~The Daily Grind~ 4/20/10

[ddavis860]

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~The Daily Grind~ 4/20/10

It's the Day after Monday!!

It's Laboratory Professionals Week, and that means I got a giftie (beach towel in a bag) and I get to make something for the breakfast. I made Meusli like what I get on the Disney Cruise...

My list for today:

Caffeinate- this repeats everyday!! http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/smiley_drinkcoffee.gif

Keep to my points!

Remember to take in the breakfast stuff...

Work till 3p

Gym after work http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/Treadmill.gif

Swish and Swipe... http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/wc.gif

Dinner- :confused3

Have a Great Day everyone!! :teeth:

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good morning! Tuesday, so not Monday! Yay!! 33 working days (counting today) until Summer Vacation!!

Deb, happy Lab Professionals week!!

My monthly "friend" is kicking my butt this week. . I'm draggy, whiny, and all of the other less-popular dwarfs!!

Here's my list for today:

1. Up
2. Caffeinate
3. Pack lunches
4. Clean kitchen and dining
5. Get stuff out for DH
6. DS's stuff together
7. DS up
8. DS to mom's
9. Work
10. Tan
11. Pick up DS
12. Laundry
13. Walk
14. Dinner--frozen meal?
15. Play with DS!!
16. Empty dishwasher
17. Go to sleep sort of early!

I hope everyone has an awesome Tuesday!!

[ddavis860]

Good morning! Tuesday, so not Monday! Yay!! 33 working days (counting today) until Summer Vacation!!

Deb, happy Lab Professionals week!!

My monthly "friend" is kicking my butt this week. . I'm draggy, whiny, and all of the other less-popular dwarfs!!



Thanks :teeth:

and

:rotfl2: the dwarf comment!

[StitchIsOurHero]

:rotfl2: the dwarf comment!

;) Now, you'll just have a vision of the not-popular dwarf table in your head!

[LindaBabe]

Happy Lab professionals week, Deb! (Where was that when I was a lab tech? All I ever got was um - the stuff that rolls down hill)

Has anyone ever had a bronchoscopy? (may be the outcome of the pulmonologist visit. Prednisone, if that doesn't work, another cat scan, then bronchoscopy). I have only one word for that :scared1:

Today, I will

Pool exercise
drink more water
breakfast, lunch, dinner (pork chops)
pick up library book
drink more water
grocery shop
prepare for tomorrows interview (cookbook project)
read (Different Learners, Identifying , preventing, and treating your child's Learning problems - by Jane M. Healy) Facinating. I don't have a kid with LD, but my granddaughter has multiple issues, and both dh and I were undiagnosed but at least ADD and probably Aspies. I read and think "what might have been"
bed

Happy Day, all! (Remember to take your vitamins!!!)

[joyah]

Morning
Happy week to you Deb
Brooke I'm right there with you. I went to bed at 8 last night i just couldn't take it anymore.

let's see what's up for today
up (why so early I can actually sleep til like 6:30 or a bit after if I push it I don't have to leave the house till 7:40 and that still gets me there early
dis/fb
relax
get ready
work
home
laundry I ignored for the last 2 days to fold
finish tool tote pack for ckc
dinner
E to baseball at 6:30 (ugh hate late practice.)
home
bed

hope you all have a good day.

[DisneyIsTerrific]

Deb, Happy Lab Professionals Week!!!!
Linda, I hope the Prednisone works so that you don't have to deal with the other thing.
Brooke & Christy, :hug: and I hope those less-popular dwarfs stay away today!

My day:
Make DH's lunch
DS up and off to school
Laundry
Clean bathrooms
Change sheets and clean bedroom
Bills
Work on swaps
Meet DS at florist to help him with flowers for his gf for prom
Grocery store
Pick up prescription
Dinner - I think we'll have breakfast for dinner

Have a great day everyone!

[WDWMom]

Happy Lab Professionals Week Deb!

