"Bev" wrote in message
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xkatx wrote:
Earlier this evening, I made a great dinner!

I picked up a small pork roast a while back and tossed it in the freezer.
I
pulled it out a few days ago to thaw out in the fridge, but that evening
it
was still frozen in the middle, so I made something else. This morning,
though, I noticed it was still almost solid in the middle, so I tossed it
on
the counter. Hooray for it being thawed out for supper...
I, as always, had to call my mom and ask the same questions... How long
to
cook it, what temp, when to put the potatos and carrots in, and so on.
She told me about 30 mins per lb, and this was about a pound or so, so
salt,
pepper, season it whatever way, toss it in the oven, covered, at 350F
with
some water. Turn it over after about half an hour, drain the juices out
of
it (for gravy) and toss the carrots and potatos in. It seems, though,
that
every time I've attempted a roast, it gets so darn dried out - today,
though, I put in a bit more water than the little bit I normally put
in...
Boy was it actually tender and juicy today!

B made an attempt at seconds, A had seconds and so did I. I might even
heat
a plate up in a bit for a small snack, or maybe a nice cold roast
sandwich
and heat what's left up for supper tomorrow (as per B's request earlier
today)

Good supper, I actually ate a lot, and although this is pointless, I felt
the need to share. It was a good, healthy meal that didn't take too
long,
and it was cheap. I think I paid like $5 for the roast, as it was on
sale
when I bought it last week Not to mention it's still good for another
meal and a snack or two lol

mmmmmmm I love a good pork roast ! Sounds like you have the" how to
"prepare figured out, congrats!

Well..............
I do try. That counts, right?

How are you these days Kat? Getting ready for the new delivery I
see..... I read about the preparations you have been making.

Ugh. Some days.....
I've come down with some sort of a cold or something. I can't stop
sneezing, and the coughing is so bad that I get all the grossness in my
mouth, then I keep coughing after that and cough until I nearly vomit, and
then I pee myself just a bit. lol
I probably mentioned it elsewhere a little while ago, but on Wednesday I
still have to go to the hospital for this ultrasound, and some other things,
so just imagine me NOT jumping up and down for joy. 5 weeks, I think, to
go? Something like that... And that's assuming all goes well.
I have been so darn tired lately. I'm back to the sleeping issues. I
thought I was doing great being in bed before midnight for a little while,
and actually falling asleep when I went to bed, but not it seems, once
again, I toss and turn for HOURS. I then have REALLY creepy and strange
dreams the last few days or so. That doesn't seem to help much at all.
I have my car parked in a back, hiding parking lot as of late, late
Wednesday night. Bran wasn't too impressed with that, as he has to walk a
whole extra 3 yards to the car lol - at least he's not the one that has to
carry the baby those whopping 3 yards! Imagine putting up with that on top
of everything else lol My mom is now coming here in the morning to pick
Bran up and take him down the block to wait for the school bus - my mom
works down the block from where we live anyways, and is driving by at that
time to go to work, so she's not going at all out of her way or changing her
schedule around at all. It sure saves me from getting Amie up every morning
to pack her all up and walk down the block to the school bus. I haven't
seen Donna (Norm's mom) drive by at all, as I haven't been out at the bus
stop, nor have I stuck around to wave when I know she drives by. I know
Norm's call is in the very near future, so I'm not really looking forward to
that. He'll have exhaused all his freeload options real soon, and really, I
don't care or want to hear about it from him.
I really feel like running the shower on real hot, sitting down and just
relaxing for a while. Brandon wants ice cream, and he's been bugging me
about it for so long that I'm about ready to strangle his scrawny little
neck! Either that or put HIM in an ice cream bucket and in the freezer lol
But, all in all, everything's been going along just fine. Nothing really
interesting or new, I don't think. B's doing fine in school, and my mom
picked him up a new pair of pants and a shirt last Monday... My aunt bought
him some of those longjohn underwear pyjamas LAST weekend, and they were an
army camo material, and he wore them last Saturday night and then last
Sunday, absolutely REFUSED to take them off and get dressed in the morning.
It was Sunday so I said whatever, wear your underwear around all day for all
I care. Then last Monday my mom came by with a pair of pants and a shirt -
camo as well - and he wore that outfit on Tuesday. My mom picked him up for
the bus that morning and told him how cool the clothes looked. Then again
he wore them on Wednesday. The pants were still clean, but good luck for a
5 year old keeping his shirt clean - it was filthy, so I sent him back
upstairs to change his shirt, which he didn't. I told him whatever, do what
you want, look like a hobo and passed up on that fight before it started.
My mom picked him up Wednesday morning for the bus and noticed how dirty his
shirt was and he went upstairs with her to pick out a new shirt! Ugh. I
did manage getting him into something different on Thursday AND Friday I
did laundry basically all day on Friday, and I packed those army camo pants
and shirt up since we were supposed to go for pictures on Saturday
afternoon. Didn't go since my aunt was sick, so rescheduled for tomorrow.
I'm going to get portraits of Amie by herself and then a second package of
Brandon and Amie together. Saw no point in B just alone as he JUST had
school pictures the other day. Plus, I want the kids together more than
alone. I think then in a month or two, we'll all go back and get family
pictures done - with me, B and A, and this next baby, although I'm not sure
how on earth I'm going to manage with A, who needs a lap of some sort, AND a
newborn! Oh well. It will be interesting at least!
Anyways, I have no idea what on earth I'm going on about anymore. I should
probably grab that kid some ice cream to shut him up about that part, or
I'll end up hanging him from his toes from the ceiling right away! LOL

I returned
from Texas on the 19th and left again on the 21st-24th for a camping
trip with Mari and Jaime...my daughter and her friend bailed out last
minute on us ;-( they lost out as far as I am concerned ! We had a
really wonderful time, camping on the beach, we have some great
pictures of the wild ponies and we went down to the boardwalk in Ocean
City one night, definately doing this again next year! This trip was
too short!

Ooh! I loooove camping!! We went in July the day after my birthday, and it
was great! So much fun. I didn't get to go last summer (my parents were
not alright with the idea of me being so close due with A, and if something
came up when we were there, no one but my parents were able to drive my
car - legally and properly, as my aunt and uncle both cannot drive standard,
Norm has no license, and yea, it was just kind of a bad scene for me to go,
so N and I had a full week of no B when he went camping with them) I have
quite a few pics from when we went camping this summer as well. I just got
them developed and when I feel more energetic (or maybe bored?) I'll do more
pages in the scrapbooks.
Camping is ALWAYS fun. I would never pass up on a camping trip, especially
on a beach or near one!

I'll update my moms story in another post........
Bev

Oh, I hope things are alright! Do keep us updated on it!