I have to share with you my newest accomplishment, because it is so not like me!
I love going to those "prepare and freeze" dinner places. However, the cost is somewhat high (although at times it is completely worth it!) and sometimes hard to deal with food allergies. So I decided to try it myself.
Saving dinner (click on "freezer meals" ) has a new menu mailer called .... dum de dum...."Mega Menu Mailer". Lame-o brain-o name, but but is great little cook books that you can download. All the shopping lists are made out and instructions are laid out for you so it makes it oh so easy. Last week I bought and prepared 18 main dishes and stuck them in the freezer. They are ready to defrost and throw in the oven. It has made meal time so much easier and faster. I highly recommend this. Also if you haven't picked up her cook book, Saving Dinner, I really like that as well. Great recipes and the shopping lists and menu planning are already done. No casseroles here, lots of fresh meats and veggies. Makes it very easy for us to accomodate to no dairy.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Good News/Bad News
Oops! In my earlier post I said there was several rounds (plural) of good news, but I only mentioned one. Seems as we have lots of health related news around here:
Good News: We took Micah to a pediatric opthamologist (eye md) because he would squint one eye when doing close-up work. Turns out we caught this very early and it hasn't progressed to amblyopia (lazy eye ) quite yet. He has estropia which is where the eyes muscles don't work together, so one eye turns inward. At first the doctor said he might need surgery, but after dialating his eyes, he said his problem could be corrected with glasses alone. We are off to Costco to get Micah glasses tonight. Bifocals, no less!
Bad News: After another round of blood tests for food allergies, the doctor doesn't think he will outgrow his food allergy. His numbers are unchanged after 2 years. 85% of children outgrow milk allergies, but 15% do not. I guess he is that 15%. This was kind of depressing for me to think about. BUT if this is the worst health issue I have to deal with for him, then I am very thankful!!!
Good News: We took Micah to a pediatric opthamologist (eye md) because he would squint one eye when doing close-up work. Turns out we caught this very early and it hasn't progressed to amblyopia (lazy eye ) quite yet. He has estropia which is where the eyes muscles don't work together, so one eye turns inward. At first the doctor said he might need surgery, but after dialating his eyes, he said his problem could be corrected with glasses alone. We are off to Costco to get Micah glasses tonight. Bifocals, no less!
Bad News: After another round of blood tests for food allergies, the doctor doesn't think he will outgrow his food allergy. His numbers are unchanged after 2 years. 85% of children outgrow milk allergies, but 15% do not. I guess he is that 15%. This was kind of depressing for me to think about. BUT if this is the worst health issue I have to deal with for him, then I am very thankful!!!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Help on Vanishing Point
Those of you who are trying to play the vanishing point game; here is a site with help on the puzzles. If you want to check out, you only have until Saturday!
www.vanishingpointwiki.com
Have fun!
www.vanishingpointwiki.com
Have fun!
Good News
We have several rounds of good news around here.
I don't need shoulder surgery; at least it is not immediate! I injured my shoulder when I was 8 months prego with Joel by falling down the stairs and catching myself with an outstretched hand. I did that so I wouldn't fall on my belly. Baby was fine, but I dislocated my shoulder. It popped back in on its own. However, if I moved my arm in a certain way it would dislocate again. But with newborn baby and my mom's health, my shoulder was quite low on the list. In November Aaron convinced me to see a doctor after it popped out again.
After an MRI, turns out I tore the cartilege that keeps your shoulder in the socket. Doctor thinks that physical therapy to build up the muscles should work very well for me. (I have loose joints, apparently.)
I don't need shoulder surgery; at least it is not immediate! I injured my shoulder when I was 8 months prego with Joel by falling down the stairs and catching myself with an outstretched hand. I did that so I wouldn't fall on my belly. Baby was fine, but I dislocated my shoulder. It popped back in on its own. However, if I moved my arm in a certain way it would dislocate again. But with newborn baby and my mom's health, my shoulder was quite low on the list. In November Aaron convinced me to see a doctor after it popped out again.
After an MRI, turns out I tore the cartilege that keeps your shoulder in the socket. Doctor thinks that physical therapy to build up the muscles should work very well for me. (I have loose joints, apparently.)
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Interesting blog I found
I found this blog after clicking through different links on some posts. Here is the original post I read.
This is the blog I found. It is a blog of a homeless man in Nashville. He writes it at the library, lest you think he has a computer. I think it is very interesting to see the story of a homeless person and read their perspective.
This is the blog I found. It is a blog of a homeless man in Nashville. He writes it at the library, lest you think he has a computer. I think it is very interesting to see the story of a homeless person and read their perspective.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
pictures!
Daphne and Dave with us in Vegas
Playing in the Snow
Micah and Dadddy sledding down the cul de sac. See that mass of snow/tree branches in the background? Yes, that still was the tree that fell down (before Christmas). They finally cleaned that up last week.
I highly recommend visiting the Ross on the strip. I found these brown cords for... can you see it? $2.99. The original price tag says $54.00. It is across the street from Circus Circus.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Vegas, Baby!
So I'm sure by now that I've lost all my readers (there are sooo many!). Here is a recap of where we've been.
Aaron's mom was nice enough to stay an extra week to watch the kiddos so that I could join Aaron at CES in Las Vegas. I was able to go Friday-Tuesday (after Tuesday). It was so nice to be able to relax and not do dishes or clean up after anyone except myself. We were able to stay at the Venetian which was a VERY nice hotel! All the rooms are suites, and the size of the room rivals the size of our first apartment.
