The number of recipes using zucchini? A gajillion. And we've tried almost all of them. I'm getting tired of the vegetable. I will say that zucchini apple salad was pretty tasty. Even after 4 days.
Chunky has started talking in full sentences these days. Why, just the other day he was standing behind Mad Hatter and he made this face showing his disgust, walked around to face Mad Hatter and said "pee-you. You stink." To which Mad Hatter said "but I didn't do anything". Chunky's retort "you farted". How can one not laugh at that? The look on his face puts me into hysterics EVERY SINGLE TIME. Almost like when my middle sister J got all caught up in Mad Hatter's facial expressions, choked on something and proceeded to throw up while laughing.....OK, I'm about to die over here!!!!! We blamed it on Chunky...he was only a few months old and quite the accomplished puker.
I've come to realize that I don't want any more children. Of my own. I will be an incubator for my sisters and they know it. I loved being pregnant and I love being a mom. Having a baby with my two is not something I'm going to strive for. I love my kids more than anything and wouldn't change anything about them. I've just realized that I'm completely fullfilled with the two that I have. And by the time my 5-year plan is up, my eggs will be to old anyway. Not really, but that's what I'm admitting to.
I believe I'm a bit OCD. Soldier has been spackling, sanding and painting our entire garage. It needs it terribly. And Soldier has created more storage space. Which we need badly. The dust that is accumulating from the sanding....IT'S EVERYWHERE. I loathe having to go into the garage. Everything is covered in a fine white powder. I want to power wash everything every day. Thankfully, we'll be doing just that once he's all done. In the meantime, I put on my hazmat suit to get something from the garage and go through the front door if the garage door is open so I don't have to track that crap in the house.
And speaking of house....I'm really not sure how one house can be so danged dirty. Soldier asked me how come the kitchens on FoodNetwork are so spotless....um, cause they live in LARGE homes and have other areas for their 'stuff'. We use our kitchen as a catch-all. The only time you can see the top of the table is when we have company. The new countertops....can't see them. Soldier has set up a small office with his laptop, catalogs and deck books. I'm not sure it's been clutter-free in over a year. I think we have to much 'stuff'. I want to purge and throw everything out. I just need to quit stuffing stuff into drawers and calling it cleaning up.
I started running at the gym last night. It was fantastic!!! First time running in a very long time. I felt great after. Today, my legs feel like they are slipping out of their sockets. I'm going to run again tonight. And I'm kind of excited about it. I've got a pair of designer jeans in my closet I haven't worn in well over 10 years. It's about time I get to it.
Kindergarten registration is next week. I'm praying Mad Hatter got into the morning session. My luck, the letter never made it into the right hands and she'll be stuck in the afternoon session, thus requiring us to potentially put her into an after school program or another daycare. I'm NOT OK with that.
