okay, so j had a little come-to-jesus with me re: my obsessive menu nazi insanity. it’s true; i have been more than a little over the top lately. trying to pull off a big holiday dinner on a school night is just not realistic. i know that now.
my new plan is as follows…
once a week (probably saturday or sunday), i’ll let myself go crazy in the kitchen–full on meat & three, maybe with dessert even. then on monday, we’ll have some crockpot creation. it’ll be done & good to go after those hellish back-to-school mondays. tuesday night we’ll have soup & sandwich night. we can probably use some of the leftovers from sunday to get started with this. wednesday night we’ll try to have something vegetarian. since spring is officially bumping here in stelmo, i’m excited about maybe planting a few things–at least some tomato & pepper plants–that make it easier to get enthused about meatlessness. thursday will be leftover revision evening. i like to engage in some female bonding & bitching at girls’ night out every chance i get, so whipping up some enchiladas or stir-fry or something of that nature with found objects from the fridge aught to be pretty cinchy. friday is traditionally pizza & beer night. we try to schedule some sort of entertainment to send the work week out with a bang (or a crash). there is usually a movie involved, or maybe a board game (b is awesome at the dora memory game!), or possibly just playing some music on the front porch.
so, that’s my story. thanks for listening. now, please enjoy some pictures from the recent cat in the hat celebration…
