The Monkey: They shot down the shit! They shot down the shit!
Me, slightly puzzled, getting breakfast ready: WHAT?
The Monkey: They shot down the shit!
Me: Um? Shot down what? What are you doing?
The Monkey: I'm reading a book, Mom. They shot down the shit.
Me, peeking around the corner to see EXACTLY what's happening: What book, Monkey?
She turns around, holding up a Star Wars book as high as possible and says: See, Mom! They shot down the shit!
I think we're going to need to work on our "P" sounds.
4.08.2016
And The Checklist Keeps Getting Longer? Shorter?
I'm not really sure at this point. Seriously.
We've got less than 4 weeks until this next baby comes and I'm not quite sure where we're all at.
Because it snowed today. Like a SERIOUS snow. It's all melted now but this morning I was thinking, "GOOD LORD, MINNESOTA. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER."
And I need to get outside to amend the front garden beds and get the compost out of the composter. I also need to determine WHERE all of my perennials are out front because I can't remember...I planted veggies where I pulled dead perennials so this year may be a mystery. I may just go and "rescue" plants at Menard's or Home Depot at 75% off, shove them into the garden beds with compost and cross my fingers.
Funny story (well, not really, but totally typical McTatty) - I found house plants at Menard's that needed, um, rescuing, because they hadn't been watered in awhile so I bargained them down because I showed how dry all the foliage was. And I brought them home. And I figured that since I've kept a child alive for four years, house plants shouldn't be too hard, right?
So far so good. My only worry is a cactus that Bimmer Man brought home. I think I water it too much. Is once a week ok?
I also wanted to buy houseplants because we live in an old house and I wanted to improve the air quality. Not only do houseplants do that but they're also really good feng shui too. I tried to ferret out the terrible plants at Menards and compare them to an indoor houseplant air quality improvement list (OMG, why did I do that to myself????). And to another list here.
And as it turns out, the only "air cleaners" that I bought turned out to be an aloe plant (from Trader Joe's, not Menard's!) and two Snake Plants - but I discovered two plants in one pot so I need to split that and put a Snake Plant in another room, maybe a bathroom?
Back to the Checklist.
We would like to get a new bed. Will that happen? UMMM....Maybe?
Donate more crap.
Clean out the laundry room so I can put up shelving for bulk items like toilet paper and paper towels.
Get all the small toys that can be choked on out of the living room and train The Monkey to keep her toys off the floor (I'm not sure this can be done).
Worship Mother Earth until she warms up enough so I can move the seedlings to the back porch.
Oh yes, and get the porch organized so we can actually sit out there - I want to move the loveseat outside and near the sandbox so I don't have to keep hauling a different dining chair out there to be near The Monkey while she plays. The back porch seems to be turning into a storage area and I'm not liking that shit at all so something needs to be done about that.
Hang up a rack for tea cups. Because. I like tea. I need more space in my cupboards.
Get rid of more shit.
And get rid of more shit.
And basically get rid of as much shit as humanly as possible that we don't use.
Happy Friday!
We've got less than 4 weeks until this next baby comes and I'm not quite sure where we're all at.
Because it snowed today. Like a SERIOUS snow. It's all melted now but this morning I was thinking, "GOOD LORD, MINNESOTA. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER."
And I need to get outside to amend the front garden beds and get the compost out of the composter. I also need to determine WHERE all of my perennials are out front because I can't remember...I planted veggies where I pulled dead perennials so this year may be a mystery. I may just go and "rescue" plants at Menard's or Home Depot at 75% off, shove them into the garden beds with compost and cross my fingers.
Funny story (well, not really, but totally typical McTatty) - I found house plants at Menard's that needed, um, rescuing, because they hadn't been watered in awhile so I bargained them down because I showed how dry all the foliage was. And I brought them home. And I figured that since I've kept a child alive for four years, house plants shouldn't be too hard, right?
So far so good. My only worry is a cactus that Bimmer Man brought home. I think I water it too much. Is once a week ok?
I also wanted to buy houseplants because we live in an old house and I wanted to improve the air quality. Not only do houseplants do that but they're also really good feng shui too. I tried to ferret out the terrible plants at Menards and compare them to an indoor houseplant air quality improvement list (OMG, why did I do that to myself????). And to another list here.
And as it turns out, the only "air cleaners" that I bought turned out to be an aloe plant (from Trader Joe's, not Menard's!) and two Snake Plants - but I discovered two plants in one pot so I need to split that and put a Snake Plant in another room, maybe a bathroom?
Back to the Checklist.
We would like to get a new bed. Will that happen? UMMM....Maybe?
Donate more crap.
Clean out the laundry room so I can put up shelving for bulk items like toilet paper and paper towels.
Get all the small toys that can be choked on out of the living room and train The Monkey to keep her toys off the floor (I'm not sure this can be done).
Worship Mother Earth until she warms up enough so I can move the seedlings to the back porch.
Oh yes, and get the porch organized so we can actually sit out there - I want to move the loveseat outside and near the sandbox so I don't have to keep hauling a different dining chair out there to be near The Monkey while she plays. The back porch seems to be turning into a storage area and I'm not liking that shit at all so something needs to be done about that.
Hang up a rack for tea cups. Because. I like tea. I need more space in my cupboards.
Get rid of more shit.
And get rid of more shit.
And basically get rid of as much shit as humanly as possible that we don't use.
Happy Friday!
4.04.2016
Productivity - Freezer Meals
Freezer meals be damned. I got almost all of them done except for 3. And for the life of me...I'm thinking about just chucking the rest of the chicken into bags with marinades. Oh, wait...that's what I did with the rest of it all.
My list:
All are served with some type of fresh vegetable from our CSA or fresh from the garden. In the summer I don't typically serve a starch, instead I opt for more vegetables.
3 meals - Chicken Curry (served with rice & veggies)
3 meals - Shrimp Curry (served with rice & veggies)
3 meals - Tequila Lime Chicken (Grilled or Sauteed)
3 meals - Honey Glazed Chicken Thighs (Grilled or sauteed)
3 meals - Teriyaki Chicken (Grilled or sauteed)
2 meals - 4B's Flank Steak (Grilled or baked)
1 meal - Honey Mustard Pork Loin (Grilled or baked)
1 meal - Mediterranean Pork Loin (Grilled or baked)
3 meals - Honey & Spice Kebobs (Grilled, indoors or outdoors)
22 meals = TOTAL, plus I have 3 more packages of chicken so that's 25 meals total for May when baby comes.
One very large item is now off of my to-do list. Which is great...except now I want to eat all of it but nope, I can't. NOT YET. It's all for May/June. It's all proteins that we eat - plus we'll get CSA veggies starting in June (I think around the 17th), cheese, and eggs from the CSA to. I'll just need to stock up on frozen veggies the first few days in May and we'll be all set for meals. Possibly put Davanni's number on the speed dial on the phone (well, maybe not).
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