This was, to date, the easiest sunday i've had since Matias was born. The morning rush to get out of the house was easy (and everyone got to eat breakfast and was nicely dressed in clean clothes), church was easy (there was hardly anyone there), and even sunday lunch was surprisingly calm and easy... without all of the usual chaotic ruckus. What set this particular sunday apart was actually pretty simple. All of the men in my family were absent. Correlation? Not sure, but certainly something to ponder. (wink, wink)
i did something both terrible and totally awesome this evening... i made Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. This action is terrible because i really just want to sit and eat them all, one after the other, with a bottomless cup of coffee, BUT its totally awesome because, well... they're chocolate chips cookies. Straight up chocolate chips cookies. Made from the back of the bag recipe and not some fancy-schmancy recipe i looked up on epicurious (which, honestly, is what i usually do.) Put simply, they rock.
i really want to start making a weekly menu, so i'm not left flailing at 4:00 trying to figure how i can scrape together a meal from a can of tuna, some instant mashed potatoes and a single slice of baby swiss cheese. i sat down last monday and did just that. It worked beautifully. So... i'm going to try it again. i haven't gotten so far as to be able to shop a week in advance, but for me, this is pretty good. For this week's menu, thus far, i have: Monday- Turkey Manicotti, Tuesday- Mu Shu Chicken Wraps w/ homemade tortillas (something i've never tried, but am excited at the prospect)... well. yeah. that's it. so. i'm sure by Wed, i'll have something figured out. If not, Little Caesars $5 pizza is never a bad option. Mmm... especially with sweet chili sauce.
Usually i sing to Matias at night before he goes to sleep, however tonight, he wanted to sing to me. His choice? The all popular Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. The most wonderful thing about this particular song is that is lends itself to individual interpretation. Kristian, for example, sang... like a spider in the sky, when he was a wee tot. i, myself sang... uppa bubba world so high. Matias' version went something like this: Twinkle, twinkle little star, what you are. Up above the world so high, up above the world so high. Twinkle, twinkle little star, what you are. (Not bad, if i do say so myself) He definitely gets a A for effort.
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"so i'm not left flailing at 4:00 trying to figure how i can scrape together a meal from a can of tuna, some instant mashed potatoes and a single slice of baby swiss cheese"
HAHA. That tickled me. I've sooo been there, many times. Way to go with the meal planning though! And the blogging :)
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