Time Check!

Okay so first things first....the Super Bowl didn't go quite as I would have hoped but oh well. I wasn't upset about it. I still like Seattle and if they are going against any teams other than my Cards or my Cowboys then they have me in their corner. At the same time I don't take a lose of theirs as hard as I would if I was still living in Seattle. Our very minor Super Bowl get-together went well. We all had a good time!

I don't know why but I always feel a bit sluggish the day after the Super Bowl. It's like this unofficial holiday almost. I put a lot of planning into the menu. The day comes and I make the planned food. After the game I stay up late cleaning up. By the time Monday rolls around I need a timeout!

It was a bitter cold day here. I think it was 19 degrees with the wind chill factored in when I was walking the boys early this morning. Cody is such a delight in 19 degrees! Even more of a delight in 9 degrees! Total sarcasm!

Anyway after my sluggish day. Then again, aren't most Monday's sluggish days? While keeping the sluggish feeling at bay I did accomplish all I needed to, I think. But late this afternoon there was a check of the time, it was 5:15.  How many women can sympathize with what I'm about to say? You've done your best all day to get everything done. Work is done. House is in order. Dogs are walked. Cat is happy and meowing. Time to sit down, right? But wait check the time? It's 5:15? What's for dinner? Oh yeah, that's the one thing I forgot to do today....plan dinner. My husband is due to get home in about 45 minutes and I have ZERO clue what I'm serving him for dinner. Can anyone sympathize? Yep, that was me this evening. I quickly looked in our fridge, then the freezer. I spotted some tilapia filets. Problem was they were frozen. Oh well, easier to thaw tilapia then chicken, right? Well usually. But my tilapia was bought in bulk and we didn't think to separate them before freezing them and now I was stuck with a frozen block of tilapia filets intertwined with one another. There I was trying my hardest to "thaw" only 2 filets by running the huge block of filets under cold water. It worked in time. But man were my hands frozen from holding the frozen block while trying to pry 2 filets from the block all under ice cold water. Geez! It was worth it in the end. Two filets came loose and the rest of the block stayed frozen. Dinner was good! Must admit I am not a fan of those last minute dinner ideas. That's something I need to work on. When days get too busy I need a few go-to recipe options that need little prep work and can be done with easy to thaw meat. Or perhaps I need to just admit I had no time for dinner planning so lets call in pizza! Yeah, that's not me! So I'll work on acquiring some go-to last minute recipes!