G'day, family.
Sharon/WO, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself last night. It's good to have good fun relaxing times like this. Great that the kids enjoyed themselves too, it's all part of the positive lerning experiences socially.
Rabbit, good to see your smily face this morning. haven't seen you in a while.
Nomad, sorry that you've had some unhealthy food choices put in front of you. Sounds like he's looking for readily available high-carb food to grab whenever he feels hungry. Trouble is, guys can lose the resultant weight much more easily than we can. I've got some alternative suggestions for you if you like - they're prepare-ahead but low-carb (depending on how much bread you add), high-protein and healthy. The fastest/easiest one - roast chicken the night before. I either roast two medium chickens or one large one (with a separate baking dish of vegetables roasting, especially pumpkin & carrot; also try roasting celeriac and fennel, go easy on the potato). Then for a fast meal next day, simply microwave some leftover chicken and vegetables. Or warm up some chicken and use it to make a sandwich with wholegrain bread (for you) spread with avocado or maybe some mayonnaise (no butter or margarine) and some lettuce. it's faster than waiting for the pizza delivery, it's just as filling and a whole lot healthier.
To roast low-fat vegetables - I get a plastic bag with no holes, I put all the cut up vegetables in the bag (with maybe a sprinkle of herbs), toss all the vegetables around with any spicing then squirt in no more than a tablespoonful of oil, toss them around in the bag again then empty the bagful into a non-stick baking dish.
I've had a busy week so far. I finally got easy child 2/difficult child 2's audition package posted off today. I had to drive out to see her to get her to sign the terms & conditions, I had everything else organised but I'd missed that bit. It really will be a long shot if she even gets past this stage, but she's hating her job right now, her supervisor (in my opinion) has no management skills. I found out today he's given her a "final warning" ("any more complaints about you, you're fired") but since none of them are in writing, it's not legal. Besides, none of the warnings have told her what she's doing wrong! The guy apparently doesn't speak English very well; WHY he's in the job, I just don't understand. easy child 2/difficult child 2 found out today who it is who's been complaining about her; I suspect the complaints are coming from this particular co-worker in order to cover up her own incompetence (there have been some problems which easy child 2/difficult child 2 found and which have made a lot of extra work for her).
So I took advantage of her disgruntlement to push her to apply for a child care position (traineeship). She's got more chance of getting the child care job than of getting te TV presenter gig. But hey, getting her to apply for more than one job at a time is amazing progress!
I had dropped the paperwork off to easy child 2/difficult child 2 but needed to talk with her in detail, so while waiting for her break I visited my old friend I met again on Sunday, we had a leisurrely cup of coffee and caught up on old times. I gave them a copy of the DVD that difficult child 3 made for school last year. Her grandson had showed an interest in it.
I got back to easy child 2/difficult child 2, went through the paperwork, got her signature and the package back together, headed off to the post office then got the package under way. Good - done. Then headed home. A few other errands on the way, good to get them done (including buying more cough syrup!).
Choir practice tonight plus a quick visit to mother in law to say goodbye, she's heading to the other side of the country to visit sis-in-law for her birthday. Two weeks away. She really shouldn't be going, she's too frail.
I've got my cleaner tomorrow and thankfully it will be a sunny day so I've already got the washing machine working. husband has to get up ridiculously early in the morning (he's driving his mother to the airport on the way to work). After the cleaner's finished I've promised to take my pruning tools and mulcher to my friend's place, she's got a small tree to remove. Definitely a case for old work clothes tomorrow!
And yet I have this weird feeling that I've really not accomplished anything much this week...
I guess it's parenthood for you...
Enjoy your Wednesday.
Marg
