Even with all the craziness of the weekend, the meal planning continues!
Here is this weeks menu
Stobe Family Weekly Meals
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Savannah's a star!
One night while I was at class, Jim took the kids to a HS Girls basketball game. He went with a coworker and her girls to watch the game where her husband was reffing. There was a photographer from the paper there and he took a picture of the girls cheering. It ended up in the paper today. Savannah was so excited!
Crazy Weekend!
Well this weekend was supposed to consist of my dad and Ann coming up for a visit and Jim and I getting a date night on Saturday. Well neither of those ended up happening. With the weather on its way, Dad decided it was probably not the best idea to head up. Glad he made that decision as the weather really did get bad.
Friday morning started out as a normal Friday…Savannah went to school, CJ had gymnastics and a haircut. CJ went down for his nap and when he got up he was very irritable. I went to change his diaper and he freaked out. His one testicle looked different to me. A bit swollen and higher. And he just didn’t want me anywhere near it. So I called the Dr. to see if they could maybe get us in before the end of the day. Well I guess when there are any issues with the testicles they don’t mess around with it. If there really was an issues I guess they only have hours to fix it. So off to the ER we went.
Once we got there the nurse saw what I was talking about and so did one of the Drs. Then the supervisor came in and pretty much told me I was crazy. She said it was moving up and down just fine. By now Jim had joined us at the ER and she was explaining why she was going to send us home when CJ proceeded to throw up twice. And due to the color she said well now you are going to be here for a few hours. They were going to give him an ultrasound and an xray. They thought he may have Intusseption which is something with his intestines. They ran the tests which were no fun and they also started an IV. They had to poke him 3 times to find a vein. Boy does he take after his mother.
In the meantime, Jim and Savannah went home so she could have dinner. Jim was going to come back up if they decided to keep us. So another Dr. came back and told us the tests looked pretty normal and we probably could be going home. Then her supervisor came in and said that most likely we were going to be heading downtown as they now thought they saw something on the xray and were leaning more toward malrotation. Which is when the intestines twist or something like that.
So Jim sent Savannah off to a neighbors (thanks Meg!!!) and met me at Fairview. It was close to 11 by the time we got the ambulance to transport CJ and to main campus. Jim had to drive and meet us there in the middle of the horrible storm. Cj did surprisingly well in the ambulance, he just hung out and took it all in.
When we got there we went right to the room and waited for the Drs. They checked his vitals and then came in to tell us they were going to run some more tests. They intubated his nose because they were going to give him some barium and watch it go through his system to make sure all was ok. As soon as they did that and we got up to head to radiology he yanked it right out. He really didn’t like it. On our walk over there we saw one of the Clinic’s robots. It was pretty cool. They just roam the hospital taking things like trash, etc to various places. CJ thought it was pretty cool. We got to Radiology (who was called in from home just for us) and she said that she thought the xray looked normal. So she said she was pretty positive that the test they were running was going to be normal. Since he pulled his tube out she asked if he would drink the stuff. I said sure hey may. Well she didn’t tell me that he had to drink it while in the machine with us holding his arms and legs. So that didn’t go well. So she intubated him again and off we went. There were 3 of us that had to hold him down. It wasn’t fun at all and he just kept saying “Mommy Nose” “Mommy Nose”. It was so heartbreaking. But I guess the good news was that he was normal and all was good. We headed back to the room and CJ was looking everywhere for the robot. It was pretty cute.
We got back to the room and the nurse said the Dr. would probably come back in once he read the report. Well that didn’t happen. It was after midnight now and we were all tired. The three of us laid down on the pull out couch and tried to get some sleep. CJ was in the middle with his IV tube so I was worried most of the night that he would roll over and pull it out. So I didn’t really get much sleep. The next morning the Dr. that called us downtown came in to see us. He said that the report was normal and that he must have just had a virus that settled in his body.
So the good news is CJ is fine and probably just had a cold, the bad news is we had to spend a day at the hospital! At least we are done paying with our deductible for the year!
On Saturday we came home around noon and proceeded to take a 4 hour (and much needed) nap. He has been fine since just a bit of a runny nose.
Friday morning started out as a normal Friday…Savannah went to school, CJ had gymnastics and a haircut. CJ went down for his nap and when he got up he was very irritable. I went to change his diaper and he freaked out. His one testicle looked different to me. A bit swollen and higher. And he just didn’t want me anywhere near it. So I called the Dr. to see if they could maybe get us in before the end of the day. Well I guess when there are any issues with the testicles they don’t mess around with it. If there really was an issues I guess they only have hours to fix it. So off to the ER we went.
