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So… I have been invited to join a guest blogging site. I am very flattered yet confused. I am in the company of women who write. Women that write AND use proper grammar and punctuation. How in the hell did that happen? In person I can be amusing…funny at times with tiny glimpses of wit here and there but on here I do not shine.
I have no writing style. I am not an ‘expert’ on anything nor do I think I can make your life better just by reading some silly (usually dark) sloppily constructed and poorly written paragraphs (if you could even call them that more like long winded run on sentences). I have no original point of view. How many dark, occasionally funny, often snarky mama blogs are out there? How many posts about baking and depression can you all read?
I don’t think I will decline because it is such an honor to be included. I will ask to have the woman who invited me to join the blogs head examined. She knows I love her but she is crazy pants crazy.
Other than that I am still working on the tasting idea. We have to load up the punganic (a mix of punk lifestyle and Oregon pseudohippie lifestyle ((yeah I made it up)) minivan and drive to Vegas in June. I am trying to throw as much extra cash as I can get my hands on into that so I think it will be a summer dessert tasting. That may work more to my advantage as I will have all that awesome produce at my fingertips. I will keep you all posted.
Lastly I went to FaceBook with my online bake sale custom order idea and got a few orders that way. It was exciting and fun and I have a full day of baking ahead of me. I really love the feeling of throwing it out there that I need to sell X amount of goods and people are willing to take a chance on you. I am amazed by my friends willingness to support my dream (and eat my sweets)
That is all.
Menu and what not
Ok first off this week there has been a little wagon falling…. This weekend we ate out a lot (stop being dirty)
Mon- leftovers
Tue- out MNM picked up new seasons order while I had a autoimmune freak out.
Wed- Honey mustard chicken, harvest grains with parm, roasted beets, salad.
Thurs- Pizza while we watched the robot and the princess.
Fri- Barley Risotto with Kale
Sat- Special love menu…. Steak, shrimp, broccoli, crisp roasted potatoes and brownie sundaes for dessert.
Sun- leftovers
Mon- Revise menu make online order.
Now I have another question. What do you eat for breakfast and lunch?
P.S.
I love you.
Happy Valentines Day:)
Nothing sexier than an update!
So….. Thank you all for helping out with the food crisis. I have done a few of your suggestions. I looked through my freezers and pantry and came up with meals I could just make or only needed a few ingredients. I also placed my first online order to NS and that was awesome!! Thank you Adina (and Gary) for the suggestion. This has been our menu this week…
Mon – out (order placing day)
Tue- faux pho
Wed- Cuban style black beans, brown rice, and sauteed kale.
Thurs – burrito night with leftover beans.
Fri- making rice and salad as we are going to a friend’s for dinner.
I will try to post next week’s menu after the week is up. This is helping me to get out of our rut and hopefully you will respond with your menus 
yay
On another note I have been toying with the idea of opening my own little bake sale business. A few friends have hired me to make treats for them and I am hoping I can grow out of word of mouth. I also was hired by our photog friend Amy to make some custom knits for her. It is nice to feel like I actually have something to contribute. Now is when I ask you for a couple more favors…..
#1 If you need any fancy (or not so fancy) baked goods keep me in mind.
B- I need help with a name. I like either “Treats” or “Bake Sale”. Thoughts?
Revelations and Resolutions
This year has been an interesting one over here. As a family we have been growing stronger and I have been building better healthier friendships….
……And some not so great ones. And that leads me to my first resolution for the year. I am only going to nurture the things that nurture me. I am going to stop killing myself trying to impress people. I am not going to keep going on and on when clearly they are just not that into me anymore. I am worthy of love and do not deserve anything less.
I have also rekindled some great friendships that I had no idea why they had faded. Why didn’t I ever ask why they faded? Was I the one who was not being nurturing to someone who needed it? The second thing I am going to work on is open and honest communication. I bite my tongue so much that is is swollen and bruised. I have a voice and this year I will be using it. (with all the grammatical errors intact)
Lastly, I need to patch the bridge with my family. I am not close to many people with whom I share blood and I am sad about that. I need to open up the communication with the people who helped mold me. I need to go back and show my children where we came from and what I have struggled to stay away from. They deserve to know their history.
And with all this lighthearted fare I leave you..
Where I (yet again) get beat with the lucky stick.
Dear ladies….
Thank you. You are more than I can handle sometimes. There are times when you so overwhelm me with your love and friendship that I can’t speak. You are my touchstones. I need each one of you in my life now and am grateful everyday that you allow me to be in yours. I often feel unworthy of your love and am trying believe that I deserve it. I hope that I live up to what you think a good friend should be. I love you.
With my most sincere love and friendship,
Joi