We went to two shows: Tony and Tina's Wedding and The Beatles' Love. At Tony and Tina's wedding it was like you were really at a wedding complete with scantily clad stepmother and drunk priest. It was a improv show, so the characters interacted with us as if we were the guests at the wedding. It was alot of fun. The Beatles show was a Cirque du Soleil show. It had some great imagery to accompany the digitally remastered songs.
Aaron was very busy working, but it was nice for me to meet the people that he works with and to see first hand the project he has been working on for so long. He has been working on a viral marketing campaign for Windows Vista which launches the end of this month. It is an online puzzle game you can see at www.vanishingpointgame.com. It has some Myst-like puzzles. The grand prize is a trip to space! The kick-off to the game was during CES at the Bellagio fountain show. They "took over" the fountain show and used it to display clues to the puzzles. In fact every week since then there have been real-world events that have clues to the puzzles you solve online. Here is a link to the fountain show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4DYmsqq8ug It cuts out the beginning of the fountain show which looks like the normal show set to the song "This Kiss". If you go here you can see the rest of the events that have happened this month. Click on one of the puzzle boxes, then click on the button that says "puzzle box (1, 2, 3, 4) unlocked". There is one event left, next week which is the finale in Seattle.
It is so great to see what Aaron has been working on for the past year come to fruition. Its been getting some press. Yesterday Aaron went to the fox studio for an interview for the Sunday talk show. [Aaron's boss did the interview] The company that is providing the trip to space is called Rocketplane. Aaron researched and found this company which is acutually out of Oklahoma City. It is so awesome to see Aaron's hard work be shown and appreciated which doesn't happen very often.
While we were in Vegas, I unexpectantly was able to see Daphne and Dave! So fun to see them!So nice to see old friends. There is nothing better than being able to pick with old friends just like you had seen them yesterday!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Grandma should get "Grandma of the year award". Joel was coming off an ear infection and Micah came down with one while we were gone. Aching ear and dramatic 4 year old does not bode well even when mom is home. I guess he cried at the top of his lungs for 3 hours "I want my mama!". She said they got their prescription filled VERY fast!
The DAY after Grandma leaves,would you know it, I come down with THE WORST case of food poisoning. It was my own fault,which makes it worse, I ate something I knew I shouldn't . NOT FUN! Then a snow storm hits keeping us at home for the most part since Aaron took the 4WD to work. We have just been slammed with bad weather this year! The snow stuck around for more than a week. Our streets had a few inches of ice on them. It was fun at first, but cabin fever definitely set in.
So, here we are. My month in a nutshell.
Aaron's mom was nice enough to stay an extra week to watch the kiddos so that I could join Aaron at CES in Las Vegas. I was able to go Friday-Tuesday (after Tuesday). It was so nice to be able to relax and not do dishes or clean up after anyone except myself. We were able to stay at the Venetian which was a VERY nice hotel! All the rooms are suites, and the size of the room rivals the size of our first apartment.
We went to two shows: Tony and Tina's Wedding and The Beatles' Love. At Tony and Tina's wedding it was like you were really at a wedding complete with scantily clad stepmother and drunk priest. It was a improv show, so the characters interacted with us as if we were the guests at the wedding. It was alot of fun. The Beatles show was a Cirque du Soleil show. It had some great imagery to accompany the digitally remastered songs.
Aaron was very busy working, but it was nice for me to meet the people that he works with and to see first hand the project he has been working on for so long. He has been working on a viral marketing campaign for Windows Vista which launches the end of this month. It is an online puzzle game you can see at www.vanishingpointgame.com. It has some Myst-like puzzles. The grand prize is a trip to space! The kick-off to the game was during CES at the Bellagio fountain show. They "took over" the fountain show and used it to display clues to the puzzles. In fact every week since then there have been real-world events that have clues to the puzzles you solve online. Here is a link to the fountain show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4DYmsqq8ug It cuts out the beginning of the fountain show which looks like the normal show set to the song "This Kiss". If you go here you can see the rest of the events that have happened this month. Click on one of the puzzle boxes, then click on the button that says "puzzle box (1, 2, 3, 4) unlocked". There is one event left, next week which is the finale in Seattle.
It is so great to see what Aaron has been working on for the past year come to fruition. Its been getting some press. Yesterday Aaron went to the fox studio for an interview for the Sunday talk show. [Aaron's boss did the interview] The company that is providing the trip to space is called Rocketplane. Aaron researched and found this company which is acutually out of Oklahoma City. It is so awesome to see Aaron's hard work be shown and appreciated which doesn't happen very often.
While we were in Vegas, I unexpectantly was able to see Daphne and Dave! So fun to see them!So nice to see old friends. There is nothing better than being able to pick with old friends just like you had seen them yesterday!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Grandma should get "Grandma of the year award". Joel was coming off an ear infection and Micah came down with one while we were gone. Aching ear and dramatic 4 year old does not bode well even when mom is home. I guess he cried at the top of his lungs for 3 hours "I want my mama!". She said they got their prescription filled VERY fast!
The DAY after Grandma leaves,would you know it, I come down with THE WORST case of food poisoning. It was my own fault,which makes it worse, I ate something I knew I shouldn't . NOT FUN! Then a snow storm hits keeping us at home for the most part since Aaron took the 4WD to work. We have just been slammed with bad weather this year! The snow stuck around for more than a week. Our streets had a few inches of ice on them. It was fun at first, but cabin fever definitely set in.
So, here we are. My month in a nutshell.
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