momee
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Here is a list I made of easy lunches that as I look at it - makes for a very nice summer meal plan, lol.
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Wanted to share an easy meal. Just put it all together and must say I'm quite proud of myself. The dressing is OHMYGOODNESS great.
Anchovies...huh...who would have thought I'd every try them. But try them I did. YUMMMMMMMM
I've gotten so many "keeper" recipes from the hive mind, wanted to give one back.
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Ottakee - that is very important! Thanks for adding.
I haven't tried them yet in the instapot.
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I used emeals years ago. Blech. Has it improved?
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Last week - yoga at the new gym x 3. Three walks of over two miles each. Extensive gardening in the heat. Worked a rehersal and wedding of over 16 hours total .
This week - no yoga, a little gardening, and a TON of housecleaning. Amazing how I cannot remain consistent in one stupid thing.
*Dear gym - I cannot remain faithful, but I thought of you at least once.*
It's a season with 7 of us in the house, I've got to lower my expectations.
Food? Well. I'm starving - have no meal plan, no groceries really except some mushrooms going bad.
So there ya go.
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I've tried a couple but none have ever stuck. If you've found one you like would you include why it is working? Thanks for your reply...
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I make hb eggs by putting in faucet temp water, turning stove on, boiling ten mins, cover pot then walking away until I remember to drain and move to fridge. Sounds like same results and same amount of time. I found this with rice as well. By the time I made it in IP I could have made on stove top. Well, brown rice was...idk...10 mins faster.
"9 eggs in the rack with 1 cup water. 6 minutes High pressure, natural release for 5 then open vent."
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I'm still not loving mine. It makes great rice - both brown and jasmine are favorites but it isn't doing a better job than my old $20 rice maker was :( I loved that thing - then it died. We did make this -
http://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-mongolian-beef/
I think the kids only love it because it is so sweet. And meat. Sugar + meat = kid fave around here. Actually I can't stand the thought of another serving, to be honest.
As far as the IP itself, I'm with calihill (sp?) who posted upthread. The actual time recipes quote really is off because the IP needs time to heat up. I guess if you're a crockpot/microwave cooker you would find it handy.
I'm a stovetop cooker really - usually only use oven for baking. I never use a microwave and I threw the crockpot out when we moved because I found everything to taste like a congealed mush when using it. Sorry - just giving my opinion.
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Those are all excellent ideas and exactly meet where my mind has been wandering lately so I'm going to spend more time on each suggestion tomorrow.
I just wanted to add, don't forget that 2 minute rule. If you can do it in 2 mins, do so :)
I always waste, lol, more time figuring out how to plan than actually doing. Classic homeschooler at heart I guess :) best laid plans...
but seriously. Those 2 minute tasks could go on a calendar or to do list manager or whiteboard or chore chart. Or you could do them.
For me, I'm struggling with having ONE system and using it consistently. Until I can find the sweet spot I'm floundering thinking there's something better out there. I need to pick something and DO IT! so I'm no help to you, sorry. I'm still reading it myself.
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I hate to say this because you can't hear my tone of voice to tell I'm asking ever so gently...but are you reading the GTD book?
It seems if you have that many next actions, they need to be deferred to some type of project list. If I remember correctly a project is anything that can't be done in one step? The Process step is defining actionable things into concrete next steps. I loved! hearing about the next steps - I don't think I ever thought through what a next step and a measurable finish line was for a lot of projects.
And I'm with you, I have alot to do and was just this morning wondering how GTD would help me prioritize - and then I remembered, I haven't finished listening/reading the book! I'm still a newbie. Every once in a while I think I'm getting it but I obviously don't.
I do remember hearing on the podcast something relevant about what you're asking though...
episode 14 - April 26.
http://gettingthingsdone.com/podcasts/
He talked alot about the beauty of the Things app - which I just downloaded - in that it helps corral all those things and you prioritize them according to the GTD principles. (Bullet journal could do the same thing I bet, or my Levenger journal - so maybe the Things app is redundant?)
The businessman/husband/dad doing this podcast was talking about how he had multiple kids, a huge multi million dollar business, travels, etc and is PRESENT with his family and could even take time from schedule to do the podcast interview and know the other priorities were in place so he could trust the system and not worry over spending a couple hours doing the cast...
