Was an ad from Piperlime. It said:
“Strut into fall with fabulous ankle boots.
Try them with your favorite skinny jeans,
a cute dress of even fun leggings.”
Clearly the postal service is running behind, since this must have been mailed back in 1985 when I considered those things cool.
Me: Gracie, its time to get dressed so we can go to the library.
Grace: currently wearing her Cinderella ball gown Mom. I am a princess.
Me: I know you are, but you need to change for the library.
Grace: Princesses wear dresses. I am a princess. So I must wear my princess dress. Its my job.
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I have been spending most of today trying to find babysitters. Since I apparently need one for the month of September. Beyond going out of town for 4 days, which is serious kid coverage, I have a zillion other things this month and a husband who is traveling up a storm. And almost all of my sitter needs are for things that are totally not fun. Things like Back to School Night and OB/GYN appointments. I hate having to pay a sitter for something un-fun.
I miss my free babysitters in-laws.
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I’m getting desperate for ways to get my kids to go to bed earlier this week, since Husband is gone. Tomorrow, Ellie has her first ever sleepover. (sob!) But in the meantime, I went on the advise of a friend and got some books on tape for them to listen to in bed before they fall asleep. My nights have been quite bad the last few days, so I’m nervous about being here on my own. We’ll see how this goes.
Musings of a Housewife is giving away an Eliza Grace tote bag! Go enter!
Rocks in My Dryer is giving away an Eliza Grace Minky Blanket!
So I am finding it reeeeally hard to plan meals while I have no interest whatsoever in food of any sort. (This “morning” sickness is just getting worse. I’m living on cereal, toast and rice cakes.)
My poor family is really hurting for some actual food. When some dear friend takes pity on us and sends over a meal, my family chows down like they haven’t eaten in a week. (Seriously – when a friend sent over a pork tenderloin, rice and carrots, Ellie ate 3 helpings. This is getting serious indeed.)
I need your help, Internets!
Send me a recipe or link to a recipe on your blog. I need ideas! I look at the grocery store ad and instead of planning my weekly menu as I usually do, I just get grossed out. Then I go shopping without a list and just buy whatever. (Me. Without a list. Can you imagine?) This is not leading to wholesome, edible meals.
I’ll do my part. I’ve been craving this lately, so I’m going to give it a whirl tomorrow. This is a meal I grew up on – my mom made it all the time. Maybe that’s why I’m craving it — childhood comfort food.
Chicken Cacciatore
1-2 pounds skinless chicken (boneless breasts or thighs), cut in to big pieces
1 can whole tomatoes, chopped or 2 cans diced tomatoes
onion (sliced long)
minced garlic
mushrooms (sliced)
Italian seasoning
Serve with rice
In crockpot, throw everything in and turn it on for a few hours!
On stove, brown chicken, then put everything in the pot and simmer until chicken is done.
We told the girls about the baby this morning over breakfast. I had toyed with getting a video of it, to maybe show the baby some day… perhaps its good I was feeling to nauseous to get up.
Husband said “We’re going to have a new baby in our house!”
Ellie grinning, “Mommy has a baby in her belly?”
“Yes, she does!”
“Yay!” says Ellie, “Now we can have three girls!”
“Or we’ll have two girls and one boy,” I say.
“Nope. I only want three girls.”
“I think we’ll be thankful for whatever God gives to us,” says Husband.
“Nope. Three girls.”
okay. We’ll deal with this in a few months….
“Gracie, are you excited we’re having a new baby?”
“No, we can’t have a new baby yet,” Grace says. She’s totally serious.
“Why not?”
“Because we can’t.”
“But you love babies” I say, “don’t you want one in our house?”
“Nope.”
So there you have it. Our sweet, touching magical family moment of the day.
The stars have all aligned! Husband is going to a conference at a posh hotel in San Diego in September and guess who is going with him?
ME! As in just me! No children!
I’m so excited. We’ve been trying to plan this for awhile, but details kept falling through. But today he booked our tickets! Hee hee!!!! We haven’t been away together in over 3 years, so we’re super excited. Especially with le bebe coming, we are going to throughly enjoy some time to ourselves!!
of the citrus dot gift set is….
Kim from Pressing on Towards the Goal!!! Congrats!
Thanks to everyone who entered! It was fun discovering some new blogs this week!! Stay tuned because two other blogs that are giving away Eliza Grace gifts next week!
Guess what I dropped less that two hours after cleaning the floor on my hands and knees?
Yup. That just about sums up my day. Do you know how much juice is in a single watermelon? A. Lot.
Last night, the girls and I went up to my father and step-moms house for dinner to meet my new step-brother. Well, he’s not “new” since my dad has been married for 5 years now, but he’s never come to visit before. I was not nervous about meeting him. I was deathly nervous about… the bird.
My father gave my step-mom a bird for Valentine’s Day. Lord knows why. They’re just like that. Anyway, they have a bird now. Along with 3 dogs and about 30 fish.
Birds totally freak me out. You know that atrium-thing at the zoo where there are birds flying free all around? Torture. I hate when they fly around, buzzing by your head. Oh. My. Goodness. Despite the fact that they knew I hated birds, they had that dang bird out of its cage all night. It would just sit on people’s shoulders while they were talking. Then zoom over to the couch and sit there. Then zoom somewhere else. Everyone else thought it was adorable.
I was trying not to hyperventilate.
At least that dumb bird was smart enough to not land on my shoulder, cause I probably would have screamed and smacked it off. But I did it! I stayed in a room with a free-flying bird for over two hours! However, I do not think we will be going back until that bird is dead. How long do birds live?
