Menu Monday

I only have to work 2 1/2 days this week- woo hoo! But, it's going to be a crazy few days. Here's what this week's menu looks like:

Monday: broccoli cheddar soup and crackers

Tuesday: dinner @ school for parent-teacher conferences

Wed: Pasta/soup dish (see recipe below- I haven't tried it yet!)

Thursday: Dad's B-day dinner

Friday-Saturday: in Stillwater for OSU's Homecoming!!

Sunday: hamburgers

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New recipe:

1/2 pound sausage

1 onion, chopped

1 2lb-3oz can of italian tomatoes

2 cans chicken broth

1 tsp crushed basil

1/2 cup orzo (I'm going to use penne, since I have it on hand)

salt and pepper to taste

Cook sausage and saute onions. Add tomatoes, broth, basil, salt and pepper, bring to a boil. Stir in orzo. Simmer 20 minutes & serve.

(Note: You may want to add more chicken broth or it sometimes gets more like a stew when leftovers are refrigerated (I think the orzo absorbs the liquid) - but even as a "stew" it's great).

What a weekend!

What an amazing weekend! On Saturday, the OU Sooners lost to Texas, our OSU Cowboys BEAT #3 Mizzou and our friend Lloyd called from Yellowstone! And now, OSU is ranked #8 in the nation- it's a crazy time to be a Cowboy fan :)

We had several friends over for a football game watch party on Saturday and had a wonderful time! I made my father-in-law's orange margaritas and they were a huge hit. Here's the recipe:

Mix 1 small can of frozen limeade concentrate and 1 1/2 measurement lines of Country Time Lemonade Crystals.

Add 2 - 3 jiggers of Triple Sec and 2 - 3 jiggers of Tequila.

Add ice and blend in a blender.

Just before serving, add a LARGE scoop of Orange Sherbet ice cream. ENJOY!

Cuteness and free stuff!

Thursday night I got an e-mail from Right @ Home with some great coupon offers, but instead of paying attention to how amazing of a deal it was, I took this picture of our cute pup:

Ha! Anywho- Friday I saw on the Right @ Home email over at Money Saving Mom, and turns out, all those printable coupons combined with Walgreen's current rebates equaled free cleaning products! So, here's what I picked up:Total OOP: $7.78

Total earned in rebates: $5.50

Total Saved: $16.60 before rebates!

And, last but not least, check out the cake I made this morning! It's for the OSU vs. Mizzou game that's on tonight. We have a few friends coming over- hopefully the Pokes will win!

Coupons.com

Over at www.coupons.com there are Kellogg's frosted mini wheats coupons- $1/1 box- and they don't expire until 7/1/2009!!

Also, I put in another zip code, and found some different coupons, the major one being $1 off any 1 box of Kellogg's cereal! It expires 1 month from the day you print it, but it's still an awesome coupon :)

A Day in the Life of a School SLP

I often see these fun posts about 'a day in the life of....' and I thought one about my job would be fun. So, here's how a typical day as Sarah, the school speech language pathologist goes:

6:45am- alarm goes off
get up, walk treadmill if no early meetings at school (which is at least 1x a week)
if meeting at school- skip treadmill and get to school by 8:10am
8:30am- time I have to be at school by (I'm usually there before then)

get coffee, make copies, set up my room.
9:00am- 10:30am- see 3 groups (3-4 kids) for 20 minutes each
10:30-11am- run over to the main building, make copies, etc.
11am-noon- 2 more therapy groups
noon-1pm- lunch and recess/lunch duty on Tues and Wed
1-2pm- 2 more therapy groups
2-2:30pm- plan, run to main building, make copies, write IEP's, etc.
2:30-3:25pm- last 2 therapy groups
3:25pm- last group leaves my room- hurry & try to get as much paperwork done before 4pm!

4pm- head home

I don't see any kiddos at the elementary school on Fridays. The whole day is reserved for meetings and paperwork and I usually see my North I-High kiddos. (unless I feel like a real go-getter and get everything done at North on Thursday!)

Usually I have to spend 2 days a week over at North, so I have Thursday and Friday blocked off for that. The I-High starts at 7:55am so I usually get there by 8am, making for a very long day.

So, that's my typical day as a Speech Path. Even though the schedule is crazy and the paperwork is overwhelming, I love it. Every 20 minutes I work with a new bunch of kiddos and we get to tackle a new problem. It's never the same from group to group, day to day, child to child.

I really get to know each kid and hear about their life, even though I have over 50 on my caseload. It's the only job I know of that you get paid to play games all day, pass out candy/ stickers for correct R or S production and get a fall break, 2 week Christmas break and summers off!

(here's my classroom, all put together- you can't see the rug, but the kiddos pull that basket out and play with the blocks and we play games on it sometimes)

Fall

Fall has arrived...at least for the next day or two. It never got above 70 here today, and it was great! I actually had to turn my little heater on for a few minutes this morning to warm up my room at school. This weekend we picked up some little pumpkins and squash to decorate the house with. I decided to put them on the mantle.
Last night we filled up our pumpkin bags to put outside. I forgot that I had picked these up last year after Halloween @ Target- I think they were 75% off. Pretty cheap and easy decorations for the front yard.If you look close, you can see a puppy ghost :)

Menu Planning Monday

After a week or two of 5:30pm 'what's for dinner?' discussions, I'm trying to plan out my meals one week at a time. Here's our menu:

Monday- homemade pizza or Mazzios (we'll use up the last $6 on our gc)

Tuesday- fajitas (TGI Fridays bag meal)

Wed- spaghetti and garlic bread

Thursday- pulled pork sandwiches and fries

Friday- chicken alfredo

Saturday- hamburger cookout @ our house for OSU vs Mizzou

Sunday- Kraft's bruschetta chicken bake