Wow, what a crazy week it's been. I think mass chaos is an appropriate term. Sheesh.
My daughter, Alyssa, her husband, Dillon, and their son, Kylar made it in from Colorado last Wednesday night. Dillon is in the military and is here for chemical school so they are staying with us. So, great to see them! So, crazy around here though!
Kylar is teething and giving his mommy fits of not sleeping at night and being a clingy little chunky monkey during the day. Even when his little face is all red from crying and he's belting out a tantrum he's still the cutest little guy on the planet. Just ask me.
Dillon has to go out to the barracks at night to sleep so he's only here for a few hours each evening and on the weekends. Just long enough to eat and fill us in on his day. Not long enough to relieve mommy from a teething baby.
Needless to say, I've been slacking in the cooking department and healthy recipes and blogging. I know, I suck. It's just much easier and quicker to throw some burgers and dogs on the grill or some tuna helper on the stove. It's much easier to feed a few more mouths when all you have to do is buy an extra box of tuna helper. So, that's what I've been doing, even though I know I suck.
Today was the day though. The kids got paid and they were going to go grocery shopping and cook their own meals in their own little downstairs apartment. I was going to get back to my healthy recipes and blogging. Yay me!
Not so fast though....
The kids' car was acting up. Just a little swaying and shimmying in the steering wheel. We took it to get the tires rotated and a front end aligned. $70.00. Not bad and they could fix it and still afford groceries.
I was really excited just to get back to my recipes and blogging. And to give my little sister some new recipes (since she actually reads my blog - hey sis!). Then, the call came and the kids' car needed two inner tie rod ends. Now, we're up to $318.00. Yes, they had enough money to fix it, but Alyssa started crossing items off her grocery list. But, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. We told them to go ahead and fix the car. I offered to help out with groceries. I know, I'm so nice.
Then, another call. Now, the car needs a whole "rack" - like rack and pinion, tie rod ends, etc. $508.00. Whoa! And, they can't do it until next week. Peachy.
They're a young couple with a young family. They don't have $508.00 to fix their car AND buy groceries, diapers, wipes, formula, toilet paper. You get the idea. So, I did what any other mother would do for the time being. I took Alyssa to Walmart and bought them some groceries. I was really excited about getting back to my healthy cooking and blogging. They were really NOT so excited about stuffed eggplant and asparagus and cashew rice pilaf. I'm not sure why. I'll win them over though. I'm sure of it.
We came home. We unloaded groceries. I started a load of sheets in the washer. I took out the trash. Alyssa put away her groceries. I looked through my recipes for something that didn't require an oven. The heat index was 106 today. 'Nuff said?
However, dealing with the car took the better part of the day. Funny how exhausting that can be. Plus working and grocery shopping. I wanted something on the easy side.
Bossman came home and wasn't really hungry due to the heat. So, I did what every other red blooded American woman would do. We had sandwiches, leftover potato salad and peanut butter oreo cookies (courtesy of Alyssa). And life is good.
Tomorrow I'll tell you how I owned my dream truck for all of two weeks....
My daughter, Alyssa, her husband, Dillon, and their son, Kylar made it in from Colorado last Wednesday night. Dillon is in the military and is here for chemical school so they are staying with us. So, great to see them! So, crazy around here though!
Kylar is teething and giving his mommy fits of not sleeping at night and being a clingy little chunky monkey during the day. Even when his little face is all red from crying and he's belting out a tantrum he's still the cutest little guy on the planet. Just ask me.
Dillon has to go out to the barracks at night to sleep so he's only here for a few hours each evening and on the weekends. Just long enough to eat and fill us in on his day. Not long enough to relieve mommy from a teething baby.
Needless to say, I've been slacking in the cooking department and healthy recipes and blogging. I know, I suck. It's just much easier and quicker to throw some burgers and dogs on the grill or some tuna helper on the stove. It's much easier to feed a few more mouths when all you have to do is buy an extra box of tuna helper. So, that's what I've been doing, even though I know I suck.
Today was the day though. The kids got paid and they were going to go grocery shopping and cook their own meals in their own little downstairs apartment. I was going to get back to my healthy recipes and blogging. Yay me!
Not so fast though....
The kids' car was acting up. Just a little swaying and shimmying in the steering wheel. We took it to get the tires rotated and a front end aligned. $70.00. Not bad and they could fix it and still afford groceries.
I was really excited just to get back to my recipes and blogging. And to give my little sister some new recipes (since she actually reads my blog - hey sis!). Then, the call came and the kids' car needed two inner tie rod ends. Now, we're up to $318.00. Yes, they had enough money to fix it, but Alyssa started crossing items off her grocery list. But, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. We told them to go ahead and fix the car. I offered to help out with groceries. I know, I'm so nice.
Then, another call. Now, the car needs a whole "rack" - like rack and pinion, tie rod ends, etc. $508.00. Whoa! And, they can't do it until next week. Peachy.
They're a young couple with a young family. They don't have $508.00 to fix their car AND buy groceries, diapers, wipes, formula, toilet paper. You get the idea. So, I did what any other mother would do for the time being. I took Alyssa to Walmart and bought them some groceries. I was really excited about getting back to my healthy cooking and blogging. They were really NOT so excited about stuffed eggplant and asparagus and cashew rice pilaf. I'm not sure why. I'll win them over though. I'm sure of it.
We came home. We unloaded groceries. I started a load of sheets in the washer. I took out the trash. Alyssa put away her groceries. I looked through my recipes for something that didn't require an oven. The heat index was 106 today. 'Nuff said?
However, dealing with the car took the better part of the day. Funny how exhausting that can be. Plus working and grocery shopping. I wanted something on the easy side.
Bossman came home and wasn't really hungry due to the heat. So, I did what every other red blooded American woman would do. We had sandwiches, leftover potato salad and peanut butter oreo cookies (courtesy of Alyssa). And life is good.
Tomorrow I'll tell you how I owned my dream truck for all of two weeks....
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