What's Up Wednesday

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I need more quick breakfast ideas. I'm getting bored with granola bars and string cheese.

[teraiin]

I've been trying off and on to clear a path for the dogs. But it just keeps looking live I've done nothing. 🤷‍♀️ Oh well. I give up.

My husband got a whole two hours of sleep before having to go back out.

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Mar 15, 2017 9:00:15 GMT -5 teraiin said:

I've been trying off and on to clear a path for the dogs. But it just keeps looking live I've done nothing. 🤷‍♀️ Oh well. I give up.

My husband got a whole two hours of sleep before having to go back out.

Boo. Two hours is rough. I hope he's holding up okay. What's your total so far?

[teraiin]

Mar 15, 2017 9:09:46 GMT -5 @led said:

Mar 15, 2017 9:00:15 GMT -5 teraiin said:

I've been trying off and on to clear a path for the dogs. But it just keeps looking live I've done nothing. 🤷‍♀️ Oh well. I give up.

My husband got a whole two hours of sleep before having to go back out.

Boo. Two hours is rough. I hope he's holding up okay. What's your total so far?

Ironically most of the morning and early afternoon yesterday wasn't too bad, butnover th course of the afternoon/evening it intensified quite a bit. I think it's over two feet (possibly 3) but it's hard to tell because it is horribly windy and drifting. Some areas are over my head (!), a lot of areas are past my waist, and some areas you can see bare ground 😂

[TheEleventhHour]

Mar 15, 2017 8:46:05 GMT -5 @led said:

I need more quick breakfast ideas. I'm getting bored with granola bars and string cheese.

Overnight oats are my jam. I make them Sunday in mason jars to eat all week. There are tons of ideas and recipes on Pinterest. 

[pearlvirus]

My date night sitter has pneumonia. Now I'm sad because she's a nice lady and because I don't get to go out 😕

[TheEleventhHour]

Morning! So glad I have today off. I requested it weeks ago because DS's preschool scheduled their professional development day for today. It could not have worked out better with this storm lol.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Mar 15, 2017 9:34:55 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

Mar 15, 2017 8:46:05 GMT -5 @led said:

I need more quick breakfast ideas. I'm getting bored with granola bars and string cheese.

Overnight oats are my jam. I make them Sunday in mason jars to eat all week. There are tons of ideas and recipes on Pinterest. 

That was gonna be my suggestion. Easy peasy!

[ohinvrtedworld]

Mar 15, 2017 9:38:05 GMT -5 pearlvirus said:

My date night sitter has pneumonia. Now I'm sad because she's a nice lady and because I don't get to go out 😕

Ohhhh that stinks. Hope she gets better and that you can go out soon!

[ohinvrtedworld]

teraiin that weather is crazy!! Wow!

[ohinvrtedworld]

I couldn't sleep last night because I was just worrying/dwelling on negatives/being a nut. A human body probably isn't designed to have this much coffee but oh well. I need to start cutting down because I've heard that caffeine only makes anxiety worse.

[leekpartyof2]

Mar 15, 2017 9:41:40 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

Mar 15, 2017 9:34:55 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

Overnight oats are my jam. I make them Sunday in mason jars to eat all week. There are tons of ideas and recipes on Pinterest. 

That was gonna be my suggestion. Easy peasy!

I'm not a huge fan of the texture of the overnight oats, but I do have a super easy steel cut oat recipe that I make weekly in the colder months: The night before you want to eat, bring 4 cups of water to a boil, add a pinch of salt and a cup of steel cut oats. Boil for 1 minute. Turn off the heat, and put the lid on. Allow to sit overnight. In the morning, I grab a portion and usually add some fruit, yogurt and/or nut butter. They keep well all week.

[bonzo2012]

Mar 15, 2017 9:34:55 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

Mar 15, 2017 8:46:05 GMT -5 @led said:

I need more quick breakfast ideas. I'm getting bored with granola bars and string cheese.

Overnight oats are my jam. I make them Sunday in mason jars to eat all week. There are tons of ideas and recipes on Pinterest. 

I just started doing overnight oats, and I love how easy they are! I think I'll start doing a big batch on weekends too.

[bonzo2012]

ohinvrtedworld, I hope you're able to sleep tonight. Do you take melatonin? I take it sometimes when I'm stressed and it helps my brain shut off to get to sleep.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Mar 15, 2017 10:03:27 GMT -5 bonzo2012 said:

ohinvrtedworld , I hope you're able to sleep tonight. Do you take melatonin? I take it sometimes when I'm stressed and it helps my brain shut off to get to sleep.

