bugs, meat loaf and philosophy

posted friday, march 3, 2006
patsy, bec and sweet, sweet jacob came over for dinner and survivor last night, as they do every thursday night. it was my turn to cook. i made meat loaf using half turkey and half lean ground beef because we're all on weight watchers, except jacob. two and a half year olds don't have to diet. the meat loaf was pretty good. everyone liked it. recipe to follow.

it was a wonderful day followed by that first warm evening you long for after the winter is all but a memory, and a beautiful sunset to cap it off. as dusk approached we were simply enjoying being together until bec noticed a swarm of some sort of unidentified flying insects. they were all over the back of the house and deck. *gerrrr* there was some discussion about exactly what kind of insects.( see info. on Termites above) herman thinks they're flying ants and i'm afraid they're termites. i hope he's right. i collected a few in a plastic bag (zip lock) so i can show them to the guy from our pests control company. bec just got a kick out of telling me every few minutes that one was crawling on me. *ick*

after playing golf in the back yard and after dinner jacob had his usual thursday night bath in our huge tub. herman fills it to the brim and he can actually swim in it. if he didn't use it the monstrosity would never see a drop of water. we take showers. after his bath he watched his new video, Lady And The Tramp, and he retold the entire story in great detail afterwards, and in the most serious way. it was so cute. (suggestion: mommy, get that camcorder out and ask him to tell you all about it again)

i got cup cakes for dessert. he loves ukrop's bakery cup cakes. we put a candle in one of them and sang happy thursday to him instead of happy birthday. that's the best thing about having jacob around. you don't really need a reason to celebrate. just the fact that it's thursday is enough. don't you love that? seriously? think about it. it's huge!

ok, some info. on termites, a little philosophy and a pretty good recipe for meat loaf.......where else can you get this kind of stuff for free?

Meat Loaf
1 pound ground turkey
1 pound lean ground beef
1 8 ounce can tomato sauce (you can use a little less than the whole can if it looks like too much and pour the rest over the top of the meat loaf in the last 5 minutes of cooking)
1 tablespoon mustard (regular French's Mustard)
1/3 cup oatmeal or bread crumbs
1 egg
1 egg white
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1 small onion, finely chopped

Lightly mix all ingredients together, don't over mix, don't pack the meat together firmly, and don't touch the meat with your hands any more than necessary. I lightly mix the meats together with a fork and then put the rest of the ingredients in and lightly mix them together using the fork. Place mixture in a loaf pan and lightly pat the top to form a mounded loaf. Bake at 350 for 1 hour 10 minutes.