{"id":1406,"date":"2010-03-08T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/08\/menu-plan-monday-24\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T21:53:02","slug":"menu-plan-monday-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/08\/menu-plan-monday-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Menu Plan Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orgjunkie.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 101px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgY85yN5eHDnnX6I3du3WYnPXlQjUybXMi1nr2A41koIK4HjdSzyIEB755C4JdL8BHa_zM8a6NzosEaBwlUU3zCLWxcM3laIaXV6PKlr0y2bRlhx_ooXfD-kuvC_DOPeRwCE0fR_5qspZRM\/s200\/mpm3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446310931948751298\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Whew, what a weekend this turned out to be. Shopping, stopping at Habitat for Humanity and van repairs on Friday. Oh along with a trip to the <a href=\"http:\/\/usps.gov\/\">post office<\/a> and lunch at <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/place?oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=mills+landing+hastings+mi&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=mills+landing&amp;hnear=hastings+mi&amp;cid=9773394653944501730\">Mills Landing<\/a>. I had a really delicious grilled ham and cheese sandwich along with super yummy french fries. It was kind of sad eating lunch all by myself in a crowded restaurant though. See? This is why I need a friend.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see, Saturday was all about bookshelf assembly. I got one of the bookshelves done on Friday afternoon, but the other two went up on Saturday. I have to say that already they have made a huge difference. I have totally cleared out the giant stacks of books in the living room. I wish I had taken before pictures, but I didn&#8217;t and I&#8217;m not recreating it just for blog prosperity. Saturday night was also the night of the Katie meltdown but we&#8217;re past that and if you don&#8217;t know about it, well, there&#8217;s a post if you want to know.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday was better. I wrote up the previously mentioned post and continued moving books around the house. I have a large bookshelf that got warped due to water damage in my last apartment. It bugs the tar out of me that so much of my furniture got damaged because my &#8220;friend&#8221; didn&#8217;t believe me that the whole place leaked like a sieve. Anyway, let&#8217;s not dwell on the negative, here. So, this one shelf totally refuses to stay put and keeps falling out. Of course, it&#8217;s also the shelf that is at perfect kitty height so Byron likes to hang out on it from time to time. That didn&#8217;t help. Yesterday, I got a hammer and some nails and I managed to get one of the nails from the outside of the frame into the shelf to help hold it in place. The umm&#8230;other nail, missed and I can&#8217;t get it back out without prying it with a screwdriver. The shelf has managed to stay in place while 2\/3 loaded for almost 24 hours now so I&#8217;m pleased.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see, that brings us to Sunday night when a bag of popcorn tried to burn down my house. I foolishly believed that the company knew just how long that bag of microwave popcorn should remain in the microwave. Well, they didn&#8217;t and with about 45 seconds left on it, I glanced into my kitchen to see thick dark smoke pouring from the microwave. In the amount of time it took me to go from living room to kitchen (let&#8217;s say 15 seconds to pretend I&#8217;m really slow), the entire kitchen was filled with this smoke and more was billowing from the microwave. I managed to get the microwave open (and off) and a window open before having to vacate the room. It was bad, folks. Really bad. I did however learn 4 important things from it:<\/p>\n<p>1. Do not trust companies when they say microwave popcorn should be in for 4 minutes. Trust your instincts.<br \/>2. Having the windows open when it&#8217;s 27 outside makes the inside rather chilly.<br \/>3. That smell will just not go away.<br \/>4. Our smoke detector downstairs doesn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;ll be looking into lesson 4 before the day is out. I suspect a dead battery is the culprit there.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on to this week&#8217;s menu:<br \/>Monday- Pasta<br \/>Tuesday- Steak w\/ Tatos &amp; Broccoli<br \/>Wednesday- <a href=\"http:\/\/craftsbykatie.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/save-planet-saturday-more-electric-bill.html\">Chicken &amp; Dumplings<\/a><br \/>Thursday- Roast w\/ carrots &amp; tatos<br \/>Friday- Cheeseburgers<br \/>Saturday- Mac n Cheese w\/ hamburger<br \/>Sunday- Leftovers<\/p>\n<p>There we go. That looks like one yummy week of food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/?action=view&amp;current=Name2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/Name2.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whew, what a weekend this turned out to be. Shopping, stopping at Habitat for Humanity and van repairs on Friday. 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