New Addition

Well, it's official.....we are expecting Baby #2 in March! In His time, God certainly does answer prayers. We are very blessed and excited to have this news to share!

I am out of the first trimester and everything is looking good. I've had a general feeling of malaise and nausea that is slowly receding (not fast enough!). I haven't felt like eating too much. When has it been documented that Bonnie has wrinkled her nose at Joseph's pizza or chicken or even a salad?! I just don't remember feeling this TIRED when I was pregnant with Shelby. I can take a two-hour nap at any given time or place.

We broke the news to Shelby and she is SO excited! She calls the baby her baby. She can't wait to be a big helper with the baby. And, once she realized she and the baby would be at the same school, she was over the moon! She could check up on her baby with the Infant Teachers all day long! Shelby has it all figured out: her baby doll can sleep with me and her baby brother/sister can sleep with her.

We get to find out if this little peanut is a boy or a girl on October 27th! Can't wait!

Week 87 Menu

Sunday: Eggplant Parmesan
Monday:  Burgers with homemade buns and sauteed asian greens
Tuesday: Stuffed Shells from the freezer
Wednesday: Dinner at church.
Thursday:  Schezuan Chicken and Asian Slaw
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Out.

CSA treat of the week: Zucchini bread
Snack of the week: White Bean Hummus with CSA crudite (cucumbers, broccoli and tomatoes)

The girl loves her sherbet!

Twitter This, Inter-web.

Some of my girlfriends have turned me on to Pinterest (that's a whole blog post of its own!). I love the idea of "pinning" your findings on the internet to your account and surfing through others' "pinnings."

The only catch is that you need a Facebook or Twitter account to sign up. What? Seriously? There are prerequisites for searching through peoples' DIY cereal box magazine holders? Ok. Whatever. So, I signed up for The Twitter (the lesser of the two evils).

I was checking out the features of The Twitter. To my surprise, my account had been suspended. SUSPENDED! Within 24 hours! And, I hadn't even tweeted one tweet yet! So, I asked, "Why, Twitter, why?!"

Four days later they informed me they have "automated systems that find and remove multiple automated spam accounts in bulk. Unfortunately, it looks like your account got caught up in one of these spam groups by mistake."


I am now restored into right standing with The Twitter. The jerks.

Week 86 Menu

Sunday: General Tso's Chicken with rice
Monday: Herb Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Preservres (PW)..using up some homemade fig/raspberry preserves!
Tuesday: Fajitas with leftover pork
Wednesday: Dinner at church.
Thursday: Corn Cheddar Frittata (Three Many Cooks) with assorted CSA veggies
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Out.

Week 85 Menu

Sunday: General Tso's Chicken (Bitten Word) with rice
Monday: Beef Noodle Salad Bowl (PW) with Asian-style Green Beans (TWFD...couldn't wait to try it!) from CSA
Tuesday: Vegetable Tian with CSA beets, rainbow chard and potatoes
Wednesday: Eat at church.
Thursday: Pizza at Art Walk
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Date night! Going to plan an "adult dinner"

Freezer Cooking - August, 2011

I haven't had a "freezer cooking" event in a long time, per se. But, I did have a couple days off work  a while back. So, I decided to stock up the freezer a little bit. It felt good to have some safety stock in the freezer if things start to get a little crazy around here later!

Pizza Dough (x4)
Hamburger Buns
Lasagna Roll-ups
Stuffed Shells
Veggie meatballs
Carmelized onions
Roasted red peppers
Roasted, pureed and froze in-season veggies to "hide" in future dinners!