Stuology

Tree Decorating The kids helped decorate the tree today. Most of the ornaments ended up low to the ground and all bunched together. We watched The Christmas Story today while we were decorating. It was determined that James is going to be Ralphie for Halloween next year. I can’t decide whether I’m going to deck [...]

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This recipe is from Cooking Light. You can make the potatoes the night before during or right after you’ve made dinner. It quickens the time it takes to prepare this. I also never use reduced-fat cheddar cheese because the texture is disgusting. If you are cutting the fat, then don’t eat cheese. You can also [...]

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I was going to try to make a new chili tonight, but instead made homemade pizza for sixteen people–including us. I made the dough in the early afternoon, and had that split into 6 equal parts by late afternoon. I then made the tomato sauce, cut up peppers and onions, chopped up mushrooms and shredded [...]

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Ada is thankful for Hello Kitty We went to Fort Scott yesterday to spend Thanksgiving with Mac’s family. Ada scored Hello Kitty stickers. She loves Hello Kitty. We were glad to finally be able to see Lilly again so Ada could play with her. It was 3/4 running around and playing, and 1/4 Death Match [...]

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Thanksgiving prep at my house consists of making applesauce to use the apples before they go bad, and matching all the lids to their respective plastic bowls and bowls without lids and lids without bowls get set aside for a short time for them to show up, and if they don’t, they are gone. I [...]

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Ada wouldn’t get out of bed this morning, but since she didn’t have school this morning for her Feast of Feasts at 11:00, I let her stay in bed. And since the Feast of Feasts is more like a Snack of Feasts, I made breakfast for us: scrambled eggs with bell peppers, bacon and toast. [...]

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Although, I do think that it would be fun to wear this to Ada’s Feast at Raintree on Wednesday.

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These are the words that are going to drive me mad: “I don’t like that. No, I don’t liiiiike that. Nooooo. I DON’T LIKE THAT! NO THANK YOU!!” This is what mealtime is getting to be like with her. She is picking up Animal Crossing pretty quickly though. And she put on her pjs tonight [...]

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Saturday: Beef Stroganoff* Sunday: Slow cooked sweet pork ribs, corn with onions and bacon, and cheddar mashed potatoes**–I also made almond cherry cookies*** for dessert. And I have a sandwich loaf in the oven for the beginning of the week. Monday: Chicken soup with a side of bell peppers and dip–I bought a dry dip [...]

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I made my trip to Penzeys today, so my spices are once again fully stocked–along with *um* a few that weren’t on the list, but that is okay. Mac was very kind and made dinner tonight. I haven’t made my meal list for the week. Tomorrow I’m making slow-cooked ribs, but I’m not sure what [...]

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