Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Real Reason I Went To The Liquor Store...

both recipes I cooked for dinner tonight called for white wine. Come on, you guys know I'm still breastfeeding Scarlett...surely you don't think I'd be drinking!

Chicken Piccata
and
Roasted Garlic and New Potatoes



These were ok, but not something I'll make again. Jon gave it a 7 or 8 rating on the scale; I'd give it a 5. It is quite a bit of work, and it was good... but not great. It's not exactly on the "healthy" menu either.
So, today I was standing in the local liquor store all depressed because I didn't get carded for the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc I was purchasing. Five years ago (at age 30) I would have most certainly been asked for my ID if purchasing alcohol - or even trying to get into a casino for that matter - but not today. So (while I was waiting for my change) I was sulking about how I'll probably start finding gray hair any day and I should probably decide right now if I'm going to color my hair or not and also thinking about switching to the anti-wrinkle products from Paula's Choice when my phone rang. It was my long lost BFF Dawn!

A little history...Dawn was like the sister I never had in high school...loved, loved, loved her to death and spent more time at her house than my own. Then she just up and disappeared...well, there's a little more to it than that, but I won't go into details. Anyway, she was gone - just like that - and I missed her TERRIBLY! I have wondered for years what happened and how she's been and all that stuff. She finally got on Facebook not too long ago, and we sent a few messages back and forth. And today she called me and we talked for an hour and it was so awesome to hear her voice! I can't even put it into words...it's like I've just been waiting all these years to talk to her again, and now that I have, everything feels better....does that make any sense? We are going to get together soon asap....how great is that?

The weather was beautiful today! Scarlett got her first ride in the jogging stroller.



We bought this around the time Savy was born, and we have used the heck out of it. I really wish we had a double jog stroller now. Scarlett LOVED the walk, and it was a looooong one. It reminded me of when Savy was just a baby, and I'd put her in this same stroller and walk her all over the neighborhood...it was the only way I could get her to take a nap. Scarlett stayed awake the whole time and just looked at everything and enjoyed the wind in her hair.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The day started out dreary, but the sun came out around lunch. Savy couldn't wait to get out and play with her sand table.











She may look sweet, but don't let her fool you. Scarlett had 3 really good nights....went to sleep without a fuss and slept all night. Well, that's a sure sign that we're in for a couple of very BAD nights.

Monday, March 8, 2010

My first day off...and what a beautiful day it was! High of 71 degrees and sunny. I worked my butt off last week - went into rehab three times in addition to my regular hours.

We went to Toys R Us bright and early this morning to pick up a sand and water table for Savy. I got that set up this afternoon, and Jon brought home sand to fill it up. I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up Savy's playroom...how does one little girl make such a mess!? In addition to the clutter, there was chalk dust all over the place. Her chalk has been confiscated until further notice.

We're looking forward to playing outside this week! In the meantime, here are some pics from yesterday.

We were oh-so bored waiting for my last day (for the week) of work to be over. Savy took a nap.