davidson
22. Home to Holly Springs - Jan Karon
So, I read 21 books during the fall and I'm proud of it! I read 72 books during 2007. And now I have so much to do I don't have much time for reading, but once the semester gets going, you'll find me curled up somewhere with a book. :-)
