Only 9 Days

Here we are only 9 days in to my NaBloPoMo challenge, and already I'm having to blog about what I ate for lunch. The So today my lunch consisted of leftovers. I know what you're thinking, "Oh my gosh, not only is she going to talk about her lunch, but that lunch was leftovers?!" Have no fear. I promise it will be worth your while! So my leftovers lunch was wonderful. More on that later.

A few days ago I noticed that Eye Roasts were on sale at the grocery store. Since I know how great these are for making my all time favorite crock pot meal, I picked one up. Crock pot meals are the working mom's best friend. You can throw a few things in the pot before heading to work, and when you come home it's like you have your own personal chef who cooked for you all day. The house smells wonderful and you have a fully cooked meal ready to be put on the table! Could there be anything better?

So exactly what is my favorite crock pot meal, you ask? Roast beef with potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and onions. Why do I love it so much? Let me count the reasons:

1. It is sooooo yummy and makes my house smell awesome!

2. It is possibly one of the easiest recipes ever! Simply brown up the roast on all sides in a skillet with a little oil (you can skip this step but it won't be as tasty!). Peel the carrots and potatoes (lots of them...as much as your crock pot can hold in addition to the roast and other ingredients) and cut them into pieces about 1" square(ish). Throw these into a single layer on the bottom of the crock pot. Put roast on top of that and fill in the area around the roast with remaining carrots. Sprinkle the top of the roast with grill seasoning (a la Rachel Ray). Then chop up one onion in large chunks and sprinkle over the top. Finally dump one 28oz can of diced tomatoes over the whole thing. Cook on high all day (6 hours). When I come home I usually turn it off and then it cools a bit before we eat it. Easy Peasy...anyone can do it!

3. The leftovers are just as yummy as the meal itself! Which brings me back to my lunch today...

One of my favorite sandwiches was a kid was always my mom's homemade roast beef sandwiches which consisted of leftoever roast beef on bread with a touch of mayo (Hellmanns or Best Foods only!...same mayo, different name...there's a story for another time). So today's lunch was just that, a leftover roast beef sandwich with a bit of those leftover yummy carrots and potatoes I was telling you about! Mmmmmmm...delicious!

See...that wasn't too bad, now was it? Let's hope that some more interesting blog ideas come to me for the remaining days this week!

Dear Caleb,

It used to be so darn cute when you would drop something and say "uh-oh." Now I am starting to regret having ever taught you that word. "Uh-oh" is a word that is only to be used when something happens accidentally. It does not mean "I just threw something to the floor intentially," or "I don't want this sippy cup on my high chair tray anymore, so I'm going to toss it over the edge."  Let's work on this!

Love,
Mommy

New Blog Background and Header

I decided that we'd had the baseball themed background up way too long.  I'd been wanting to change it for a while now since, and I figured since baseball season officially ended (with the sad loss of the Phillies in the World Series) that it was time to go ahead and make the change.  I've gotten really into making my own blog headers, so I also needed to wait until I had sufficient time to put that together as well.  Anyway, here's the latest setup that will be hanging around for a few weeks.  I'll be unveiling a new background and header after Thanksgiving in preparation for Christmas!  In the mean time...whaddya think of this one?

Y3W

"Throwing"

Obviously we are a family obsessed with baseball. So obviously we've been trying to work with Caleb on throwing balls. He loves balls, just not throwing them. So the other night I was trying to explain throwing again by throwing one of his ball pit balls against the closet doors in our house (bad example that I'm sure I'll regret later, I know). I gave C the ball to throw, and here is what happened...