Another Monday

I just threw a chicken in the oven. After having to cut the neck off! I buy them pretty often this was one of the worst prep jobs I've seen. There were still lots of feathers on it. I will have two carcass bodies (the other is frozen), so it's time to make stock. I've never made it before, so it should be fun.

I made this kick ass sweet and sour chicken last week that will most definitely stay on the meal list. So Good!

We've really been enjoying eating at home, and trying to cook from scratch as much as possible. I feel my creative juices flowing.

Karl got a small bonus this year. It's better than nothing I guess. We went out shopping on Saturday for work pants for Karl. Now my husband is skinny, so this can be a challenge. We ended up finding him some on the clearance racks at Penny's. It's always our store of choice for him, because they will special order his size for him if they don't have it. If it's a sale we can still get the sale price when it comes in. Anyways we got him four pairs of pants and a leather jacket for fifty bucks! Then we ate in the food court... Gabe was starving, and we used Christmas money so we weren't breaking the rules.

After we left the mall we ran to the pet store for kitty litter where Gabe fell in love with a rat. He wants one for his birthday. I've been doing some research, and they really do make good pets. They only live two years though. That's the bad and good of them I suppose. Anyways it really looks like there is a pet rat in our future. I'm sure he'll need some goading when it comes to cleaning up after it, and possibly feeding it although he feeds the dog and cats most days (unless I get up first).