It's Ok

After my MMM (Minor Meltdown Monday), Tuesday was a much needed reprieve day at home! We cleaned up the house in anticipation of DADDY COMING HOME! Even Anna cleaned her room - with a little help from her brother (who is a SUPER organizer when it comes to cleaning rooms) and a little threatening from her mother (who is NOT tolerant of children who can't get busy & stay busy until the job is done).

And Daddy did come home - around 4 p.m.! It was so good to sit on the couch and catch up in a way we could not do in 5 minute cell phone chats while he was gone. While he took a little nap (he'd been up since 2 a.m. Nevada time), I doctored up some Aldi's spaghetti sauce for our dinner. I like the Aldi's spaghetti sauce just the way it is - but I like it even better when I first brown some onions & garlic in olive oil in a big pan. Then add some ground beef and get it nice & brown. Drain the fat, add the sauce & simmer a few minutes. You can add parsley - OH - and you could even add a few slivers of CARROTS while you are doing the onions & garlic (for some reason they taste really good in spaghetti sauce, trust me! you hardly notice they are there but they add a little "something something").

Today we are having a few girlies over to play with Anna (a reward for getting the room clean!) - and are going to enjoy a HOT summer day at home. I work the rest of the week so I am bracing myself for that since NAUSEA has suddenly & belatedly seemed to have set in :( It's still not as bad as it could be - but it is a little annoying. I'm still not as sick as I was with any of my other pregnancies so I'm thankful. Have a lovely day!