Monday night, we made hamburgers. I got 6 burgers out of the pound of beef instead of 4, like last time, and there were no complaints, so I think at this point, we’ll stick to doing so. Doing so means an extra lunch serving out of the leftovers, which is never a bad thing, and that we go down to about a $1 a burger from $1.20 apiece. ($1 for locally grown grass fed beef on thick homemade buns and extra-good cheese. This, folks, is part of why we don’t eat much fast food anymore.)

Wednesday night, we were invited out with some friends from my grad program. We thought we were just going to go out, have a couple of drinks, and then come home and cook dinner, but we ended up having a great time and staying out later than we thought we would - much later than it would have been practical to cook the scheduled dinner (Italian sausage and risotto). We ate some French fries at the bar, and then I scrambled Jeff a couple eggs when we got home, and fed myself frozen pancakes (homemade - if you ever have leftovers when making pancakes or waffles, freeze them. You have an almost instant breakfast or snack ready.)