(I have an uncanny nack for finding truly awful t-shirts for men. Who would wear this??)
This week should be interesting. My Mother-In-Law due in on Wednesday.
We…. don’t get along all that well. We can both be cordial, but she is the most passive aggressive person I know. She has her reasons, she’s had a rough life, but it’s hard to deal with for more than a few days. She’ll be here for a week.
It’ll be her first time here since Captain M took the red pill, so I’ll be interested to see how that changes the dynamic.
I’m not entirely sure that our toddler K had the flu, because although she was MISERABLE for two days, she recovered really quickly. Does Tamiflu work that fast? Captain M and baby A started feeling under the weather on Friday, which led to cancellation of Date Night, which led to me being very sad. It’s been weeks since we had time out and alone, I miss it very much. I need a recharge. I’ve gotten time out of the house, but it’s generally been to run errands and go grocery shopping, and I feel guilty for leaving the kids at home with Cpt. M.
He started feeling better by Sunday, as did Baby A. Baby D woke up this morning feeling hot and miserable, of course. Some Advil and an additional nap later, he’s looking better. So hopefully it’s all done before MIL gets here. I’m covering everything in bleach today. We might be able to get out on Tuesday if D isn’t actually sick and was just teething or something this morning. As I continue writing, he seems to be just fine, so maybe I’m hypersensitive to every sniffle and couch right now.
I can’t wait to get to the gym today. Been reading Mark’s Daily Apple and seriously considering a diet change, even though Captain M doesn’t buy into paleo. Y’all don’t have to lecture me, I know. 
Our grocery bill is still somehow atrocious, even though I don’t buy junk food and generally cook from scratch with the exception of canned soups as casserole ingredients (not great in terms of sodium, but I don’t have time to make the cream soups from scratch at the moment. It’s a trade-off). I think it will be till the boys can kick their $40 a week formula habit. But I don’t regret switching to formula in any way. I’m fairly sure I’d be bonkers in a mental institution right now if I were still nursing.
K has a birthday party on Saturday that I’m freaking out about on top of everything else (3 years old!). We have friends who are vegan for medical reasons, I need to find a cupcake to make them. K loves chocolate cake, but one of her friends is allergic to chocolate. Thank God my gluten-allergic sister isn’t here too. A good excuse to pull out some new recipes and experiment. All the more bad food for me to send to work with Cpt. M for his coworkers to eat for us, haha.
Still no word from my step-mom on the discussion with my dad. I need to follow up with her, but for now things seem ok. But it’s impossible to tell. I hate nagging people about anything, so I’m hesitant to bring it up again.
Overall, we’ve been good despite the sickies. And now, I go disinfect everything in the house.
Okay, I know Captain M is a geek. Is there a science-y reason he doesn’t buy paleo? If so, I have technical articles that might speak to him more. Or is it a man hamster way of dealing with the shocking expense of no cheap carbs? Which I ask chiefly because Flambeaux finally told me straight up that we are going Primal after Lent and it is my responsibility to make the budget work. So off to the salt mines I go.
I’ll be happy to trade recipes.
The cheap way to make cream soups in less than fivr minutes is to make a roux. Melt a half stick of butter, stir in 4 Tb of flour, then add stock. Basically like making a gravy, and it works for all my recipes that call for cream of crap soup.
Prayers with you on the visit. We’re recovering from a visit from Flambeaux’s PA aunt, complete with victim puke letter after the fact. Sigh.
The paleo thing… He may be able to explain it better than me, but basically the logic is flawed in places. Any good studies and articles you have on it would be much appreciated, I haven’t totally written it off. I’m reading through Mark’s Daily Apple. We’re already on the “carbs are bad” bandwagon, just not sold on grains being evil in total. Same with legumes.
Sorry you got the victim puke letter, lol. I heavily sympathize.
The logic is flawed in places. Fundamentally, not all carbs are created equal. The way we respond to them is affected by how they are served and prepared. Most grains require serious preparation of the soaking and sprouting or fermentation type. Which is time consuming or expensive. And certain genetic backgrounds respond differently. FWIW, I’m an intelligent desire proponent so I tend to disregard all explanations that hinge on evolution and focus on the data. The data says that grains consumed without proper preparation will destroy health. The data also says that we canlive quite well without grains and be healthy.
The Weston A Price Foundation is an excellent source of unconventional wisdom about health and nutrition. Just tell the hamster to shut up whenever you read an article that makes you feel inadequate. (And you will. They are fanatics. Just ones that back it up with data and reason. )I have to do that everytime I read one in the joy of natural childbirth.
EDIT: inteligent design.
Sheesh! I hate auto-complete.
Sounds like a busy day/week for you! The balance and fun you find in your life are quite inspirational.
“I have an uncanny nack for finding truly awful t-shirts for men. Who would wear this??”
It’s for when MIL is short for MILF! Har har.
“I think it will be till the boys can kick their $40 a week formula habit.”
I can just see them downtown, with pacifiers and sunglasses, “Hey, man, how much for a hit of Gerbers?” and stashing the contraband in their diapers.
Bwhaha. It might as well be a drug habit, for as much as it costs. Yeesh.
we haven’t been able to stick to paleo because of the kids. I have one very picky eater who is almost a vegetarian. I just recently read about a book called The Perfect Healthy Diet, which is apparently supportive of some main aspects of paleo but with some so called “good carbs” (rice and potatoes for example) I am just starting to read about it. Have not bought the book yet but it is supposed top be backed by a fair amount of science and research. Here’s the site: http://perfecthealthdiet.com/the-diet/
Thanks for that! That sounds a little more our speed. I could probably deal with the lack of wheat if we can do rice or potatoes a few times a week.
http://thekindlife.com/blog/post/alicia-silverstone-kind-eats-steph-and-kalem-peanut-butter-and-jelly-cupcakes
Hmm, I think there may be someone with a peanut allergy (of course), but I’ll double check. Could always use almond butter instead though. Thanks!
Hope your family feels better soon…I am trying to eat clean…harder than it sounds…it is a lot of meats, fruits, and vegetables, and things have to have less than five ingredients and you have to recognize them all. So it is difficult to find bread, etc. that is less than 5 ingredients where there isn’t something on there that you have never heard of. I have thought about making my own…that’s a pretty far off goal considering the busyness of my life at the moment. Sounds like you are crazy busy yourself…good luck with the MIL visit!
Bea
You sound like you’re both significantly more insightful since you took the red pill… keep it up!
We have a birthday party for our oldest on Saturday too. He’s a year older today actually.
Funny about having babies hey? It’s always something, teething, sick, tired, whatever it is it always seems to result in crankiness, coughs and sniffles.
Hang in there with MIL, hopefully she can give you a little breather.
Happy birthday to your little one!
We’ve been mostly primal off and on for 3 years now. I am finally loosing my desperate need for bread & pasta. It has been a long time transitioning (we used to eat wheat 80-85% of our daily diet), but we eat WAY better these days than we used to, and I feel totally better avoiding grains. Got a vege patch going now and so that has cut the cost down. The 80/20 rule is pretty good. Mark’s daily apple is such a good resource, it is our “go-to” place for any primal questions. I hope your hubby reconciles his issues with it