January 14th, 2012 Sitting in the Target parking lot the other day, texting Matt, and trying to recoup after a crazy 5 kid event in the store I felt a severe jarring on the running van we were sitting in. I was awestruck as I watched a well-to-do man in a very nice vehicle accidentally let his fancy car door slam into our van door. He looked at the massive ding and walked on. No apology, no anything.
This is what followed in text. Verbatim.
Me (to Matt): A rich dude just let his door slam into our van with us in here and the van running. Didn’t apologize or anything. People are straight crazy.
Matt: Open ur door and give him a dent!
Me: Might would except the kids and I have been reading proverbs. :/ couldn’t even leave him a note. “don’t correct a fool in his foolishness.”
Matt: So, what do u call what u just did with that text? ;)
Me: Being a contentious woman?
Me: ;)
Matt: Lol
January 11th, 2012  Oh, c’mon, you know you wanted to see something I had peed on.
Yes, we are!!
We are…
Pregnant.
Expecting.
Overjoyed.
Scared.
Undeserving.
Worried.
Over the moon.
We have shared moments like these with you before. A couple of times now.
And each time it has been the same.
So very full of emotion and desire and love!
Let the Joyful Chaos of the Parker family continue!
For we really are so very…
January 9th, 2012 It still totally counts if I’m giving you the menu plan for last week and the upcoming week, right? I shop in 2 week spurts most of the time and I don’t make a hard and fast what we’re eating each day so I’m giving you everything just in one big lump, ‘k?
Baked Macaroni (Recipe forthcoming!)
7 Layer Taco Dip
Mexican Chicken (You do already have this in your monthly rotation, right?! If not, let me know and I’ll write up the recipe for it too.)
Tacos
Meatloaf
Taco Soup
Beef and Bean Burritos
Cheddar Beer Chicken (the jury’s out on this one, thank you Pinterest! I’ll let you know if it’s a keeper, but c’mon, beer, cheese, and bacon? How could that go wrong? Again, recipe forthcoming!)
Homemade Frozen Pizzas
Broiler Cheese Burgers
January 8th, 2012 I made these today for tomorrow’s dinner when we have a busy day in town. Simple. Yum!
I used a fairly large chuck roast and this will serve my family of 7 for about 2 meals.
Ingredients
- Chuck Roast
- 1 Pound Dry Pinto Beans
- 1 White Onion (chopped)
- 2 Cans Rotel
- 1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 2 Cans of Water
Directions
Trim the fat from the chuck roast.
Put the chuck roast in the crockpot and then just dump all the other ingredients into the crockpot around and on top of the roast.
Cook on low 6 – 8 hours. When the roast is tender and falling apart shred the roast with a fork and mix all the ingredients well.
This is just the right spiciness for the mild likers in my family and the others will add hot sauce to it.
That’s it! Wrap in warm flour tortillas, serve with sour cream if you would like. Enjoy!
January 7th, 2012 
The other day we went to Sam’s Club to pick up some dough balls, sauce, and cheese for our awesome frozen pizzas. While there of course we got their cheapest food combos ever: we love their slices of pizza and soda for right around 2 bucks (which is what Matt and I got) and also love their Nathan’s hot dog combo (giant drink and huge hot dog for a buck 70, no kidding, best deal ever!) After I had finished off half my pizza Matt told me I should try the hot dog again, it had, after all, been months and months since I’d had a Nathan’s. I resisted because the one the kids didn’t scarf down was BigMan’s and he chose ketchup. I only eat mustard on my hot dogs, thankyouverymuch. But Matt insisted, also known as pestering the mess out of you until you just give up, and I complied. Expecting to hate the ketchupy wrongness of a hot dog. Instead I was so taken with its deliciousness, that I started giggling while eating. Y’all, we don’t make enough of a scene in Sam’s with our whole brood, so I brought more attention to us by eating and laughing. I’m an idiot. While Matt was mocking what everyone must be thinking watching us (with things like, “look at the ridiculous amount of people stuffing their faces, that’s what’s wrong with the world today), he also snapped this picture of me saying and laughing, “I was right, even with ketchup on it, huh?” I ate the rest of it and loved every single bite of that silly underpriced goodness.
Even with ketchup on it.
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