Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-05

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Gwen
  • Sunny Sunday at granville island. http://instagr.am/p/E5eul/ #
  • Sunning ourselves in Lighthouse Park. http://campl.us/bgB1 #
  • Looking at Bowen from Lighthouse park http://instagr.am/p/E6FRE/ #
  • Aidan hasn't slept this late in a long time. I guess the late nights all last week got to him. #
  • Oh, I blogged this weekend. 🙂 http://bit.ly/m8thCW I am meal planning again. #
  • Aidan slept until 9:15 am. We then tried to get out the door on time for swimming only to be thwarted by a garbage truck & a blocked alley. #
  • Now time to make lunch and try to get out the door in time for school. #IHateRushing #
  • Does power-washing the garage, especially when there is NO STREET PARKING, seem like a good idea today? Another passive aggressive move. #
  • I was wondering why there was a scheduling change. Today is kindergarten orientation day. What a difference a year makes. #
  • The end of the pipes in sight! http://instagr.am/p/E9Ud4/ #
  • RT @CarouselTheatre: Don't forget to vote for our theatre school reno for The Keg's #thanksamillion program. http://bit.ly/kCMcqz #
  • So much Latin to choose from. http://instagr.am/p/E_hqq/ #
  • Decision made. The Latin books for the 6 year old. http://instagr.am/p/E_kZR/ #
  • Picnic on the way to school. http://instagr.am/p/E_oVV/ #
  • Gotta love pottery barn kids. http://instagr.am/p/E_vE_/ #
  • My next project? 🙂 http://instagr.am/p/E_w67/ #
  • Time for all soccer monsters to get ready for bed. I may just read one of them a latin chapter before bed. #
  • It would be nice if my sinuses didn't try to drown me every once in a while. I almost prefer the pain of blocked sinuses instead. #
  • Time to get the boys dressed and fed. Shadows of my future next year, fighting to get Aidan (& me) up and ready for a full day at school. #
  • Utter caos onthe field trip http://instagr.am/p/FCJDX/ #
  • More field trip chaos. http://instagr.am/p/FCU8p/ #
  • Now have our season tickets for @Carouseltheatre next year. This time Quinlan gets to go to 2 shows! #
  • KIds watching "George Shrinks" and the hockey team of kids don't wear full face shields. #BADexample #
  • On my way to @artsclub for "moms the word." with q and the power washing, I need a break. #
  • A little sun and quiet and I feel a lot better. http://instagr.am/p/FDRJk/ #
  • Is the power washing over @anthonyfloyd ? V said he would finish in 10 minutes so Q could sleep. #
  • Didn't know I had 2 tickets to @artsclub 's moms the word. Anybody able to make it before 8 to the revue stage? #
  • A night out @artsclub. http://instagr.am/p/FDZgE/ #
  • As long as it is after Aidan's theatre class, geocaching sounds great. @AnthonyFloyd @Seanfunk @SlvrLambStudios #
  • Found in the roundhouse: 1 lost dog. Still missing: 1 home reading book en francais. #
  • Also, V had better do the powerwashing of our deck now. I need to put everything back on the balcony so we have a living room again. #
  • I decided my sanity was more important than finding the livre. I will look for it later today. #
  • Time to meet @tjrossignol and little T for some fun with the boys. #
  • Canucks cape. http://instagr.am/p/FML9M/ #
  • Too bad there is no green space, this park needs it. http://instagr.am/p/FMN7h/ #
  • GI Canucks go http://instagr.am/p/FMnXl/ #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Gwen
  • We found one cache and Q says "I hongy." (hungry) He now caches like @seanfunk 's kids. #
  • Hard to get a model t through this. http://instagr.am/p/EokDR/ #
  • Ride em cowboy! http://instagr.am/p/Eop8G/ #
  • Picking up some buns for the BBQ, then home for nap and then supper. Great way to end a nice day out. #happyvictoriaday #
  • Sigh. I was hoping that the "I don't want to go to school!" battles wouldn't happen for a few years. He wants to stay in bed and read. #
  • Finally something from a package that was supposedly sent the 17th May from Pickering, today was processed in Missasauga. Not impressed. #
  • I no want a nap mommy! http://instagr.am/p/Etk2z/ #
  • My view while the boy sleeps. Spanish Banks ftw. http://instagr.am/p/EtnmW/ #
  • The idiot who thinks we will pay 7% less if they scrap the HST, what about the 7% PST that will come back? @cbcstephenQuinn #
  • Taxes are a fact of life. If you don't pay it one way you will another. #
  • Quinlan has no problem getting whatever he wants for food. He now has a cookie after decimating a box of blueberries. #
  • RT @AnthonyFloyd: I'm going to miss Sheila Fraser. At times, it seemed was the only person holding the government accountable. #otc #
  • Unexpected presents are great. My brother & his wife sent the boys a binder full of french vocab games. I wish he was on twitter to thank. #
  • So Target is taking over Zellers? Not much to change there, is there. Same brands already. #notsointerested #
  • RT @CarouselTheatre: Your friendly reminder to vote for our classroom reno in The Keg's #thanksamillion program. Thanks! http://ow.ly/4VPMy #
  • So very hungry, but I am not sure I want to take a chance with eating. Not that we have much that is edible at the moment. #
  • sigh. I knew no good could come from all the snacking Quinlan was doing. I told him he was going to explode and he obliged. Ew . . . #
  • Grocery store visit postponed until I figure out where we can go with the car. Now walking to get bank accounts for the boys. #
  • There are so many frustrated people along Fairview Slopes. @BCHydro the flaggers are being incredibly patient & the shuttlebus drivers great #
  • Though as soon as the boys are finished lunch I need to take the car to school. I am so not looking forward to it. #
  • Setting up the boys with a bank account reminds me we need to get them a sin number. SO many pieces of id for such small boys. #
  • Quinlan has antlers on & is pretending to be Tyrone the ghost. Aidan is playing along by screaming and running away when Q says "Boo!" #cute #
  • Quinlan had his first real nap all week. Also? His first real sleep in his big boy bed under his brother's.Time to get rid of the crib bed. #
  • The excavator moving the transmission lines nearly took out the power lines at 8th and Spruce. Scary to be under them. http://campl.us/bfh1 #
  • Our fridge and freezer filled, meals planed for a week and a half. Hopefully only milk runs needed in the next two weeks. 🙂 #
  • I have been a long time MPM follower on @orgjunkie's site. I go back to meal planning and I feel lighter. @MichelleLKent @ALotofLoves #
  • Beautiful day in false creek, but a standstill on the Granville st bridge northbound. http://campl.us/bf30 #
  • RT @Nicole013: Because I had to put this out there before I lost my nerve: http://bit.ly/mIP2T7 #
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A Kitchen Experiment: Meal Planning Again

