Our children yesterday encountered a child who had nothing to eat. I’m not talking about just at lunch time, when they were around her. She had nothing to eat at home. She told Second Eldest that they didn’t have food for dinner either, but that her mom would be getting food today.
It breaks my heart.
Could the kid have been making it up? Sure. But the kids say there have been other times when this kid showed up at the summer program they go to with no food. All day long, out in the sun, with no food, no drink, nothing.
I’m happy the kids decided to share their lunches with this kid. I just feel awful. How many times has this kid (and her older sister) had nothing to eat? Don’t get me wrong – we’re not rolling in dough ourselves, but our kids cheif complaint is they don’t like the vegetables we made – not that they have nothing to eat.
I think it was just a big awakening for them. They think hunger is something that happens somewhere else, to people they don’t know.
Now they know it’s right next door.
I scratched dessert tonight in favor of a pie I picked up at a farm stand.
mmmmmm….cherry pie!
So, we went to see Transformers 2 yesterday.
The movie? It’s not bad. I enjoyed it. We took our daughters – all 3 of them. Surprisingly, the youngest actually watched all but about 20 minutes of the movie. And that 20 minutes she missed was due entirely to a milk coma!
I’m not sure if it’s the fact that she was with us, or that I recently became Christian again, but there was something that annoyed me about the movie. There was one scene where they showed a man’s hairy behind (which really, who wants to see that), and several scenes where the language was pretty coarse, when those things added absolutely NOTHING to the movie. The character development would have been perfectly fine without the words or the semi-nudity. And let’s face it – this movie was based off of a cartoon FOR CHILDREN. The toys being sold to tie in with the movie are FOR CHILDREN. I REALLY don’t need to hear any one of my children walking up to someone and calling them a “punk ass bitch” or “pussy” because they heard it on the Transformers movie.
From that aspect, I’m disappointed in the makers of the movie.
For pure entertainment value, however, the movie is pretty good. The acting is a little over the top in many places, but all in all, it’s enjoyable. There was a small bit of it nagging at me to try and relate Christian tennats to (Megatron at one point claims to be the Alpha and the Omega, which, thanks and all that, but that title is TAKEN) but honestly? I’m kind of way too tired right now to think it through. (I’ve been up since 4. Not because of the baby, although she did wake up for a little while to nurse.)
Maybe I’ll write more later.
Here is this week’s menu plan, as seen on Orgjunkie.com!
Monday:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Leftovers from last week/weekend
Dinner: Brown Sugar Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Dessert: Cake
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Blueberry Muffins
Lunch: Turkey sandwiches, chips, apples
Dinner: Taco Tuesday – Tacos and rice
Dessert: Snickerdoodle Cookies
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Waffles
Lunch: Peanut Butter & Jelly Sammys, carrots, peaches
Dinner: Spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread
Dessert: Waffle Cone Wednesday at TCBY or McD’s ice cream cones
Thursday:
Breakfast: Chocolate Chip Muffins
Lunch: Chicken Salad Sandwiches, carrots
Dinner: Sloppy Joes, Fries, something vegetative
Dessert: chocolate chip cookies
Friday:
Breakfast: Breakfast casserole (Mwahahahaha)
Lunch: Ham Sandwiches
Dinner: Pizza and Salad
Dessert: Prune Cake
Saturday: Happy Independence Day!
Breakfast: Fend
Lunch: Macaroni and Cheese, carrots
Dinner: Brats, Potato Salad, Beans
Dessert: S’mores
Sunday:
Brunch: French Toast
Dinner: Crockpot Roast with Veg and potatos
Dessert: Strawberry shortcake
Farah. Ed. Michael. All in a couple of days. Farah wasn’t really relevant to me, other than as an angel, and as the poster my brother used to have hanging in his room.
Ed? Well, he was a memory from the days of Johnny’s Tonight Show.
Michael? He was my youth. I still remember trying to compete with Michelle (My bff in 4th or 5th grade) to see who had better Michael Jackson stuff. She always did. Her dad was in a band, and she was an only child. Totally spoiled. Her walls were covered in MJ posters. She had books. She had THE GLOVE.
I had one book and maybe a poster.
I still remember waiting for the premier of Thriller. My whole family watched it together.
And now he’s gone.
I have no explanation for why it makes me so sad. None. He hasn’t done anything noteworthy in years, aside from his court cases.
Even knowing he was a full on freak, I still had a special place for him in my heart. He was part of my childhood. I still sing along to any song of his that comes on the radio.
And now he’s gone.
It’s just weird.
So, tonight I made bean and cheese burritos. Not all that thrilling, right? WELL…they were pretty darn tasty if I do say so myself. I made the beans from pintos, cooked in the crockpot all day with about a half package of bacon, some salt, onion powder, garlic powder, fajita seasoning, and cumin. I made the tortillas from scratch. I rolled the burritos with beans and chese in the middle, and then topped them with enchilada sauce and more cheese, and baked them for 25 minutes at 350. SO – technically…they weren’t burritos, but not quite enchiladas…so I guess that makes them enchiritos? Burriladas?
Whatever…they were awesome!
Here is this week’s menu plan, as seen on Orgjunkie.com! Again, I’m using a lot that I bought last week that we ended up not using, so this was a pretty easy menu plan.
Monday:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Mac N Cheese
Dinner: Ribeye steaks, baked potatoes, salad
Dessert: Peanut Butter Pie
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Chocolate Chip Muffins
Lunch: Ham sandwiches
Dinner: BBQ Chicken quesadillas (using up leftover chicken), Fries, corn
Dessert: Snickerdoodle Cookies
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Waffles
Lunch: Peanut Butter & Jelly Sammys, carrots, peaches
Dinner: Bean and Cheese Burritos, salad
Dessert: Waffle Cone Wednesday at TCBY or McD’s ice cream cones
Thursday:
Breakfast: French Toast
Lunch: Tuna Salad Sandwiches, carrots
Dinner: Chicken Spaghetti, salad
Dessert: Jello parfaits
Friday:
Breakfast: Eggs and Sausage
Lunch: Turkey Sandwiches
Dinner: Pizza and Salad
Dessert: Strawberry Cake with cream cheese icing
Saturday:
Breakfast: Fend
Lunch: Hot dogs, carrots
Dinner: Hamburgers, fries, salad
Sunday:
Brunch: Breakfast tacos
Dinner: Brown Sugar Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Brunch ended up being hasbrowns smothered in bacon and white gravy. This was my Hubby’s special request, otherwise known as a heart attack on a plate. It was DELICIOUS.
And now Hubs is working on dinner. Sure, it’s not fair that he’s cooking on his special day, but here’s the thing: He’s bbq’ing. I bought a big brisket, boneless ribs, regular short ribs (which are suprisingly long), and three chickens (at Hubs’ request.) He is currently smoking the brisket and ribs, so our back yard smells a bit like a Famous Dave’s! It’s awesome. He also went to church with me this morning, which was fantastic – but started the bbq before we went, so it smelled like a bbq all up in the car. LOL.
I can’t wait for dinner.
Happy Father’s Day to the most wonderful Pappa in the world.
AND
Happy Anniversary, Hubby. May the many years together to come only be sweeter and more precious to each of us. I love you.
