Slower than Christmas!

So what's slower than Christmas....how about a returned Christmas gift being delivered by USPS media mail. LOST Seasons 1-5 are here just in time for me to do my own recap before the FINAL season!!
I got seasons 1-3 for Christmas, but I was able to return them and pay the say price for all 5 seasons. They finally arrived today!! I'm not sure there is enough time to watch all 5 seasons before next Tuesday (Feb 2) when the premiere comes on TV!

Chef Boy-r- E

So this weeks dinner plan included E making dinner on Wednesday, so Nana dropped him off after school and I quickly reminded him he was supposed to make fish sticks and fries. He obliged and made enough for me to eat with the intentions of making more for the rest of the family later. Later a phone call from Poppy suggesting Captain D's. E was torn between his importance of chef boy and wanting to eat at his favorite fish place. I think ultimately Captain D's was chosen after I went to church.

Frying Queen

Fried Chicken has become one of my specialties. I'm still a bit scared of popping grease, but my confidence and technique has improved. I think everyone in the family gave a "separate" complement about the chicken. Mom ooooo-ed and awww-ed while eating her portion, then Dad came in and as he was putting up the leftovers, gave his banter saying, "Good chicken", then Sonja emailed saying thanks, but there wasn't enough.
I'll keep on practicing! and enjoying the chicken!

Freezer Cooking

So I really would like to do MEGA cooking and freeze meals so that preparing dinner in the evenings isn't so time consuming. This is referred to as freezer cooking. There are people who cook for 2 weeks and some who cook for 30 days. I had every intention of cooking for at least two weeks today, but I enjoyed my day off instead. I did manage to get Taco Soup made and in the freezer. Tomorrow I'll make and freeze Chili and maybe one other dish. In the meantime, I'll dream of organizing more meals next time!

What that they say about cats and water?

I had to dip Greyson tonight. I'd tried flea shampoo a few weeks ago, but it didn't work. I tried to buy dip from the vet, but was told to use Advantage. It worked, but I was hoping to eliminate the fleas all together and they came back, so I dipped her and am hoping that will take car of them. I waited until the weather wasn't so cold, but she still was shivering. I wrapped her in a towel and tried to absorb all I could, but she was still shivering, so I thought--I've cause trauma already--GO all the way! YEP, I used the blow dryer. She didn't like the noise, but she liked the warmth. I couldn't hold her and fluff her to take full advantage of the blow dryer, so she was still damp and apparently upset with me since she didn't sleep in my bed, but instead went to sleep on the loveseat in the den. When I got up the next morning, I was worried she was dead since she still hadn't come back in the room. She was curled up on a blanket on the loveseat.

3rd Place Finish

E's pine wood derby was today. Cut, painted, & weighted only since Tuesday. The race was run without age parameters, but 6 races with best times, so there was no real sense of competition and many boys didn't win against the car being raced at the same time. It was crazy and sort of boring, but they don't need my opinion on how it could be run better!!! Ha!
So he placed 3rd in the cub scouts. Nothing disappointing about that, but I scouted out the thin wedge I'll attempt to build for AWANA Grand Prix.

Time for a Change! of Toilet Paper that is!

Did you know there's an online survey over or under? Over is the ONLY way it rolls in my house, but it seems to run out WAY too much!
TP is so expensive, but worth every dime! Just like my weather control ability, I have an uncanny ability to be the last to finish a roll an have to put a new roll on. Of course it happens in my house, since no one else is using my bathroom, but it happens at the office and at mom's house. When Kelly and I went to Puerto Rico we had to buy TP for our condo. We got a small pack, but the rolls were humorously small. We're all used to the "double" rolls. Which just seems like the appropriate amount of toilet paper for one roll. I'd hate to think how often I'd be changing the roll if "double" rolls weren't standard and/or it were more than just me around here!