its official!

We've officially become the fryers in the family! We've been frying up chicken, cheese, hush puppies and corn dogs all to the rest of the families delite! I use to love fried foods, now... not so much. We did about 75 cheese sticks on Sunday and froze about 25 for later frying. My waistline can't take much more...

:)

Its been a few months.... feels like years but anyway... I just had to talk about what I'm cooking this weekend.

We did a fish fry a few weeks ago and it got me thinking... how do you fry mozzarella??? So I checked a few sites and tried my hand at it.... What do you think?

This is all that made it to the plate for pictures, the kids snagged them all before I could even plate them!

But that was last night.... Tonight it's ratatouille. Basic recipe with Herbs de Provence.

Can't get a good picture at the moment, still cooking. I'm planning on serving this over a baked potato. I know not the traditional way but then... I'm not traditional. So on to the recipe....

eggplant

zucchini

yellow squash

cherry tomatoes

olive oil

Herbs de Provence

salt and pepper

Cut everything to bite size pieces and place in mixing bowl.

Add olive oil (I didn't measure just went twice around the bowl)

Add all the seasonings (again, no measuring, just till it looked good)

Toss all until everything is well coated

Spread out onto a cookie sheet in a single layer

Bake/roast uncovered at 400 for about 40 minutes, stirring once

No for me, I'm planning on making baked potatoes for dinner for the kids, so I'll be having this on to of my potato in place of my normal toppings.

I'll let you know how it tastes!

Gotta love Mondays

Ok, A is home sick, I called off work. Now to get laundry done, kitchen cleaned, and try to find the bathroom. Can I do it? Nope! Instead I'm going to type.
Little lady hit the ball yesterday and made it to first base! Then stole 2nd and 3rd before getting out at home.
Rerun has still not hit the ball. Really need to practice with him.
A finished up track but will miss the all city meet since they rescheduled it twice and now its on a day she can't make.
Little lady and Rerun both have a music concert tomorrow. Now to remember to record it for their daddy.
Mom's hubby is in the nursing home, not sure if he's going to be coming home or not. Last I heard he wasn't able to walk and since there are stairs at their house, he has to stay put.
Me... busy as ever. Can't think of what to write so maybe I will go and do the housework, or read, can't decide.

What a day

now I remember why I don't ready everyone's posts, either here in blogland or on facebook. I really do have a hard time with other people's problems.
You're having a hard day? I feel your pain and wish there was some way I can help
You're mad at me for what I said or did? I want nothing more then to fix it and make you love me again
You're hurting and crying and scared? I want to jump in my car or on a plane and hold you till you feel better
But I can't. I can't do any of those things, I'm stuck here taking care of my family, raising my kids, and living as best as I can. Reading others posts makes me realize just how great I have it, which only depresses me and makes me wish I could help you have a great life too.

Today I drove Jess to Rainbow to see her doc. Seeing her coughing and hurting, I just wanted to yell at the doc to fix her. But he can't, nobody can. CF sucks.

I read my sister's latest blog post. I want to hold her and tell her that its all ok, but I can't. Life is such that we don't see each other but once a year if we are lucky.

Damn it, I hate it when I get this way. Life sucks sometimes.... Now to put on the happy face, go to work and smile.

First RVDC meeting of the year

Last night we got the 4 incharge ladies together for an hour meeting that lasted 2. It was GREAT! We talked about craft ideas, program ideas, cache placements, unit placements and all sorts of other stuff!

No tie-dye this year, but duct tape has returned, bigger and better then ever!
Each unit will be getting about a 1/2 day of geocaching experience, maybe more if I can find some more scouting geocachers that want to help.
I'm checking on the Oberline heritage center for our field trip, underground railroad should be interesting this year
We are going to talk to the metro parks about bringing Ohio Mammals this year

Next meeting is in a month, hope to have it all nailed down by there.