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Gwen

I used to participate in Menu Plan Mondays at Organizing Junkie a lot, now not so much. I have found that our family has been in a bit of a rut this winter/spring and it is not helping our eating habits at all. I used to meal plan with a mind to what we already had in the house and sometimes adding things as I needed. This time we had let our groceries get so low that I planned a week and a half of meals, including breakfasts and lunches for the boys and I.

I hope this planning will get me back into eating more fruits and vegetables and healthier in general. I want to be making one supper instead of finding something the boys will eat and then something Anthony and I will eat after the boys are in bed. I know that our tempers will be better and I think our waistlines will also improve. It is much easier to have control of how much you eat when you don’t forget to eat until you are starving.

If some of you want to follow my plans, go right ahead. Let me know how it goes. Since I am trying some new recipes out on the boys (hidden cauliflower and the like) I will post some pictures and a “Did they eat it?” post later this week.

THE PLAN: Using both “Jamie’s Food Revolution” cookbook  by Jamie Oliver and “More Time Moms Family Meals” plan breakfasts, lunches and dinners for the family.

Tonight 28 May

Chicken Fajitas pg. 38 Food Revolution (FR from here on out) I plan to adapt the recipe a little as I already have salsa and forgot to get limes. I also plan to not add too much hot spice because I want my boys to eat the wraps.

Sunday 29 May

Breakfast: Blueberry Sundae: in a small bowl layer vanilla yogurt, cereal and blueberries.

Lunch: Focaccia, celery sticks, carrot sticks and dip.

Supper: Chicken and beef kabobs with veggies, (mushrooms, pearl onions and peppers) and Basmati rice.