Once we got there the nurse saw what I was talking about and so did one of the Drs. Then the supervisor came in and pretty much told me I was crazy. She said it was moving up and down just fine. By now Jim had joined us at the ER and she was explaining why she was going to send us home when CJ proceeded to throw up twice. And due to the color she said well now you are going to be here for a few hours. They were going to give him an ultrasound and an xray. They thought he may have Intusseption which is something with his intestines. They ran the tests which were no fun and they also started an IV. They had to poke him 3 times to find a vein. Boy does he take after his mother.
In the meantime, Jim and Savannah went home so she could have dinner. Jim was going to come back up if they decided to keep us. So another Dr. came back and told us the tests looked pretty normal and we probably could be going home. Then her supervisor came in and said that most likely we were going to be heading downtown as they now thought they saw something on the xray and were leaning more toward malrotation. Which is when the intestines twist or something like that.
So Jim sent Savannah off to a neighbors (thanks Meg!!!) and met me at Fairview. It was close to 11 by the time we got the ambulance to transport CJ and to main campus. Jim had to drive and meet us there in the middle of the horrible storm. Cj did surprisingly well in the ambulance, he just hung out and took it all in.
When we got there we went right to the room and waited for the Drs. They checked his vitals and then came in to tell us they were going to run some more tests. They intubated his nose because they were going to give him some barium and watch it go through his system to make sure all was ok. As soon as they did that and we got up to head to radiology he yanked it right out. He really didn’t like it. On our walk over there we saw one of the Clinic’s robots. It was pretty cool. They just roam the hospital taking things like trash, etc to various places. CJ thought it was pretty cool. We got to Radiology (who was called in from home just for us) and she said that she thought the xray looked normal. So she said she was pretty positive that the test they were running was going to be normal. Since he pulled his tube out she asked if he would drink the stuff. I said sure hey may. Well she didn’t tell me that he had to drink it while in the machine with us holding his arms and legs. So that didn’t go well. So she intubated him again and off we went. There were 3 of us that had to hold him down. It wasn’t fun at all and he just kept saying “Mommy Nose” “Mommy Nose”. It was so heartbreaking. But I guess the good news was that he was normal and all was good. We headed back to the room and CJ was looking everywhere for the robot. It was pretty cute.
We got back to the room and the nurse said the Dr. would probably come back in once he read the report. Well that didn’t happen. It was after midnight now and we were all tired. The three of us laid down on the pull out couch and tried to get some sleep. CJ was in the middle with his IV tube so I was worried most of the night that he would roll over and pull it out. So I didn’t really get much sleep. The next morning the Dr. that called us downtown came in to see us. He said that the report was normal and that he must have just had a virus that settled in his body.
So the good news is CJ is fine and probably just had a cold, the bad news is we had to spend a day at the hospital! At least we are done paying with our deductible for the year!
On Saturday we came home around noon and proceeded to take a 4 hour (and much needed) nap. He has been fine since just a bit of a runny nose.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
A little off track....
Well I can see easily how quickly a plan can derail! But the good news is that with this meal planning I do have options to move things around so that is good. So if you look at this past week's menu vs. what you maybe saw last week it was quite a bit different. We had a busy week this week so went back to some old classics for us that are easy to make. I think you might see a lot of that these next few weeks while I am studying for my PMP exams. Between that and some busy weekends. On a positive note, we just booked a trip for Disney with the kids! That is going to be so much fun. Now the research begins.
Spent another $100 at the grocery this week which I thought was high given I had most of what I needed for the week. But I did buy pop and meat which might have driven up the price a bit.
Well enjoy again!
Stobe Family Meals
Spent another $100 at the grocery this week which I thought was high given I had most of what I needed for the week. But I did buy pop and meat which might have driven up the price a bit.
Well enjoy again!
Stobe Family Meals
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Another one bites the dust!
Another week down. I feel like the weeks have been going by so quickly these last few weeks. I guess that isn't a bad thing since we are in the middle of winter. We had another pretty good week of meals. None that we totally hated so that was good :)
Last night I organized a girls night out at Cooking Thyme which is our local version of a place like My Girlfriend's kitchen. We had 13 ladies come and make approx. 6 meals each to then take home and freeze. The good thing was most of those meals you could split and get 2 meals out of them which is even better. So you will see the next few weeks where we are starting to eat those so there won't be a recipe. I do have an appetizer recipe for you though. I made this Thai Appetizer pizza to take last night. It was really easy and so yummy. Also a nice twist on your normal veggie pizza:
Thai Appetizer Pizza - Pillsbury
Also here are our meals for this week. Just got back from the grocery and spent $90 this week. So not too bad. You will also notice this week and for the next 5 weeks, Jim and the kids are on their own every Wednesday night. I am going to be sitting for the exam to get my PMP Certification (Project Management Professional) and I have a review course. Of course it has to be out on the east side in the middle of winter! Hope the weather cooperates. Wish me luck, I haven't studied for anything since the CPA exam!
