We are, too, sj, and without the five year-old. I'm a pretty big eater, frankly, but I'm still glad for freezers!

I'm so sorry for your mom's losses, askye. In close succession makes that even harder. My Uncle Bill (dad's best friend) died the year after my father did, and it was just gutting on top of devastating. Like, no, really, just stop. (This was mid-seventies, so, many moons ago.)

Uh. And on that cheery note... unicorns, butterflies, puppy dogs, Earl Grey tea to clear the melancholy. I actually only have one of those things. Guess which one!

Potential oatmeal:

That's awesome, Laura! Congrats on the healthy.

How is the weekend already over? Do not like.

My brain REALLY felt this this morning. So much do in fact that I was SURE it was Sunday and kept hitting snooze. Finally heard NPR say Monday about the time I should be leaving for work. 25 minutes late. Oh well no one else in the office anyway and my boss on vacation. I’ll work through lunch.

TCG is only working two days this week, and ltc is in school 3 days. We need Wednesday without her here for meal prep.

Laura, that recipe looks great. Bookmarking it for later. I really need to start eating better as well. In the middle of all of the medical tests for the shoulder/neck issue, my sugar was high. Not scary high but not good. After Thanksgiving.

The plan with the leftovers is to not have to cook again until Monday and then freeze whatever is left.

I just heard from a single woman at church that she is making a 16 lb turkey, as she always does! She has one or two people over for Thanksgiving and then freezes the rest to eat all winter!

Yay for Laura and DH. In happy news, here's baby panda vet visit. He's getting bigger, getting very wriggly and is starting to get teeth.

Jesse, if I had two ovens, I'd consider doing that.

If I had two freezers, I might.

I have two fridges/freezers.

I really want to get a small extra freezer.