dinner and cleaning

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Today I did a bit of organizing my food corner, we have shelves and a cabinet in our dining room where we keep a lot of our packaged and canned goods. We keep our bigger boxes of food in that corner too. I finally went through and pitched all of the empty boxes and got rid of any expired food, which thankfully, there wasn't too much. I would have kept going with cleaning, but we don't have AC in our dining room, and it gets super humid in there, and I got too warm. I went and sat down for a bit to cool off before I made dinner. Tonight was one of my family's favorites. I made beef enchiladas and Spanish rice (I literally just bought the microwavable bagged rice; it's the easy way out, I know, but I save it for days when I've been busy and don't feel like making anything big). I originally thought about BBQ pork tacos, pasta with pork chops (again, pork is a cheaper meat, so I use it a lot). I noticed that today was the last day for meat to stay in the fridge, so I had to bag it and put it in the freezer. I did this while I had the garlic and onion in my pan cooking. I was able to separate out the ground beef for the meal and then put the remaining in the freezer. I will now have to thaw out any meat I will need, minus the ground sausage and bacon, which are still good for a couple of days before I make anything with them, so I'll have to preplan what I'm making. I also need to use some of my bread before it gets moldy. It's looking like either McGriddle casserole (I've never made this before, but saw a video for it and thought it sounded good) or French bread pizzas tomorrow. I guess it depends on the time I have. French bread pizzas are super easy, so if I continue cleaning, I may be making those tomorrow. My husband got excited when I told him he has enchiladas for tomorrow's dinner at work. He loves when I cook. I don't mind cooking; it's the cleanup I don't like, but I clean as I go, so I don't have much to do after dinner. My son usually does the after-dinner dishes, but it's typically just plates and silverware. I have been doing a bit more work around the house. I messed up my arm a few weeks ago. I think I pinched a nerve, so I've been trying not to make it worse. It's finally getting where it feels a lot better, so I've been doing more around the house now that I can without being in a lot of pain. There is still some dull ache left, but it still feels so much better than it did. I can literally feel it get better day by day. I'm just grateful it's healing itself. I was worried I'd have to go get it checked out, and we have enough hospital bills right now, even with insurance, everything costs a lot. I don't mind paying for insurance; I just wish that once you pay for it, it covers everything.