I’m selfish and I’m proud of it.

In my never ending quest to find treats for the adults that the kids don’t like I present goat cheese covered olives.  Seriously the downside of having children that have diverse palettes is that they then like all the ‘treats’ that I do.   I have sushi eating kids.  They don’t even bat an eye at some fish egg filled goodness with squid. They just pop it in their mouths with a big YUM!  This is the way I wanted my children to be so I’m not complaining (well i am a little bit).  There is nothing that drives me crazy faster than someone who says “oh little johny underpants will only eat KRAFT macaroni and cheese, I can’t buy the store brand he just won’t eat it” .  Oh for fuck’s sake give back your diva card you lily livered caterer.  Yeah, I said it.  I don’t even care if I’ve offended some on you.  I’m busy being a Mom I don’t have time to be a short order cook as well.  I gave up a lot of things to be a Mom and dammit good food isn’t going to be one more thing I give in because someone who doesn’t even contribute to the bills thinks they are in charge.   Personally I think one of the most annoying things about us Mom’s is the whole martyr thing we get off on.  We sit there being all “let me give up my entire life and live completely selflessly and then wonder why our daughters can’t stand on their own two feet.  We refuse to do one thing for ourselves and then are shocked when our sons either go for a complete bitch (opposite of mom) or a pansy ass who can’t make  a decision for herself.  Oh and the we call it being selfless.  And then when we do one thing for ourselves we label it selfish and see it as a negative.  I do things for me all the time, because I’m a valued human being with just as much right to enjoy my life as those around me.  And no, wiping asses , folding laundry or even molding young lives isn’t enough to fulfill me, I need a good book or some knitting or yoga too.  Oh look I’m going on a tangent how unlike me….anyway back to the food thing.   The down side.  The downside is that when you give your kids a diverse pallette they steal all your fun treats. So finding a treat that my kids don’t like is a challenge and now I’m a happy camper.  They all tried the goat cheese covered olives and they all said, “nah, not a favorite”  Good….more for me!  Scott likes the goat cheese stuffed jalapeno peppers more so we get both and they can stay in the fridge until WE want them and no little buggers eat them before us!  I suppose I should add that I neglected to tell them that the green olives are stuffed with garlic in case they were willing to overlooked the goat cheese to get to the garlicky goodness…

Progress on the first baby sweater is quick.  Seems to me that baby knits are the perfect ‘at home’ knit (i like socks for the on-the-go knit because of ease of transport).  Baby knits are the fast little knit that gives almost instant satisfaction of a job well done.  Plus you can make a whole sweater in a few days.  Adult sweater on the other hand take FOREVER especially if they are in stocking stitch and in my case usually end up as vests or abandoned in my stash bag never to be seen again….