-Brussel sprouts were good, I sauteed them in olive oil mixed with onion and garlic. Butternut squash soup was a fail. It took FOREVER to make and we didn't like it. I actually had a breakdown in the middle of cooking it because I filled the food processor too much and it started overflowing and I couldn't figure out how to pour it out. Mr. Skinny came to save the day, thank goodness. After all that work we didn't even like it and threw the whole thing out, not to mention the fact that we weren't eating dinner until close to 7pm and I felt like a terrible wife for feeding my husband so late.
2. We put an offer on that house!
-When we went to see it yesterday it was POURING! And I mean a downpour! The roof wasn't leaking, the water heater was replaced in 2005, the central a/c unit in 2003. Water was running away from the house, and the foundation was not cracked, from what we could see. The house was listed at $76,500 and we offered $75,000, and we're just hoping there aren't any more offers on the house that came in over the weekend. This is the only house in our price range that isn't in need of a complete remodel/renovation.
-When we went to see it yesterday it was POURING! And I mean a downpour! The roof wasn't leaking, the water heater was replaced in 2005, the central a/c unit in 2003. Water was running away from the house, and the foundation was not cracked, from what we could see. The house was listed at $76,500 and we offered $75,000, and we're just hoping there aren't any more offers on the house that came in over the weekend. This is the only house in our price range that isn't in need of a complete remodel/renovation.
3. I started getting my summer clothes out!
-I'm leaving for sunny Florida is just 6 short days. I have a lot of stuff to do within those days (homework, cooking for Mr. Skinny, homework, pack, homework, you get the drift), so I pulled my summer clothes out and started packing this past weekend. One good thing is that the clothes I bought in summer 2009 when I lost 20 pounds fit me again! I was so excited, and I'm taking wayyy too many clothes, but that's a girl. I don't exactly know the weather, I want some options while I'm down there, I have to take a lot of clothes! On a side note, I'm glad my Momma doesn't take a lot of clothes, I might have to overflow into her suitcase! :)
4. I'm starting to stress.
-School. Sucks. Correction: Senior Seminar Research sucks. Seriously. I'm doing a paper (15-20 pages) on my paternal grandfather. He was a WWI vet, owned a machine shop, born in 1895 (he was 23 years older than my grandma, creepy, but not my call) and seemed to have an interesting life. I need to have 8 billion sources. Okay, more like 24 or something, and I have to know all the sources by March 24th. Yeah, it sucks. I have an outline, but I can't find the answers to any of my questions. I'm really starting to stress over it. I'm worried I won't find the information I need and I won't be able to write my paper, and I won't be able to graduate! It's on my mind constantly and I don't know what to do about it. I want to work on it, I want to write a paper on it, I'm just nervous it's going to suck. Sigh, I just have to keep working. I'm so nervous I'm not going to enjoy Disney World just because I know I have this to come home to. I don't want to ruin my vacation!
-School. Sucks. Correction: Senior Seminar Research sucks. Seriously. I'm doing a paper (15-20 pages) on my paternal grandfather. He was a WWI vet, owned a machine shop, born in 1895 (he was 23 years older than my grandma, creepy, but not my call) and seemed to have an interesting life. I need to have 8 billion sources. Okay, more like 24 or something, and I have to know all the sources by March 24th. Yeah, it sucks. I have an outline, but I can't find the answers to any of my questions. I'm really starting to stress over it. I'm worried I won't find the information I need and I won't be able to write my paper, and I won't be able to graduate! It's on my mind constantly and I don't know what to do about it. I want to work on it, I want to write a paper on it, I'm just nervous it's going to suck. Sigh, I just have to keep working. I'm so nervous I'm not going to enjoy Disney World just because I know I have this to come home to. I don't want to ruin my vacation!
Serious, I rarely, rarely stress. But this is such an important paper and I don't know that I can do it, and it's worrying me so bad.
So yeah, I need to keep myself working on homework this week, and I hope I can enjoy my vacation. Any words of advice or motivation? How do you deal with stress?
First advice: Get a stick blender! That's the best way to make that kind of soup :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that you're stressing about your paper, but I'm sure as you get going it won't seem so bad. I remember before I started my graduate thesis paper it seemed insurmountable, but once I got into it and broke it down into pieces, it wasn't so bad!
Did you like the brussel sprouts? My sister made them at a family dinner a few weeks ago swearing we would love them and, well, she lied! Good luck on the house! My husband and I are going to start looking soon and I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteTry not to stress to much. It will all work out!