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A weekend of goodbyes

“Menu Plan Tuesday” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “Menu Plan Monday,” but here we are.

It was a weird, rough weekend at Butterscotch Sundae headquarters. Rockford spent all of Saturday helping our best friends pack to move across the country, and on Sunday they came over for one last dinner and then left for points westward. Rockford and I grew up with the Mister of the family, and their daughter is just a few months younger than Pete. They’ve lived within a mile of us for the last 8 years, since we serendipitously moved to the same town within a few month of each other. They transcended our friend-family barrier long before that, and I just don’t know what we’re going to do without them.

Monday: Grilled ham & cheese sandwiches Leftovers
I did make Poppy a grilled cheese sandwich after soccer practice, but the rest of us had leftovers from our Sunday evening cookout.

Tuesday: Pizza
Pizza is one of Poppy’s very favorite foods, and this is the last week she’ll be able to enjoy it for many, many months, if my What You Can Eat With Braces research is accurate.

Wednesday: Orange Chicken Meatballs
The Orange Chicken Meatball recipe from Just a Taste has been on my Pinterest board for a good long while, and I thought maybe I’d finally give it a try.

Thursday: Cheeseburgers and mac & cheese
This is a Pete’s Choice meal, but it’s also the day that Poppy gets braces. Hence the mac & cheese.

Friday: Chicken masala
I never made it last week, so it’s on the menu again.

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Please send me your secrets for making perfect fried squash

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It turns out that I haven’t been Living My Best Life this month. Sorry Oprah. Between the summer cold and the dual-eyed conjunctivitis and watching too much of the Republican National Convention and the poison ivy that keeps spreading all over my person and the water leaking through the roof and into the microwave, I just haven’t been able to take my glory and run.

I have, however, made rather nice pickles and terrible fried squash and delicious zucchini muffins using produce from our garden. I’ve listened to “Hamilton” a time or two (or twelve). I’ve ordered most of the children’s curriculum for this school year. I’ve captured a number of Pokemon.

So things are not all gloom and doom. August is on the horizon, as are tacos. Here’s what we’ll be dining on this week:

Monday: Shake ‘n’ Bake Chicken
We had a box of Shake ‘n’ Bake conveniently placed next to a box of mac ‘n’ cheese in the cupboard. Rockford, who made this week’s menu plan, though they’d make a fine pairing for this evening’s dinner.

Tuesday: Spaghetti
Poppy requested spaghetti last week, and then she ended up having dinner with a friend on spaghetti night. So here, again, is spaghetti.

Wednesday: Tacos
We are fond of taco night.

Thursday: Chicken masala
Rockford planned Poppyseed Chicken for Thursday night, but I had to veto that because it isn’t the appropriate season for Poppyseed Chicken.

Friday: Pizza
I have had a hankering for the meatball pizza from the pizzeria down the road. It’s pricier than Domino’s, but it’s also local and better. I think we’ll splurge this week.

What’s the most memorable thing you’ve done this summer?

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There oughta be a law against being sick on vacation.

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We were at my dad’s house last week, and there were a lot of good things about our trip — the kids spent lots of time in the pool; we had an evening at a Lansing Lugnuts baseball game; sizzling rice soup; time with family; catching some Pokemon — but I’m trying to figure out where to apply for a redo of my summer vacation because I was sick all week. We arrived late Friday night, and on Saturday night I had aches and chills and a fever. That turned into a cold, which turned into conjunctivitis in both eyes. We got home this Saturday, and I went straight to bed and stayed there pretty much until this morning. I still don’t feel great, but I can open my eyes now. So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.

We are continuing the Summer of So Much this week with a trip to the aquarium for Poppy and a few days at Camp Poppins for Pete. I plan to spend most of the week coughing and applying eyedrops every three hours.

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve made a menu plan, and judging by this week’s offerings I am clearly in need to more practice before I get my menu-planning mojo back. Here’s what we’re having for dinner this week:

Monday: Something simple
We’re meeting Rockford’s sister this evening to ship Pete off for a few days at her house. I’m not sure what we’re having for sustenance along the way.

Tuesday: Takeout, maybe?
Pete will be at his cousin’s birthday party, Poppy will be out with her youth group, and Rockford and I will most likely pick up tacos or something.

Wednesday: Ham
Some of our closest, dearest friends are moving 2,200 miles away at the end of the month, and they’re working on clearing out their freezer. So they invited us over for a ham dinner.

Thursday: Pizza
You’d think that after so many days of not cooking, I’d be ready to actually make something one day this week. You’d be wrong, apparently.

Friday: I have no idea
Friday is Pete Retrieval day!

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