A good finish and off to a bad start

Well, well, well.  No big surprise girl with the attention span of a may fly that I am, I totally dropped the ball on this food blog thing today.  But I must tell you it is on the tail end of a smashing week.

I actually ate fish with lemon caper and white wine sauce.  It was as good as it sounds.  With it?  These yummy green beans below.

This girl really ate stir fry.  It was not even really good stir fry.  I still loved it.

Did I mention I made risotto with mushrooms and pea pods?  I did.  The girl ate at a friends and the boy choose left over stir fry.  But hey hubby and I thought it was great.

And because the week ended with St. Patty's day.  We had to have some green.  Pancakes and apple juice for breakfast.

And ham, mashed potatoes with dill and fruit studded salad for lunch.

And then. . . You see I was deep into a project when the time came to start the food for the week project.  I would like to point out, it is 8pm on Sunday, my rugs have been vacuumed this weekend and everyone has enough clean clothes to make it for the next few days.  So I am kick'in butt by my standards.  First I will focus on project.  In spite of several missteps (please read as home depot is incapable of having a straight item in stock.  MY PIPE WAS BENT. REALLY?), we are pretty far on a small project.  A door I have been wanting to put in for a while.  Based on an apartment therapy post, I decided to forgo the expensive, and rather difficult to obtain barn hardware (dear internet hardware sales people, I will NEVER fill out a form to get the price.  Seriously like a guy asking if his mom could live with "you" on the first date. Relationship over.)  So here are some pics.

The door frame with dogie and my thumb.  This is before the 10in addition.  Someone forgot to carry the 1.  It may have been me.

Frame addition and all with the first skin.  Just about fixed the warped framing boards.

Added some insulation as I am hoping this door will allow the kids to go to their rooms and not hear everything the adults say.  I duct taped the seams because I was beginning to worry this project would include none of it.  Can I continue to go to family reunions if I was to do a project without it?

Door is up. Need to paint and add the handle to it.  Also need to return about 100 things to various stores.  My father-in-law tells a joke about all projects requiring 3 trips to the store.  Well let's just acknowledge that said joke replays in one's mind and becomes very unfunny by the 5th store trip.  Beyond that, well . . . I am not certain if I am speaking with my father-in-law anymore.

It isn't sliding perfectly, see above mentioned Home Depot straightness issue.  (Sorry mom, I know they are a great employer.)  The door is able to slide in front of the stairs and at least baffle the sound a bit.  We will need to tweak some things, but still I am really glad I pushed for it this weekend.  I have done nothing on this house in ages.  (Does Hazelton have a home improvement addition program? Is wine frowned upon while I am in it?)  I have a small horse trade coming up with a talented young artist, so this is really the first step in a large art installation.

Back to food.  It was pizza delivery tonight.  I love pizza boys.  You know how bad it is when a nurse looks at you with horror that this is the worst thing she has ever seen.  Oh maybe you don't.  That might just be me.  Oh well, pizza guys never show they think my life is a disaster   These boys have seen it all.  They see you covered in stuff and tools plugged into extension cords all over the living room and don't bad an eye.  Sometimes I worry I call them just to test if I have crossed the line.  (Does hoarders get their show subjects from pizza delivery guys?  Cause I bet the could.)  Crap I got totally off topic again.  Anyway the kids were really great about the zero attention weekend, so I got root beer with the pizza.  Pretty popular right now.  I did manage to put together a list while waiting for hubby to do some pipe length availability research and call me back.  Turns out it is totally okay to sit in the cushy outdoor chairs at the Home Depot and make your weekly menu.  If they add WiFi,  Starbucks could be in trouble.

Monday - Homemade mac 'n cheese.  The boy is conference bound, but not till later.  Nice evening. I should try to get to the Y early right when I get home.  Need to make this ahead if I plan to do that.
Tuesday - a chicken and salad.  Since the girl wasn't home, we didn't make it with the risotto on Friday.  Some is left.  Taking chicken out of freezer as soon as I push publish.
Wednesday - The very last church soup supper of the season.  Chicken wild rice will be my contribution.  Make on Tuesday with the left over chicken.
Thursday - Eggs and sausage (need to try and get to a store to add fruit to this.)
Friday - There is this hamburger & sour cream thing my grandmother put in a family recipe book many years ago. I think I will make it up for Friday.
Saturday - sandwiches (I did make a loaf of bread, and an extra for the freezer.  Let's see if it will rise again.)  Crap I wrote sausage pizza down.  I just ordered that for dinner.  Good deal a look at the calendar shows it is a swimming banquet that night.  Off the hook.
Sunday - Palm Sunday brunch at church will get us through lunch.  Then I will be back at it.  This time with kids and adults in the house all week.  I will need to shop!