Did get much done yesterday. Neighbor's dad died yesterday morning so it spent the afternoon driving to the airport and back so now I need to catch up. Plus I want to do some yard work today so I better get moving this morning if I want to make stitching too.


shower
clean kitchen
tidy living room
dust main floor
clean main floor bath
vaccum main floor
sweep main floor
stitching with the ladies
yard work - front beds
track meet
dinner in crockpot - late tonight, meatloafempty diswasher

Have a great Tuesday everyone :cheer2:

[party of 3]

Morning Tuesday!

Well I'm off again today. Bubba and I are trying to decide what's on the agenda.

My list is all my usual stuff!

Happy week Deb!

Sorry Brooke :( I hated that time.

Christy-that's the best time of day to sleep.

Linda - good luck at the drs.

Stephanie- what color dress?

Wdwmom- sorry for your neighbor. :(



Have a great day everyone.

[rlovew]

Good Morning!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Deb- Happy Lab Professionals Week!

Today:
work on swaps
finish laundry
school
exercise
clean kitchen- I did lots of cooking yesterday and I didn't get everything cleaned up before bed
work on photos for upload

Rebecca

[TinkerBean]

Good Morning...

School vacation here - spent a nice day just hanging with the kids yesterday. Took Randy out for a belated birthday dinner. Today he is taking the kids to the office with him for the day. They are very excited.

Today

Up
Coffee
Dis/FB
Doctors appointment
Target
Maybe Michaels and ACM (with coupons of course:goodvibes)
Make appointment for haircut
Call SM to set up playdate for DS
Call Melissa to set up playdate for DS
Call CKB to set up playdate for DD
Dust first floor
Wash first floor
Meet DH at eye doctors with kids (?) Maybe...
Teach DD how to clean bathroom (she actually *wants* to do this:confused3)
Write notes = address notes
Dinner
Watch movie with kids

[DisneyIsTerrific]

Morning Tuesday!

Stephanie- what color dress?


Holly, her dress is gold. She doesn't want DS seeing her dress before prom so when she had it altered, she saved a piece of the fabric for DS to use to match his tux (well, the vest & bowtie) to her dress. We'll use that to find the right flowers too.

I've also asked DS to ask her if she might have a bigger piece of fabric that I could have to make a bow to put on the scrapbook page for the prom.

[PrincessNancy96]

Let's see...
Haven't done much cause can't get motivated..

Worked at school. I'm off next week due to spring I-step testing.. Yay, not! I despise standardized testing!! DESPISE it... (I don't have to take it, so I can only imagine what my 3rd and 8th grader think about it.. my 8th grader it is his last year for it...but now he has some course in HS that he must pass the end of course assement or can't graduate...but that isn't an issue)...

Today:
Pick up N for kdg.
lunch quickly
stores for washing maching comparison... I hope I can find one on clearance...
stop by florist or Michaels and see if they can whip me up a wristlet for Prom this weekend... DH and DS13 have a soccer game out of town..so they want to buy it for PJ...
I'm not sure what else.. .I just need to find my washing machine... stresses me out not to have all my home office equipment!


Brooke, I so hear your pain... DD dealt w/ that last week... poor girl... I'll remind her of all the dwarfs she carries around that week.... she'll get a kick out of that...
Debbie, happy lab professionals week!!!!
Everyone else: Have a great day!!!

[tinkryansmom]

I wanna be the unpopular elf - pissy.

Crappy weather here today - rain and hail and thunderstorms predicted for us. But I have to brave the grocery store!

And get diapers.

Other than that! Looks like me and Little One will be playing Perfection. And I have to finish my Sports Swap. And always laundry. And really must attack the floors.

Happy Lab Professionals Day Deb!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Well, in about 3 hours I can do laundry again! Got a nice Whirlpool: Estate for a nice little discount due to the repairman referral...... :) Got a 10 year warranty for $40.00.... yup, 10 year... guy was super great and when he found out we had 5 kids and one going off to college in the fall he cut the 10 year warranty price in addition to the washer discount....

They also had golf umbrellas for 3.97 each and he gave me both for $5.00! :)
I think I'll go back and find this same guy next time we need something!

