A Day in the Life: fajitas

Saturday officially marked our ONE MONTH anniversary of being in our house. It really doesn't feel like it has been that long, and we are finally at the point where we can have people over. (Minus the boxes by the second balcony that I can't lift and get in the attic...)

We had our friends and their kids over on Saturday and it was a fabulous time. We played some video games, drank mojitos (ok, the boys drank whiskey and rum), and played catchphrase. Amanda's sons are so sweet. They play with Delilah and they actually all laid down in the living room and watched Lady and the Tramp. It was incredibly sweet.

I've been having allergy issues. My throat is super scratchy and sometimes my left eye will just burrrrrrn and itch. It's so frustrating. I'd take medicine, but anything stronger than ibuprofen just kinda messes with my body. Even after surgeries, I've not taken the medicine I've been prescribed because I don't like that swimmy vision and haze and confusion. I'll deal.

We went to a carnival tonight in Kaiserslautern. It was OK, but they claimed to have 140 vendors...it was really like 5 different vendors and then there were 28 booths of each, all food. We were expecting something like crafts/housewares/etc...but that just wasn't it. It was fun though, and Delilah got to ride some kiddie rides, so all in all, it wasn't a bust. If Ben hadn't been on call this weekend, we would have gone to the Black Forest. There was one mission that kept getting cancelled and he had to go in for a couple hours Saturday, Sunday, AND today. So it wasn't easy to do anything this weekend.

Just a random building in Kaiserslautern

This was painted on the side of a kid's bathroom at the carnival....

HUGE ferris wheel!

This week is the end of swim class for Delilah, and that kinda stinks because it gave us an excuse to get out and go do something productive. I think we will keep going swimming though. It isn't very much and she loves it so much. I love it that she isn't afraid of the water. Perhaps on the days we don't go swimming, I'll take her over to the next village and run with her in the jogging stroller through the main strip. I've got to keep myself on track. It's been hard lately with not feeling well and the rain.

Ok, here's the upcoming week's meal plan:

(PS. My landlord ordered the part to fix my oven, so I'll be able to branch out more when that's fixed!)

Lunch:

Wraps with mustard and turkey with mixed veggies

Quinoa salad (corn, tomato, avocado, and salt) with a smoothie

Grilled cheese and frozen peas (I don't know why, she loves them more when they are frozen...)

PB and honey (a must have each week) and string cheese

Boiled eggs with veggies and triscuts

Leftovers with blueberries

Snacks:

Salted caramel granola

Hummus and veggies

edamame

String cheese&pretzels

Dried fruit

Apple Slices

Dinner:

Beef and black bean nachos

Crockpot teriyaki chicken

Asian lettuce wraps

Baked chicken fajitas

Hawaiian crockpot chicken

Grilled cheese and tomato soup

So there you have it, folks. I'm gonna stick with it again this week. Makes life just a bit easier.

I'm off to watch some True Blood.

xoxo

Sunday, April 13, 2014

My week.

All the meals for last week were a definite success. I think the only thing I would change would be doubling the quinoa patties. They were good, but didn't make a whole lot...and my husband can definitely eat at dinner time.

I'm making my new store list/meal plan this morning. I'll try and link what I'm making to the list on here. I think that'll be much nicer than just a list, right?

Breakfast:

Yogurt

Pancake bites

Boiled eggs

Fresh fruit

Cereal (a FAVORITE)

Lunch:

Honey&PB sandwich

Roll ups

Apples w/ melted pb, crackers, and cheese

Leftovers

Pasta w/ sauce

Dinner:

Chicken fingers and sweet potato fries (Was going to make this last week, but we had a fun trip to the ER yesterday...more on that below)

Homemade pizza

Chicken burrito bowls (big hit here!)

Oven fajitas

BBQ chicken sandwiches

All sound good! I think I'll do the BBQ sandwiches tonight. I've already got cooked chicken that can easily be drained and shredded and mixed in with some warmed BBQ sauce for an easy meal tonight. Something easy for a Sunday evening.

Now for the ER visit info:

Delilah woke up from her nap yesterday, and everything was going completely normal...until she fell face first into the hard wood floor of our hotel after slipping. I immediately picked her up and comforted her, and when I looked down, she was covered in blood. I remained calm (I'm not really sure how) and ran to get a towel and icepack. She wouldn't let me near her chin. Ben was out getting supplies for the car, and I texted him to come home immediately. I was able to remove her shirt, but I still couldn't get a good look at the injury. At this point, the blood wasn't flowing, just the occasional drip. Ben got home, and to get her calm, they started watching Frozen. At this point, I was able to kinda slide up and look at her chin. WHOA. Yep, we gotta go to the ER. That's gonna need stitches.

So we got in the car and made the drive. When we got there, we got seen right away...unfortunately, Ben and I had the task of holding a lidocaine soaked gauze to her chin. For 15 minutes. I had an idea of how strong my daughter is, but after holding her arms and head for even 5 minutes was a strain. Eventually, the numbing worked and things got a bit easier after that. She kept telling Ben, "No, Daddy, stop! Let's go bye-bye!" It was heartbreaking.

Doctors came back in, and we had to wrap her up in a blanket to keep her from flailing. Ben held her knees, I held her arms at her chest and stayed near her head so she could see me. As she was getting stitched up, she kept saying, "Mama, mama, I need you!" Holy crow. I felt like my heart was actually shattering. It was quick, only 5 stitches, and everyone was telling her how well she was doing.

I comforted her as soon as they were done, and I had brought her Hello Kitty bandaids (because normal ones are "ugly" according to Delilah). We got home, and ice cream and Disney movies were on the agenda. She was brave, I was brave. It was awful.