What are you eating?

[TLHKAJ]

I love salmon on the grill. The cooked texture is awesome to me. And I like rainbow trout. Deep fried halibut too. Can't get enough of fish and chips. I also am a big fan of snow crab, king crab and lobster.

I'm good with grilled or baked fish done certain ways. I can't do fried, altho I love the taste of fried fish. I don't eat fried foods anymore.

 

[Mayflower]

Your schedule sounds similar to what I used to deal with for many years.

We had 5 children.
My husband worked 2nd shift. I would wake around 6am and get the kids up, fed, ready for school. (They attended parochial school with the church we were part of.) I worked as a HS teacher assistant, Art teacher, and PE/recess duty. I went home early around noon to get my husband (who was just waking up) fed and feed my youngest ...got hubby's supper made (to take to work) and saw him off to work by 2:15pm ....then headed back to the school with my little one in tow, to pick up the other 4. We came home ....got homework done, housework/chores, supper ....kids to bed ....hubby home at 1am and I was usually still awake. Goodness, I kept that schedule for years. It can wear on you!

I normally work around 9-5 or 9:30 to 6 except Monday is my 8am day. I'll get on here when the kids are napping a good hour and a half at least and there is no cleaning or work for me to do at the time.

Thursdays we go straight to church after work and have dinner before I have praise team practice. My husband works thirds, with an odd schedule that alternates, so he normally sleeps till 4pm and goes in at 6pm. But he will have a good few days off here and there. It is his weekend to work. Choir is off a good while now, but I have county choir practice every other week too and Bible study when it falls on my husband's off day since we really don't have a sitter or family. Life is busy. But I am grateful the kids go to the preschool/daycare with me. I get to see them off and on all day.

 

[farouk]

I normally work around 9-5 or 9:30 to 6 except Monday is my 8am day. I'll get on here when the kids are napping a good hour and a half at least and there is no cleaning or work for me to do at the time.

Thursdays we go straight to church after work and have dinner before I have praise team practice. My husband works thirds, with an odd schedule that alternates, so he normally sleeps till 4pm and goes in at 6pm. But he will have a good few days off here and there. It is his weekend to work. Choir is off a good while now, but I have county choir practice every other week too and Bible study when it falls on my husband's off day since we really don't have a sitter or family. Life is busy. But I am grateful the kids go to the preschool/daycare with me. I get to see them off and on all day.

@Mayflower Great indeed if you guys can eat together and go to church together... :)

 

[Raccoon1010]

I'm good with grilled or baked fish done certain ways. I can't do fried, altho I love the taste of fried fish. I don't eat fried foods anymore.

The only fish I've had fried is rainbow trout and it was pretty good. But it's best to grill it so any fishy taste drops down and off the fish. I don't use tinfoil either. I don't like to lock in the fishy taste. Fish has oils in it that taste fishy and it needs to grill off.

 

[Mayflower]

@Mayflower Great indeed if you guys can eat together and go to church together... :)

Yep. We may eat out a lot, but we do as a family. Usually sit down places and not much for fast food. We have this one place called Millis we really like. Like homecooking. Good fish there and the kids like spaghetti.

 

[farouk]

Yep. We may eat out a lot, but we do as a family. Usually sit down places and not much for fast food. We have this one place called Millis we really like. Like homecooking. Good fish there and the kids like spaghetti.

@Mayflower Hey, I can't get enough spaghetti (and meatballs...) :)

 

[Mayflower]

I normally work around 9-5 or 9:30 to 6 except Monday is my 8am day. I'll get on here when the kids are napping a good hour and a half at least and there is no cleaning or work for me to do at the time.

Thursdays we go straight to church after work and have dinner before I have praise team practice. My husband works thirds, with an odd schedule that alternates, so he normally sleeps till 4pm and goes in at 6pm. But he will have a good few days off here and there. It is his weekend to work. Choir is off a good while now, but I have county choir practice every other week too and Bible study when it falls on my husband's off day since we really don't have a sitter or family. Life is busy. But I am grateful the kids go to the preschool/daycare with me. I get to see them off and on all day.

Ladies Bible study. My bad. No child care. We always go to church regardless.

 

[farouk]

The only fish I've had fried is rainbow trout and it was pretty good. But it's best to grill it so any fishy taste drops down and off the fish. I don't use tinfoil either. I don't like to lock in the fishy taste. Fish has oils in it that taste fishy and it needs to grill off.

I think there was a Christian band called GHOTI Hooks

(GH as in enouGH; O as in women; TI as in station: pronounced 'fsh'...)

