This and That...

Tonight I made meatloaf for dinner. We were all dying for something different, something 'fall-like'. It is just too hot in the summer to cook in the oven so we do alot of grilling. Yummy as it is sometimes you just need some 'comfort food'. Now it was about 106 today but it is officially fall so I made meatloaf. It was yum-o and I think my family really enjoyed it. I have a super quick and easy 'recipe' - about 1 1/2 lbs ground beef, one pack of onion soup mix and one egg. That's it. Easy peasy. I also made sweet potatoes (one sweet potato in the microwave for about 6 min, remove skin, mash with butter and brown sugar) and mashed (Idohoan package - too much sodium but oh so quick and yummy). Two potatoes you ask? Isn't that too much starch? Why yes it is but Little Miss doesn't like white potatoes (yea!) and my husband won't eat sweet potatoes unless they are adorned with marshmallows. We also had steamed broccoli.




Tomorrow Little Miss is having her friend sleep over for the first time. She is so excited. Tonight she printed out a bunch of printables from the Disney website for the two of them to do. She printed 2 of everything. I am going to pick up a pizza from Nick and Willy's to bake at home. Last year our hockey team sold these buy one get one free cards from there as a fundraiser so I will use that. Then I thought I would let them decorate some Halloween cookies and watch the new Barbie Diamond Castle movie. I thought about a craft but they only have a few hours - they both go to bed pretty early and I think by 8:30 they will be done.


Why does anyone think it is okay to come over to my house at 5:22 pm on a school night without calling (well, she did call as she was driving down the driveway)?? I was right in the middle of getting dinner ready - had just taken the meatloaf out in fact. It was a hockey mom bringing 10 bags of hockey equipment for our rink which is so greatly appreciated but my husband was out there for about 15-20 minutes getting everything and chatting. Thank goodness the gravy masked the fact that some of the food was getting a little cold. :) I know I am a little rigid and know that most people aren't that way and that most people don't eat dinner as early as we do but still....


My daughter informed me today that Saturday is the Nick 'World wide day of play'. I asked what that meant (not sure that I really wanted to know) and she said 'oh that means Nick is off- no shows' - Hallelujah!! Check out the website for more information.






Comments

Laurie Anne said…
MMMMMMMMMM meatloaf. That sound good for dinner tonight. Throw in some mashed potatoes and gravy. Yup, dinner is planned. the best part of meatloaf, the sandwhiches the next day :0)
September 26, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Favorite Things....

Image
Join Melissa @ 320 Sycamore for her My Favorite Things party. Here are my favorite things: David Cook. The CD. Still lovin' it. Listen to it a lot. It's good. Very good. Philosophy Lip Gloss. I have the melon daiquiri flavor and love it. It's shiny AND stays on. Tastes good, too. About $12. Electric Pepper Mill. How did I live without this? Really. You can find one like this at Crate & Barrel for about $40 or so. Peets Coffee . I talk about Starbucks a lot because we don't have a Peets here. It's really the best in my opinion. Luckily you can find it in the grocery store for about $14/lb -or less when it's on sale. You know that's when I buy it! :) Measuring cups. I have these from Williams-Sonoma. I love them. I think it's my favorite thing in my kitchen. At least one of them. And one I use almost daily. It took a while for me to break down and buy them but I have to admit that it's the best $30 I have ever spent. When Little Miss moves us
Read more

Changes...

Image
I posted some photos of my living room a while back. I realized how blah and boring it looks. I appreciate the suggestions I was given. One of them was 'paint'. We had the walls painted a couple years ago so I really didn't want to do it again just yet so I had to figure what else I could do to get some color in there. I thought about painting a canvas red to match the chair ( below). After talking to my sister she suggested dipping cool whip containers in paint to make the circles and an idea was born. I bought the 3 canvases (20" X 20") at Michaels at 50% off - the three cost $21. I got a quart of paint at Lowe's ($12 - Martha Stewart's Cranberry something or the other). The blue paint was a sample size of Olympic that someone didn't buy -$1. Cool whip container and little round container I had in the kitchen - free. Fleur de lis printed off computer, traced on canvas and painted - free. So for $34 I got this new look. Very David Bro
Read more

Monday, Monday...

Image
Monday's are usually my favorite days. Everyone is back to work and school and I have the morning to gather my thoughts and eat a leisurely breakfast before starting my day. My friend, E, who I carpool with has her husband take the kids to school since he is off on Mondays. Today, however, has been a bit odd. We had a new dishwasher delivered this morning and my husband uninstalled the old one last night. This morning I wake up to a leak in one of the dishwasher hoses - thankfully just a slow leak but still an inconvenience. My husband had to come home and semi-install the new dishwasher to stop the leak. I have been washing the dishes in the wet bar sink instead of the kitchen sink since something is turned off there and the hubby said not to use it until the new dishwasher is totally installed. I am thankful to have a wet bar sink and not have to resort to washing the dishes in the bathroom - something I am sure we've all had to do at one time. I have some things in t
Read more