Listy Friday

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Oh hey, blog. Long time no see. Not that I have a good excuse for my absence. Moving on …

– WTF, Google Reader? I’m pretty sure the rest of you Reader users were just as shocked to get a nice little message from Google stating that Reader will be discontinued as of July 1, 2013. I’m a pretty sad panda about this, but have already switched over to Feedly. I’m not quite used to the layout yet, but at least it’s somewhat similar to Reader. Ugh.

– Our weather has been ridiculous, but there the snow has finally melted enough in front of my house so we can actually have people park on the street instead of in snowbanks. I should probably mention that we live on the “shady” side of the street, so we get barely any sunlight in front of our house during the day. Anyway, since we can take advantage of parking on the street in front of our house, I’m going to say that spring is here.

– Speaking of spring, I’m loving the warmer weather we’ve been having lately! Kyle’s been busy weather proofing my new-to-me Adirondack chairs (courtesy of my mom) and I can’t wait to sit on our deck and soak in the sun. Annnnd I’ve been getting more walking time in with Isla in her stroller for some much needed fresh air.

– A couple weeks ago my mom’s cat snuck outside while no one was watching. He’s an indoor cat. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been seen since, except for a couple of not-so-promising piles of Mickey-coloured fur. Poor guy. He was a moody cat, but he sure was handsome. I’ll miss him, even though I’m allergic.

– I qualify for a new phone, which is exciting because I want to throw my current one off of a bridge. Which one am I going with? Well, not the iPhone 5. I’m going with either the Galaxy S3 or the new S4. I just can’t decide!! I’ll have to wait and see what the price of the new S4 is going to be, because chances are, once it comes out at the end of April, the S3 is going to be el-cheapo.

– I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but my mom, Isla and I are heading to Vancouver for a weekend at the end of April. Shopping? YES! Ya’ll have no idea how much I’m looking forward to this trip. I neeeeeeed it. I have some serious cabin fever from being on maternity leave.

– Weaning is a pain in the ass. Seriously. Hating the process, but I want it done.

– Yesterday was apparently “Pi Day” and I had no idea why people were saying that. But, I get it now. March (3rd month) 14th. 3.14. Pi. Not pie. Mmmm … pie …

That’s all I got. Please tell me that you’re life is more exciting than my own.

What’s in My Fridge

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I don’t claim to be a super healthy eater, a gourmet DIY at-home cook, or anything special. I’m just a regular wife & mom cooking for her family. So, with that, I thought I’d share what I’m hoarding in my fridge.

Main section:

Fridge 2

Top shelf: Chicken stock, Miracle Whip, Ragu Original pasta sauce (used as pizza sauce!), spicy pickled beans, garlic stuffed green olives, pickles (extra garlic), International Delight French Vanilla coffee cream, unsweetened apple sauce (for Isla’s lunches), antipasto, Philadelphia light Garden Vegetable cream cheese, sour cream, Gerber apple & prune juice (for Isla).
Middle shelf: Large eggs, feta cheese, Source Superfruit yogurt, Laughing Cow cheese, old bag of mushrooms that probably needs to be thrown out.
Middle drawer: Marble cheese, 1/2 a red onion, turkey deli meat, cucumber (also probably needs to be thrown out), pizza meat variety pack.
Bottom shelf: Brita water filter, milk, juice, beer (Sleeman’s – left here by a friend), leftover macaroni & cheese, leftover homemade chicken soup, bacon.
Crispers: Green leaf lettuce, celery, carrots

Door:

Fridge 1

 

Top right mini-shelf: Parmesan cheese herb mixture, a hard-boiled egg
Second right mini-shelf: Kraft tarter sauce, Dry active yeast (expired, so I guess it’s not very active anymore), French’s mustard, Frank’s Red Hot sauce, dijon mustard, take-out packets of soy sauce because I hoard them
Top left shelf: More International Delight French Vanilla coffee cream, Kraft real shredded parmesan cheese (SO must tastier than the dry stuff!), whipped cream, homemade (store-bought) strawberry jam, acidophilus
First big shelf: Milk, Bullseye Original Bold BBQ sauce, salsa, Golden Italian salad dressing, China Lily soy sauce, Kikkoman soy sauce (yes, 2 kinds of soy sauce – I like Kikkoman, Kyle likes China Lily. There is no compromise), Real Lemon juice, ketchup
Bottom shelf: Mott’s Clamato juice, plum sauce, more beer (again – left here by friends/family)

So there you go! My fridge always has something to munch on!

What’s in YOUR fridge?