Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Household Experiments

Dinner
I'm trying to use up the food we already have to cut down on what we move. We have lots of taco shells and seasoning packets but no ground meat, so I tried out using chicken breasts. It was great! The chicken wasn't thawed, so I put it in a big saucepan with a can of tomatoes and a packet of seasoning. It simmered for a few hours and pulled apart nicely. Added a can of beans, topped with grated bits of chunk cheese & celebrated quietly when all the boys ate it.

Skin Care
A couple of weeks ago I tried getting my legs waxed and was instructed to exfoliate so the hairs don't become ingrown. I have no idea when I last exfoliated anything. I was going to go buy something, but then checked online for an exfoliating mixture using household items. I concocted my own using stuff in the cupboard and it worked very nicely: kosher salt + olive oil + tea tree essential oil. I put my legs in the tub for this project so I wouldn't drip stuff anywhere else. That worked fine except that when I showered the floor was pretty slippery.

Packing
Packing is not nearly as time consuming for me as sorting. Today I went through several of my desk drawers and found: lots of photos, a book of temporary tattoos, stickers, and a $20 gift card for Target. That gift card bit is a little embarrassing. It was given to us when Owen was born. He's 3! I think it arrived around the time we moved to Milwaukee and you know, life's been complicated.

I will be a little ad for Target gift cards, though. I spent the card this afternoon (on medicine for ear-infected Jude!) and it had lost no value. Apparently there is no expiration date or fee. Nice.

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