This morning when I got to work all of the power was out. The elevators came back, so now I am upstairs in my office, but I guess that was an emergency generator or something, because the rest of the power is still out. No computers, no lights, and no ventilation.

It's the last one that might send me home.

This morning when I got to work all of the power was out. The elevators came back, so now I am upstairs in my office, but I guess that was an emergency generator or something, because the rest of the power is still out. No computers, no lights, and no ventilation.

Huh. There's a lot of that going around this week. Monday something happened to the primary power source here, and when the backup kicked in, it tried to take over all at once and basically blew up! Smoke in the data center and everything. We got a day off yesterday out of it.

no ventilation

!!!!

Perkins, you need to breathe. Can you work from home??

menu planning: I try to plan menues in advance, shop and stick to it, but that doesn't always happen. I tend to cook on the weekends and eat on it all week. So, I end up having the same meal for 4 days and it gets really boring. I need to start planning menus that use the food in different ways.

I've got 8 kids in my room working on projects. I love that they are so invested in their work that they come during their lunches to work.

Wonder if shock therapy from static electricity in winter can counteract SADS.

Wonder if shock therapy from static electricity in winter can counteract SADS.

Heh.

I tend to cook on the weekends and eat on it all week. So, I end up having the same meal for 4 days and it gets really boring.

I do the same thing. It's bad enough cooking for two and not always being able to cut a recipe down, but it's near impossible for one person. OTOH, I got a cookbook for Christmas that is all about cooking for one; I suppose I really should look at it and see what it can do for me.

My menu planning resembles amych's in that I tend to not actually plan them. I buy things I know I can cook quickly for the nights that need a quick meal, and I try to err on the side of food the kids will eat, plus enough fruits and veggies for a week. Oh, I also like erring on the side of foods that have a long shelf life, so I don't HAVE to cook a meal on a day I don't want to just to avoid food going bad. If I miscalculate, TJs is just up the street.

I R LAZY.

If I had a microwave, planning ahead would be much easier. There are many nights where I don't consider cooking an option. So I order in too much, or eat insufficient dinner.

I have not yet made peace with giving up that counter space. I flipped a coin between Foreman grill and microwave, and it came up grill.

I am pretty much Burrell, without needing to plan for feeding kids. I just make sure we have enough stuff on hand to put together a meal for the nights that we know we'll be home. I don't plan it out by day, though, like Monday = linguini; Tuesday = taco night, etc.

I just go with the basic idea that we can have linguini OR tacos OR spanakopita, etc., etc., on any given night.