Sales!

I've been meaning to start posting my day-to-day activities, but, well, my day-to-day activities get in the way.

Bazinga had a sleepover with her grandparents last night, so the morning was pretty calm.  2.0's highchair was still outside from being hosed off due to an unfortunate puking incident, and then it got rained on, so it wasn't dry yet.  I got his booster seat from the camper and did my best to attach it to one of the chairs.  He had three sausage links and was quite happy.  He's still snotty due to allergies or a cold, not sure which, but he sounds better than he did a couple of days ago.

I made a bread dough yesterday morning and let it rise in the oven all day and overnight.  When I turned it out onto the board, it was pretty runny, so I wasn't sure if it was going to work.  I baked it in my new Le Creuset dutch oven (in Carribbean blue!) with a piece of parchment paper in the bottom.  The loaf didn't rise as much as the first loaf I made, but I also didn't follow the directions exactly, so maybe Alton Brown really does know what he's talking about.  *insert eyeroll here*  I also fed the sourdough starter that I put together earlier this week.  It doesn't smell as weird as it did the other day.  Since I'm new at this, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I got all the laundry folded and most of it put away.  I knew I needed to go to the grocery store, but right as I was ready to go, 2.0 decided to rub his eyes and be cranky, so I let him nap.  And nap.  And nap.  We lost his morning bottle, so I'm sure I'll find it in three months filled with mold.  Yum.  I spent naptime going over coupons & sales for my trip today.

Lunch was a burrito made from last night's leftover taco meat.  Not bad, but not great either.

2.0's first Easter basket

2.0 and I headed to Target since they had a $10 off $40 coupon for pet care products.  I got a month's worth of pet food for about half price.  Once I got back home I realized I had another coupon I could have used, and I find myself dwelling on the $1 in savings that I didn't get instead of the $27 that I did get.  Go figure.  I also had a coupon for Easter candy (the good stuff, not Robin's eggs and crap like that), and I got to stack that with the Cartwheel app, so I wound up getting two chocolate bunnies for the kids' Easter baskets, plus two bags of mini Snickers/Twix/Milky Ways for $2.05 each instead of $3.59.  I also picked up an Easter basket for 2.0.

Then over to Albertson's, which was my real reason for going to town.  They had boneless pork loins for $1.49/lb, and our eMeals plan calls for that once or twice a week, so I figured it was a good idea to stay stocked up on that.  They also had shredded cheese for $5.99 for two pounds, which is pretty good these days.  It's not quite as good as Sam's Club's $12.50 for 5lbs, but since we don't have a membership there anymore, it's the best deal I've seen.  I grabbed some mozzarella and cheddar jack.  Then I went to pick up Bazinga from mom's.


When we got home, Bazinga "entertained" 2.0 long enough for me to trim & portion the pork.  My uncle the butcher would probably be horrified at my technique, but hey, the meat is cut and I am uninjured, so I'm calling it a success.  I had picked up a couple dozen plastic eggs and filled those with the mini candy bars, along with the eggs left over from last year.  Bazinga is under strict orders to not open any of the eggs.  They're on top of the cabinet, so now I'm hoping that I remember to send them to school with her.

Bazinga was assigned homework.  Actually, I was assigned homework.  The church that is affiliated with the preschool is having some sort of lunch, and they wanted construction paper handprints of all the family members.  This isn't so difficult for Bazinga, the Dweeze, and myself.  2.0, on the other hand . . . Instead of tracing his hand, my brilliant solution was to get his hand wet and slap it down on the paper, then trace the wet handprint.  Turned out well enough as far as I'm concerned.

Dinner tonight is some lemon chicken with capers dish from the eMeals plan.