Yesterday

Well it has happened to me once again. Yesterday I wrote an awesome post, waxing poetic and thoughtful. Sadly, or fortunately, it is gone. Maybe it was a little too deep or maybe it was just too late at night and didn't make sense anyhow. No matter because it is gone, lost forever.
Instead I will write about Christmas and my latest project.
Christmas was fun, albeit crazy and hectic. My sister came in from Alabama with her family. With her having 7 kids it was a week of non-stop sleepovers and visiting. It was a lot of fun and we were so sad to see them go.
My kids really wanted to do the 12 days of Christmas again this year but I hadn't planned for it so we did the 7 days of Christmas. It was still fun and the kids seemed happy with their gifts. That always makes for a good Christmas.
Lars got me the food processor I've been eyeing. Sounds like a lame present, I know, but for me it is perfect. There is nothing I love to receive more than kitchen gear and gadgets! I've used it a ton already and just love it so much! We were so grateful to be in our new home for Christmas, though we all wished we were at Disneyland, we just were happy to be in our own home.

On to my project. I have made a goal to cook dinner every night for my family. Not to say I didn't cook a lot before but there were cereal or sandwich nights and way too many eating out nights. It seemed that if we for some reason had a late or busy evening we would eat out because it was getting late. So what changed is that I want to cook the meals at home, saving us money and giving us more nutritious meals. So if we make dinner at 7pm then that is when we make dinner. It actually has been pretty easy and so far delicious. The point is, when I decided to do this I wanted some more dinner recipes to work with. Now, I could easily go on the Internet and find endless recipes, I do that a lot. This time I wanted to try to gather recipes of friends. Tried and true meals that having been used by people I know and trust have good taste ;)
So far I have about 15 great recipes and am hoping to add more. Can't wait to compile them and start trying them out.