I slept in until 9:15 on Saturday morning. That like never happens to me anymore. I am usually up at 7:00 at the latest without an alarm on the weekend. But my cough is still lingering – I know its acute bronchitis and other than drinking lots of fluids and resting, not much you can do but let it run it’s course.
I “unofficially” weighed in at home – I am up .4 for the last two weeks. Maintenance Queen! I’ll take it though. I’ve just been going through the motions with Weight Watchers the last few weeks, so I can’t expect much. It’s all good though!
And yes, well aware that I need a pedicure – that nail polish is hanging on for dear life though. Hannah was like “Mom, why the hell did you post your toes looking like that?” Oh, that’s because I don’t care what people think. š
My house was built in 1922 and Tony was in charge of the house. I remember coming home from work one day and he let me know that the water heater went out, and not only did he replace it, but he sodered (how the hell do you spell that word?) new piping with a blow torch and I was like “how the fuck did you know how to do that?!”
We have well water that requires a water softener and our shut off valve for the house feeds into the water softener. I went down to the basement to a mini flood – see that little piece with the hole in it? It was gushing water. I shut the water off temporarily and when Hannah and Jacob woke up from a nap, I told them we had a situation on our hands.
Jacob’s Dad has a plumber friend. Hannah got a hold of his number, texted him pictures of what was going on and the plumber said “I just saved you a bunch of money, just that piece with the hole in it needs to be replaced.” I think he called it a shut off waste valve?! I have no idea. All I know is that Hannah and Jacob went to the hardware store, spent .83 cents for a replacement valve, screwed it in and it worked! Apparently there is a gasket inside that valve and that was what failed. Crisis averted!
I’ve talked about this before, but I always bake a few baked potatoes on the weekend to have later in the week. They can be used for breakfast baked potatoes, cut into fries, make twice baked potatoes – the possibilities are endless.
I rubbed with a bit of olive oil, sprinkled with everything but the bagel seasoning and baked for one hour at 400 degrees.
I decided to make a potato crusted quiche for breakfast yesterday and to have breakfast three more times this week.
Using a good quality cheese really makes this quiche. Worth the points!
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Hannah had her cleaning pants on yesterday and cleaned out the fridge. I swear we didn’t do it that long ago and yet we still threw out condiments that expired LAST SUMMER. WTF.
It looks pretty now – thanks Hannah! She even organized my insulin pens š
And last night when I was watching the Oscars, Hannah organized the deep freezer.
This freezer inventory is taped to the inside of one of the kitchen cabinets, and I was told I needed to be sure to cross stuff off this freezer list as I use it. I already know what I making for dinner based on this list – Jessica from How Sweet Eats Buffalo Wing Shrimp and Grits – sounds amazing, doesn’t it?!
Looks so pretty!
Jacob’s Dad got an air fryer from a woman who he did some floor work about a year ago. It’s been sitting in a box in his house for a year and asked Hannah and Jacob if they wanted it, and I was shocked as shit that Hannah said yes – she’s always trying to get me to get rid of my kitchen stuff! I am curious to see how the mini chicken wontons work in an air fryer. Have you tried it?? Do you have an air fryer?
I did spend some down time resting. The dogs are the best at that. š
Rummy sat looking outside for about 20 minutes.
And we are back to Monday – wah. And it’s cold again and word on the street is we might get some snow tonight. Um, I am ready for spring though!
Hope you had a wonderful weekend – make it a great day!
I have an air fryer and it’s been life changing! We don’t have a deep fryer like you though so it really did meet a need we had. LOVE IT
Just got an air fryer myself and love it! Potato chips were amazing. I also made home made chicken nuggets in it. My husband doesn’t eat fried food, so it’s a chance for him to eat a few things he hasn’t in a while. You will love it! F
What a great gluten free recipe. I miss quiche now I can have it again.
Soldered. With an L. Hard to spell. I always want to spell it “sautered”.
Thank you!! I knew that wasn’t right. There are just some words that I never spell right, even after being a legal secretary for nearly 30 years!
I didn’t know you could put cream cheese in the freezer!? How does it come out afterward? I would guess you could only use it in dips and stuff? Not just spread it on some celery?
Just defrost it in your fridge – our store normally sells it for like 5/$5 dollars and although I’ve told Hannah you only have to buy one, she buys all five.
So if we use the last of one package, we stick one from the freezer in the fridge and overnight it is thawed and ready to go – it’s good for a couple weeks. š
We love our air fryer. I even cooked a whole chicken in it! so good, crispy. yummy.
Anything frozen cooked in the air fryer is amazing. Cuts the cooking time in about half most of the time. We cooked a whole spatchcocked chicken in 35 minutes. Juiciest chicken of my life. For french fries or roasted veggies very little oil is necessary. For an entire bag of brussels sprouts we use under a tablespoon. For the time it saves and cleanup its worth it. We use it about 2-3 times a week.
Awesome tips! I guess I didn’t know that you added oil?? I’ll have to do a bit of research – I’ll keep you posted!
Only for roasted vegetables. Nothing already frozen. Even breaded stuff doesnāt really neeed it.
That inventory list ! š
I’ve been given strict instructions to cross off stuff as I use it – hope I can live up to Hannah’s expectations š
I need to do a freezer intervention sometime soon. We had the freezer stocked out with bags of ice etc. for hurricane season and I have never bothered to remove them. Needless to say, I can barely find a thing in it. I commented just yesterday, no food shopping except perishables as we can eat from the freezer and pantry for months. I tired an air fryer about a month ago and it went right back to the store. Not sure if I got a bad one or not but it smoked up the whole house with a horrible chemical smell that lasted for days. Let us know what you think of the one Hannah got.
Huh – okay, I’ll let you know when we use it. Not sure what brand it is? You know I’ll still be loyal to my deep fryer though! š
You could have a party where you serve all the meat from the deep freeze – it would be funny…hey, here’s 7 pork chops, your choice of vegan/turkey/chicken meatballs, sausages, chicken…choose your protein and pick a side to match, LOL!
I know, right?! I won’t have to shop for anything except fruit and veggies the next few weeks š
Love freezer inventory lists. I want a fridge like yours. We have a side-by-side and it seems we can never fit anything into our freezer!
I love having the freezer on the bottom – so much more room in the fridge – the only hard part is that I can’t pull the cheese/meat drawer all the way out because of the “nook” it is in, so sometimes stuff gets lost in the back.