Things change

So, things have changed on the menu for the week - R cannot eat but soft foods until Saturday. Yesterday was liquid and today is better, no meat, fruit or veggies. No fiber. So no oatmeal the breakfast of choice. Too many cuts inside that need to heal first. But overall he did well - slept the day away and then couldn't get to sleep last night. Today will be better.

Tomorrow is the balloon fest at UT, getting excited to take lil Mac. She was over last night and is just the cutest lil thing. She is laughing out loud a little more too which makes it too funny to watch her. Waiting on her this morning. The day is supposed to be chilly and wet so it will be an inside day for us.

Tough Menu - but a cutie too!

This will be tough this week because R is having a procedure that will keep him tied to the latrine.

Monday - grilled cheese for L, R is clear liquids and fleet
Tuesday - fried egg sandwich or something similar
Wednesday - solid food for R finally - Chicken, chunk potato, brussel sprouts
Thursday - beef roast, broccoli, salad
Friday - stir fry with leftover beef
Saturday - heading south
Sunday - returning from south or cookout

Thursday calls for hot air balloons to arrive at UT; going to try to take the little Mac and walk her around and watch the balloons. Should be colorful and keep her attention for a bit, plus being outside is one of her favorite things. She is getting so big!

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day to all, here's to hoping all of us find a way to help the environment today and to keep it in our habits going forward. Use reusable grocery bags for everything - easy change! Done! Recycle cans, water bottles (use a reusable water bottle if you can), baby food jars, etc. Done! Compost - I'm thinking about this, but either I don't know much or it just kind of grosses me out. Use cloth rags not paper towels (or if R has his way use microfiber) - do pretty well with this but have to get better. Use cloth napkins - Done!

What else could I do? Have to think about this.

Menu

We are home from Columbus and have to find things to eat today since we tried to clear the fridge before we set out for a "too short" weekend. We were able to ride bikes for about 45 min to an hour on Saturday with K. I don't think we were in the best of neighborhoods since most of the homes were boarded up, but in staying together we were ok. A funny part of the ride was when we went down a hill that looked like new pavement and it turned to go under a bridge we didn't realize it ended on the other side of the bridge and nearly had a pile up of the three of us because we were going so fast from coming down the hill! It was funny, but we also had to go back up that hill without any previous riding time to get some speed.

Monday - Spaghetti, sweet cream biscuits, salad
Tuesday - Sloppy joes, cottage cheese, chips
Wednesday - Chicken Breast, Rice, salad
Thursday - Bike ride first(supposed to be beautiful) Grilled cheese
Friday - Steak on the grill, baked potato, corn
Saturday - possibly to Columbus again
Sunday - ????

Have little Mac today and she is sleeping now but for most of the morning she was cruising around and getting into anything she could to keep herself busy. She is getting so big and I just love her so much. Happy Birthday to Lissie today!

It's Monday!

Great news over the weekend but will have to wait to share. Easter dinner was delicious, ham, pork loin, cheesy potatoes, veggies, salad, rolls/bread. Thanks goes to all the cooks: Ray, Ray and Becky. Mmmmmm, good. Easter morning brought baked french toast - odd texture at first and the fam not fans, it is growing on me so I am eating leftovers.

Menu for this week:
Monday - Ham and cheesy potato mix, salad
Tuesday - BBQ pork, salad - may take bike to Columbus for Kelsey
Wednesday - Salmon, rice, salad
Thursday - Homemade Pizza
Friday - dinner with friends, chicken salads; and Young "Frankenschtein" - bike ride first we hope
Saturday - Columbus for a softball tournament, bike ride, and maybe a cookout with hamburgers, etc.
Sunday - depends on time of arrival home

Bike rides throughout the week as it is supposed to be some warmer weather. Got to get in the butt time.

Patooty will be here Tuesday and Thursday this week. If there is sunshine we will be outside for a bit.

menu - all things can change

R will be out of town so I will put together some weird things I know, and all will laugh if they get wind of what I really do, oh well.

Monday - Leftovers - made into a Meat Loaf sandwich - no popcorn R won't be there to make it!
Tuesday - Mac n cheese, sausage, green beans with friends
Wednesday - Baked Potato and broccoli
Thursday - ???? Have to think of something...spaghetti is what it was
Friday - Friends for dinner and "Young Frankenschtein" maybe if they can wait for R, putting this off for next Friday - maybe pizza, have a coupon that is really good and lovely pizza too.
Saturday - Easter Dinner - Wedding Shower in the afternoon
Sunday - Leftovers, if there are any!

I need to schedule PT this week; watch "cutie pitooty" Monday and Wednesday, clean for family coming in, lots of "to do" things.

We did a bike ride today(8 miles) before the weather went south, need to get butt time in before the Bike to the Bay in June. A new bike might help - yep it was easier to ride today, the seat was better and handlebars were better. Need to adjust those a little but still better. Have a new helmet too - early Mother's Day gift from K. She is sweet that way! Need a couple more things to make me more independent of others while riding, I'll get there. Both R and K rode off on their own today and were a little faster than me, that is ok too! Need to call C to get her in the loop on riding, maybe I will go for lunch one day and get her rolling. Much to look forward to!