Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Matchy-matchy

Have you seen my new purse? I've only had it for a year. However, if I'm with the kids I will be sporting the diaper bag. But if you catch me by myself I will have my purse.


I seem to stick with Fossil purses. I don't care for leather purses with a lot of hardware. I want canvas and pockets. This one veered a little from what I usually get but I adored it. But I didn't buy it the first time I saw it. Any time I buy a purse on impulse I end up regretting it. And of course it was gone when I went back for it. I had to do an intense internet search to find it and then I had to wait until it was on sale.

More recently I decided that my wallet should be replaced. My old one has been good for well over five years, why not try something new. And I found this cute one, again from Fossil.

But when I went to buy it, the store had only one and the corner was all rubbed off. I was disappointed but browsed for a few minutes. Then I found this one. And I may or may not have named the little bee on it Herbert.


It wasn't until I went to check out that I realized how well it matched my purse. While I wanted to get a wallet that would compliment my purse, I didn't mean for it to match. Ah well, since the wallet (and Herbert) spends most of its time in the diaper bag I don't really need to worry about it.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Trying Something New

While on vacation in San Diego, we tried a couple new places to eat. The one that I picked was called Pacific Coast Grill. It had good food reviews, stated it was child friendly and prices weren't bad. Imagine my surprise to show up, see a dark restaurant with lots of couples and not be given a children's menu. But the waitress had the children's menu memorized and bread appeared on the table immediately so we decided to tough it out.

Now most of you know that I am a picky eater. While growing up my mom would make me a hamburger any time there was meatloaf or spaghetti because I wouldn't touch them. In college I survived on cereal, pepperoni pizza and Mountain Dew.

Then along came Chris. On our second date he introduced me pineapple and ham pizza that he made. I was in love (with the pizza). Slowly, over eleven years now, he has gotten me to try new things. I'm still not a fan of Mexican cuisine but I've warmed up to Chinese and am willing to try new things more often.

So will scanning the menu at this restaurant I decide to try something a little different than normal. Kabobs. Ok, so that isn't too new. But I chose to have steak and salmon. I am not much of a seafood person (did you hear what happened to me at freshman Homecoming?) but I keep hearing how it's oh-so-good-for-you. So I took a chance.

And it was fabulous. It was the teriyaki sauce that made it taste not so fishy. It was the first time in quite a while that I actually cleaned my plate.

In an effort to start eating healthier, last night we had salmon, rice and asparagus for dinner. I thought "This needs teriyaki sauce!" but alas there was no such sauce in the house. But in a flash of inspiration I looked up a recipe online. I had all of the ingredients so I whipped out a pot, set it on the oven and threw in the ingredients. Chris had already started to grill salmon and some steak but the sauce was ready in minutes so he poured some on.

Again, fabulous! Xander even ate the fish with no complaints, even asked for extra sauce.

I love it when a plan comes together.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News

Last week I received a letter from our family doctor in Ohio. He stated that his practice would close in June and he would be moving to West Virgina for a new position. So I am stuck with finding a new family doctor (and perhaps a pediatrician) that will accept our insurance. And I need to this without meeting the new doctor because we are in California until August. But I need to get it done so that records can be transferred over before the old doctor moves away.

You'd think it would be easy with all of the websites and technology nowadays. The insurance website lists the doctors, right? Yes, except that for some reason they don't have any doctor's in our zip code. I can't tell if it's a technology glitch (a message came up one time implying such) or if there are really no doctors close to us. I may try to call the insurance but have to work up the nerve to be on hold for twenty minutes before I talk to someone.

I sent out a couple emails to local friends asking for recommendations. The one doctor repeatedly recommended is not taking new patients. Boo! And since all of the patients from the old doctor are trying to find a new doctor, I am nervous about availability.

I guess I'll wait for a few more recommendations and then just call to see if they take our insurance. I just hope that I don't end up having to drag a sick child on a forty minute car ride to be told it's just a cold.