Monday 30 May

Breakfast: Berry Oatmeal: pg 63 More Time Moms Family Meals (MTMFM from here on out.) I would add a pinch of salt to the recipe as I find that without salt oatmeal tastes a little like weird bananas.

Lunch: Tomato Soup: pg 133 FR, Garlic Toast

Supper: Macaroni and Cauliflower Bake Pg 49 FR, tossed salad

Tuesday 31 May:

Breakfast: Fruit Smoothies with frozen berries, bananas and yogurt

Lunch: Leftover Tomato soup, humus and pita

Supper: BBQ Asparagus, chicken and boiled new potatoes

Wednesday 1 June:

Breakfast: Cereal with fruit, yogurt

Lunch: Humus, pita, sandwich meat (Easy to take on the field trip.)

Supper: Leftover Macaroni Bake and veggies.

Thursday 2 June

Breakfast: Berry Oatmeal and yogurt.

Lunch: Tuna salad sandwiches, raw veggies and dip.

Supper: Beef stir fry with rice noodles pg 46 MTMFM

Friday 3 June

Breakfast: Fruit Sundaes or Orange Smoothie

Lunch: Sandwiches and veggies and dip.

Supper: Spaghettini and Meat sauce

Saturday 4 June

Breakfast: Cereal, yogurt and fruit.

Free day because we have 2 birthday parties.

Sunday 5 June

Breakfast: Raisin Oatmeal

Lunch: Focaccia, fruit

Supper: Home made chicken strips, Baked French Potatoes pg 224 FR, steamed Broccoli

Monday  6 June

Breakfast: Orange Smoothies, Toast

Lunch: Leftover Chicken and potatoes

Supper: Shepherd’s Pie

 

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-22

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Gwen
  • Quinlan is the definition of terrible 2. Doing anything and everything he wants when he wants. So frustrating. #
  • Survivor and some Baileys maybe enough as long as he goes to sleep. #
  • Aidan found his iPod. I knew I put it away somewhere safe. 🙂 #
  • Seriously thinking about proposing a NV12 panel next year called "Surviving the Zombie Invasion Through Social Media" Would you come? #
  • Who knew that the key to getting Q to use the toilet was Thomas underwear? He is now wearing 2 pairs over a pullup. #
  • RT @CarouselTheatre: Reason #1 to vote daily for the CT reno in Keg's #thanksamillion grant: New laminate activity floor. http://ow.ly/4VPMy #
  • Just sent an uncomfortable email. Almost 4 months since I ordered somethings & still don't have any product. Why do I feel bad 4 sending it? #
  • TT momentum, Q told me he needed to go at school drop off. He didn't but at least he is thinking about it. #hewillbeinunderwearsoon #
  • Aidan has been invited to a birthday party @policemuseum. Bodes well as his new favourite book is Forensic Evidence: Hairs and Fibers. #
  • Is it too early to go to bed? #
  • Vote for @carouseltheatre to get a grant from @thekeg to get a new laminate activity floor. http://ow.ly/4VPMy #
  • RT @CarouselTheatre: Reason #3 to vote for CT in Keg's #thanksamillion Acoustic tiles to help little voices be heard! http://ow.ly/4VPMy #
  • Are we dressing up for the #VMtop30 tonight or can I come in yoga pants and a pony tail? Feeling really big and ugly tonight. 🙁 #
  • Thanks to @Vancouvermom and the #vmtop30 for a fab party. Love seeing so many old and new faces. #
  • A new train set at chapters makes the boys happy. http://instagr.am/p/EfHls/ #
  • Looks ok, but now my boys can't play with their gardens. http://instagr.am/p/EfUDa/ #
  • RT @rantsnrascals: vancouvermom top 30 fabulous mom bloggers an evening to remember! >> Rants n' Rascals http://me.lt/8N4CG #vmtop30 #
  • If it is the Rapture tomorrow, should I cook dinner tonight or go out? #reallydon #039;twanttocook #
  • I think the rapture is going to pass us by so I will bathe the little boy and get my husband to make cookies. #celebrate #
  • Just finished making the most awesome present for @alexishinde's Imp. Canuck colours on one side and a pretty tartan on the other. #
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