Stobe Family Weekly Meals (just so you know I can now upload and keep in excel vs. converting to Google docs. To get the file click on the download button in the top left hand corner)
Last night I organized a girls night out at Cooking Thyme which is our local version of a place like My Girlfriend's kitchen. We had 13 ladies come and make approx. 6 meals each to then take home and freeze. The good thing was most of those meals you could split and get 2 meals out of them which is even better. So you will see the next few weeks where we are starting to eat those so there won't be a recipe. I do have an appetizer recipe for you though. I made this Thai Appetizer pizza to take last night. It was really easy and so yummy. Also a nice twist on your normal veggie pizza:
Thai Appetizer Pizza - Pillsbury
Also here are our meals for this week. Just got back from the grocery and spent $90 this week. So not too bad. You will also notice this week and for the next 5 weeks, Jim and the kids are on their own every Wednesday night. I am going to be sitting for the exam to get my PMP Certification (Project Management Professional) and I have a review course. Of course it has to be out on the east side in the middle of winter! Hope the weather cooperates. Wish me luck, I haven't studied for anything since the CPA exam!
Stobe Family Weekly Meals (just so you know I can now upload and keep in excel vs. converting to Google docs. To get the file click on the download button in the top left hand corner)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Another week down.
We just finished up our dinner from Week 2. This was another successful week and one with a few adjustments. Due to a few of us not feeling tip top, we moved a few things around. I have become a bit of a nazi around the meal planning and spent some time this afternoon putting more recipes into the database. Still have lots more to add and will probably do some more tonight after the kids go to bed.
We had the potato curry tonight. I added shredded chicken to this recipe to give it some protien and also used olive oil instead of Ghee. Be careful when you add the mustard seeds, they pop everywhere! May want to add after you put the potatoes in. I wish I didn't put the chicken in. It didn't need it at all. I really liked it, but Jim did not. So don't think it will end up in our rotation. Plus I think it makes more like 6 servings. This was a lot of food. At the last minute I decided that Naan would taste good with it so ran to the store to grab some. The kids don't eat much bread and they both loved this. Will need to get some more.
This week we have a few things going on so the menu isn't too crazy and our grocery bill came back down to around $100 as well. So that is good.
Enjoy this weeks menu - Stobe Weekly Meals
We had the potato curry tonight. I added shredded chicken to this recipe to give it some protien and also used olive oil instead of Ghee. Be careful when you add the mustard seeds, they pop everywhere! May want to add after you put the potatoes in. I wish I didn't put the chicken in. It didn't need it at all. I really liked it, but Jim did not. So don't think it will end up in our rotation. Plus I think it makes more like 6 servings. This was a lot of food. At the last minute I decided that Naan would taste good with it so ran to the store to grab some. The kids don't eat much bread and they both loved this. Will need to get some more.
This week we have a few things going on so the menu isn't too crazy and our grocery bill came back down to around $100 as well. So that is good.
Enjoy this weeks menu - Stobe Weekly Meals
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Week 1 Complete!
Well we got through the first week of meal planning and I have to say what a relief it was to come home and realize I didn't have to think about dinner. We also didn't go out to eat one night last week. We usually go out at least once so that alone should help with my waistline. Although that new Drive Thru Diet at Taco Bell looks like it should work (yeah right!). Who believes that stuff!
Well anyway, my reviews for week 1 recipes are attached below along with our Week 2 menu. A little diversity this week which lead to my quite a bit larger grocery bill. It cost me $156.82 this week. Now the spices for the Indian dish cost me about $20 alone! But now that I have them we should be good with those. This also doesn't account for our trip to Costo where all of our chicken and beef comes from. Just ended up being a bigger week this week.
Enjoy!!!
Stobe Family Weekly Menus
Well anyway, my reviews for week 1 recipes are attached below along with our Week 2 menu. A little diversity this week which lead to my quite a bit larger grocery bill. It cost me $156.82 this week. Now the spices for the Indian dish cost me about $20 alone! But now that I have them we should be good with those. This also doesn't account for our trip to Costo where all of our chicken and beef comes from. Just ended up being a bigger week this week.
Enjoy!!!
Stobe Family Weekly Menus
Sunday, January 3, 2010
New Year's Resolution
So as you can see I haven't updated this blog since May. Haven't been too good about updating. Since most of our friends and family are on Facebook, I have been posting there instead. So I decided to change up this blog a bit and make it more about my New Year's Resolution.
