Monthly Archives: September 2008

menu plan Monday

Turns out, you can spell "cooking" without "f-u-n"

Menu Plan Monday logoI usually enjoy cooking, but I lost my kitchen mojo last week. It suddenly started to feel like a chore. I’m not sure what I need to do to make cooking enjoyable again, but I’m hoping I figure it out this week.

What do you do when the thrill is gone?

Monday: We have a meeting to go to right after Rockford gets out of work today, so we’ll probably be hitting a drive-through.

Tuesday: Parisienne Chicken from “Don’t Panic: Dinner’s in the Freezer.” (Although this particular dinner isn’t actually in the freezer.)

Wednesday: Chimichangas. This is the third week this has been on the menu. Maybe I’ll actually make it this week!

Thursday: Taco chicken soup

Friday: Pizza. I made my own pizza crust for the first time last week, and it came out really well! I’ll be trying it again this week.

I just noticed that this week’s Menu Plan Monday has a theme! I was supposed to share some of my family’s favorite recipes. The grown-ups around here love Rachael Ray’s Sloppy Joes, but the children would give you a different answer. There’s only one food that Pete doesn’t love (the avocado). And Poppy? She would eat peanut-butter-and-honey sandwiches at every meal if she had the option.

Flotsam / Jetsam

A cry for help

From what I gather, something rather important happened on Wall Street last week. Would someone more savvy on financial matters than me please explain what it was?

(Insider’s Tip: Rockford is totally clueless on these things. You could pretty much say anything, and he’d probably believe it.)

Social Media

Friday links!

  • One of the first things that drew me to McSweeneys were the Reviews of New Food. Scroll down for the review of Dwight Yoakam’s Chicken Fries.
  • Simple Mom has a great list of Twaddle-Fre Books for Preschoolers. After reading this, I pulled out our copy of “The World of Pooh” and started reading it to the kids while the played.
  • I always get a kick out of it when the Fug Girls provide “transcripts” for the photos they feature. The JLo chronicles are some of my favorites.
  • Carol at A Second Cup made me think (and scared me silly) in Vision for the Future.
  • The Inhabitots make really cool silhouette T-shirt.
  • Linda at All & Sundry shares a few things she’s learned about diet and fitness. She’s whipped herself into incredible shape over the last few years, so I’m going to take what she has to say about this subject pretty seriously. One thing in particular really struck me: “It feels amazing to treat your body like a partner instead of an enemy.”
  • The daughter of Mark Rothko discusses the art cheats who betrayed her father. It’s a sad story.
  • Martha Stewart wants to see your blog! She’s having a contest. The prize? A review of your blog! Kind of an odd prize, but it’s sort of neat anyway.