I'm working on getting around to regular menu planning. My problem is I plan out the week and then don't get around to making all the meals for one reason or another. I'm trying to start rolling over meals instead of starting from scratch each week.

For this week...and probably the next:
(mostly from savingdinner.com)

Monday: Mini Meatloaves
Tuesday: Baltimore Hash
Wednesday: DJ'ing at the local swing venue - dinner on the way
Thursday: Farm Stand Frittata
Friday: Pan-Seared Salmon with Mushrooms and Spinach
Saturday: Chicken and White Bean Soup
Sunday: Leftovers!

It's been a while since I've posted. Mostly I've been working - these days my job is keeping our employees employed, and we've managed to bring 3 new employees on board over the last few months.

I've also been fighting the urge to unplug from everything that is going on. I've been listening to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and know that the economy and politics are in my area of concern and not in my area of influence. At least not really. I'm writing letters, but don't really know how much of an influence that has. It's a little discouraging, really. I guess all I can say is that I didn't vote for any of this. That I hope this doesn't turn out too badly. *fingers crossed* As a small business owner, I really wish that the government had chosen to pass along the tax cuts to us so that we could afford more employees. It's not like we're in the direct line to benefit from any of the proposed spending bills or anything. In fact, I'm a little worried about the other included items making it actually harder for us to do business.

Again, my job right now is to keep our employees employed.

A quick update - I'm 3 pounds lighter over the last three weeks, and 2.97 of those are solid fat pounds. Oh, and 3 1/2 inches smaller. I've been stuck at the same weight for quite a while, so it's nice to see the numbers marching downhill a bit. Of course, in actuality, it looks a lot more like a stock market graph - including the recent downward trend.

Gary and I have spent a lot of time trekking up to Riverside county to look at houses. We're about a year out, I think, but it's nice to know what's out there and what prices to expect. The customer service aspect of it has been rather interesting. I can tell it's getting cutthroat when we are accused of being "from the competition" just because we have a checklist of questions to ask everyone. Sheesh. Really, the best of part of it is the road trip. We get a chance to chill and talk about our opinions on floor plans, customer service, politics and finance...and whatever audio book happens to be playing on the car stereo at the moment.

Back to work - I've been whittling at a huge Pile Of Crap from my inbox(es) and desktop. I've got it down to a quarter of its original size and hope to have it completely decimated by the end of the day.