I can't be the only one...

who thinks its weird to take pictures of your food and then post it on the internet, right? It seems everytime I manage to escape my warden.. errr precious precious child and actually go out to eat someone around me is taking pictures of their food! I just don't get it- seriously I don't care how yummy your food is or how picturesque it looks... its just weird.

But since EVERYONE is doing it- like one of my dearest friends see blog- http://thefoodlife-bykaty.tumblr.com/ Ok now 1- She is actually cooking this stuff not just ordering from a restaurant and taking pictures 2- she takes really good pictures. But I digress...

so since everyone is raving about this new thing to do, I am going to put on the Emperor's New Clothes and try it.

OHHHHH Macaroni and Cheese homemade with spinach OOHHHH

Ok actually this one is really good- its fake crabmeat, grapes and French dressing... sounds gross, but surprisingly delicious! AND you gotta admit that picture is pretty darn good.

hmmm I don't really feel any change now that I've shared my gastro-adventures with you

Website of the Week

In pursuit of cooking dinners that are fast, cheap and convenient- Here is my favorite website for this week. http://www.prevention.com/recipefinderlandingpage/ Play around with it a little. You can enter your location and get recipes based on a food group (meat, eggs, veggies etc) and then it tells you what the prices of that item in stores around your location. And its Prevention magazine so the recipes are healthy. AWESOME!

But I'm a new mom.....

I wonder how long "I just had a baby" will last as an excuse.  So far the current record holder is my mother with her "of course Im overweight- I had a baby" nevermind her youngest is approaching 30.... but I digress.  I believe the new mom excuse should be considered a complete pass.  For example- I get my vehicle sticker renewal in the mail. It says clear as day if I pay later than 10-31 I have to pay more... ok so I have like two months.... unfortunately I totally miss the line above also clear as day "expiration 9-30".... reading fail.  Fortunately, there is a DMV where I can handle this particular issue in person which is good because I doubt the cop giving me the ticket for expired plates would accept "but Im a new mom and didn't read the expiration

date"

Another area a complete pass should work is with lawn care. This is more a pass for my husband but hey he's a new dad and god knows I'm not letting him sleep if I can't. yea, I am just THAT mean. (sleep deprivation makes me vengeful) Anyway, in our small town apparently city officials have nothing better to do than take a ruler to our front yard and measure our weeds. So, of course, we are not keeping up on our yard work what with the new monumental task of keeping a newborn alive, so we get a letter from the city "informing" us that we need to cut our weeds as they have exceeded the 8 inch maximum and if we don't by X date they will do it for us. Not as a favor, of course, they would charge us and of course that AIN'T cheap when the city does it. Sigh- I feel it is completely legitimate for my husband to have called them and explained "but I'm a new dad..." I mean hell I gave him a new shirt that says it and everything!

So that's it for today hopefully I'll get a chance to write more tomorrow but of course I'm a new mom...

Thought of the Day

As I sit here wondering where I can get cheesecloth in order to make my own yogurt- I realize that perhaps if one cannot seem to find time to shower one should just get their yogurt as God intended.. in a small container at the store.

# 127 of Things Not to Do While Tired

It is best to be at least somewhat rested when attempted to use your breast pump.... Instead of turning the dial all the way to the left to turn it off- I turned it all the way to the right.. very quickly... I now resemble one of those women you see on the cover of National Geographic....