katwomynwa

I've been wanting pizza since last week, but never motivated to do anything about it. When I was driving in to work yesterday I decided I was going to pick up stuff and make pizza. I had some pizza at work, thinking maybe that would do it, but nope, not at all.

So I stopped at the farmers market on the way home and got some yummy stuff. Some lovely Walla Walla onions, corn on the cob, plums, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, tomatos, and some hummus. 

Then I went to the grocery and picked up some pepperoni, sausage, ham, and feta cheese.

I came home and put the onions in a pan to carmelize. I cut up some mushrooms I had and when the onions were done, I set them to cook with some garlic. After the mushrooms were done, I cooked up some red and yellow peppers. In another pan, I fried up the italian sausage, then the pepperoni. Cooking the pepperoni ahead cuts the grease on the pizza.

Then I set to making 2 pizzas. One had red sauce, sausage, pepperoni, ham, and peppers. The other had no sauce, onions, mushrooms, peppers, pepperoni and feta cheese.

It fulfilled my need for pizza. *yum* And I'm looking forward to leftovers for lunch.

Care to guess which pizza was mine and which was Sean's? The kids ate the meat one, they like their meat.

katwomynwa

So my week started out pretty sucky. I got email Monday AM telling me I have been reassigned to another team for 3 months. Not pleased. Email!!??!!?? Oh well. I'm calming down about it. 

I'm totally behind on my photography class homework. Luckily week 3 is a "work week" so I might be able to catch up. I have pictures ready, I just haven't had time to upload them. Wednesday I had a release at work that ended up running into the weekend due to some complications. 

Thursday night was a trip to Dinners Ready. I now have a freezer full of meals again. I also inventoried what I had left, about 8 meals, so I can get them used. I fixed 2 of the old meals for dinner Saturday, and pulled out a 3rd for Sunday. I'm sure Ian and Lucy are going to think meals come in plastic bags from the freezer. :)

Saturday we hung around the house and just played with the kids. It was great fun. We are finding that Ian napping isn't such a good thing any more though. He napped for 2 hours and then spent 30-45 minutes melting down after he woke up. He wakes up after a nap much like his father, very grumpy. Then he was up until at least midnight refusing to go to sleep or stay in his room. He screamed and cried after the door was shut or the gate went up. Finally around 11:30 he calmed down about the gate and went to sleep. Without the baby gate, he wanders around the house. Not good when it is sleep time. Sunday night he was easier to get down. But he woke up at 5 and saw that his door was shut (not latched, just cracked open) and started crying. So we opened the door and he went back to sleep. He started crying at 7:30, but again, went back to sleep until 8:40. Changing sleeping habits. :(

Sunday was the Microsoft Company Picnic. We ended up parking just a few cars from Kelley, Eric, and Sophie, so we spent some time hanging out with then. Lucy did not care for the pony ride, but Ian enjoyed it. Then we did a hayride and they both had fun playing with the hay. The petting zoo was a huge hit with Ian. He said he made lots of new friends at the petting zoo. We were going to do a train ride then nab lunch, but opted to do lunch first. After lunch Ian got some sunscreen in his eye and melted down. Everything made him mad, so we decided the day was done. 3 hours was about 2 hours longer than I thought he would last. :) And then he fell right to sleep in the car. So did Lucy. They both got about an hours worth of nap, and were ready to go when we got home. 

When we got home we put a blanket in the front yard and played. A couple neighbors came over and sat with us and chatted. One of them had a granddaughter visiting that wanted to swim, so we all went out to the pool. While I was fixing dinner, another neighbor walked by and I told her everyone was out back in the pool (I had forgotten to turn off the sprinkler in the front yard, and she was talking to her son about it) So they joined in the pool fun as well. I spent about 20 minutes by the pool while dinner was cooking (meatloaf in the oven) and then went and finished it. We had dinner, then played a bit more, baths, and then bed. Full day.

Lucy looooves sour pie cherries. I grew up eating bowls of them sugared, and I love them. So does she. I made up a batch on Saturday to have her totally chow them. So I made a bigger batch on Sunday, and she chowed even more. I have about 4 pounds of cherries, and that's a good thing the way she is eating them. 

Next weekend we have plans to go to Portland for BrewFest, but Sean isn't sure he wants to go any more. So I guess we'll see how that works out.

katwomynwa

This past weekend found us busier than I usual care to be. Oh well, sometimes that just happens.

Friday Sean took the day off to visit with his Aunt Susan who was visiting from Baltimore. He, Ian, and Lucy drove in to Seattle to pick her up and then went to the Seattle Center to play for awhile. After they returned home, they all got into the pool. Ian showed his great aunt what a good swimmer he is, after he got done playing her pretending like he couldn't do it unless she was holding on to him. After swimming we went to the pub for dinner. Yes, we take all guests there, we're not very creative. Had a nice visit. Sean took her to her hotel and then came home to pick me up to go out. We had tickets to see Eddie Izzard at the Paramount. It was a good show, and we had good seats. Unfortunately, I was so tired, I was fighting hard to stay awake. My back was also bugging me and I was having a hard time getting comfortable. But still a nice evening out.

Saturday morning we were up early to drive to Snoqualmie to see Thomas the Tank Engine. It was an interesting experience. We had a 9 AM train ride. Where we parked we could see Thomas, so after our ride, we sat by the car and had a snack, so Ian got to see Thomas come back to the station. I have a great picture of him pointing at Thomas as he went by after our ride for the next trip. Saturday afternoon Sean let me take a nap because Saturday night was poker at our house. I'm not sure I would have been able to stay awake until 8 if I had not had the nap. :) It also gave me some needed downtime.

Sunday we relaxed at home. We got into the pool for awhile. Our neighbors brought their 2 little boys over to swim as well. Sean and I got burned as we didn't put on sunscreen. I didn't expect us to be out there as long as we were. Of course we put layers of sunscreen on the kids, but it made it obvious to me when it was time to stop when I started feeling the warmth on my shoulders. The evening we spent in the front yard playing in the sandbox. They love doing that, but baths are required afterwards since Lucy likes to throw the sand in the air. She regularly grabs the dirt from the planters by the house.

All in all, a good family oriented weekend.