Not quite good enough for me...

Ever have one of those days when everything you do seems not good enough. Today was that day for me.
I slept in a little later than I would have liked, and putzed around the house a lot. Rather than getting housework done, I read and took a nap in the afternoon. Rather than a home cooked meal, all I had ready for Chris when he got home was mac and cheese and hot dogs. At the end of the day, I didn't feel like I was a good enough wife.
I let Benton wear play clothes all day rather than something cute. We didn't do anything fun like go to the park or play in his little swimming pool, instead we took it easy and played inside. We didn't work on colors or letters or numbers or sign language today. I made Benton stay in his crib for his whole naptime, rather than letting him come upstairs and play when he woke up early. Even though he fell back asleep before long, at the end of the afternoon I didn't feel like a good enough mom.
I had a friend text me and ask if I was free for lunch tomorrow. I told her that I would be sleeping since I work tonight and tomorrow night. After I turned her down, she told me she had a lot going on and just needed someone to sit down and talk to. Even though we made plans to meet later in the day before I go to work, I felt like I wasn't being a good enough friend.
I only walked the dogs once this morning, after that I was too busy (or lazy?) to find time to do it again before Chris got home, so they spent about 5 hours in their kennels. I wasn't a good enough pet owner today.
But all that being said, I did pray today. I loved with my whole heart today. I gave Benton more kisses than I could count today. I laughed today and told my husband I loved him today.
"Mister" (Fred) Rogers once said, "Some days, doing "the best we can" may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn't perfect on any front-and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else."
Okay, Mister Rogers, I'll take your word for it.

a tasty summer dinner for two...or more!

Here's a new recipe I tried tonight. Chris and I both loved it, and it yielded a ton of leftovers for lunch tomorrow too!


Warm BBQ Chicken Salad
1 supermarket rotisserie chicken, shredded
1 cup corn
6 oz bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 bag spinach salad
2 roma tomotoes, chopped
1/2 small purple onion, sliced into rings
1 c. shredded chedder
1 1/2 c BBQ sauce (I used Kraft Honey Garlic BBQ)


Combine 1 c BBQ sauce w/ chicken. Spread in greased square baking dish. Cover; bake @350, 35 min. Five minutes before serving, toss together corn, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and onion. Divide on serving plates. Top each w/ warm chicken, then w/ cheese. Serve w/ remaining BBQ sauce. Enjoy with garlic bread and iced tea!

YUM-O!

attempt at blogging...day one.

Well, I finally decided it was time to jump on the bandwagon and create a blog. After many requests by my friends, I decided it was time to find a place I could post all my recipes (which I should say from the get go are not really mine, but rather ones I have found on various other websites or in cookbooks, tweaked to fit my family’s tastes, and claimed as my own). I also plan on sharing other tips and tricks I’m learning along the way as I try out this new “mommy” gig. Hopefully I can also use this as an avenue to keep friends and family updated on other goings on in the Jeska household when there is something worth mentioning. I can't promise perfection, poetry, or even any entertainment value so read at your own risk.  I suppose it (the blog) was bound to happen sooner or later, and whether or not I stick with it remains to be seen..




Until I get busy and forget to update for several months…enjoy!