Tuesday: tomato soup

Tuesday was grilled cheese with leftover cheese from previous meals, and tomato soup, made with tomato paste, salt, garlic salt, and milk.  SUCCESS! (but unfortunately neither of us like tomato soup by itself, so we wasted quite a bit)

PS- reheated chicken curry smells like wet dog.

And for those of you dying to know, Wednesday was hashbrown quiche, with eggs, the rest of the grated cheese, and added munster to make the recipe work.  SUCCESS! (I hope by success, you all know it means EDIBLE)

Tonight?  Tonight was Jason’s deli and me reading for two hours to finish Catching Fire, then coming home to eagerly await Cole’s arrival somewhere around ten from church meetings….boo.  Jason’s was expensive.  They almost redeem themselves, however, with the complimentary ice cream. Reminded me of our honeymoon cruise, which won Jason’s major points.  I’ll be back.

On a less boring note, it seems my decision at a maternity photo shoot has been made for me.

I got a call last night that my yoga studio is doing a promotion for prenatal yoga and asked if I would be the subject.  Specimen, rather, to draw people to pregnant yoga.  Good luck, I say, but a free photo shoot with some pretty amazing yogis?  Sure.

So immediately I went and bought 6 bright colored tops (what they asked me to wear with practically no notice).  so maybe its not a free photo shoot.

A woman asked me if I would let her do a birth photo shoot with her.  should I?  Will it be difficult to birth a child with someone snapping shots the whole time?

Monday: Chicken Curry

So I used to be a meal planner.  The idea was to save some money by only getting what's on your list, make dinner a few times a week, and then have those frozen chicken nuggets on the days we want to eat immediately.  Maybe some cheerios.  Or some chocolate chip cookies (a staple around here). 

However, I found myself shopping for a meal, never making it, and forgetting what I was supposed to make with the ingredients in my cupboard.  So then I would find myself spending more money at the grocery store to make something with some of the ingredients I had, and then forget that too….and thus, our full pantry with only half the ingredients for any real meal….

So, I’ve started something new.  No meal planning.  Well, meal planning, but only with what’s in our cupboard, overloading our shelves.  So tonight, chicken curry.  Substitute yellow curry paste for (less) green, red potatoes with russets, and coconut milk for a can of light, and a can of 1% milk.  SUCCESS!  I’ll let you know how the rest of the week goes, I have a feeling this will get difficult in about a day, when all I have are 26 cans of pears, 32 packets of slow cooker seasonings, and 12 packets of top ramen.

Also, maternity photo shoot or no?  Belly caste?  I have a hard time with the practicality of these things.  Will I frame a preggo picture of me?  Probably not.  Will I encase a belly caste of each child (because lets be honest, you can’t just belly caste one…no favorites here)….I just don’t see it.  Although I do love both and think they are beautiful.  For example, my beautiful sister did just take these.  Gorgeous.

(check out her new blog here)