A Young Wife’s Tale

Staying at an extended stay hotel is great. You can save a lot of money by cooking when you’re traveling instead of eating out. It also comes in handy if you have food allergies or special dietary restrictions. Extended stay hotels typically advertise that they have fully stocked kitchens. In my experience, that means two plates, two bowls, a dull knife, a fork and a pot. Not quite everything I need to prepare food.

Here are some things I take when we’re staying at an extended stay hotel.

Dish soap

Extra hand towels and rags (One kitchen towel to get me through a week? How often do these people wash their hands?)

Homemaking Tip for this week:
I don’t know if this helps other women, but I make deals with myself. I’ll find a girly movie I want to watch, and then I can only watch it while I’m ironing. Or I can have a piece of cake after I clean the shower. Sometimes if I’m in the middle of a good book, I’ll read a chapter, clean a bathroom, read a chapter, and vacuum a room.

We leave the beef out of this Layered Fiesta Casserole and top it with sliced avacado.

Pioneer Woman’s Migas are wonderful! Instead of frying the tortillas I just put the eggs in a tortilla like a breakfast burrito. Yeah, we like our Tex-Mex. How could you tell?

The Aftermath or My Recovery from David’s Flare Up Part 2 I’m getting the house under control. I just dusted the whole house, in the hopes that it would make my throat feel better. My allergies are always severe in the fall, and they’ve started up early this year, probably due to all the rain [...]

1. Do not make ratatouille when it is 101 degrees outside, even though all the ingredients are in season and on sale. In fact, let’s just say you shouldn’t make anything that requires the oven temperature to be set at over 400 degrees.