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Domestic goddess

So, this whole weekend I have been off from Toys R Us. Not great on my pocket-book, but I've really been making the most of my time at home.

First of all, my room has been relatively clean for over a week now. I cleaned it last weekend, and basically all I had to do was laundry today. Soon, I'll have to start packing since I'm moving in the middle of February.

Yep, I'm moving, and I am chock-full of mixed emotions about it. Carol and I have been getting along great lately, but we all know I've really been kinda-sorta looking since the rent went up last summer. Even though I know I'll never find another giant room right in town for $500/month, I just feel like I'm ready for a change of scenery. I think my new situation is going to be a nice change. If not, it'll be a learning experience.

I haven't told Carol yet. I'm going to do that this evening. I'm hoping that she'll take it OK and realize it's nothing personal. I'm just hoping to get ahead a little and paying less in rent should help me do that. Yeah, it's going to suck to have a smaller room and a longer commute, but there are other things that should be fine.

I never intended to live here forever, so really it shouldn't be a big deal. If Jamie hadn't gone back to Detroit, I'd probably already have moved by now. I always second-guess myself when I make big decisions, and I don't like to hurt my friends, so I guess I'm just hoping and praying that it'll all be OK.

So, back to the domestic goddess thing. Yesterday I made a grilled chicken breast and pasta. I find if you buy those sacks of fresh-frozen chicken breasts and throw some spices on and put them on the Foreman grill, that makes an easy dinner. Fifteen minutes later and I had a great meal.

Today, I made meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans. I took a few meatloaf recipes and combined them to make some fantastic meatloaf. Here is my recipe if anyone wants to try it.

1 1/2 pound ground beef
1 6 oz box of cornbread stuffing mix
handful of chopped onion (about 1/4 cup)
1 egg
splash of milk
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 T worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup barbecue sauce

Mix all of this together in a bowl. Put it into a loaf pan (or make a loaf in another baking dish), and top with extra barbecue sauce.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

I'm not sure what's brought on this wave of domesticity, but I hope it sticks. I like having a room clean enough for folks to stop by (although no one does that now and no one will really do that when I move further out).

posted by Laura at 6:48 PM