~The Daily Grind~ 11/11/09

[ddavis860]

“Housework done incorrectly still blesses your family.” ~ FlyLady
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This month's Habit is: November Habit - Menu Planning http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.a
Zone of the week - Zone 2 - The Kitchen

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It's Christmas Countdown Time!!!


~The Daily Grind~ 11/11/09


It's Hump Day!!

Hoping all the little sickies (and my baby who is taller than I am ) are feeling better today...

Yesterday DH got BOTH the seasonal and the piggy flu shots...AGAINST my recommendation. He listened to the nurse at employee health. I'm crossing my fingers that it wasn't a mistake!

My list for today:

Caffeinate

This repeats every day!!

Morning Routine -Swish and Swipe

Work till 3p

Flybaby stuff when I get home...

Dinner... not a clue! Maybe DH will come up with something

Talk with DH about making the ressies for next Oct. The 11 month window is fast approaching...

Hot bath and bed early...

Have a Great Day Everyone!!

 

[ddavis860]

Just got this from the Hungry Girl email, she did it on Rachel Ray yesterday...looks like our chocolate muffins


HG's Yum Yum Chocolate Cake

PER SERVING (1 slice, 1/12th of cake): 181 calories, 3.5g fat, 357mg sodium, 37g carbs, 2g fiber, 20g sugars, 2g protein -- POINTS® value 4*

Ingredients:
One 18.25-oz. box devil's food cake mix
One 15-oz. can pure pumpkin

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Mix the two ingredients together in a bowl. Don't add anything else that may be mentioned on the box, such as eggs, oil, or water. The mixture will be very thick, so you might be tempted to add in other things to make the batter smoother. Do NOT do this! Just keep on stirring until completely mixed.

Transfer batter to a 9-inch cake pan sprayed with nonstick spray, and smooth out the top with a spatula or the back of a spoon. Place pan in the oven, and bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Allow to cool, and then cut into 12 slices. Enjoy!

MAKES 12 SERVINGS

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good morning, everyone!! Happy Wednesday, and HAPPY VETERANS' DAY! Thank you to all of our men and women who serve and who have served, and thank you to their families!!!

I hope all of our little ones are better today! It was so hard to get out of bed--DH doesn't have to work today, so he and DS are still sleeping!!

Here's my list for today:

1. Up
2. Caffeinate
3. Pack lunch (just mine)
4. Dust
5. Clean panes in door
6. Clean baseboards
7. Leave DH a note
8. Get stuff for P365 during lunch
9. Get stuff for dr visit
10. Pull out of garage without hitting DH's car!!!
11. Work
12. Leave work for girlie dr appt (blech)
13. Come home
14. Pick up eyeliner @ Walmart
15. Fold laundry
16. Wash laundry--MUST wash jeans!!
17. Watch DVR'd show
18. Walk or WiiFit
19. P365 pic
20. Go to sleep sort of early!

Everyone have a wonderful Wednesday!!

 

[morgansmom2000]

DH and I are both working today too. Princess is going to my mom's, she will not be marching in the parade with our girl scout troop this year.

She woke me at 5:44 asking how to turn off her alarm. Seriously? Go back to bed! Nope, she went down to watch TV and I made coffee.

So, my list looks like this:

Drop off banner at other mom's house for parade
PrincessM to my mom's
Work til 4:30
Pick up nut sale stuff
Dinner - Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
Dishes
Homework duty? If DH has not done it
Sort nuts (huh, I wonder where I put the order forms?)
Is my sister coming over? We need to make some sort of tags for the baby shower on Saturday - she bought aprons as party favors and some of them are specific to certain people so she wants to put name tags on them.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Good luck at your girlie appt, Brooke - not the most fun lying down!

Deb, that does look like "our" recipe! Copy cats!

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

Happy Veteran's Day!!!

I hope everyone is feeling better today.
Brooke, for girlie appt. I have my appointment scheduled for Friday.

DH and DS are both home today, but I'm working. I can't complain, though, because I was only at work for 23 minutes yesterday! It was pouring rain because of the tropical storm and the store was dead. There were 3 brand new cashiers training and then 4 regular cashiers. The manager came through and asked who would like to go home on this rainy day. I didn't hesitate and volunteered. I took one for the team!! So, I finished up shopping for DS's birthday. Instead of making money, I spent it!!!!

Today:
Work on surprise swap
Work
Take video game back to Best Buy and exchange. I got the one DS really wants and wouldn't you know, I bought it for the wrong system!!!
Dinner - I'll let DH fix something

Have a great day everyone!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Mornin'!

Happy Veteran's Day! Must remember to call Gramps and tell him again how proud we are of him.

I have done most of my morning chores already... so what is left for the day...

older kids on bus *yes, we go to school on Veteran's Day*
nap
figure out if babysitting kids are coming over today (no call, no texts, no discussions yesterday ~ mom wasn't feeling well so she may still be in bed)overslept!
fold last load of laundry
baskets into kids' rooms
kids to put away their laundry They are doing this currently!!
make older kids' beds
upload photos for December book
work on titles for December book ( left over from yesterday)
pick up kdg. student
finish titles
get ready for meeting tonight for BB team
homework duty
pick up DD from conditioning
meet DS @ school after practice for parent meeting
dinner
chill w/ kids

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Don't worry too much Deb. The vaccine study my Little Bit was in was to see if giving both H1N1 and seasonal would cause 1)bad reaction or 2)cancel each other out. They finished the double shots before my Little Bit got his last one. He was the group that got the three spread out. [he's under 10]

They said there were NO bad reactions to the double shots and that it looked like it didn't matter if the double was the during the first or second H1N1 for the little guys.