I spent w/in my budget that I had planned... knowing I'd have to probably exceed it.. but I didn't!!!!

[TinkerBean]

Ugh...I totally screwed up as a Mom...

The bean usually does the Tufts University Theater Camp Program every summer with her best friends (they are twins) and I forgot to resgister her in time and they are full up! Argghh...She is going to be *crushed* she soooo looks forward to it. They put me on the wait list, but there are 4 in front of her. I am so frustrated with myself - I usually have this all organized by January at the latest. It was such a bad winter for me - still no excuse. <sigh> Just had to vent a little...

Thanks for listening.

PN96 - glad you got your washer - and a good deal to boot:goodvibes

[PrincessNancy96]

Tinkerbean it's okay... she live.. she'll be a little crushed but she will survive... I know she wanted to go.... I've done the same thing before.. totally forgot something I knew about...

The new washer has made it to the kitchen.. I can't get it down the stairwell... and DH can't get it there because he won't let me go guide it... but will when the 13 yo he can help Dad from behind...and I can guide from the bottom..
We got the old one up and out and into the truck to be disposed of... but I pulled that bad boy up the stairs while DH pushed from behind.. don't tell me my 5'2" self can't do this.. I'll prove to you I can...and I did...

[TinkerBean]

Thanks - just feeling bad about it...

Good luck with the washing machine. I get like that too. Nodoby is telling me what I can't do. I remember being 4 months pregnant with the bean, and Max was 2yrs old. I decided that I couldn't stand the kitchen any more. When Randy came home from work that night I had demolished two walls with the sledge hammer, down to the studs. Randy knew better than to say anything other than "Guess we are remodelling the kitchen..."

I'm 5'1 :goodvibes

[PinballFamily]

Sorry to hear about the camp - maybe with the economy still not-so-great, some of the families will have second thoughts and spots may open up? My kids have been begging for a playdate with yours - give me a call!

Boy - I don't want to step on the scale tomorrow! Since the kids are off from school and we didn't have anything special to do, we just got back from a sort-of-local (30 miles away) famous ice cream farm. Awesome flavors! Their "smalls" are enough for about three people to share. :) But I ate all of mine...groan. They even provided a free "doggy ice cream dish " so Oreo got his own (first ever!) scoop of vanilla - he's in heaven --- :lovestruc:lovestruc:lovestruc! We brought a few hand-packed pints of their favorite flavors back for Z2H and DH, since they got left out of our little trip...shhhhhh....!

Now - the rice cooker mac and cheese that was SUPPOSED to be for dinner may just yield a lot of leftovers. We're all stuffed! Ooopppppsssss!

[PrincessNancy96]

Wow! Just dropped 700.00 tonight..
350 for room deposit..and the 350 for washing... that just bites.. :( but at least we are officially sending the eldest to college in the fall....

[PinballFamily]

Yea! Two big things - but all in the same day IS a bit overwhelming! But, see....now the college kid can come home and do laundry!!! :lmao:

[tinkryansmom]

Wow you all have been busy!! I wanna go to an ice cream farm!!!

I hope an opening does come up for the camp!

Awaiting the next round of rain here - did not venture out today - but haven't really gotten anything done either. I am tinkering I guess.

Little project here - load of laundry there -

Do share the rice cooker mac and cheese recipe please!! I love me some mac and cheese!!

[TinkerBean]

Pam's rice cooker Mac n' Cheese is *the* best. I make it all the time...But I'm the only one who eats it...

[ddavis860]

I got a taste for the mac and cheese too, but I think I gave away my rice cooker. I only used it once, and it didn't cook the rice... went to the basement and :confused3

Nan, quite a day!

[morgansmom2000]

I'm exhausted and all I did was watch the girls rock climb! Long day, but fun. Morgan made it to the top of a 40 foot "rock" wall. I was super proud!

I love the not-so-popular dwarf names, I call Morgan a grumpy munchkin all the time ;

Hope everyone had a good day.

