And the hiatus is really over...

My dinner went so well, that I guess I gave myself permission to be less regimented.  So much for that.  We are nearly at a summer schedule, so this should be a time that's easier to get back into the groove.

So my calendar is freer, so much so that it hasn't been set up yet.  I'm going to still have dinner with our friends once a week.  That means out twice, once our pick, once their pick, as well as, dinner at home, once at our house and once at their house.

The calendar will be set to start with dinner at our house next.  That will be a cooking night.  Generally it is Tuesday, but sometimes it moves.  This also means that I trade the cooking night that week to accommodate dinner that particular week.  If I decide to cook Mondays, then that week I'll cook on Tuesday instead as a meal swap.  That said, Mondays and Thursdays will be cooking nights generally, but I can add and swap as needed.

Usually, it is a new recipe when we gather with our friends, so that's fun too!  I'll update a couple of times before Tuesday next arrives (June 12th to be exact).  I'm looking for something new for that night.  Also I have to make room in the freezer as well.  That's the scariest part.  I have two refrigerators and that means two freezers upstairs and then two freezers downstairs.  I think I can make space by eating through the ice cream and sorbet that occupies a good bit of space in one freezer...that and peanut butter eggs...my favorite and hubby's favorite food group as well!

It is Captain's Practice season now, so less structured for the atheltes. Then we start summer conditioning so more time during the day since we are tied to the school calendar and have the summer "off".  This will come together.  I never intended for this to be a 15 plus month break.  Calendar will be up this week.  That's the first step.  I'll also know how much room to make in the freezer.  The good news is some of the ingredients for my dinners will be readily available because I can inventory the freezers at the same time.  I am frightened at the final count of peanut butter eggs...but they freeze so well and are so yummy!

We still are gluten reduced and have found that still works for us.  I now routinely substitute sunbutter (from sunflower seeds) for peanut butter, generally use olive or sunflower oil, and we've really not missed high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oil of any kind or fake sweeteners.  The bonus on the fake sweetener is I have not had a migraine in 6+ years.

Thanks for letting me ramble...the calendar will post on Friday.  There, I've set a concrete goal!  Friday it is!