I don't! Maybe I'll try some. Sometimes I'll take generic Unisom but I try not to make a habit of it, and if I take that too late, I'll be crazy groggy when I have to wake up.

[butlerfan]

Mar 15, 2017 8:46:05 GMT -5 @led said:

I need more quick breakfast ideas. I'm getting bored with granola bars and string cheese.

Make little egg omelets in a cupcake tray-freeze the extras and then you just take out what you want and reheat....quick breakfast!

[butlerfan]

Mar 15, 2017 9:00:15 GMT -5 teraiin said:

I've been trying off and on to clear a path for the dogs. But it just keeps looking live I've done nothing. 🤷‍♀️ Oh well. I give up.

My husband got a whole two hours of sleep before having to go back out.

Ouch that's rough! How much snow have you gotten?

[leekpartyof2]

butlerfan, I did that this weekend and DH has been eating them for breakfast this week. I've not tried to freeze them since I only made a dozen. The filling was a random 'clean out the fridge' mishmash of veggies, cheese and some leftover Canadian bacon.

ohinvrtedworld, I've been having more nights like that recently. It's so horrible not to get good sleep. I've been trying really hard to cut off screen time at least an hour before bed, as well as taking a hot shower and reading until I'm tired. It works most of the time.

[lilsneezy]

I'm trapped in my house until our plow guy gets here and who knows when that will be. I tried clearing out our walkway but it's impossible with this wind. I measured 28" so far and it's STILL snowing.

[badwolf]

Everyone who got snow or ice stay warm and safe! We only received a little dusting here. I'm very disappointed today because I went to have cereal this morning for breakfast and found we were out of milk. Sigh, looks like we need to go grocery shopping.

[rooskie]

You can all keep your snow.

Its below freezing here, but its sunny.

I'm trying to decide what to go get for lunch later this afternoon.

Also, today is our old man cat's 12th birthday!!

[scoutradley]

Mar 15, 2017 8:46:05 GMT -5 @led said:

I need more quick breakfast ideas. I'm getting bored with granola bars and string cheese.

I get oiko's triple zero Greek yogurt and eat that with thin sliced whole grain toast and an apple.

[lilsneezy]

Mar 15, 2017 11:37:53 GMT -5 rooskie said:

You can all keep your snow.

Its below freezing here, but its sunny.

I'm trying to decide what to go get for lunch later this afternoon.

Also, today is our old man cat's 12th birthday!!

Happy birthday, kitty! 🎈😺

[bonzo2012]

Mar 15, 2017 10:04:46 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

Mar 15, 2017 10:03:27 GMT -5 bonzo2012 said:

ohinvrtedworld , I hope you're able to sleep tonight. Do you take melatonin? I take it sometimes when I'm stressed and it helps my brain shut off to get to sleep.

I don't! Maybe I'll try some. Sometimes I'll take generic Unisom but I try not to make a habit of it, and if I take that too late, I'll be crazy groggy when I have to wake up.

Melatonin doesn't typically make me groggy, probably because it's the natural sleep hormone. It might be worth trying. Whatever you do try, I hope it works!

[emmaswan]

Mar 15, 2017 8:46:05 GMT -5 @led said:

I need more quick breakfast ideas. I'm getting bored with granola bars and string cheese.

Belvita breakfast biscuits and coffee are what I have. It seems to do the trick.

[daisy818]

Oh man, I had leftover butter chicken for lunch and I was legitimately sad when it was gone it was so yummy. I think it was better today than last night.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Mar 15, 2017 13:19:47 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

Oh man, I had leftover butter chicken for lunch and I was legitimately sad when it was gone it was so yummy. I think it was better today than last night.

Leftover curries are SO much better than when they're fresh! Yum.

[Deleted]

I've been trying to change an appointment from noon today to one today, but I haven't heard back yet and it's almost noon. I'm getting nervous. Ridley is supposed to go down for a nap at noon. A knock on the door will totally ruin that.

[Deleted]

I think I'm making curry and rice for lunch. That sounds so good. Maybe I'll even put some effort in it and add chicken.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Today during lunch I FINALLY have my house as clean as I want it. I think I'm at an 11 when cleaning. I'm only content when all the clothes are clean and put away except what we're wearing, and the hardwood floors have undergone the vacuum hose, dry swiffer, wet swiffer treatment lol.