Adrienne
30 Thursday Mar 2006
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inIt’s a dreary, rainy day today, so we needed something fun to do! I made the girls go downstairs to play while I fixed a picnic lunch for them in a lunch bag that Anna-Christina found the other day. I made them walk “through the woods” until they found this. They thought it was pretty great! It even gave me something fun to do! 🙂 They are still sitting there very quietly, trying not to wake the sleeping bears. Okay, scratch that – they just pulled their guns out and started shooting!
29 Wednesday Mar 2006
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inSpring is here! Thank you God for the change of seasons!!! You can almost watch the snow melting away these days. Yesterday was sunny all day and absolutely beautiful. We went for a long walk at Kildonan Park and later the girls played outside for a long time. Today is cloudy and drab, but the temp is still above freezing so I won’t complain! The girls are so much happier now that we are getting out more. There’s not near as much fighting going on these days (and for that we are truly grateful! 🙂
And guess what? I’m in a good mood too. 🙂
27 Monday Mar 2006
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inThis is turning into a recipe sharing site! This is fun. Thanks for all the ideas – I’m even using some of them this week. I’ll share my menus with you since you asked…
Monday – Deer meat (don’t particularly love it but it was free) with peppercorn sauce (also free!) and rice
Tuesday – Chicken Curry (RL book for those of you who care)
Wednesday – Sweet&Sour Meatballs & brown rice (thanks Sabrina)
Thursday – Salmon Chowder (uses canned salmon so it’s cheap – thanks Dad Schantz)
Friday – Meatloaf (from the freezer) & baked potatoes
Saturday and Sunday – leftovers and starving ourselves so we can pig out when Kirk, Karla, and Jose come! 🙂
24 Friday Mar 2006
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inOkay, I did my part, now you have to do yours. Girls out there (or guys too, for that matter) let me know what you’re cooking this week. OK? I need ideas too. I’m going to try and do one new recipe a week for awhile. Of course I’m always interested in economical meals. So give me ideas before my Monday morning meal planning! 🙂 (And if you really want, I’ll share my menu again…if you’ll keep your end of the deal)
24 Friday Mar 2006
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inHere is a picture of the coffee table that Daryl made while he was on his holidays. We are getting so many compliments on it I thought I should post a picture. I was pretty impressed with his woodworking skills!
I had a nice day today – I got to have coffee and visit with Val and Jenn. When we’re together there are 5 little girls between all of us. It was a nice visit and I even convinced them to stay for lunch. (Even got Jenn to try my cream of brocolli soup!)
Daryl is on call tomorrow until Sunday morning. Kind of shoots the weekend for him. I guess we’ll have to find things to keep up busy. The weather should be nice so maybe we’ll go to the Forks or something. Kim and I might go shopping but too bad we don’t have any money to blow…maybe we’ll splurge and go to Salvation Army!
22 Wednesday Mar 2006
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in22 Wednesday Mar 2006
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inThanks for all the comments. I love reading them. So, you want menus, do you? Well, this week is kind of a cheat week, but I didn’t know that when I planned my week. I’ll tell you what we’re having. Those men out there who don’t care can just skip this part. Or read it and wipe the drool off your mouth…
Monday – Farmer’s sausgage, potatoes and green beans
Tuesday – TomatoBaked Chicken and Cheesy Corn Bake, tossed salad
Wednesday – Kim’s cooking night and she’s ordering Subway! Yea!
Thursday – Spaghetti cottage cheese bake (previously frozen)
Friday – Polenta with Italian sausage and peppers
Saturday – who knows
Sunday – same menu as Saturday
There you have it. If you want a specific recipe, let me know. I have been in a very dry spell for recipes, so it was fun to try a few new things this week. Feel free to give me any ideas – I always need them too.
Keep commenting – I love it.
22 Wednesday Mar 2006
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in20 Monday Mar 2006
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inIt’s Monday again. That means time to do laundry and plan meals for the week. I’ve discovered over my “many years” of being a house wife that it is a huge stress reliever to plan my meals at the beginning of the week and get all the groceries I will need. So now my coffee is calling me – fresh Costa Rica that I just roasted this morning – and I will go sit and look through my cookbooks. Wanna join me, Rhonda?
We had a good weekend. Daryl was post-call on Saturday morning and just as he was coming in the door I was making a big breakfast. So we got to enjoy it together, in our sunny dining room! (Yeah for sunshine!) We went out to the metropolis of Kleefeld and had a pizza supper with Menno and Tammy, along with Daryl’s brother Randy who was just returning from Cuba.
Anyone listen to CBC radio as faithful as Daryl and I? This morning they did a story on Tim’s vs. Starbucks. Hmmmm…Some sort of business review company gave Starbucks a B- and Tim Horton’s an E-! Doesn’t seem fair to me. Apparantly one of the issues is Starbucks as increased their fair-trade coffee usage to 1%, while Tim’s is 0. I don’t like to hear that, but I think I’ll continue to support Timmy’s. Can’t help it, ok.