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December 14, 2007 at 4:34 pm · Filed under Actual posts about being moms, Food, PDB - PetriDish Baby
So, I’ve really been trying to stay away from McDonalds. I know the shit is horrible for me and rots out your insides.
With that said, on the way to appointment #3 for the morning we had to pick up lunch in a hurry because Graem was cracking and I wasn’t far behind her.
We pulled into the not-so-lovely - McDonald’s. I looked at the menu and contemplated getting the Quarter Pounder meal (used to be #3 and has since moved to the #2 on the “value meal”). But I just couldn’t get my mind off of the DOUBLE Quarter Pounder meal…
The guy asked what I’d like and I blurted out “DOUBLE POUNDER, please”. Of course, I was already getting the effects of my double pounder meal without even ingesting it! I had to retract my words and ask for the double quarter pounder meal. I mean it only makes sense to save a little money by getting the meal, right? That’s why they call it a VALUE meal.
After getting Graem’s happy meal and my big ass hamburger meal I was shocked to feel the weight of the bag. Damn.
I got Graem set up in the back seat and threw a few chicken nuggets and rootbeer her way. (I know, not good.)
Then I went right at my burger. I can honestly say I don’t know how I was able to conquer it all…but it was gone within a matter of seconds. In fact, if you know geography in Ithaca….it was gone before I was able to get to the first stop light at Triphammer Mall and Triphammer Road.
As if that wasn’t enough for my lousy diet today - I also snarfed down all of the fries!
What could be better than washing it all down with a delicious egg nog milkshake!
Of course, this meal was all after an appointment with the nutritionist and her telling me how proud she was that I had only gained 3 pounds so far in the pregnancy.
A girl’s got to celebrate, right?
November 18, 2007 at 10:58 am · Filed under Actual posts about being moms, Food, PDB - PetriDish Baby
Last night we had a late night. L,L&F came over and we had a great dinner, followed by some decent television and conversation. It had been a while since we’ve hung out due to busy schedules and sick kids.
Graem had a horrible night sleeping. She’s had this lingering cold and I’ve taken her to the doctor 3 times already. They gave her Singulair last week and now she seems to be worse off! We gave her the nebulizer and all last night she was coughing and wheezing. I’m going to try and take her to the doctor Tuesday to see if there’s something better she can get on. I know I should just wait until the Singulair gets in her system cause that’s suppose to be pretty good. But it’s so hard to see your kid sick.
I’m almost 12 weeks pregnant and I can hardly believe it! I think I’m starting to get a baby belly and I’ve had tons of comments that my boobs are getting bigger. GREAT….just what I *don’t* need! Bigger boobs.
I’m happy to report that I haven’t puked in a few weeks now, no spotting, and I’m feeling great! Last night I was even able to stay awake til almost 11pm! Of course, we were watching Iron Chef and all of these great Thanksgiving specials on the Food Network.
Tomorrow I’m going to take a friend to the fertility center in Syracuse. She’s undergoing IVF and needs a ride to the retrieval. I hope they get some good eggs and this time works for her. She has only 2 more vials of sperm that she used to conceive her son.
Tuesday we have our ultrasound again and hopefully the kid won’t be a shrimp and should be at least 45mms! I’m pretty excited to see him/her again. I swear I could see him every minute of the day. I’d be in trouble if I had an ultrasound machine at home. It’s bad enough with the doppler.
Wednesday we’re going to head out to New York City and we’re spending Thanksgiving with Margot’s brother and dad. We still haven’t decided what we’re going for Thanksgiving dinner and I keep pushing for us going out for dinner/lunch. God knows I hate the cleanup … but the leftovers are so damn good!
Happy Thanksgiving to all if I don’t have a chance to post before Thursday!
October 23, 2007 at 12:30 pm · Filed under Blogroll, Food
I’m doing some office hours today and I’m located at the Collegetown Bagels on East Hill. I’ve been doing really good at keeping away from caffeine. Today I’m drinking a decaf hazelnut coffee. I must be honest though…it isn’t doing the trick.
I miss the energy that my beloved coffee always seemed to give. But more importantly, I miss the smokey and thick taste.
With the decaf I feel like I’m drinking a watered down version of sugar water.
October 22, 2007 at 2:02 pm · Filed under Food
I wasn’t feeling too hot and decided to get my ass up and buy a blueberry muffin at the Borders cafe. I see a few in the “showcase” and end up going with the one that looks like it has fresh berries and is “low fat”.
So I pay for it, take it back to my comfy chair - and the thing is so hard I almost break my damn tooth!
I should have known I was going to have problems when the paper surrounding the muffing wouldn’t come off!
I was able to return the muffin for the much fattier, moist, and delicious version. Now I just need a cup of milk. Do you think they’d miss the creamer carafe?
October 18, 2007 at 7:29 am · Filed under Food, PP
We don’t have too many great family recipes that have been passed down from year to year so we realized that it’s important for us to make up our own and then document them so that our kids have recipes of their own to take with them.
One of my specialities (since I’m really not that great of a cook) is my mashed potatoes! For some reason my mashed potatoes are delicious.
Here’s my secret:
(This will feed a family of 4-5, or 3 fatties)
Three handfuls of potatoes - typically about 9 potatoes
A stick of butter
5 fresh garlic cloves chopped
1/2 cup of whole cream
2 tablespoons of sea salt
1 tablespoon of pepper
Wash and skin the potatos. Set them to boil for around 30-45 minutes. Make sure they don’t get too soft but you don’t want them crunch.
Once they are ready make sure to drain them then let them sit for a few minutes.
After they’ve drived off put them in the Eclectrics® Mixer! Now this is the newest Hamilton Beach® mixer on the market. The Hamilton Beach® Mixer has been around forever - but now it’s new and improved and comes with an all new metal stand.
The mixer is the best on the market and it really knows how to fold the potatoes so that they are not only thick but PERFECT! I used to do them in the food processor but that tends to break down the starches and doesn’t whip them to perfection.
The Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer knows exactly how to perform and you really can’t make my delicious potatos without it!
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