Broke Through the Barrier!

Last night was a rough night of sleep for the littlest ones and I was at my wits end! However, we achieved a 2 hr 45 min nap today! Woo hoo! I was able to rest too and feel a bit more human.

The end.

Napping Blues

***WARNING*** Very burned out mom needing to vent right now!

Nap time at our house these days sucks. Period. For reasons unknown C is waking early crying and then wakes his brother. They have napped just long enough to want to be awake, but not long enough to make them happy. Consequently I have had days of cranky kids and am turning into a really cranky mommy.

Oh precious, long, nap time, please return to my household!

Exercise???

Who said they were going to try a new workout video this week? Not me! Oh wait, maybe it was...

Better luck next week! ;o)

Chicken.

What I really want to post about is the sweet talk I had with my 6 yr old last night. What I have time for is to tell you that Nob Hill has boneless/skinless breasts and thighs on sale for $1.99/lb! Below is a delicious recipe that you prepare in advance, freeze and then defrost and bake whenever you want it:

Amazing Chicken

- 2 lbs chicken breasts or pieces
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 c ketchup
- 1 TBSP lemon juice
- 1/4 of an onion, minced
- 1 pkg onion soup mix
- 1/4 c vinegar (I use red wine vinegar)
- 1/4 c honey
- 1/4 c canola oil
- 1/2 c apricot jam

Place chicken in a large, Ziplock bag. Mix remaining ingredients together and pour over chicken. Remove excess air, seal bag and freeze. When ready to consume, defrost and then bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.


I prepare several of these at once. With summer coming, I might try cooking in the CrockPot on low for 4-6 hours instead.

Enjoy!

Currently reading...

I'm in the middle of two books right now: Clash of Kings (Book 2 in the Song of Ice & Fire Series) and Sarah's Key. Kings is just a nice escape right now, but Sarah's Keys is being read by my book group and I have until Sunday night to finish. It's one of those books that stays in your mind hours after you've put it down. Hard material (The round-up of Jews in 1942 Paris), but I highly recommend it!

I have yet to do my 10 minutes of Jump Start...maybe tonight...who would've thought it would take this much motivation to do a lousy 10 minutes???

Lastly...

In case you were wondering, the kids are all doing good. My girl is wrapping up her Kinder year of school (sob!), my boy is busy as ever being a boy, but loves to cook with his mama, and the littlest boys are into EVERYTHING! They are tall (90% in height for their age) and therefore can reach most things and like to climb whatever they can scale.

Whose life is this anyways?? Oh yeah, mine. And most days I love it!




For the love of Pete I'm finally going to de-stink-ify myself!

Frugal Cooking

Our family is back in a season of some major penny pinching and I was wondering if any of you wanted to comment on what are some of your favorite penny-pinching meals.

We have a second freezer and when whole chickens go on sale ($.99/lb or less), I buy a few and put them on ice. Last week I pulled one out (it was a 4 1/2 pounder that cost me $3.58!), roasted it for dinner with homemade french bread (I love my breadmaker!) and salad. I then had leftover chicken for a second dinner.

If you feel like commenting, you can select "anonymous" and then add your name to your comment if you want to disclose who you are. :)

Over and out because now I really, really stink!

MIA Again!!??

I clearly have been severely MIA again. Couldn't be due to chasing toddlers, a preschooler and kinder, could it? I am disappointed that I haven't been keeping at this as often as before. I dove into blogging saying to myself to post at least something small every day and I think I did for a couple of weeks. I'm going to give it the 'ol college try again (although my success in that dept isn't so great either!)! ;-)

As is typical for most women, I'm not all that happy with the physical shape I'm in. I recently acquired 3 new workout DVDs. I decided today to start with The Biggest Loser's 30 Day Jump Start. You workout 6 days a week with week 1 only being 10 minutes/day, week 2 20 minutes/day, week 3 30 minutes/day and week 4 40 minutes/day. OMG! That measly little 10 minutes kicked my pathetic behind! Apparently I'm in worse shape than I thought. Instead of beating myself over it, I'm choosing to stay the course and see if I can get my not-too-far-from-40 body healthy.

Time to shower because I stink!