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Homeschooling in Illinois
Feb. 20, 2008
Back to Basics - Again
Well, for today anyway.... Normally for breakfast my kids eat toast with peanut butter and honey. It's their favorite, and it's good for them. It's usually homemade bread, it's healthy peanut butter, and it's raw honey. But, since I've been pregnant, like so many other things, our breakfasts have gone to the birds. My poor children have been forced to eat cold cereal and instant oatmeal. It gets worse. As of yesterday, we don't even have any milk to put in the cereal.  (I really don't feel bad, I just thought it would be funny to blog about).
It's hard for me to get to the store for many reasons. I don't like bringing all the kids with. It's really, really cold out. It's almost always snowing. But the biggest - I hurt too much. I can't be on my feet very long with out feeling the wonderful joys of pregnancy. We have been eating out too much and forced to eat junky meals. So, today, I rummaged through the freezer. I found containers of left over beans, taco meat, and green peppers, so I figured it was about time to make chili. I almost never make chili with fresh ingredients. Being able to use up leftovers to make a meal is one of those things that make me proud. Yeah, I'm a weird one. And since it's easier to bake bread than go to the store, I buckled down and baked a loaf. I also went through my recipe book and pulled out the recipes that I want to make in the next few days. Recipes that I have ingredients for.  It's just been so hard for me this pregnancy. I don't like very many things. I have been trying new things because I know already that I don't like the old things. And at almost every meal, I'll put a bite in my mouth and just want to cry because I don't like it. It gets really frustrating.
Anyway, for lunch today, I pulled out some things from the freezer that just don't get eaten because they are very small servings. I can't make a meal out of them, so they just sit there taking up room. N and C had some fish and chips and I had some potato patties. I also pulled out some pumpkin that I forgot was in there. I'll make pumpkin bread out of that. That makes a good breakfast or snack. I wanted to do more in there, but I'm running out of time and all I feel like doing is laying down. I think I'll go read to the boys now. Might was well use resting time usefully.
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Dy 
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Feb. 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Love you bunches! :)