Questionable sausage
Last night’s dinner:
It was leftover ratatouille sloppy joe sauce (frozen last week) over whole wheat pasta and a side salad. I think the boys like this sauce over pasta better than they like it as actual sloppy joes.
This morning Chewie and I walked Mack to school while he rode his scooter.
It was super muggy outside this morning, but at least it wasn’t raining. We did have to dodge some puddles and Chewie was pretty messy when we got home. I had to wipe down his undercarriage before letting him back in the house.
I got Cal off to school with the carpool then had my breakfast.
I think the peach cobbler baked oatmeal turned out great! I had it with vanilla 0% Chobani yogurt and blueberries.
The boys liked it, but weren’t crazy about having it with yogurt for breakfast. They are used to yogurt being a lunch food, not a breakfast food. Still, I’d recommend that recipe!
After breakfast I biked to the gym.
The skies were clear and bright blue, but man was it hot. The slightly cooler temperatures of yesterday didn’t last long. Star the Trek felt so nice and smooth after getting a tune-up and new chain.
I didn’t ride Specialized Snowflake because my route to the gym involves riding in some traffic, and I haven’t gotten a chance to practice with my clipless pedals yet. I was planning to do that yesterday, but Tropical Storm Isaac ruined those plans. Soon!
Yoga.
I really like Emily, the new yoga instructor on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at LA Fitness. The class is much less intense and sweaty than BodyFlow (which I still miss), but it is very relaxing and definitely a good stretch. My gym friend Mary Allison took this one for me:
On the bike ride home the tides had risen and it looked like we were finally seeing some storm surge from Isaac in the Gulf. There was flooding at all the storm drains. This is the worst intersection for flooding in my neighborhood as far as I know:
I only had to bike through an inch or two of water for a few feet a couple of times, though. Nothing major. I didn’t actually go through that water in the picture above (I went towards the left of the photo).
Once home I took a shower and had lunch. Basically it was the same thing I had for dinner last night, but I just dumped the leftovers on top of a salad instead of having the salad on the side.
After lunch I ran by Publix…
then picked Mack up from school.
This afternoon I did laundry…
and contemplated dinner. As I was looking through the freezer to see what the possibilities were, I ran across this obscene looking thing:
Hmm. Ten month old frozen sausage. According to the USDA:
Yeah. So. I went to Facebook for opinions. Apparently questionable sausage is a popular topic because I got lots of opinions.
So like I said in that thread, I’m going to make it (just for me) and we’ll see. I’ll report back tomorrow whether or not it tasted good and whether or not I got sick. The boys are having hot dogs.
After debating sausage, Mack and I went to pick up the long-hairs from the bus stop.
The notice we got before school started said that their bus would arrive back at the stop at 4:17 p.m. However, today it didn’t arrive until 4:54 p.m. Apparently it didn’t even arrive to pick them up at school until 4:20, and they get out of school at 3:45. The bus driver told one of the other parents that she is on another route beforehand and it’s out of her control. She told us that we should all call the school system’s transportation office and complain. Seriously, that’s crazy.
Okay, I’m off to cook hot dogs and questionable sausage. Cya.
I’m curious to know about the questionable sausage. I’m so paranoid about those things. My dad use to crack me up over smelling lunchmeats to make sure they were still good days after I would have thrown them out. I always told him, if I have to smell it, it’s no good. I can’t tell you how many time he would still eat them and never got sick. lol
My husband won’t eat anything that is at all questionable. He would never eat this sausage. I think “when in doubt, throw it out” is a good rule to live by, but I don’t want to throw this out! LOL Going to cook it now
My boyfriend is like your husband. My mom is a hoarder and swears things are still good even though I’m ready to throw out the entire fridge. In Taiwan, our family home has FOUR refrigerators. Don’t ask me why. She’s a hoarder I tell you.
How she keeps everything straight is beyond me. I do want to get a second fridge when my family gets bigger in the future. It seems handy to have on hand.
Can’t wait to see how your experiment goes.
The bus situation is ridiculous. I would complain.
My parents had 2 refrigerators for quite awhile. Not a bad thing.
We have two refrigerators…one big one and one smaller one. The smaller one has a very small freezer, but still has a separate door for the freezer. We use the little one for drinks and ice cream. That little freezer keeps the ice cream at the perfect consistency.
I love those “long hairs!”. Cracked me up when I read that!
I’m gonna call transportation tomorrow.
First – I love that you have a name for both of your bikes. Second, dinner last night looked YUMMY!!
Before you break the news on the sausage – I’d like to place my bet: I think it it was delish and there was no issue.
(P.S. I’m laughing as I re-read “Before you break the news on the sausage…” I know I’m like a 15 year old boy, right?!)
Hope the sausage was okay. I was a little afraid to eat that grouper today but thought I would live a little dangerously…. I try not to make a habit of eating things that are over a year old!
Did the grouper taste okay? It didn’t upset your stomach or anything, did it? The sausage was totally fine, so now I think it’s okay to eat meat that has been frozen forever, LOL.