 

[Mayflower]

@Mayflower Hey, I can't get enough spaghetti (and meatballs...) :)

I love Alfredo but not a spaghetti eater myself. That is the other thing hubby likes. :)

 

[farouk]

I love Alfredo but not a spaghetti eater myself. That is the other thing hubby likes. :)

@Mayflower Oh I like Alfredo as well, but the portions don't seem to be as filling as spaghetti, for some reason....(especially when there are meatballs...)

 

[Mayflower]

You are all in trouble, because you are making me hungry and now I need a snack. I really want some coffee too, but afraid it will keep me up.

 

[Raccoon1010]

I think there was a Christian band called GHOTI Hooks

(GH as in enouGH; O as in women; TI as in station: pronounced 'fsh'...)

Interesting. I think I need to catch some zzz's. Catch you guys later, fun chatting with you all!

 

[Mayflower]

@Mayflower Oh I like Alfredo as well, but the portions don't seem to be as filling as spaghetti, for some reason....(especially when there are meatballs...)

I love the swedish meatballs. I just don't like spaghetti sauce, because I'm picky with the sweeter things. I'll eat it sometimes though. :)

 

[stunnedbygrace]

I normally work around 9-5 or 9:30 to 6 except Monday is my 8am day. I'll get on here when the kids are napping a good hour and a half at least and there is no cleaning or work for me to do at the time.

Thursdays we go straight to church after work and have dinner before I have praise team practice. My husband works thirds, with an odd schedule that alternates, so he normally sleeps till 4pm and goes in at 6pm. But he will have a good few days off here and there. It is his weekend to work. Choir is off a good while now, but I have county choir practice every other week too and Bible study when it falls on my husband's off day since we really don't have a sitter or family. Life is busy. But I am grateful the kids go to the preschool/daycare with me. I get to see them off and on all day.

psh, all that and you’re worrying about cooking more?? I’ve read many of your posts in here for a few years now (I read a lot more than I comment on) and I’ve followed you talking about and praying and worrying over those kids for quite a while. Don’t compare yourself to other moms. You do what works for YOUR family.

 

[farouk]

I love the swedish meatballs. I just don't like spaghetti sauce, because I'm picky with the sweeter things. I'll eat it sometimes though. :)

@Mayflower So are the Swedish meatballs the big, kind of fluffy ones?

 

[TLHKAJ]

I normally work around 9-5 or 9:30 to 6 except Monday is my 8am day. I'll get on here when the kids are napping a good hour and a half at least and there is no cleaning or work for me to do at the time.

Thursdays we go straight to church after work and have dinner before I have praise team practice. My husband works thirds, with an odd schedule that alternates, so he normally sleeps till 4pm and goes in at 6pm. But he will have a good few days off here and there. It is his weekend to work. Choir is off a good while now, but I have county choir practice every other week too and Bible study when it falls on my husband's off day since we really don't have a sitter or family. Life is busy. But I am grateful the kids go to the preschool/daycare with me. I get to see them off and on all day.

That was the main reason I worked at the school where my kids were. I wanted to be with them. I would have worked the whole day till close but I had one still at home and he wasn't old enough. There wasn't a preschool and I don't think I would've put him in if they had one. By that time, I was long ready to be done with that place. It was a very bad place. When we were there, there was school Mon-Fri, church on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays.... women's prayer meeting on Tuesday mornings, Bible school on Monday nights .... men's prayer meetings every weekday morning. I'm not saying those are bad things, but in that setting, it was bad. We had almost no time at home. Summers were even taken up with work days Mon-Fri ...from small kids to adults. (Painting, cleaning, yardwork, cooking, etc)

 

[Lambano]

@Mayflower Oh I like Alfredo as well, but the portions don't seem to be as filling as spaghetti, for some reason....(especially when there are meatballs...)

I like the Alfredo better. Marinara tastes good, but gives me agita.

 

[TLHKAJ]

The only fish I've had fried is rainbow trout and it was pretty good. But it's best to grill it so any fishy taste drops down and off the fish. I don't use tinfoil either. I don't like to lock in the fishy taste. Fish has oils in it that taste fishy and it needs to grill off.

Foil is bad for you anyways. lol
Aluminum is toxic, stores up in the brain and is linked to Alzheimer's.

 

[farouk]

I like the Alfredo better. Marinara tastes good, but gives me agita.

@Lambano I find the Alfredo quite mild, which is fine...

I do prefer meatballs with sauce and spaghetti....(maybe shows how basic and uncomplicated my tastes are...)

 

[Cassandra]

I'm having general tso's and fakey crab rangoon. (I dont eat crab)