It’s definetly spring in Grand Junction. I always love this time of year, the tulips are starting to poke out of the ground and green buds are starting to form on the globe willows. The neighbors forsythia bush will be blooming amazingly yellow blooms next week. Our trips to the park will become more frequent and on the weekends we’ll all walk down to main street and window shop, maybe eat lunch in a little cafe.

There are only two bad things about spring. First, spring means that the sweltering heat of summer will soon be upon us. Here in Grand Junction, it could be really hot by the beginning of May. Second, it means cockroaches. I HATE cockroaches. There’s really no way totally get rid of them. We have pest control come out and spray every year, but that means that we’re just finding dead cockroaches not live ones. At one point our house was so infested that they had come up from the basement and were found crawling up the couch and our bedroom door. Not to mention all over the bathroom. There were a few nights that I didn’t sleep because I was sure they were going to get in the bed.

I’m so paranoid of it getting like that again, that as soon as I find a live one marching around, I call pest control. I hate to have poison sprayed in the house, but knowing Honor, he’d eat one and I’d have to dig it out of his mouth. I might just die if I had to do that. Jim insists that our kids will not be afraid of bugs. (But, I think deep down, Jim’s creeped out by cockroaches too.) He wants to bring praying mantis’ in our house so the kids can pet them. I’m fine with the kids not being afraid of bugs, as long as he doesn’t expect me to pet the bugs too.

Edit: Because I haven’t posted a picture in awhile. Here’s Honor sitting in the doll house.

I’m writing this as Eden sings along to a Charmin Ultra commercial. I think her hour a day television allotment needs to be decreased.

Yesterday I made Empanadas, from Martha Stewart Everyday Food. Those of you who read my weekly menus know that I LOVE my Everyday Food magazine. There have been very few recipes from the magazine that I haven’t liked. Unfortunatly, Empanadas were one of them. To me they tasted like Sloppy Joe Pockets. I HATE, I LOATHE sloppy joes. I was very disappointed because I spent a lot of time on the Empanadas. Friday I made the filling and yesterday I finished them up by making the dough and filling them. I baked half of them and froze the other half (so I get the pleasure of eating sloppy joe pockets again!!!!) Oh well, I guess Martha can’t be perfect.

Now that we have Tivo, I’ve been recording cooking shows. I love cooking shows. Everyday Food just started doing a show on PBS. What could be more perfect than watching my favorite cooking magazine on TV? I’ve also been watching Barefoot Contessa. It’s a little cheesy, but I really like Ina Garten’s cookbooks and any cooking show is worth watching.