Monday, October 11, 2004Fundraising provides a bountiful table...Lately, the fundraisers have been coming so fast and furious that I don't need to visit the supermarket. What's to eat is a foolish question now that we have had to purchase so many different types of food. After all, if we can't sell it, then we must buy it. So we have hoagies for lunch and pizza... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, October 8, 2004Tonight, I made the ultimate sacrifice...no, I did not slaughter some poor defenseless animal, marinate it, and cook it up, only to be served to cannibals! I relinquished my desire to stay home and have a quiet meal and instead, acquiesced to visit a Chinese Buffet. Why oh why would I agree to go to an establishment that simply isn't going... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, October 7, 2004Leftovers...yummy!!!I worked today...ran to the store...only to arrive home late and discover that hubby (who had been home for over an hour) and 2 children (who had been there for less than 30 minutes) were wondering where I was, because they were hungry. Never mind that maybe I could have used their help or... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, October 5, 2004Free Beef!!!Wow...I called a friend to get a price on a ticket to the penny party and she offered me about 20 packages of beef....seems she had purchased a quarter steer and didn't have room for it all so she was sharing the wealth and I was lucky number 4. Okay, so it's all stewing meat and ground except for... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, October 4, 2004Fish cakes! Why do my kids love them???I don't know why but they do. In fact, they rave over them. Tonight I even made them french fries. They were in their glory as they squeezed gobs of ketchup on their plates. "How long does a bottle of ketchup last in our house, mom?" "I don't know sweetie...not long, maybe 10 days." It really... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, October 2, 2004Peanuts and Nachos anyone???After all the hoopla of the day- two soccer games and selling popcorn for the boyscouts, I said sorry I feel drained, so eat this and handed them a jar of dry roast and a bag of nachos. I don't do this often but it has been an extremely look with with extra driving and extra meetings and late night... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, September 30, 2004Frozen Pizza!Okay, let's be honest about this stuff...they would not continue to make it if people did not buy it....so I bought one for each if us and eventually, I will bake it on the oven...want some???? Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, September 26, 2004Reunion leftovers!! Yum!!Tonight we will have our leftovers...chicken and pasta...yummy....I need an easy night's meal...today we have an Eagle Scout ceremony to attend, a soccer game, and an early dropoff for dinner before the homecoming dance....maybe paper plates, what do you think??? Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, September 25, 2004Family Reunion time!!!Each year, for the last 9, we have had a family reunion on my mother's side of the family. In the beginning, there was great food, a keg, and tons of relatives. Nowadays, all of the uncles have died off and the aunts never learned to drive so there are fewer relatives. There is also less food and... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, September 21, 2004We are down to no juice, no eggs, stale bread and sour milk!OOPS! No, please, no, don't make me drink that stuff! Of course I didn't make them drink that stuff...I said drink water instead. I am sorry but it is that time of year when I have no time at all... not even to drive the hour round trip to the market plus whatever time it takes to shop. That is... Sign in to see full entry. |