Menu Monday- Feb 28

I haven't blogged in a while, though I check out other blogs nearly daily.  I guess it's hard to blog when you don't have much goin' on!  Maybe I should work on that.

I also haven't read for my 11k in 2011 goal.  I'm falling WAY behind.  Gotta get on that too!

So let's start this week off right- here's a menu!  I haven't done one in forever, because I felt it was sort of redundant.  But the less I did them, the less I actually wrote out a menu, and then I just stopped having one, which is SO BAD!!!!

So I took the time to write the menu this week.  It's based entirely on what's left from freezer cooking, so there are a few items that will show up more than once.  Oh well.

Monday- Maple Glazed Chicken with rice and peas
Tuesday- Chili with cornbread
Wednesday- Shake & Bake (homemade style) chicken with corn on the cob!
Thursday- Pork Chops with green beans and mashed potatoes
Friday- Maple Glazed Chicken (or maybe grilled chicken cob salad)
Saturday- Chili and Cornbread
Sunday- Baked Potato Soup or various leftovers

Have I shared my homemade chili recipe yet?  I know winter is almost over (woohoo!) but maybe you might still want it?  It's quite yummy.  We have around 4 bags of it left in the freezer actually.

The rights of a blogger

Do me a favor.  Go research the whole "teacher blogger gets suspended for her blog" thing going on and then let me know what you think.

I personally agree that the education system is majorly screwed up.  Why do you think I dropped the idea of being a teacher?  I love kids.  I can't do teaching.

I agree with her message, and her right to blog.  I don't think a company should be able to control what we do outside of work AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT INVOLVE WORK.  I don't even feel that bloggers should be completely censored regarding work.  I don't mind discussing it sometimes, and sometimes it could be a positive thing for company and employee alike.  But I follow rules.  I would never blast my company or the people I work with.  Not because I don't want to (we all want to at some point, whether we are right or wrong for it), but because I know there are consequences for what we say.  ESPECIALLY what we say online.  I think we all need a lesson in taking responsibility for what we say.  If a parent had overheard her say the things she did in her blog, and thus complain, she would be held accountable.  It wouldn't be a nationwide scandal, but she would be held accountable.  The difference here is that a LOT of parents "overheard" her comments.

So I'm curious to see what your take on the whole thing is, as bloggers.  How do you feel?

Marley and Me

Why did it take me so long to finish this?

Oh, because I got to the end where he's old and dying and I didn't want to finish it... That's right.

*sigh* I'm now behind on my 11,000 page challenge.  I'll catch up though.

The back of the book:

"The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life."



The bibliography:


Grogan, John.  Marley and Me.  HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.


You can find it here or at your local library (support the libraries!)


Total pages for this book:  289
Total pages for the year: 1136
Remaining pages to read: 9,864

Wee Bit Wednesday 2/16

{one} what is your favorite breakfast food?I don't normally like breakfast.  But I love almost all breakfast foods.  My favorite is normally french toast.
{two} how many pairs of shoes do you currently own?Maybe 12.
{three} city or country?City
{four} what is your favorite part of your job?I work with my mom!
{five} what is your favorite junk food to snack on?I don't normally snack on junk food.
{six} have you ever been mentioned in the newspaper?For honor roll, honors society, bowling (high school varsity), music
{seven} do you use post-it notes?All the time. 
{eight} do you have freckles?No
{nine} is it okay for men to wear pink?I think it definitely looks good on some.  Not on others.
{ten} when was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?Probably March of 2008

Wee Bit Wednesday 2/9/11

Linky LinkSince my computer is being dumb and I can't get the picture uploaded {one} ice: crushed or cubed?Cubed.  But I actually prefer those plastic balls with the frozen water in them- I hate when my drink is watered out.

{two} what is your worst traffic pet peeve?People who tailgate.  I am that driver who will hit my brakes and eventually slow down.  In the fast lane.  Yup.

{three} what room in your house best represents your personality?I'm thinking the living room.  It may look plain, but it's full of books and while the table is a mess- it's an organized mess.

{four} do you save old birthday cards?I try to every now and then.  I still have the last one my grandpa gave me before he died, along with the last one my uncle gave me before he died.

{five} when was the last time you went on a picnic?I remember a small "mac n cheese" type of picnic with Mike SEVERAL years ago (like... 4 maybe)

{six} do you regularly check your horoscope?No

{seven} when you’re home, what do you wear on your feet?Socks in the winter.  Nothin' in the summer.

{eight} what’s your favorite gambling game? Slots.  I like the ones with games on them.

{nine} have you ever written (or started writing) a book?No.  I'm interested though.

{ten} what is your favorite musical?The Phantom of the Opera, for sure.  Although to be fair I haven't seen West Side Story in a while, and Mike refuses to let me watch Rent (something about his roomates watching it all the time and now he hates it?)