It's best to put food in some sort of heat-proof container first.

The boys at the Reality Food Network could have used that advice.

(Watch the sushi ep! The rice catches FIRE!)

The reality of my life now is occasionally frustrating, and as much as I love my child, depressing.

I feel you and I am working and out fo the house every day and it's till frustrating as hell what we have to budget for and save for.

I am all for the Bitchlist, though, I'm not sure how much I could reciprocate (I tend to think big) and I would feel bad if anyone sent me something kinda spendy. Not that I'd send it back cause I am a greedy Bitch, but, well, ya know.....

Em had her 9 month check up last night. 2 shots, which were handled ok. She's 28 inches tall and 16lbs 2oz. She went down into the 10th percentile for weight and is hold ing at the 75th for height. Doc said she's alert and happy and making all of her milestones early, she's just very active. I upped her bottles to 8oz just Monday and she's eating better now that she isn't sick anymore, so hopefully by her i year checkup, she'll be back up in her weight.

vw, I do have recipes, I just have to sit down and write them up.

I think that's it for now....

and the putting on the stone

Good for you, P-C. Actually, someday when you feel daring enough to go ahead without the pre-packaged seasoning, the Alfredo recipes I've seen on the side of Fettucine packages are pretty straight-forward and easy, too.

The who now?

Typo.

Actually, someday when you feel daring enough to go ahead without the pre-packaged seasoning, the Alfredo recipes I've seen on the side of Fettucine packages are pretty straight-forward and easy, too.

Whoa. Let's not get ahead of ourselves yet. I just discovered I actually am capable of Just Adding Chicken.

I have a really easy casserole recipe. It needs a catchy title. It's chicken, rice, cream of whatever soup, frozen veggies, and cheese. Not fancy, but plenty tasty.

Em had her 9 month check up last night. 2 shots, which were handled ok. She's 28 inches tall and 16lbs 2oz. She went down into the 10th percentile for weight and is hold ing at the 75th for height. Doc said she's alert and happy and making all of her milestones early, she's just very active. I upped her bottles to 8oz just Monday and she's eating better now that she isn't sick anymore, so hopefully by her i year checkup, she'll be back up in her weight.

From photos, Joe looks pretty wiry. Is he, Aimee? I always figured Em just inherited his body type. Regardless, it's sort of hard to predict what a baby of that age is going to be like weight-wise as a toddler, younger child, and older. My niece was smaller than Em. They actually did a sweat test on her (for CF) because she was so tiny. She's almost thirteen now. She's shorter than average (I don't think there was too much genetic hope for her to be of average height) but she's actually in the puberty-pudge stage right now. When she was a year, I'm not sure if she weighed 14 pounds.

Benjamin was a bomb. By his first birthday he was 30 pounds. He looked like someone stuck a pump in him, and inflated him. Now he's long and tends toward lean, except right before a growth spurt.

I wish I could figure out a way to COMM this without it seeming overkill, but I can't. Still, when I thought about all the possibilities, this part of Deena's Press Announcement about the database update cracked me up:

You can/can't share this with any Buffista who asks (posters under 500, regular posters, only posters whose name starts with ‘B’):

Mom used to make mushroom soup over hamburger patties. I'm not sure exactly how she made them but it's easy to make and cheap.

One of my favorite meals as a kid was what my mom called "goulash". It was actually browned ground beef, put in a casserole with a small box of cooked elbow macaroni and two cans of tomato soup. Put a few bread crumbs on top, bake for 40 minutes, and it's delicious. I guess you'd call it "macaroni and beef" or something. Total peasant food, but so comforting and tasty.

Hee. I'm glad, Cindy. I hope it all comes across as funny and not just a little. too. crazy.