FRIDAY – Stacia finally got her first tooth to pop through. She’s been fussy this week with the impending arrival of said tooth. Maybe things will settle down now.
De’Etta’s Dr. Appointment – thumb nail still in tact. I opted for “wound cleansing” rather than a tetanus shot. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? It turns out they clean with hydrogen peroxide and salt water. Ah well…I avoided the needle once again. {G}I’m to keep it wrapped. It only bleeds and throbs when Stacia grabs it or I bump it. While in the office I took the opportunity to ask for a new migraine prescription. I now have a new med and hopefully will NOT have to use it. Dr. Woods loved Stacia’s sling. She was the belle of the clinic for that brief moment.
Mike took Nolan to speech while I was at the doctor.
PRODUCE – lots of fresh produce. I had to laugh when I received 11 heads of Green Leaf Lettuce. We didn’t order any the time before. I REALLY wanted some. It keeps longer from the wholesaler. I DID tell Heather that she could add to my order because I wanted the lettuce. I think it will last. We’re eating lots of salad – but we usually do. I’ve never been in a produce co-op like this. We all get to say exactly what we want and then she tries to make cases. You don’t always get what you want – but we seem to the majority of the time. The choices are so nice….but I feel for Heather because I know the incredible amount of work it has to be to figure out these cases every two weeks. Invariably the wholesaler will be out of the variety you order or the size you need. I think the Natural Foods co-op will be easier for me to organize….things won’t go “out of season”. {G}
My sweet husband bought me a Belgian waffle maker. It’s like the ones we saw at the breakfast buffets in hotels along our trip. I have wanted one but have been patiently waiting for the $5 maker to die. Last week I dropped the lid and broke the clip that holds the top and bottom together. I told Mike this and he was ready to buy the Belgian one. THEN Jamin remarked that he’d fixed the $5 maker. Aw MAN. Mike said to go ahead and buy the Belgian maker anyway! Yippee!
Stacia was up ALL night long. I discovered Saturday a.m. that her second tooth had popped through.
SATURDAY – I made wonderful waffles this a.m. {G} with fresh ground flour and honey….and maple syrup to top it off. YUM. I made a quadruple batch (not really impressive I need a double batch for one breakfast anyway) and made up the rest to freeze for breakfasts next week. Arielle, Nolan and I also made “healthy” cookies. Shoot - the Nestles, Wal-Mart and Sam’s brand chocolate chips all have artificial flavors in them. We chopped up some semi-sweet Bakers chocolate. We are determined if nothing else. We made a batch for now and put balls of dough in the freezer for the next time Zander needs an Oreo or a treat to take somewhere. We will take some cookies to church tomorrow for him.
Mike began rearranging my pantry. It is currently in the garage. We’ve been trying to come up with a way to move it inside. I hit on the idea of using the entry closet (currently our game closet) for the pantry. We moved the craft supplies, games and school games etc out to the garage pantry. We’ll need to get some sort of lock on it so that Zander doesn’t have free access to the supplies and game pieces. I headed out to buy shelving while Mike continued working on the move. We took the opportunity to sort through the food in the pantry and kitchen and pull out everything with synthetic flavors, colors and BHA, BHT and TH…something or other. Shoot….our refried beans had both BHA and BHT. I nearly cried when I had to put the giant box of graham crackers in the give away box….and all the chips, almond bark that I bought on sale a couple of month’s ago had to go. I wonder HOW to make Christmas goodies without almond bark. All the food dyes etc – gone. I did keep the Gatorade and I have no idea why. Its Mike’s favorite. It’s full of yellow dye. Zander loves it. I think Mike will take both giant cans to the office. The shelves look bare but I have a co-op order coming on the 27th. I bought 5 more buckets while out yesterday for things that are coming. I think I need to buy one of those bins for storing potatoes and onions and put it in the kitchen. Having the food in this closet will make things easier and will also keep the food cooler with summer coming.
In my spare time I worked on the first SAGE order. I have it all compiled now and only need to double check it and then enter it all onto THEIR form.
Late in the evening, Mike and Jamin moved several things up to the attic and we sorted through a couple boxes of books that were in the garage. I’ll have several new ones to post to my Paperback Swap bookshelf. OH - go the 8 minutes in the morning book – guess I’ll soon be loosing 2 lbs a week. {Vbg} I also got notice that *Patches of Godlight* is available for me. YES!
That brings the blog current. I've been asked to make waffles....think I have some red wheat I could use....
