We had a lovely weekend, and I am very glad that spring break is over and I'm back down to only one kid home during the day. It just makes things easier- I'm not a fan of bringing two kids to grocery shop, or run to the post office, or any of a bunch of other things I try to do during the day. So with just one kid in tow, we drove out to the consignment store and dropped off a rubbermaid bin full of clothes to see what they'd buy from us. They told me it'd be an hour wait so I headed home-- to a voice mail saying they were all done and I could come back in to pick up what they didn't want to take. I should have just stayed there! I'll let you know how much money I get from them for the clothes in the bin. I've never tried selling the girls' old clothes like this before, but they offer 20% more if you opt for store credit, so I'm hoping it pays off for me.
I also put the girls' crib/toddler bed up on Craigslist, since Mia graduated to a big girl bed last week. Gosh, I'm getting rid of all of their baby stuff! And I really don't mind that. I love having babies and I love babies in general but I ALSO love not having to carry a diaper bag or a burp cloth or schedule my life around mealtimes anymore. And I admit, I love selling their old stuff instead of just giving it away ;)
So now it's the Monday after Easter. We opted to have family over and eat Chinese food yesterday instead of cooking a whole big meal, so there are no leftovers to speak of besides a container of Miso soup and a few chicken fingers. I've been poking through the grocery store sales flyers for the week and it's occurring to me that it's maddening to try to plan a normal grocery trip on the says after a big holiday. What's in place of the loss leaders on the front & back of the grocery flyers? Lots of ham. Lamb legs. Shrimp. Flowers. Cupcakes. I need some REAL food options here, people!
Do you have any good plans for dinners this week? I'd love some ideas... because I'm seriously 100% out of them!
Monday, April 25, 2011
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Tonight is taco night, mostly because I have veggies to use before they get gross.
Tomorrow is Bow-tie skillet lasgana.
Wednesday is chicken stir fry, because I have more veggies to use before they get gross.
That's as far as I've gotten, I'm not feeling it today either. And, now I want Miso soup.
Good luck on the consignment clothes!
Tonight I'm making Miso Sake Glazed Salmon (just for Kat and I - Rob will be gone and Ahmetia won't eat it)
Tomorrow night will be Buffalo Chicken Burgers
Wed will be the tex mex braised chicken tacos with spicy slaw
Thurs or Fri (prob Fri as there should be leftovers from Wed) I plan to make the huge batch of Butternut Squash Soup and bread in the bread machine :)
Then we'll have the soup over the weekend and I earned a 'free' (but we paid the extra for spiral sliced...) ham at the grocery store I might bake for Saturday and sandwiches with the soup :)
Not sure if any of that helped!
Oh, and I think I'm also going to make chicken poppers to go with the tacos - had some in TX that were yum! and I want to try a version w/ turkey bacon to lighten it up :)
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