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Woohoo!! Well, everyone is back at school, work and sports. By some miracle, none of the rest of us caught COVID from Calli so we’ve been slowing getting back into the real world (and it’s exhausting). I’m 99% sure baseball will be canceled with this cold front that’s supposed to roll in so we “only”Continue reading “Back in the Routine (again)”

So this is one of those times when I can say I’m not totally insane to have a pantry and freezer stocked like we’re going to be snowed in for a month. Calli tested positive for COVID on Thursday so all of us are quarantined and she is isolated in her room. Thank goodness forContinue reading “Quarantining Menus”

Well, last week went better than the week before so I’m totally counting it as a win. We’re starting to get back in the groove of practices and school and all. We managed 5 of the 6 planned meals so that’s something, right? I really need to just plan on not actually getting around toContinue reading “Hitting Our Groove”

Happy birthday to my “baby” boy. He is so happy (almost all the time). He loves his family and friends so fully without reservation. He gives his all in everything he does whether it’s sports, school, art or music and is always working to get better and be better. So we are going to tryContinue reading “Declan’s Birthday Week”

Well, last week didn’t exactly go as planned. I neglected to take into account that two of the kids switched swim groups so now my kid who likes to eat early(ish) is 7-9pm and my kid who likes to eat alone is 5-7pm. Where I was doing dinner at 7:30 or 8pm most nights forContinue reading “Weeknight Dinners After a Crazy Weekend”

Week of January 3, 2021 So I spent most of the last two days going through all our freezers to organize them and make a (long) list of everything we have. (Yes, I really do have three freezers.) After realizing we have enough food to feed us for a few months without much effort, IContinue reading “Something From the Freezer”

Brrrrrr. It has been a cold weekend at baseball and it looks like a rainy cold week full of practices and chaos as always. We are definitely looking for some warm comfort food, but first I’m taking a night off. After a crazy couple of weeks, we are ordering take out tonight and I’m spendingContinue reading “Week of October 25th”

After a seriously rough week last week (understandable), I’m determined to get my feet back under me today. I really do like to cook. I actually really don’t like to meal plan but even more I hate staring at the kitchen at 8pm with nothing to feed everyone or even to cook. I stock upContinue reading “Week of October 18th”