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11:32, Sunday, December 3, 2006 .. Posted in Once a Month Cooking .. 0 comments .. Link

I shouldn't have complained in my last post, should I? Things are getting better here, for sure. Poor Miss Em is on antibiotics now for a huge wart on her palm that we were treating with that wart acid -- but it was looking as though it might get infected. Oh, it's , soooo . I've never had a wart nor treated one so I've been unprepared. So unprepared, I might say, that poor Daddy is the one who's been applying the treatment and watching the evil progression.

Aside from that, we're all healthy and to be perfectly honest, not totally happy; as all this newborn-induced closeness combined with daylight saving change and hot weather has produced a little bit of family friction; but that should resolve soon enough. We just need to get out of each other's hair a little and return to a normal routine. Also, mama needs to get out of newborn-land long enough to notice the other kids once in a while, and not just to yell at them...

Each child is a new experience, huh! This is the first one where I have been home for so long afterwards. With the other three, I was straight back to work within a couple of weeks, dragging baby along with me. When #3 was born, I wasn't homeschooling and the older two were in school. I was teaching, bringing him along with me. It's different, being at home. I am still compelled to WORK but for some reason, it's a lot harder to keep house and do laundry with a baby in one arm, than it was to teach with a baby in one arm. It produces a lot more frustration.

That said, yesterday was Once a Month Cooking day. I am very new at this - it was only my second go at it. I made the mistake of thinking that hubby could take care of little Baby while I did a marathon cooking session. The mistake was not with hubby, but with how Baby would deal with the personnel change. He is truly a mama's boy and made his daddy's day a living nightmare. He literally cried all day, except for when I took a break to feed him, and we were ALL frustrated and frazzled by 11pm when I finally got done. Won't do it that way again.

Nevertheless, there are now at least 30 meals worth of food in the freezer and still 1.5 chickens' worth of boned meat in the fridge still waiting for meals to go into (just got too tired to do them last night).

Here's what's in the freezer:

2 "Magnificent Casseroles"
2 Chicken (and Biscuits)
1 Spinach Lasagna
2 pinto beans and bacon (won't do this again; it'd be just as easy to do on the day)
2 Chili Con Carne
2 Meatloaves
15 Pizzawiches
3 batches of Meatballs
2 batches of Spaghetti Bolognese sauce
1 Chicken Broccoli Fettuccine
1 Ham and Cheese Pasta
2 Broccoli and Cheese Soup
2 Pizzas
2 Bacon and Spinach Crustless Quiches
3 batches of Sloppy Joe filling
1 Lentil, Bean and Vegetable soup (based on this recipe; without dumplings)

I plan to make Southeast Asian Curry Dish and Chicken and Dressing with the rest of the chicken and chicken broth. It'll have to be done tomorrow between chores, homeschooling, doctor appointment, dentist appointment, swimming lessons, and caring for the baby. (See honey, THAT'S why I wanted to get it ALL done on Saturday...). Wish me luck.

Here is a question for you, from a scene in our neighborhood today.

What is this helicopter doing, and why?

Here is another clue:

Answer to come in next post.

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