Four Days to Go and Counting!

Hi, everyone, and how the hell are you today?! I've been a very busy gal, in my kitchen cookin' up a storm. Why is that, you ask? Because next weekend I'll likely be dining on take out pizza. and/or whatever my very busy husband manages to throw together. The reason? I am scheduled for arthroscopic knee surgery this coming Wednesday, and I'll likely be chillaxin on the sofa for a few days after.

I went to see a very delighful surgeon last week, who told me (after much manipulation of my poor, sore knee which made me howl and want to slap him) that I had a "classic bucket-handle tear of the meniscus" and would need an operation. To which I replied, let's git 'er done, buddy, cuz I've been suffering for almost three months now. (In case you forget, I injured myself duing the summer while doing a very ungraceful swan dive in a puddle of dirty water in the ladies room.) I have great confidence in this dude's ability to fix me, especially because he had a very plush office and told me I was "his kinda woman." (In an admiring-my-spunk sort of way, and not in a crazy stalker sort of way.)

SO...to make a long story short, I am busy filling my freezer with all sorts of homemade goodies to get us through the coming week. For example, a big crockpot full of Maple-Apple Baked Beans. (Because I really, really want to pass gas on the operating table. )

I also made up some great bread and rolls, loaded up with lots of essential fatty acids in the form of a whole bunch of ground flax and pumpkin seeds.

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Finally, I actually got to enjoy a night without the kids, (rowr) who are out spending the night in the woods with the Army cadets. I took the opportunity to make up a "messy lasagna" for Boobsie and I, chock full of mushrooms, zucchini, peppers, onions and spinach.

Today is Sunday, and I'm planning a humongous meal, sort of compensating in advance for the plethora of veggie burgers we're likely going to get NEXT weekend.

And how is YOUR weekend going?