Accidently on purpose…….

So…..it’s now Thursday night, 4 days into the meal plan and so far I’ve only made 1 meal exactly to the recipe. That was Monday night….it all went downhill from there.  Monday we had Bacon Egg and Cheese cups and they were awesome! Tuesday was supposed to be Chicken Pot Pie, but after reading the recipe more thoroughly it dawned on me that everything in it needs to be cooked, and then cooked again in the pie….we wouldn’t be eating until 9pm!! So, we ended up having baked chicken breasted with stir fried rice. Wednesday was supposed to be Slow Cooker Lasagna. It ended up being regular lasagna….didn’t stray too far with that one but we did end up eating a tad late that night. Tonight was my work night and so I wanted a slow cooker meal to feed the rest of the family with ease. But, even better than that is leftovers and thanks to the large pan of lasagna, they had just enough for tonights meal. Tomorrow? I don’t know if I can do it…..I may just find a reason to order in pizza or stop at the wrap place….no, no I won’t….yeah, maybe just this once…..no, Carla, stick with it!……ugh, I suck.

Ok, so I seem to be one of those people/mom’s out there that kind of flys by the seat of my pants when it comes to making supper. Get out the ground beef/chicken/sausages out of the freezer in the morning and hope for the best when I get home after work to cook. This has not been working well at all. I either forget to get the meat out at all or I just throw together something with no effort. I just can’t do it anymore. My family is bored, I’m tired of the same old same old and we end up spending too much on takeout. So, this week I’m going to try and live by the list I made. I found 5 recipes for this week and bought all the groceries yesterday.

Monday: Bacon, Egg and Cheese Cups

Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pie

Wednesday: Crockpot Lasagna

Thursday: Shredded Beef on a Bun

Friday: Mom’s Hot Dish (beef and rice casserole)

So, we shall see if I can follow my plan…..I really need this to work for my sanity.

Catchy title, eh?

In the next 3 weeks, 4 home areas in the long term care home where I work are going to be getting new flooring. This is going to be quite the undertaking for staff and quite the disruption for residents. 2 home areas this week are getting carpet replaced with carpet in the main walking area of the home area….this means that everyone needs to be out of the area and there rooms for the entire day. Talk about some grumpy seniors! Then next week and the week after, they will be replacing carpet and tile with laminate in the dementia/locked home areas. 3DAYS out of the home area for those people—–People with DEMENTIA!! Oh boy have we got our hands full. This should be interesting…I will update for anyone who cares.

When we first got Callie I was amazed that such a soft thick haired cat could shed such a little bit of hair. Well,I guess she’s making up for it now. There seems to be hair everywhere. Especially on Ariana’s bed, her favorite spot to lay. I knew she was a bit lonely lately as Ariana’s been away so I sat down to pet her and decided to get the brush out because there seemed to be so much hair. Well, 4 full brushes later I stopped, but could have continued. I don’t know if it’s the stress because she’s lonely or if it’s her winter coat coming off or what but man there’s a lot of cat hair around. Guess a nightly brushing is in order.