I got published!

If you get Parents Magazine you'll see my name in the June edition! They published my tip (and paid me $25!) on Once a Month Cooking! I haven't actually seen it yet but I know it's in the "It worked for me" section which is usually near the back. I can scan it and post it when I get my magazine.

Today this random woman phones me and says, "I know this is going to sound really strange but I saw your tip in Parents Magazine and I wanted to know exactly what you do?" Taken aback, I said, "Oh, did they publish my phone number?!?!". Turns out, no, they didn't but the woman lives in Portsmouth and happens to know a neighbor of mine. She said she looked up my name and got our phone # since it's not hard to find....though I'm finding that hard to believe since we're "unpublished" and it's not under Kady. My neighbor must have given her my phone #. Anyways, totally BIZARRE! Actually I just talked to my neighbor and she said she did NOT give my number to this woman and what's even weirder is the lady knew I had 2 kids and was expecting another....is she stalking me??!?!

I just completed my second round of all day cooking this past Sunday! I only cooked from 7:30am to 5:30pm this time with an hour break. It's more exhausting to stand up all day when your six months pregnant :) I managed to freeze 19 meals even though I didn't get through all the recipes that I wanted to. Still fabulous to know I have a freezer full of food once again! The last batch got me through 3 months since I interspersed with vegetarian meals I would make the night of, plus going out to eat, or the times I forgot to take something out to thaw the night before and I had to just wing dinner....Remembering to thaw it out overnight IS key.

I wanted to say thanks to Heather S. in Florida for her idea on using frozen chopped onions! It really helped this time!!

Daddy had another successful day out with the boys too! He took them to New Castle Common for a day at the beach/playground. They came home super tired so they napped well and then off to walk around downtown and pick up take out for dinner!