Hope this helps. I'd love to keep the conversation going. The brain emptying collection procedure was SO very! very! helpful to see all that on paper and know at some point I was going to do something besides think about it.
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Helena!
I have no ideas for your contest but have missed talking food with you on here!
We've moved and I now have..a great kitchen~ :001_tt1: (it isn't all blingy but the counterspace is bigger than my previous 48 inches).
Wish you could come to the other ocean and cook with me.
Have fun with your competition. Sounds super fun.
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FYI the only recipe I ended up liking in her book was the oatmeal one. And I am with you on the sugar. Now I eat my share and more of white sugar, raw sugar, agave, Starbucks mocha sugar, lol.
It cracks me up when someone subs something saying it's healthier just beause WFoods sells it for four times as much as the original item :)
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If this helps too I just remembered after I read this in your first post...
"And his hotel room is tiny. Clutter-free with fresh sheets and no toys littering the floor and a single bed he has to sleep in by himself without any kids crawling into the bed in the middle of the night, accidentally kicking him, or waking him up with snoring, tiny little hotel room. *sigh*"
My dh would give ANYTHING to get those years back. When the first few kids were young, he was gone ALOT>
Now with our youngest he has seen first steps, been to every game, has such a close intimate relationship with her.
I read the above statement and cannot imagine how hard that hotel room must be some nights. Hope you can concentrate on that and it helps take some of the anger. Believe me! I get the jealousy. So.Get.It.
May your day today be a restful, fun one!
(My verse...in case it encourages you...Gal 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up)
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I noticed your board name. Wondered if it were a biblical reference and looked it up. Just wanted to encourage you that it really is just a season with your kids. They'll grow and change and one day you'll be in a completely different stage.
You've gotten lots of great advice and all I feel led to add is don't let your situation turn to bitterness. My dh never really traveled but he worked long, hard hours and was really "absent" mentally alot of the times when my kids were young.
Now they're older and we (dh and I) have such a sweet relationship. I'm so glad the times I threw plates at him I never hurt him, lol. Seriously though do what you need to do to get through the periods he is gone. I have a friend whose hubby is always gone. She hires my daughter to come in - has since dd was around 12. Now my dd can run a home partially because of the care she's invested in this family with 4 little children. I have to thank the Lord for him being gone and what that has done for my dd and the mom who hired her, their relationship is so sweet.
Don't forget the second part of the verse...about God's will for you right now. Praying you can make the best of it, I know it is so difficult. And lonely. Ohhhhhhhh the lonely times.
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances;for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
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Whole 30 group is something I've been considering. Thanks for mentioning~
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This thread has been really fun to read.
"Rachel Ray and Jamie Oliver, imma looking at you" Right?! Blech. I'm no RayRay fan. Jamie? I haven't really seen anything in his cookbooks that make me want to cook.
Chia pudding, lol. I was cooking through Oh She Glows - it begins with breakfast. So I did this little experiment on some friends I knew were coming over Friday night. Made a bunch of things from the book - including Chia Seed pudding which for any of you who aren't familiar basically looks like fish eggs in a mushy gel (YES! don't we all want to eat THAT?!)
The tasting went from best to worst. This poor man in the group is just the nicest. He was pleased with everything until he got to the pudding. DH and I watched him take a bite - he had no CLUE what a polite response to OH MY GOSH get this out of my mouth sensation was. Hilarious.
Anyway - Gwenyth has been fun to pick on, anyone want to talk about Alicia Silverstone? Lol.
I must admit like a pp, I do make something regularly from a celebrity cookbook of Ms. Silverstone's. The date apple cinnamon oatmeal recipe is one that you can make ahead and pour hot water over later. It has been a staple for us and very nourishing for a dear fragile elderly friend whom I make it for every couple months.
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It was just a library book selection so no big waste. I did buy Whole 30 and Well Fed today without library sampling them first. The library waiting lists are crazy long and I can return the books if they aren't what I'm looking for.
I can't jump in the Paleo - Vegan or any other selective diet camp because of who all lives here...but I'm interested in the Whole 30 thanks to you Hive women! I know nothing about Paleo - it looks like bacon for breakfast, ham for lunch and hamburgers for dinner in my little brain...but I'm going to read a bit and make judgement later.
