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A bad idea

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We made our traditional shopping trip to Wal-Mart after church on Sunday, and managed to leave with only three bags of groceries – not too shabby. (We tend to buy a lot of stuff we don’t really need.) This trip, the only unnecessary items we bought were these.

Yucky of the sea.

Yep. Individual cups of marinated fish, ready to enjoy as a quick meal or snack – enjoy them alone or toss them on salads! (Thank you, www.chickenofthesea.com.) Oh, yuck. This was all Lloyd’s idea. The first one he tried was the honey barbeque one. The only three words worse than President Hilary Clinton are Honey Barbeque Salmon. He smelled it and turned visibly pale. He did actually eat the mandarin orange salmon. I pronounced my tiny bite, “Not as gross as I thought it would be.” I imagine the tuna will be better, but I’m not wild about teryaki or cajun. Hey, at least it’s not cheeseburger in a can!

Right back atcha, Brad.

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Ok, so maybe cookie dough for dinner isn’t so bad. I had plans to fill us up with melted cheese for dinner (making fondue), but I bought the wrong cheese. So, we relied on cheesey fallback option – mac ‘n cheese. Lloyd and I have different methods of eating this timeless classic. I like to nuke a spoonful of diced tomatoes with some dried basil and spoon it on top – it makes it slightly more healthy. Every time I eat it I remember a dish we were served at my elementary school – macaroni noodles (no cheese) with stewed tomatoes. I hated it then, but now I love it. (Lloyd says I’m lucky they didn’t serve me cats.)

mmmmm.....fake spaghetti....

Lloyd prefers to eat his cheese-covered carbohydrates by pairing it with more carbohydrates dipped in a blasphemous cream-cheese-and-salsa mixture. (Looks gross, tastes great.)

two basic food groups

Impulse buy

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You may remember that I’ve had some problems with milk going bad. Well, I saw this at the store and just had to buy it. We used some of this stuff in Germany when we were there on choir tour, but I have no memory of how it tastes. It’s shelf-stable real milk, and you are supposed to be able to keep in on the shelf for up to six months! It has suggestions on the side of the box about how you can take it with you on trips and just chill it when you arrive at your destination, or how parents can take this on car trips or airplane flights. Ha ha ha!! As if you could take this into an airport. Are they nuts?

I like to push the pram a lot!!

A River of Darkness

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 (Dang it, I did it again.  Happy YesterTuesbirthdays to Stephannie and Jacob!)

Serpentine goodness

It’s here!  It’s here!  I ordered a brownie pan from Bakers Edge that makes all sides and corners!!!!  I’ve had brownie mix on standby for days, and today the pan finally arrived!!  I know this news won’t excite all you ‘gooey middles’ people, but I love the edges of brownies.   So tough and chewy…mmm….   Unfortunately I was too anxious to get this batch out of the oven, so they turned out a little softer than I would have liked.  (I wanted crunchy!)

They have other recipes, too.  Lloyd’s most excited about doing lasagna (layers stay stacked), and I’m curious to try to roast something – you put the veggies in the bottom and put the roast on the top.  Crazy!

Dry run - get it? 'Dry?' noodles? never mind.

 

Breakfast of Champions

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Here’s what I’ve been eating for breakfast every school-day for the past 2 weeks. I was digging around in the cabinets one day, trying to imagine how I would rearrange them, when I found some jerky. Not being the sort of person who would pass up some jerky, I tried a piece. It was as hard and dry as… um… well… as jerky that has been left in a cabinet for about a month. It seems that Brad left it there over Christmas (yes, this seemed unlikely to me as well, but Lauren insisted).

By itself, jerky might not seem like an ideal way to start the day, but wash it down with a pear and you’ve got the perfect morning meal. But make sure you get the order correct. It’s jerky then pear. The other way around is too thirsty.

Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me...

A caveman a day…

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I’m gettin’ healthy - yep!  Today’s impulse buy was a box of Flinstones vitamins “with Bone Building Support*”   I figure it’s smart to bulk up on health since I’m around all those barfing children, and the calcium (equivalent to one 5 ounce glass of milk!) can only do me good.   Unbeknownst to Lloyd, I’m going to trick him into taking them, too. 

Oh, the flavors! The flavors!

(*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.) 

(I did not make that up.)