Return of the Blog

So I started this blog, and then promptly life took over, many posts I planned on making slipped away, and time passed.  I am planning to do a Re-Cap of 2012 (at least a 5 part series) and also a Re-Cap of the first half of 2013 (at least a four part series) .  I have already decided on bullet points for my Re-Caps, I just have to sit down and write them.  A task that is made difficult by the fact that I am constantly breastfeeding/entertaining my 2 1/2 month old (Don't worry, as I said I will catch you up).  Even though I spend much of my day on the computer while he is feeding, typing is tricky.  I have debated on laying the keyboard across him, but using him as a table somehow feels wrong.  So I have to wait for nap times.  Which are in no recognizable pattern at this point, so my days are a guessing game of hopes and tasks gone undone.  Right now though my little prince sleeps and I am concurrently making meatloaf, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, and writing this blog post.  Should he wake up the blog will have to wait, but the food has already been set in motion and my father is coming over for dinner tonight, so kiddo will just have to hang out in his bouncy seat as he often does when I am trying to cook.  It is a fun way of letting him learn through watching and listening, as I frequently will explain everything I am doing, all the cool gadgets I have and for sheer entertainment of his highness I will also sing and dance.  Should a neighbor be looking in my kitchen window they may wonder what I am doing exactly, but I don't care, it makes him smile.

A few weeks ago I was on Pinterest (my favorite thing to do right now during feedings), and I realized I have over 1100 recipes for meals, drinks, and desserts on my personal Pinterest boards.  By my calculation that means that if I cooked one new thing EVERY DAY it would take three years to try them all.  So lets be more realistic, say I make two a week it would take me 11 years to complete all of them, if I did only one a week my son could graduate from college before I finished.  Of course, this doesn't even take into consideration the fact that I will obviously find more and want to pin them, some of those pins represent more than one potential recipe, and that I have an entire bookcase of cookbooks with hundreds of flagged recipes to try.  Now please don't think I am about to do some sort of Julie & Julia thing and make them all, that is nuts, and I just don't have that kind of time.  However, I am going to try to start making more of them.  I also have enough craft projects pinned to last me 4 years if I did only one a week.  I will try to do some of those as well, and as I cook more, craft more, garden and take photos I will keep you all up to date on how successful (or not) I have been at my attempts.  I will teach some of my favorite recipes I have adapted over the years, if I use something from Pinterest I will give you the original link, as well as any alterations and tips I found while trying them.

The baby is stirring and I just heard a knock at the door...

Dinner was simple, but tasty; dad has headed on home, but had fun playing with his grandson; and baby boy is now fed and napping once again.  The meatloaf was tasty and was a very simple recipe I found on, you guessed it, Pinterest.  My homemade meatloaf is tastier, but for a quick and cheap alternative this was awesome.  I will absolutely use this trick again sometime, as it took less than 5 minutes to mash together and pop in the oven.  You can find the link under my Discovering Daily- Dinner board, or go directly to the link that Pinterest would give you: http://dancingthroughtheminefield.blogspot.com/2012/03/secret-ingredient-meatloaf.html

One of these days I will make my own meatloaf recipe and post that here for you, it is delicious.  Look for my catch up posts during the next week or so (as nap time permits).

Tomorrow is hubby's birthday and I am spending my morning watching him do a one hour powered parachute lesson (picture a go cart with a parachute attached, I will try and get pictures) and then we are getting together with family and friends for lunch at our favorite Indian restaurant to celebrate his and our friend Julie's birthdays.  They not only have the same birthdays their respective best friends have the same birthday as well...weird right.  After that I predict a quiet, hopefully nap filled afternoon.   Hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful Fourth of July Weekend!