Hey, Mrs. Wilson!

In six weeks, we shall leave this house. I do not desire to take a thousand pounds of food with us (the less we have to move the better), so I am trying to use up what we have before we go.

We are hoarders. We have way too much food. It’ll take us a year to go through it all.

Okay, maybe a couple weeks if we buy nothing else, but let’s just pretend, okay?

This week’s Menu:

Monday: Spaghetti with peach Jello for dessert
Tuesday: Canned soup & bagel tuna melts
Wednesday: Slow cooker roast with smashed potatoes
(Noah will be eating that while the girls and I go to our Widow’s Dinner)
Thursday: Leftover buffet with a Sidekick or two
Friday: Lean Cuisine Skillet Sensations in a wrap

I know this menu sounds super healthy, but at least we’re cleaning out the cupboards and deep freeze! I’m also going to make a lot of smoothies because for some reason we have a ton of frozen fruit in the freezer!

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More to come today … come back later this afternoon! 

This Week’s Menu:

Monday: Fajitas
Tuesday: Widow’s dinner at Debbie’s
Wednesday: Chicken in the slow cooker served smashed potatoes (that’s what we call them here) and vegetables
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Spaghetti
Saturday or Sunday: Tacos

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Liliana is usually a nice kid, especially when you let her do what you’re doing.

But then there are the times when she’s wreaking havoc while sucking her soother upside down.

And then she goes to touch the fire poker.

If we say “No Liliana”, this is what happens:

And then some of this.

And then a little of this.

Don’t you just feel so sorry for the little monster? 

Like I said before, the terrible twos should be fun.

This Week’s Menu:

Monday: Hamburgers and potato salad
Tuesday: Third weekly Widow’s Dinner
Wednesday: Sunday Wednesday Chicken Stew (from the February/March 2008 Taste of Home)
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Homemade Pizza

Today I had the opportunity to watch the Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda, Africa.

I let the choir in the church to start setting up and had the opportunity to watch as they transformed our church for their concert. I stayed around for a couple hours to answer questions, open locked doors, and help them where I could.

When the children came in (they had been napping in the bus), I got to say “Hi!” to them as they went to the practice rooms upstairs. Later, as people were filing into the sanctuary before the concert, one of the little African boys was handing out programs. As he handed one to me, he said (in the sweetest African accent), “I remember you!”

It totally made my evening.

The only part about the concert I did not like was the fact that my family did not join me. Kaylie and Liliana are both sick. Kaylie’s got some sort of cold and is totally and completely out of it, and Liliana has snot coming out of various orifices on her face.

Oh the fun.

I had a friend call me to tell me to watch out for German Measles, because she just found out her daughter has them and we spent an afternoon with them last week. Apparently they’re contagious for 1 week before symptoms and 2 weeks after.

Oh goody.

Luckily, my children have been immunized, and will hopefully avoid that kind of sickness.  Liliana has been up already five or six times since she went to bed three hours ago so tonight should be a hoot.

This Week’s Menu:

Monday: Chicken Quesadillas
Tuesday: BBQ Beef sandwiches on Homemade bread
(Well, that’s what Noah is having. Kaylie and I are having PIZZA! with Ann and Debbie!)
Wednesday: Tacos
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Homemade Barbeque Chicken Pizza
Saturday: Mommy Kaylie Time baking! (these and these and this)

This Week’s Menu:

Monday: Bagel Tuna Melts

Tuesday: Soup and Scones

Wednesday: Slow Cooker Roast

Thursday: Leftover Buffet

Friday: Slow Cooker Stew

Saturday: Chewy Granola Bars and Banana bread

I’ve discovered that dinners on Wednesday - Friday are not very well prepared because I do not get off work until 5:00 pm. Therefore, I’m going to try to take advantage of my slow cooker on those days. Also, I’d like to start baking every Saturday. Kaylie absolutely loves to bake with me and I like to have something that just she and I can do together.

Today was Sunday. News to you, I know. The last couple Sundays, we’ve been recovering from and/or preparing for house showings. Today we did not have one. I was so relieved. We had four last week, and six this week. I was stoked for the break.

Kaylie went to Grannie and Papa’s house after church, and Liliana went down at 12:15 pm for an almost-3-hour nap. Noah and I thouroughly enjoyed the silence. We sat around and did nothing. It was a truly Sabbath Sunday. A day of absolute rest. So relaxing.

Kaylie came home just after Liliana woke up and the two of them giggled the rest of the afternoon away. I love how well they get along. Love it.

Lunch and dinner did not involve any cooking, so I did not spend a whole lot of time in the kitchen. The most work I’ve done all day has been running up and down the stairs to switch the laundry that hasn’t been done in two weeks because of all the showings. I know I could have done one load every day, but I’d rather just get it all done in one day.

I’d love to have a Sunday like this every week.