Gwenyth though, phbbbt. Stupid cookbook.
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Steaming...I cannot even.
I don't want to know. Seriously. I do not.
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WHAT?! does that mean. Never mind. I do not want to know.
She's funny tho cuz...I'm really looking at the pictures in the book - she ain't cooking. She's posing. ( (for photos and pretending, you know, the 80s slang word - poser. That's her.)
Idk. What is wrong with making a common sense, dependable, non-freaky ingredient, healthy, sensible cookbook people?
Thug kitchen is also in the stack. I'm afraid to open it. (Yowsa on the language!)
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Her new cookbook is called It's All Easy. I was so looking forward to receiving this based on the title alone. I fell for it hook, line and sinker.
She lies.
(Cookbooks that advertise something they are not make me angry!)
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Pillows are nice. I have quite a few.
just fyi - I'm not judging :)
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Laughing because I came across this threa. I see I had something to add, lol. I am glad to see I didn't make myself sound like I had it all together :)
It just strikes me as funny because I am still! dealing with the same issues. :huh:
I guess it won't ever feel all "done" or clean unless the "oxen" are out of the stalls - and I never want that, lol.
and this one...
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Yay mom-ninja!
I tried MMoms many, many years ago. I was at a very different stage of life with littles. My goal was a simple one, make it to dinner with all of us uninjured, lol. Kidding but in fact if we got some character development and school work done, it was a stellar day. Back then, even simple tasks like accident prevention took precious time.
I watch friends with small ones and remember exactly how time consuming they really are. Such a sweet season. You moms with littles peeking in on this thread, remember your stage and don't compare :) with others who are no longer in that stage. I did that so often.
I'm older now - have different standards and tolerance levels, my kids are able to work independently, and we do alot more having adult friends over. That brings challenges new and exciting all at once, which is fun, but means I want my house run well so we can keep up our new "pace".
Thanks for input, it has been helpful. It has also been nice to hear how others run their home.
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I live with that attitude. E'ry day. Lol.
Thanks for the explanation. Now I have a fancy term for it.
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Williamsburg Homeschooling Days
in The Chat Board
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Traffic - figure in traffic delays if going anywhere near Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, VA Beach during rush hours. Military rush hours as well which means from 3:00 pm ish until 5:45 ish.
Anywhere near oceanfront - and by near I mean within 5 min drive - is pretty safe. Just because it says Va Beach does not mean NEAR the ocean, lol.
I'd skip the aquarium if you have been to one before but if not - super fun. Pricey, but fun!
Norfolk is beautiful and fun in places - Doumar's, Ghent, waterside...but most locales there are definitely locals only in terms of quality and safety - many nice places but you have to know the neighborhoods. Same with Hampton and Newport News.
(FOOOD - yummy food down there!)
I would stay far away from Great Wolf Lodge and do Water Country instead. I found that Great Wolf was dirty, few indoor pool space for actual swimming and nowhere near the sanitation budget - just my two cents of...Water Country. It is very fun. Leave one day for that. Early September is still nice for a water park here. Or Busch Gardens - theme park. Beautiful, kid friendly, awesome rides and shows.
If you do GWL (others think highly of it) don't miss Pierce's BBQ. YUM!
Yorktown, Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg are all very different. Do your research before you go.
We love Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown but not so much the Victory Center and Battlefields at Yorktown. The ocean- beachfront (our fave is Chick's Beach - bayside, locals, clean, no tourists, and lots of shells, tidepools and just plain relaxing experience as opposed to oceanfront), Water Country. Save one day for downtime before you hit the road again?
If you go near Shore Drive - Chicks Beach area - stop at First Landing State park and walk the trails for a bit. Be sure to also stop at Taste Unlimited for sandwiches. SOOOOOOO longing for one right now, lol. Their dressing...ohmygootness.
http://www.tasteunlimited.com/
Surfrider restaurant makes the best crab cakes and huge chunk of broccoli with hollandaise you will ever eat :) if you need some seafood before going back to the hotel, lol. Doc Taylor's is very nice for breakfast/brunch. Pricey but nice.
http://www.surfriderrestaurant.com/home
Any questions, ask away. My home town - and when you pass over the tunnel you should listen to Bruce Hornsby, really loud with the windows down.
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