Well,
this week FLEW by. Today is my Friday at work, and I can honestly say this was
one of the best weeks I’ve had at work in a long time. It was stressful and
chaotic at times, but I was so busy, I couldn’t believe it was quitting time,
every day. I feel like so many issues I’ve been dealing with for so long
(actual WORK related) came to a close this week, and that’s always a huge
relief. I really made huge strides towards catching up at this week, and I feel
like I’ll be starting out next week at a NORMAL pace. We’ll see how long it
lasts though!
Christian
has been working a TON of overtime. As I mentioned before, it will basically be
that way through the holiday’s now. He’s been working at least 7:00-5:30, sometimes
6:00 or so. He COULD start at 6:00AM, but I can’t see him ever consistently
getting up early enough to actually do that. That, plus all of his weekend work
should definitely help us out financially.
The
girls are doing great in school. They had another successful week. Olivia is
getting better and better at actually telling me how her day goes and things
that she goes. They are working really hard to separate Bella and Olivia a
little bit during the day when they’re both there. They certainly still get
their play time together, but I think the teachers were starting to notice
Olivia didn’t really have much interaction with the other kids, which was
actually starting to bother me and I was planning on talking to them about it.
It wouldn’t bother me as much if Bella was always there when Olivia is, but 1)
she is only part time, 2 days a week, and not always 2 days when Olivia is
there, and 2) Bella is actually going to be a year ahead of Olivia in school,
so I don’t want them getting TOO dependent on each other, knowing they aren’t
going to be together for much longer. I notice Olivia being more friendly with
the other kids lately, and talking about them, so hopefully she’s starting to
get to know them better. Amelia is doing great. She’s spending a majority of
her days in the “older toddler’s” room with Miss Eva, getting ready for
pre-school. Miss Eva has been working a lot with her on going potty (like a
broken record, I know we need to start working on it at home SOON), so it’s fun
reading her update sheet every day and seeing what she’s up to.
After
work today, I had to make one last stop into Walmart to pick up a few last
ingredients I need for this weekend’s recipes. Then, I picked up the girls and
started dinner. We had to start dinner without Christian tonight because he was
so late, but he joined us before we were done. The entire house was pretty
exhausted tonight, so we all pretty much made our way to bed shortly after
dinner time. Our busy schedules are really catching up with us, that's for sure!
Tonight, as I cuddled into bed to relax, I was surrounded by these furry creatures...
Tonight’s
dinner was Chicken Parmesan Burgers and Tater Tots.
Ingredients:
- Ciabatta Rolls (I just used regular hamburger buns because we had some on hand)
- 2lbs Ground Chicken
- 2 Cups Marinara Sauce (split)
- 1 tsp Dried Thyme
- 1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Pepper
- 1 Cup Shredded Mozzarella
- Frozen Tater Tots (cooked according to the package)
- Mix the ground chicken, ½ the marinara sauce, thyme, red pepper, salt and pepper in a bowl, and form into burger patties.
- Heat a pan with non-stick oil, and heat each patty through until no longer pink.
- Heat the rolls/buns, and add a cooked patty to each, topped, with the remaining marinara sauce and cheese, and serve.
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