Another Day, Another Dinner

Cooking August 22, 2011

Ahh, it feels nice to be blogging from bed. This might be the night I finally get more than eight hours of sleep. I’m such a night person, I have a really hard time settling down after playing on the internet. But I’m especially tired (because I always am on Mondays) and because my office is working hard on a huge shipping project. We’re sending out 250 boxes of textbooks to students all over the world and everyone has been working to turn the auditorium into an enormous FedEx operation. I’ll be glad when this week is over, but it’s nice to get away from sitting at a computer screen all day.

So, I finally pulled out the ‘ole crockpot this morning. But, I didn’t cook – Matt did! We had old fashioned pulled bbq chicken. It cooked a bit too long (how do we get around this when out of the house for 8+ hours – more liquid?). And we have leftovers, which never happens.

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That’s about all my news for the day.   

You know what I just remembered though – it’s almost time for fall clothes!!!! This summer has been so weird that I almost forgot about back-to-school shopping!!

Is anyone heading back to school in the coming weeks? This is the very first fall in 20+ years that I will not be going back to school:(

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  • Stephanie C
    August 22, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    I am headed back to school the first week of September! I am not ready – I took summer classes and am volunteering in my spare time. I love school.. but two weeks off in btwn semesters is killer!

  • Helen
    August 22, 2011 at 10:24 pm

    Yes, more liquid should help. Thankfully I have a newer (digital) crockpot (wedding gift four years ago) and it switches to “warm” after the specified hours on low or high. It then counts UP so you know how long it has been on warm. I then just turn it back to high for maybe 30 minutes before dinner while I cook a side, like the rice in your photo. Then everything is perfect!

  • Brendan Mullen
    August 22, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    I too love fall clothes. I hope this Durham weather allows for some sweaters!

    • Matt
      August 23, 2011 at 5:20 pm

      You seem like the sweater type…

  • Jackie Smith
    August 22, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    This is my second week of school already! (Or, as I told my students on Friday, “One down, 35 to go!”)

    I spent 3 hours in Kohl’s on Sunday & struck out…went across the street to Ann Taylor Loft and found 3 blouses and a pair of trousers in 15 minutes.

  • Kristin
    August 23, 2011 at 7:05 am

    I just started teaching high school this week, for year two! And right now I feel too poor for back-to-school shopping, so I’m waiting til sales start, because I LOVE the trends this fall! Glad to see a lot of stuff is back in fashion so I don’t have to drain my bank account though. 🙂 Totally loving some of the shirts and skirts from J.Crew.

  • Lauren @ Chocolate, Cheese and Wine
    August 23, 2011 at 10:49 am

    I’m not heading back to school this fall – and I’m pretty sad about it.

  • Elizabeth
    August 24, 2011 at 8:14 am

    You should purchase a lamp timer and use it for the crockpot! You can plug your crockpot into the timer, which plugs into the wall, and then set it for when you would like your crockpot to come on! If you leave for work, but want your crockpot to come on an hour later, it will! I only do it for foods that will be safe sitting out a bit – though with the insulated crockpot it stays cold until it comes on. It will also turn off your crockpot when you want!