Now whether or not he has a reaction due to allergic or other concerns, that would probably happen even if they were given days apart. Just keep an eye on him. Those reactions can happen even if all his other flu shots in years past were fine.

My DH wants to know when I am going to get my degree and hang out my shingle. I've turned into such a know-it-all.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Nan - tell PJ way to go!!


Today -

School duty.
Aldi's run - we have a new one right across the street from where I would normally go shopping. Hoping to save lots of $$.
Go over the pantry and make sure I don't have any obvious gaps in nutrition. The forecast for a harsh winter reminds me of the one where nobody could get out for over a week due to ice and snow. Some places went two weeks with no electricity and heat. People were using snowmobiles and HORSES to get to where they could find food and fuel for heating units. I didn't live here there, but the stores are sure mind opening.
Put the laundry away. Everything is clean. Just needs a home.
Figure out dinner.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Brooke - FYI - Paisley Cartridge

 

[rlovew]

The paisley cart is cute- I don't think I am willing to justify it for the 2-3 puppies on it though.

Today:
look up credit card to see if DH can order his kindle (done- I was waiting for it to cycle)
work on swaps
work on Christmas gifts
meeting at noon for grant writing for Wee Care(not sure I still want to- I wouldn't mind if I didn't feel like they are wasting money every time I turn around)
empty dishwasher
clean kitchen counters
dinner- chik pot pie? (we are down to the last of the food as we go on our big shopping trip Friday)
Bible Study

Rebecca

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Thanks for posting the Paisley link!! I love it, love it, love it!!

 

[PinballFamily]

Rebecca - I had to laugh when I saw your post about waiting to order the Kindle until the credit card cycled - that's just what I always do, too! Boy, the second that billing cycle ends, that's when I feel like I can spend - a little bit! - since we pay off the bill each month, it works.

Today the kids are home due to Veteran's Day and I got to sleep late - yippee! I probably won't get much of anything done, since they are having friends over. It will be a "little bit" day - a little bit of laundry, a little bit of kitchen clean-up, etc. Maybe finally get to scrap a bit...?

Hmmmm...a FedEx box from A Cherry On Top just arrived for Z2H...seems she's also been using her credit card! Wonder what's in there???

The nerve of that woman stealing our recipe! HA! Just because we stole it from Weight Watchers first doesn't enter in to it at all...

Dinner - rice cooker macaroni and cheese
Dancing class tonight - we didn't get any time to practice...guess *another* week where I feel less than graceful!

 

[PinballFamily]

Ooooooh! That Paisley cart looks cute...thanks for posting the link, MM!!!

This one I'm tempted by...rats!

I saw the other new ones at my ACM yesterday : Old West, Pagoda, and the calendar one. It was tough, but I walked away! As I told TB, the manager (who knows us) was talking to me as I was checking out "Did you see, we got those new cartridges in and look, they're only $39 this week!" Come on willpower...stay strong!

 

[ZeroToHero]

.....I haven't ordered anything from A Cherry on Top....

Weird. I'll check that out as soon as I come down.

Today:
Up (reallyyyyyyy late. As in - a half hour ago. I was making up for lost sleep.)
Balance checkbook (Where did all this money come from!?!?! I guess I haven't been spending it! )
Eat breakfast
Check out box from ACOT?
Scrap! I want to get pages done today!!!
Do some homework
Lou coming over? (For dinner?)
Watch a movie?
More homework
Bed

.......I just realized what that box could be!

Bye everyone!!!!!!!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Oooh, was it a Secret Sis package!? What'd you get?

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Alright ZTH, what is it?? huh???

Inquiring minds want to know!!!

 

[ZeroToHero]

It was, it was!

I got my Secret Sister package! I recieved a very lovely collection of Bo Bunny and Laundry Line papers, as well as ribbons and chalk inks!

I'm going to go to use my new inks right now - (and, incidentally, the Club Cool piece you made, Nancy!)

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Very cool ZTH!!!

 

[Lisa]

Leave work for girlie dr appt (blech)

Brooke, my mother calls that the bottoms up dr.

Aldi's run - we have a new one right across the street from where I would normally go shopping. Hoping to save lots of $$.

Dr. Ann, we have an Aldi nearby (actually between BAMB and I) but I haven't checked it out yet. Will have to put that on my list of things to do.

Had today off from work due to Veterans' Day, DD was off too. Initially I was going to spend the whole day scrapping but decided to get things done around the house. I am pooped!

Peel wallpaper off bathroom walls
Upload pictures to Shutterfly account
Copy pictures of DH and I to jump drive to finish anniversary digi book
Go to market to pick up lasagna fixings
Wash bathroom walls
Make lasagna
Go to paint store to pick up paint and primer
Put a coat of primer on bathroom
Pick up DH to bring him to pick up his car from the garage
Have lunch out with DH
Get gas in the van

 

[party of 3]

i NEED that paisley cart!!!!!!
add it to the list!!!!