really, a week?

How did it happen? How did this past week come and go? I pulled up the blogspot and was simply amazed that it had been a week since I had been on....
I just don't understand where the time goes.....and the saddest part..... the week passed... and I have NOTHING interesting to even blog about....didn't find any super bargains this week. Went to the final cheer competition... but we got 2nd.... (although Ginger did 4, yes count them, 1,2,3,4 back handsprings in a row!) but that's it... went to the ENT (ear, nose and throat doctor) and had a tube put in my ear. But I am 42.... tubes in your ear at 42 aren't as a big a deal as when you are a kid....so, here's to a more exciting week... hopefully something blog worthy will happen...

cooking

Well, for 3 days now I have had two gentlemen putting tile in my bath and around the kids' vanitites. It looks good... very pleased with their work. But this means that I have been home most of the day for 3 days. I am rarely home for long stretches like that.... so I have been cooking. I like cooking... don't LOVE it.... don't HATE it... I probably prefer to bake (cakes - imagine that) more than actual cooking.

I ordered some books off of Barnes and Noble.com.... if you order over $25 - it is free shipping which is usually about the price of a book so it is worth it to spend $25...anyways.... I got the cookbook...
It's a good cookbook. I would give it my recommendation! I have looked at various cookbooks in which you cook a months worth of meals in one day and freeze them.... but a lot of them are casseroles and such. Just not the type of foods that my kids like. This definitely has recipes that I think my kids would at least be willing to try. Last night I made the chimichangas and BOTH kids liked them! It's a miracle....

So, I cooked all day... I have about 14 different beef dinners in the freezer just waiting to be eaten.... yum yum.... next week I might try to set aside a day that I cook a bunch of chicken dinners....or then again, my burst of cooking energy might be done.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Okay - I just don't get the whole bunny rabbit delivering eggs on the day that Jesus rose from the dead.... I can kind of justify giving gifts on Jesus' birthday.... although I have some issues with a man dressed in red velvet coming down chimneys... but totally don't get the rabbit egg thing...

Of course, I had to celebrate the day by baking a cake....

a mind is a good thing to lose

Many years ago - there was an e-mail going around - I wish I still had it... it went something like this...A woman starts to look for her keys so she can go run errands... well, while she is looking for the keys - she finds her checkbook - well, she really should stop and balance her checkbook so she knows how much money she has before she goes and runs errands. So she starts to balance the checkbook, then she realizes that there are some receipts in her purse that should be added to the checkbook also. Well, she had been meaning to clean out the purse and maybe even switch purses so she cleans it out - finds some batteries that should be put in the battery drawer.... oh the battery drawer is a mess... starts to clean that out... anyways - you get the picture - all of a sudden it is time to go get the kids - not only has she not run her errands, she really hasn't completed any task.

That would describe my life to a T. a capital T. This morning, I started catching up on e-mail, realized bills needed to paid, but in order to pay the bills, I had to sort through "the pile" (see "the pile" last month), etc. etc. etc. and it only took me 3 1/2 hours....

But I do feel a sense of accomplishment - the bills are paid, the pile is down to 3 items and I do have a couple of hours to run errands before I pick up kids... now hopefully, I just won't get distracted while running the errands....

By the way - 100 calorie Keebler snack packs - the cookie version $1.66 at Target