I. Am. Exhausted. And stressed out. My house looks like holy hell, Brian didn’t get home from work until almost 8:30, and I am once again covered in baby puke. To give you an idea of my day, this afternoon I was feeding Jack when Chloe started scratching at the back door. I carried Jack over to the door to let the pug in, and all of a sudden I hear “BRAAAAAP” and then a splash behind me. Awesome, projectile spit up.
But just wait, it gets better.
While I’m rushing to the kitchen to get a towel (apparently spit up has the pH of battery acid, judging from our floors), Chloe walks over and starts LICKING UP THE PUKE.
*Deep breaths*
Wait, what? This is a food blog?
Sorry. (Said like Gilly)
Anyway, such is my life. Moving on… breakfast this morning was more Greek yogurt with granola, blackberries, almonds and honey- oh, and 2 clementines.
The bluebonnets are out in full force here in Texas, and my mom has been all in a tizzy about taking Jack’s pics in the flowers before they go away. So today we piled into the car and headed up 635 in search of a good patch. Then we pulled off the service road (very WT) and started snapping pics. Unfortunately the sun was really bright and the shots didn’t turn out so well… but here’s what we got.
These will be better next year when he can actually sit up on his own.
Afterward we grabbed lunch at Primo’s in Rockwall. I had the chicken fajitas with extra veggies.
My hot date was pretty excited about getting to sit outside by the lake:
The reason for the Rockwall trip was a visit to Costco. I heart Costco. Sam’s Club just doesn’t measure up, but unfortunately that’s our only option within the city limits. We don’t have a Costco membership, so I just bum off of my parents (which, by the way, is frowned upon- the cashier gave us the stink eye for paying separately).
The haul:
Giant tub of organic baby spinach, broccoli, almond butter, hearts of palm, grape tomatoes, goat cheese, sliced almonds, Fage, rice crackers and shrimp.
We didn’t end up eating dinner until 9, once Brian got home and we put Jack to bed. I had a giant salad assembled in the fridge but then Brian had a GENIUS idea:
Brisket tacos!
That’s brisket leftover from my dad’s birthday party, on whole wheat tortillas with avocado, Stubbs BBQ sauce, and queso blanco.
Along with half of the salad (baby spinach, broccoli, tomatoes, carrots, goat cheese and edamame). I’ll eat the rest tomorrow.
I’m going to try and pick up a little and then crash. So sleepy.
- SURVEY -
Do you have a wholesale club membership (Sam’s, Costco, BJ’s, etc.)? If so, what do you buy?
I love their produce. It’s cheap, and having that much of it around makes me eat more veggies. Also: face wash, magazines and cheese.
We have a Sam’s Club membership. Usually we stock up on things like coffee, toilet paper and junk food from the freezer section. Oh, and Halloween candy during October.
I LOVE Costco. When I first moved back to the US from Korea, I just walked around Costco with a dazed look on my face. Massive tubs of PB, oats, hummus, etc. It was awe-inspiring.
Also, my grandmother used to let her dog lick all the places when we were done with dinner and then joke, “Okay, they’re clean!” My cousins and I truly believed that she didn’t use the dishwasher but the dog instead. So you could see Chloe as a cleaning product.
Gosh, Heather. You might want to put a graphic warning at the top of your blog, I was eating breakfast while reading about the puke. lol. Ah, the smell of projectile vomiting in the morning.
The bluebonnet pictures of Jack are precious.
I LOVE Costco. My mom goes with me but we settle up after we leave (they still look at you like “I know what you’re doing”.
She doesn’t buy much. I buy everything I can. Love their berries. Potting soil (cheap for huge bag) toilet tissue, cleaning, detergents, mayo, ketchup, … with two kids in college with their own apts. I buy a lot!
Nope, no memberships. But I always get my mom to take me to Sams when she is here visiting. No Costco is St Louis, at least that I have seen.
I love that picture of Jack in the carseat amongst the bluebonnets!!! It makes me laugh!
All the Mexican food here is giving me SERIOUS cravings
I love Costco, especially for bars and liquids!
We go to Costco about once every 2 months: toiletries, detergent, dish soap, diapers, formula, ground turkey, chicken, all the produce!, juice boxes, milk, any bottled drink….the list goes on and on…..love it!
Oh my! Sounds like you had quite the day…projectile vomit..one thing I am not looking forward to when having a baby lol.
You guys look great in all those wildflowers
Cute pics!
I so miss bluebonnet pictures! We moved a year and a half ago from Texas to Charlotte and every time this year I wish I was back there. You got some good shots!