So today at the supermarket I got asked TWICE by other shoppers for advice on stuff to buy. wth? Do I LOOK like I know what I'm doing in this store?
One person was asking me about heavy whipping cream. I do not know about heavy whipping cream!
Then I got asked about what is the best macaroni and cheese. I was in the aisle that has the dry pasta noodles. I pointed out the elbow macaroni, but told him that was if you were making homemade. If he wanted boxed macaroni and cheese, like Kraft, he needed to go one aisle over. He wanted Kraft, with the powdered cheese.

Yup, that's "the best"!
And the prices at the supermarket are just ridiculous. $3.44 for a loaf of bread! One brand of milk is $6.39/gallon!

I got the one that was "only" $4.69. Last week I paid $3.95. They do have Barilla Plus Pasta on sale for $1/box. I hear it's good stuff, so I might go back and get a few more boxes tomorrow, since the sales end on Tuesdays. (This is Winn-Dixie.)
Hi everyone! I had a wonderful time in California and came home late Wednesday evening. I planned to catch up this weekend here but had some family stuff to do for Kenny's family. His other BIL was released from the hospital Saturday morning so I had both of their girls over to give BIL and SIL a chance to settle in and meet with the home nurse without their kids underfoot.
I'm glad to see you back, and that you had a great time in California!
Hello! I am still sick

so have no food to share with you all. I weighed myself this morning and I have lost 10 lbs. since Thursday! Time for this bug to go away!
Bethany, Water for Elephants is a wonderful book. I have read it three times.
Wow! 10 pounds in a few days! I hope you are feeling better now.
Thanks (everybody) for all the book suggestions. I got a little notebook and am writing them all down. I went to the library today and found three of the suggestions on the shelves. I got
Mudbound,
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, and
The Wednesday Wars (which was suggested by someone at work a couple months ago).
I could not find on the shelf, but these are all listed in the library catalog:
Water for Elephants
The Help
The Graveyard
Fortune's Rocks
Three Cups of Tea was on the shelf but I decided not to get it at this time.
The library has 4 student chairs at a table and 2 cushioned chairs (the maximum occupancy is posted as 21). They had the
New York Times from yesterday and an article about a South Bronx school caught my eye, so I sat down in one of the soft chairs to read it. I was in the library for an hour! Based on the traffic and the requests the desk was getting, this trailer is clearly operating at far less than optimal capacity for this area. They kept sending people to libraries across town, and even in another parish. I can't wait until they build the library I have seen plans for. They actually will have to start construction in order to finish, however...
I think I missed some stuff but I have to go bring "Meat" up for his nap. Yeah, a new knick name for T! My little character!
Meat?

I suspect there is a story behind this?
Didn't post over the weekend because I worked both Sat and Sun at the library. It is much more physical work than I had imagined so I was pretty tired both days. Today I only worked a four hour shift so not so tired. I really like my co-workers and think this will turn out to have been the right move for me.
Yesterday was almost 80 here! I understand there was some wicked weather else where, hope everyone is ok today.
Yay on having a good move!
This week is crazy. Today is the only afternoon we are home until Friday. Tomorrow the kids have dentist appointments, Liam has a baseball practice and his science fair is tomorrow evening. Wednesday is skating and another baseball scrimmage. Thursday is skating and a baseball practice. I have no idea what we are going to manage to eat. Tonight I am making quesadillas because Liam has been asking for them for two weeks. His will have black beans and cheese and mine will have chicken, roasted red peppers, onions and cheese. Caili will have the chicken and probably a salad.
My eyes glazed over reading that.
WFD - Red beans & rice with leftover pork roast. bbl....
Hmmm...must be Monday!
WFD....Red beans & rice. We just didn't have leftover pork roast.
Talk about wicked weather! On Saturday, we had a rain/snow mix all day long. We braved it to take the kids to the aquarium, and then did some shopping, but we were all happy to get home to dry off. We had hot chocolate and soup for dinner! By the time we went to bed, the weather had turned positively wintry! When we woke up yesterday morning, we had a couple of inches of snow on the ground, and it was still snowing. It snowed until about noon, and then started clearing. By dinnertime, the snow had all melted away. Today we have blue skies an sunshine. Our temp is in the high 50's. Welcome to Sprinter!
Today is the first day of spring break. The kids are having a sleepover at their cousins house tonight while I pack up for our trip to my dad's house tomorrow. For those of you not on FB, Alan's little brother lost his wife to cancer this weekend. Her service will be next Monday. I think Alan will drive up, but the kids and I won't be able to make it. It's about 6 to 8 hours away, and Katie has state History Fair the next day. It's been really crazy trying to figure it all out.
Snow and spring break! They just GO together like... mosquitoes and water.
That does sound crazy trying to work that all out. It sounds like you are making the best compromises. I hope Katie's History Fair goes well!
The storms didn't even get close to us. But Wisconsin got hit pretty bad. I slept with the windows open and the wind opened my bedroom door. Minnie had a grand time sleeping on the couch and wrecking havok once she woke from her nap.

. That made for a great morning of cleaning and drinking coffee before work.
I feel bad for the people that got the storms this time. A lot of people got hit really hard.
LOL about Minnie though! Not so nice for you, but glad she had a fun time!
Hi Everyone... worst friend ever checking in here. I'm so sorry I've been MIA for so long. I went through a bit of a funk and withdrawn period for a few days and once I was out of it it just seemed so overwhelming to jump back in. That's no excuse and I'm so sorry for being out of touch with you guys. You're all my very dear friends and I consider you family and I hope you can forgive me for being so withdrawn. An especially big thank you to Kat for reaching out and encouraging me to come back.
There's no way to catch up so I'll just jump back in. Dinner tonight was teriyaki turkey breast, buttered noodles, and broccoli.

We all have times we just can't keep up with this thread. It moves fast and life is busy. Don't beat yourself up over it, we're just glad to see you back!
Sorry to hear about all the bad weather. This has been one insane weather year so far.
Yes, it has been. The superstitious side of me about blew a gasket the other day when I was explaining holidays to some kids. I was telling them how some are on certain days of the week (ex Thanksgiving on Thursday) but the date changes each year, while some are on the same date each year but the day changes (like Christmas). So, I was going to show them by comparing it to a different calendar year. Well, I have a calendar with cute pictures that I keep to use for picture writing prompts. It's from 2005. Lo and behold if the dates and days MATCHED the ones for 2011. Then I find out this week that the 2005 hurricane name list has rolled around again.
Well, I didn't realize it got so late! It's past my bedtime and tomorrow is more state testing!

I don't like to wish away time, but I'll be glad when this test is over so I can actually teach!