Chicken Stir-Fry

I had Gavin help me make this super easy dinner tonight.



I cut up some red and green bell pepper and onions and steamed them in the vegetable steamer that goes on top of my rice cooker. I love that thing. It's so easy and steaming vegetables is such a better alternative to frying.

We sprayed the frying pan with non-stick cooking spray instead of using cooking oil and then added the chicken strips. When they were done cooking on one side, we flipped them over and then added soy sauce and a little toasted sesame oil. When the chicken was done, we took the steamed vegetables and tossed them with the chicken and sauce. We played up the food. Gavin had soy sauce on his rice but I used rice seasoning instead. In total, dinner took us 20 minutes and it was delicious!

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Tortellini With Edamame and Smoked Sausage!

Tonight, I made this delicious dish from www.ziplist.com.



Ingredients:
1 pound frozen cheese tortellini
1 cup shelled edamame
1 cup diced red pepper
1 pound smoked sausage
1/2 cup Italian dressing

Instructions:
1. Boil 6 quarts of salted water in a large pot.
2. Chop red pepper and slice the smoked sausage into 1/4 inch-thick rounds.
3. Stir-fry red pepper and sausage together until heated through--about 5 minutes.
4. Add tortellini to boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
5. Add edamame to water and boil for another 2 minutes. Drain tortellini and edamame well.
6. Toss everything together with the Italian dressing and heat through one final time.

It turned out great and I can't wait to enjoy the leftovers for lunch tomorrow!

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Pizza Pizza!

With my foot still sore, I can't cook like I normally do and I can't take Gavin on hikes. So how can we still bond while we're still together? We can cook together! Tonight, we made homemade pizzas!



Gavin's favorite food is pizza so we were both really excited.



The pizzas turned out great. He eats really weird though. Gavin eats all the pepperoni first. Then he picks off the cheese but doesn't eat the cheese. He just leaves it on the side of the plate. We are so different in that respect. I love cheese!



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Late Night Conversations

This is a paraphrased conversation last night between me and Gavin.
Gavin: Mom, I got you something for Mother's Day but you can't have it until Sunday.
Me: Oh, is it a card? I love it when you give me cards. You didn't have to get me anything. I'm just glad we get to spend the whole weekend together. That's my idea of a fun Mother's Day.
Gavin: Me too. I like hanging out here. I hope they open the pool soon. And I like snuggling with you and helping you. I think I love you more with your foot hurt so I can help you.
Me: Hopefully, my foot will get better fast so we can go on hikes again. But we will still have an awesome Mother's Day because I'm the luckiest mommy in the whole entire world.
Gavin: Because of me?
Me: That's right. I couldn't have picked a better kid to be my son. You're perfect and I'm so proud of you. You're the best son ever.
Gavin: You too, Mom. You're the best mommy in the whole world.
Sometimes, being forced to slow things down can be a blessing in disguise. Gavin and I have these kinds of conversations often. But I'm so much more appreciative when I'm feeling a little low. I really am so lucky to have a son at his age who is still willing to give me hugs and kisses and tell me he loves me.




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One Week Later

It has been exactly a week since I hurt my ankle. I must admit, it looks much better than it did last week!



The swelling has gone down quite a bit and the bruising isn't as dark. I had an MRI today to check out the tendons. The orthopedic doctor thinks I tore the peroneal tendon. That's the one that runs along the outside top of the foot. I see him on Monday to review the results of the MRI.



I am hoping to avoid surgery. I don't like hospitals and I would prefer not to have anyone cut my foot open. I've really been praying that this will heal in its own. I can handle some physical therapy if that's necessary. But I really don't want surgery or a cast.



I can't take that much time off work and my closest adult family members are thousands of miles away. From what I've read online, recovering from this kind of surgery can be brutal. I can handle the pain but I cannot stand sitting around doing nothing and asking other people for help.
I'm not normally bothered by living so far away from my family. I miss them and I want to be there with my Grandma. But I typically cope just fine. But when something like this happens, you realize how important your family is. In the bright side though, it really makes you appreciate your friends. I've had so many of my friends offer to help me. Patti's son helped me put my regular tires in my car and carried my suitcase upstairs on Sunday. He even carried the closet door downstairs that I removed like a month ago! And Rich came over tonight and carried my snow tires upstairs for me. And so many other friends have offered to cook and clean for me and do whatever else I might need help with. I'm stubborn and proud so i hope I don't have to take anyone up in their offers. But it sure makes all of this easier to know I have such wonderful people in my life. Perhaps this is God's way of showing me how truly wonderful my friends are.

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Some More of Savannah

With all of this mess about my ankle, I didn't even mention how much fun I had while I was in Savannah. The weather was just gorgeous during the trip. Patti and I went on a bus tour on Friday afternoon.



Then there was an awesome cocktail dinner on Friday night! Patti and I caused a stir when some gossips wanted to spread the word that we were a romantic couple. ;)






If we were a couple, I think our children would be adorable. LOL!!!
We went on a really fun Low Country Scenic Tour on Saturday afternoon.






Despite the lack of acceptable medical care, I still loved it. The people are just the nicest they can be and the food was awesome. I would love to go back at some point.

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Aaah! My Ankle!

During my first night on a company trip to Savannah, I twisted my ankle on the cobblestone sidewalk.



This is what it looked like the next morning before going to urgent care. I was warned about the cobblestones before heading over on the ferry so I changed into flat shoes. It didn't help me when I stepped off the curb and slipped on a crooked stone.

The crappy thing is that medical care down south is not quite the same as in CT. I injured my foot on Wednesday night and went to urgent care on Thursday morning. They were able to X-ray my foot. They only took two "pictures." That seems pretty lax considering what my foot looked like. Oh yeah. The best part is that I still don't know what's wrong with it because they don't have anyone at urgent care who knows how to read an X-ray! They send it off and will call me with results. So it is now Saturday night, I still have not heard back from them and I leave to head back to CT tomorrow in the late morning. Wonderful.


It did not look better the next day!









Little swollen!



Das boot. They don't know what's wrong with my foot so they strapped a huge boot on it and gave me crutches. They tried a few different splints, all extra large but none of them would fit since my foot is so swollen.

I didn't let it ruin my trip. I still love Savannah and I would love to make it back here again someday.


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Location:Savannah, GA