[PrincessNancy96]

Yea! Two big things - but all in the same day IS a bit overwhelming! But, see....now the college kid can come home and do laundry!!! :lmao:

Exactly!!!! We knew the one bill (college was coming out today).. didn't expect the washer....but at least we had a slush fund! :rolleyes1

New project for tomorrow... :laundy:
and make PJ's wristlet corsage... the total cost ready...
cent yellow roses x 2 - 2.00
white vine roses x 1 -1.49
green grassy stuff x 1 - 50 cents
ribbon color of dress x 1 - 2.50
ribbon yellow accent x 1 - 2.50
pearl wristlet bracelet - 4.00
Total cost: $13.00 :) and she gets to keep it.. the cheapest I could find around the county was $25.00.. ;( At least this one is a keepsake.. I'll post photos tomorrow.. I'm excited to do work on this tomorrow..

[ddavis860]

Is that silk flowers? I can't wait to see it!

DS18's going stag to the prom now. His date was his best friend, and she has SATs the next morning. Very unfortunate scheduling. :guilty:

Anyway, do you think I should get him a boutonnière? Or let him go without a flower?

[Sarah <3 Disney]

Now - the rice cooker mac and cheese that was SUPPOSED to be for dinner may just yield a lot of leftovers. We're all stuffed! Ooopppppsssss!

Oooohhh, could I get a recipe for this please? I'll be needing easy meals to make while in Disney. :)

[PinballFamily]

New project for tomorrow... :laundy:
and make PJ's wristlet corsage...
Total cost: $13.00 :) and she gets to keep it.. the cheapest I could find around the county was $25.00.. ;( At least this one is a keepsake.. I'll post photos tomorrow.. I'm excited to do work on this tomorrow..

Ohhhh -- sounds like fun! Please put up photos! I made Danica's rosebud tiara a couple of years ago for her Senior Prom. I knew what I wanted - and the "real" prices were insane. A 4.99 bouquet of pink baby rosebuds and tiny purple filler flowers from the grocery store, one of my plastic headbands, and a roll of florist tape - we were good to go. It looked smashing and she has it dried as a keepsake. (So, I guess I never did get that headband back!)

Rice Cooker Mac & Cheese (adapted from the Wolfgang Puck recipe)

Rice cooker - with a white rice setting.
One 16 oz box of dried macaroni (shells, elbows, ziti, whatever)
2 cups water
2 cups of milk
1/2 stick of butter or margarine
2 small (or one large) cubes of chicken bouillon
Dash of white pepper
8-10 oz (or a handful or two) of frozen cheddar cheese (or other favorite cheese or cheese blend of your choice)
1" cut off a block of Velveeta - break into a few cubes

Dump all the ingredients into the cold rice cooker. Stir them together. Set the cooker for the white rice setting. Walk away. In about 15 minutes, stir (when you can smell the aroma of the mac & cheese). May need 3-4 more minutes of cooking. If any crusty bits form on the bottom, just mix them in. (This is TinkerBean's favorite part! She also dumps in a can of chopped tomatoes.) Serves 3-4 as a main course, 6 if a side dish.

[Sarah <3 Disney]

Wow, only one minute to respond, you are good! :rotfl:

Thanks so much! :)

[PinballFamily]

I could make this in my sleep - I have it memorized! Let me know if you try it and if you like it!

[LindaBabe]

Oooohhh, could I get a recipe for this please? I'll be needing easy meals to make while in Disney. :)

Here's another crock pot recipe for Disney.

I brought frozen cooked ground meat with me in a soft cooler in my suitcase, but you could use precooked chicken from the market, chopped up, or no meat at all.

Bottle of spaghetti sauce
can of mushroom slices, if your family likes them.
veggies chopped if you have them - I used celery & carrots off my veggie tray.

Pour all in crockpot in the morning and cook on low.
Half hour before serving, stir in a package of fresh ravioli or tortolleni from the market, and top with parmesan. In half an hour, dig in! Bagged salad makes it a meal.

