Quick, before I get Sidetrack'd

I’m jumping back on the menu plan bandwagon after several months off. Let’s see how long I last this time.

We grocery shop on Saturdays, so my menu kind of back-tracks a bit. Here’s what we’re eating this week:

Saturday – lunch: leftover Sloppy Joes with fries / dinner: tacos, rice (adapted from this recipe), and beans

Sunday – lunch: Family Fun lunch at church; /dinner: fend for yourselves

Monday – taco leftovers for the fam, salad for Momma (Boo didn’t sleep well after tacos Saturday)

Tuesday – shrimp po’boys, chips

Wednesday – spaghetti with homemade bread or rolls

Thursday – leftovers

Friday – our favorite pizza

Happy Monday!

I realize that as of Tuesday we’ve entered into unofficial Fall (official Fall beginning Sept. 22), but, really, does that alone mean it is time to start advertising Halloween candy? I’ve noticed Halloween candy/decor in ads each of the last two weeks, and even Christmas – yeah, you read that right – decorations in one ad! Come on, are people really buying candy for a holiday that is still eight weeks away?

All I know is that, around here, candy wouldn’t last that long. In fact, I generally don’t buy Halloween candy until sometime between October 29th and 31st; I’m a bit of a procrastinator, though.

When do you start stocking up for the holiday?

I am not an observant person. I can drive by the same building twice a day, every day, for weeks and not realize anything has changed until Matt points it out to me. Fortunately, Little does not seem to have inherited this trait.

Lately, she has been very interested in all the details surrounding my polished toenails – the color, the polish bottle, the act of polishing. A few weeks ago, she pulled all of my polish bottles out of my bathroom drawer, carried them to the living room, lined them up side-by-side, and chose the new color for my nails.

A few days ago it was time to polish the toes again. This time Little was sleeping, so I was able to accomplish the task without the “what doin’, Mommy?” that usually accompanies everything I do. The next morning, the first thing out of her mouth after “I lawnt mi-ilk” was “What dat?” while pointing at my nice “ruby slipper” toenails.

Definitely more observant than her Momma.

I’ve been a slacker around here lately. It isn’t that I haven’t had time to write posts or that I haven’t had things that I wanted to post about, it’s simply that I haven’t taken the time to sit down and write anything. This slacker thing stretches beyond the blog (to laundry, housework, eBay listings, etc), so I really need to get my act together. Hopefully, I’ll be back tomorrow with more of the exciting mediocrity I call life.