July 6, 2013

Today was a total cooking flop.  I had to work (which is completely not normal for a sat).  Then I had to go pick up my kids from my mom's house in Sandy.  So while I was already half way to salt lake I decided that we would go to the children's museum at the gateway.  I bought a summer pass.  I also wanted to buy a cheap salad spinner because of all the lettuce that i have been pulling from our garden.  So after Russ got off work we met him at Ikea, had lunch, bought a few things.  Then we went to Schells to try and ride on the ferris wheel.  It was an hour wait so we left my car and got on the freeway.  Russ suddenly decided that he wanted to go the NPS store.  Glad we did.  We bought a few things for cheaper that I have been wanting, like a large container of poppy seeds and beef broth.  I also got a few other things that were a little cheaper than walmart.

Following that we went to the children's museum and played until it closed a 8pm.  Russ and Madalynn had a great time playing with the huge foam blocks that were like a tinker toy set and some pipes on a magnetic wall.  Me...well I really enjoyed watching my son play without being bothered by his sister.  He can play with the same toy for over ten minutes when she is not bothering him.  My phone was sprayed with water and wouldn't turn on.  That ruined my mood.  We don't have extra this month for a drive to California for Cindy's wedding next week and a new phone.  Luckily it dried out and turned on again later.  We headed back to stand in line for 30 minutes at Schells to ride the ferris wheel.  Madalynn went with Russ first and then Madalynn and I end up on the last ride of the night.  Some teenage girls talked the kid running the ride to go forwards and backwards and then let up stay on longer.  It was super awesome.

When we got home, we still needed dinner. My kitchen was a mess from the night before.  I have been very good at our new home cleaning up after dinner.  I only slack on the nights where dinner didn't turn out and I just have no more energy because I am feeling down from a total waste of cooking time.  So we got out our coupons to I Hop and we end up eating dinner at 11pm.  Madalynn didn't finish her dinner and fell asleep for the night on the bench.

Yep, wasn't a great day, but I also wasn't home all day.  During the school year if I know I won't be home all day I do a much better job about cooking in the crockpot.  After so many grilling flops I think that I will return all the grilling cook books I checked out and try something else instead this week.  I have been looking at Lasagna Wraps and they look super great.

That is all for now.  Good night.