[Lisa]

Has anyone ever had a bronchoscopy? (may be the outcome of the pulmonologist visit. Prednisone, if that doesn't work, another cat scan, then bronchoscopy). I have only one word for that :scared1:

Let me check with MomE in the morning. I think she may have in Boston.

Another gorgeous day on the Cape. All I did was cook and read. Made crepes for breakfast and paella for dinner. YUM!!!

[TinkerBean]

Uggg - It's 2:30 in the morning and I can't sleep. This has been going on for months. My doctor said that I shouldn't lie in bed wide awake. That I should get up and do something - then go back to bed when I get tired - problem is I don't get tired:confused3:confused3 So here I am on the Dis and FB.:surfweb:

Oh well - guess I'll watch "Dr G." for a little while and try again later:headache:

[ddavis860]

this post was too early...

[AlexWyattMommy]

Thanks to Dr.G, I worry about more things then ever. :sad2: Every little bump or bruise now could have dire consequences.

Sorry to hear you are still having trouble sleeping. Are you able to sleep during the day? Could it just be your internal clock has decided you are officially a night owl? Stupid clocks. Stupid would be the very ugly dwarf.

Congrats Nan on the new washer and the most excellent milestone!

[party of 3]

So sorry Rhonda. I know that feeling all to well.

Nan what a day for you. Congrats to him! And enjoy that new washer!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Gals: I'm now officially... 4 months from getting my own 4 walled scrap room!!!!!!!! :) I'll have a big ol' room to use!!!

Thanks for the all the support.. it sometimes just helps to state it and move on... Use to be DH hated spending money and I'd spend... the tables have turned... I don't like to spend and he is okay with it.... I must retrain him!!!

[AlexWyattMommy]

:eek: NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!

I swear, I read 'Gals: I'm now officially... 4 months' and I thought you were having a baby!


Congrats on the new four walled scrap room. :thumbsup2

[PrincessNancy96]

:eek: NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!

I swear, I read 'Gals: I'm now officially... 4 months' and I thought you were having a baby!


Congrats on the new four walled scrap room. :thumbsup2

OH Ann, you'd have a new farm handed because DH would be movin' out!!!! He'd be in so much trouble!!! That ship has sailed... I'll wait patiently for grandkids... :hug:

[AlexWyattMommy]

:rotfl: We could use a new farm hand around here.

It is good I wasn't drinking anything, because I would have totally ruined my monitor. :lmao:

[PrincessNancy96]

Awe man.. I would have really been in trouble then!!!

[TinkerBean]

Thanks to Dr.G, I worry about more things then ever. :sad2: Every little bump or bruise now could have dire consequences.

Sorry to hear you are still having trouble sleeping. Are you able to sleep during the day? Could it just be your internal clock has decided you are officially a night owl? Stupid clocks. Stupid would be the very ugly dwarf.


I know between Dr. G, Mystery Diagnosis, and Toddlers and Tiara I am going to go CRAZY.

Nope not sleeping during the day - starting to feel like a Zombie these days:3dglasses

[TinkerBean]

:eek: NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!

I swear, I read 'Gals: I'm now officially... 4 months' and I thought you were having a baby!


Congrats on the new four walled scrap room. :thumbsup2

OMG - I almost had a heart attack, thinking man - I know that I've been AWOL for awhile - but how could I have missed Nancy being PREGNANT:lmao:

Congrats on new scraproom:thumbsup2

[Sarah <3 Disney]

Here's another crock pot recipe for Disney.

I brought frozen cooked ground meat with me in a soft cooler in my suitcase, but you could use precooked chicken from the market, chopped up, or no meat at all.

Bottle of spaghetti sauce
can of mushroom slices, if your family likes them.
veggies chopped if you have them - I used celery & carrots off my veggie tray.

Pour all in crockpot in the morning and cook on low.
Half hour before serving, stir in a package of fresh ravioli or tortolleni from the market, and top with parmesan. In half an hour, dig in! Bagged salad makes it a meal.

Ohh, that sounds amazing too! :) Thanks so much! Into the recipe box it goes!