The Kassel Family Project Life 365

Been a busy weekend!  Andy went to Chicago to the installation of the University of Chicago chapter of Sigma Chi.  I decided that this weekend would be the weekend that I finally caught everything up.  I’ve been just lazy about things the past month and have done virtually none of the things I usually do.  The only things left on my list are to do the laundry (almost done), Project 365 for Sunday (doing now), clean the entryway (will be done in about 30 minutes), and clean the office (I’m just going to leave this one until next weekend).  All in all, it was a productive weekend despite not getting everything done.  I’ll call it successful.

Laura and I cleaned the kids’ bedroom today and she was so excited to help!  Oh, how I will miss the days when helping isn’t fun anymore.  🙂

I picked the kids up a bit early today and we surprised Daddy at his office.  The kids decided that all the different stress reliever balls were the best thing ever!

I love the dinner we had tonight.  It’s so good and only takes about 20 minutes to make!  It’s Pierogies with Meat Sauce.  The picture is of the meat sauce.

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg (12.8 oz) frozen Potato and Onion Pierogies
• 8 oz uncooked Italian Sausage
• 1 pint Red or Yellow Cherry Tomatoes, halved
• 1 can (8 oz) Tomato Sauce

Directions:

Boil Potato and Onion Pierogies according to package directions. Drain and keep warm.

Brown Italian sausage. Drain fat. Reserve 1/2 cup tomatoes. Add remaining tomatoes and tomato sauce to skillet. Cook uncovered 6-8 minutes or until tomatoes begin to soften.

Divide pierogies among plates and spoon on tomato sauce. Top with reserved tomatoes.

I was going through my file cabinet at work today and came across a file of old pictures of the kids.  I moved not to long ago to a new office and I guess I stuck them in that file folder thinking that I would put them up.  I found the below picture and then I proceeded to giggle for quite a while…..

I’m sure you understand why I was giggling.  It was a really good laugh in the middle of an otherwise rotten day when I was fairly grumpy.  One bright spot.  🙂

The Word of the Day *WAS* frustration.  Rough day at work and nothing seemed to go correctly.

The Word of the Day is *NOW* family.  In just a very short time, my family can make me forget everything else.  The reassuring hug from Andy and the happy smiles from the kids as they play with the neighbor kids.