My mom refuses to give up on the cooking even though it tires her out and doesn't know how to cook for less than an army, so I am hoping this will be a good compromise. More portion control and less prep work.

I just found out I don't have to work at the bookstore tonight (yay!), so I'm going to head over to the grocery store and pick up some supplies for the week. I've been eating out or at the office cafeteria every day this week, and that's got to stop. Even if I just get some frozen dinners for lunch, that'll save me big bucks. I've also got to start using up the chicken I've had in the freezer for months. I've got some tikki masala sauce from Trader Joe's that I should cook with the chicken.

This should be the icon for every Evil Overlord post ever made.

This should be the icon for ever Evil Overlord post ever made.

If that turns out to be a hypno-toad then the Earth is doomed....

Oh great. We've got a winter storm watch Friday-Saturday.

Oh great. We've got a winter storm watch Friday-Saturday.

Fuckity. I'm supposed to drive to my parents' this weekend....

eta: Sounds like Saturday will be the worst. I'll be driving Friday and Sunday.

Crikey. Well, the only thing I need to do on Saturday is buy concert tickets, and I don't even have to get out of bed to accomplish that.

We've had a dusting of snow here with cold temps in low 20's. But we're getting our first big snow this weekend. Looks like I ordered my boots a little bit too late.

The kids need new coats, too.

Boots--I still have to pick some up for myself. Gotta wait until after the Xmas shopping is done, though. I just hope whatever snow we get in December doesn't go above my ankles.

Mini-meara:

Oooh!

We're going at 9:30 if you want to try it. But it might be sold out at this point.

And, since I didn't really do Thanksgiving this year, I'm hoping they'll have leftovers to purchase!

I have a new friend here who wants to get several of us couples together for a cooking event. The idea is that you would each cook up one recipe in large batches, and split it up into portions. Then you exchange. So you make up a huge vat of chili, say, and divide it up into however many families there are. Then you come home with chili and chicken noodle soup and casseroles and whatever everybody else made, and throw them in the freezer.

I love this idea, but don't see how the logistics of everyone cooking together in one kitchen would work.

More portion control and less prep work.

Seriously, the portion control is the most surprising benefit of the whole thing to me. This time four of us are going and splitting and sharing so we are each going home with 1/2 portions of six different things. Yum!