My New Year's Resolution this year is to plan our family's weekly meals each Sunday. I have started to put all of our recipes into an Access database. (Thanks to my sister who already had one started from her wedding cookbook.) I added a bunch of recipes I had in my email inbox and am already at over 200 recipes. I plan on letting Jim pick out some recipes for the week and/or run a random to pick them for us. Yes nerdy I know, but kind of fun.
With a little inspiration from the movie Julie and Julia and friends asking for our menus, I decided to update our blog with our menus each week. Now don't be expecting to find recipes that Julia Child would make. Our tastes are pretty midwestern with an emphasis on Mexican. We love Mexican and eat it weekly. So it will be nice to see how we mix it up over the year. You also won't find any seafood here. Jim and I aren't seafood fans. What you will find though is the Weight Watcher points that are associated with each recipe. I am working to get back down to my weight pre-CJ. Yeah I know he is almost 2 years old, but what can I say haven't been too motivated. So hopefully this weekly menu planning will not only help our pocket, but our waistlines as well. I also plan to write a review of each recipe and any amendments I make.
So does anyone have any predictions on how long I will keep this up??? I hope I can do it for the year, but we will see. I am sure there will be weeks we don't do well, but it seemed so easy at the grocery store today. I bought our entire weeks meals and only spent $70. Will be interesting to see if our grocery budget decreases this year.
So feel free to "borrow" any of our recipes and enjoy.
Happy New Year!!!
Stobe Family Weekly Meals
My New Year's Resolution this year is to plan our family's weekly meals each Sunday. I have started to put all of our recipes into an Access database. (Thanks to my sister who already had one started from her wedding cookbook.) I added a bunch of recipes I had in my email inbox and am already at over 200 recipes. I plan on letting Jim pick out some recipes for the week and/or run a random to pick them for us. Yes nerdy I know, but kind of fun.
With a little inspiration from the movie Julie and Julia and friends asking for our menus, I decided to update our blog with our menus each week. Now don't be expecting to find recipes that Julia Child would make. Our tastes are pretty midwestern with an emphasis on Mexican. We love Mexican and eat it weekly. So it will be nice to see how we mix it up over the year. You also won't find any seafood here. Jim and I aren't seafood fans. What you will find though is the Weight Watcher points that are associated with each recipe. I am working to get back down to my weight pre-CJ. Yeah I know he is almost 2 years old, but what can I say haven't been too motivated. So hopefully this weekly menu planning will not only help our pocket, but our waistlines as well. I also plan to write a review of each recipe and any amendments I make.
So does anyone have any predictions on how long I will keep this up??? I hope I can do it for the year, but we will see. I am sure there will be weeks we don't do well, but it seemed so easy at the grocery store today. I bought our entire weeks meals and only spent $70. Will be interesting to see if our grocery budget decreases this year.
So feel free to "borrow" any of our recipes and enjoy.
Happy New Year!!!
Stobe Family Weekly Meals
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Savannah Fun
We went to Savannah, GA for our 5 year anniversary. We had a great time. We went with our friends Tim and Stacey Brown who live in Atlanta. We spent 2 nights at their house and 2 nights in Savannah. Thanks to Jim's parents and my dad who watched the kids we were able to have a nice long relaxing weekend.
We took a Trolley tour when we got into town to get a lay of the land. That night we headed out on a Ghost Pub Tour. While it was entertaining it wasn't much of a haunted tour. Although I did catch two Orbs on my camera which was pretty cool.
On Sunday we had brunch and then took the tour to the visitor center and went through the museum. From there we took the tour down to Forsyth Park and then walked our way back. There were so many neat churches, buildings and squares to see. I got some great pictures. The guys went back for a nap and Stacey and I went to Juliette Gordon Low's childhood home. This is who founded the Girl Scouts. We then headed down to River Street and walked all of the shops, had a Margarita and had fun people watching! We went to an English Pub for dinner and then headed to a bar to watch the Cavs game. It wasn't the ending we wanted, but we had fun at the bar.
It was a nice weekend away, wish it would have lasted longer!
We took a Trolley tour when we got into town to get a lay of the land. That night we headed out on a Ghost Pub Tour. While it was entertaining it wasn't much of a haunted tour. Although I did catch two Orbs on my camera which was pretty cool.
On Sunday we had brunch and then took the tour to the visitor center and went through the museum. From there we took the tour down to Forsyth Park and then walked our way back. There were so many neat churches, buildings and squares to see. I got some great pictures. The guys went back for a nap and Stacey and I went to Juliette Gordon Low's childhood home. This is who founded the Girl Scouts. We then headed down to River Street and walked all of the shops, had a Margarita and had fun people watching! We went to an English Pub for dinner and then headed to a bar to watch the Cavs game. It wasn't the ending we wanted, but we had fun at the bar.
It was a nice weekend away, wish it would have lasted longer!
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