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Flotsam / Jetsam, menu plan Monday

She’s also singing ‘Bootylicious.’ Parenting fail.

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We ended up following my dad to my brother’s house, where we spent the weekend. It was a nice, unexpected visit, and Poppy came home with a new set of songs from “Glee.” She spent a good part of this morning singing “Halo / Walking On Sunshine” and doing a very Martha Graham dance to “Alone.”

What does this have to do with this week’s menu plan? Nothing. How’s that for a segue? (Oh! Speaking of segues, I saw a guy riding around on a Segway at the science museum on Saturday. Apropos of nothing, again, but it made me laugh.)

menubuttonMonday: Grilled cheese sandwiches & tomato soup.
Half of this equation is a known winner with Poppy. Someday, she’ll discover the joy of dipping the sandwich into the soup. I’m holding out that hope, anyway.
Tuesday: Shredded beef tacos
Wednesday: Vegetables korma
I’m trying to cut our meat consumption back to two or three meals a week, so when I saw that Amazon was offering a year-long subscription to Vegetarian Times for $5, I signed up. This will be our first effort from the magazine.
Thursday: Fish sticks with mac & cheese.
I’m not especially looking forward to this one, but it’s Make What You’ve Got week. So this is what we’re having. The kids, at least, will be thrilled.
Friday: Festival of appetizers.
I’m going to make some bite-size sausage biscuits, chicken salad in phyllo cups (both from Paula Deen) and a veggie tray so our sitting in front of the TV and watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics will be all festive-like.

Screen time

Nichole’s Superbowl ad scorecard

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  • House made of beer: Not funny.
  • Betty White playing football: Mildly funny. I like Betty White.
  • Doritos, anti-barking collar: Not funny, with a streak of meanness.
  • “Robin Hood”: Not funny. But I don’t suppose it was supposed to be. I love the Robin Hood story, but I’m not sure I’m going to watch this one. Russell Crowe is on my boycott list. Rockford says, “Kinda want to see that. Kinda.”
  • Doritos, “Keep your hands off my mama”: Not funny.
  • Bud Light asteroid: Not funny.
  • “NCIS” head slap: Amusing, even though I’ve ever watched the show.
  • “Simpsons” Coke ad: I’ve always loved Mr. Burns, and his Warhol was lovely. Splendid ad.
  • Go Daddy, Danica massage: These ads annoy me greatly.
  • Doritos, funeral: Ridiculous.
  • Bud Light, voice modulator thing: Made me laugh a little. That T-Pain is a hoot.
  • Monster.com, fiddling beaver: Funnyish, I guess.
  • “The Wolfman”: I so will not be watching that.
  • Bridgestone, killer whale: Ha.
  • Shape-ups from Sketchers: My mom dated a guy who carried around a prototype for a shoe he had invented that was supposed to do something like Shape-ups. I wonder if he’s the force behind these.
  • Cars.com genius kid: Seemed to be an attempt to emulate Wes Anderson, but not very successfully.

    • I don’t know how much longer I’m going to keep this up. I’m pretty sure I know how much longer you’d like me to keep it up, though. Don’t worry. I’ll lose steam and interest soon.
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