tiffany's spot

I walked 50.9 miles this week (Mon-Sun). I don't usually do that much, but last week was such a bust because of a stomach bug that I figured I was going to go over the top this week to make up for it. I really want to annihilate that ticker. Then I might try for five more, but I don't know. If I did that I'll weigh the least I've weighed since puberty hit. I have no idea how much I should actually aim for. I'm actually feeling pretty good in my clothes these days and I don't feel overly pressured to lose a bunch more, but it would be nice to find out what my actual ideal weight should be. Whatever. If you're wondering where my "Miles Walked" ticker went, it's at the bottom of this blog. I haven't been running enough lately. The last few weekends the track has been closed due to hockey tournaments, and I just don't feel all that excited about running on the ice outside. I have this thing about falling and injuring myself. Soon though, I...

I made the orange puree (carrots and sweet potatoes) this afternoon too. It'll also be snuck onto my pizza sauce tonight. Not bad - a pizza that contains sweet potatoes, carrots and white beans that nobody knows about. Suckers. Not to mention that I'm going to top it with chicken breast, feta cheese, regular cheese, mushrooms and green peppers. Mmmm. Maybe I'll make Steven sleep on the couch. Oh right, the orange puree. I made the orange puree, and Jordan hovered the whole time and watched me blender up the potatoes and carrots. Then she begged to have some, so I served her up a bowl of warm, sweet veggies. She devoured it, and licked her fingers clean when she was done. Obviously I won't have to be so sneaky where she's concerned. It's more Mr. "Veggies Don't Enter My Body" Mitchell that I'm thinking of.

Okay, so I made KD, which I threw a couple of handfuls of extra macaroni into, and then when I was mixing it up I added probably a half cup of the pureed beans. The kids had no idea. They devoured it as usual. I could tell it was in there, but probably mostly because I was looking for it. It may have been a little pastier in consistency, but you couldn't taste it. I didn't add any extra cheese (as the cookbook suggested) or anything either. You could add this stuff to anything!! Then I warmed up Elliot's butternut squash and added a generous tablespoon of the beans to that too. She didn't even flinch. Ate the whole bowl, followed by an entire banana. The kid was born to eat! I'm getting pretty excited about making up these purees!

Things to do: dust. As if. It's been on my list for weeks, I mean, days. prepare income tax stuff. Too bad it's all scattered within different piles of papers throughout the house, garage, back lane, trunk of the neighbor's car. sort piles of paper (see previous). cook carrots and sweet potatoes. Puree into a delicious paste to be fed to the baby and sneaked into my family's dinner. make dinner (or "supper", if I don't want to sound all hoity toity ). Add "orange puree" and "white bean puree" to the pizza sauce. Wait to see if husband notices. daydream of the day when Steven's scurvy clears up. pick up the big kids from school (it lets out in 8 minutes. I should probably go now). okay, going . . . . . . okay, back. You'd be pleased to know that although school let out only 8 minutes after I posted that last bullet, I first went down and switched my wash into the dryer and started another load in the washer. I remember, once upo...

"Fine," says Tennyson. "Then I'm not playing with you ever again Jordan. And I'm not being your brother anymore." "You'll forget about all that." "No I won't." "Yeah." "No I won't." On a sweeter note, Tennyson told me the other day that he loved me "one-hundred, sixty- thousandy -eight." That's a big number.

What's new over here you ask? What? You didn't. Whatever. I get it. You googled "incredibly cool Mommy/life/humor/extremely insightful personal opinion blog" and this is what came up. My sincere apologies. It's been a weird week. I had this weird stomach flu thing that started on Tuesday, eased off Tuesday evening, and then came back with force Tuesday night and all day Wednesday. Life is great sometimes. I keep thinking I should put in for sick days, but every time that I get around to looking for that employee handbook that outlines my benefits and how to put in for them I just can't find it. Maybe if this place wasn't such a mess these days. I have plans to get some spring cleaning done. I'd actually like to purge and clean this whole place before the end of April, have a garage sale at the beginning of May, and then haul whatever is left to MCC. Steven thinks he wants to clean out the garage and then coat the floor in some cement floor coating stuf...

I feel incredibly lazy today. I had decided that the kids would be unplugged today - no tv, no nintendo, no movies. I held out until about 2, when they begged to watch a movie. I let them. Of course when they watch a movie I can relax on the couch too. So slack. Luckily I have dinner ready (burgers that I made before and put in the freezer) and the house isn't too messy. Maybe I'll tackle that laundry tomorrow. In the meantime, could you all blog or facebook or something, so that I have something interesting to read on here today? Thanks!