The stove hates me

Even though I said I'd get over my mental thing with the stove, I didn't. Decided midweek that I couldn't live one more minute without some snickerdoodles. Turned on the stove to preheat it, got the dough all nice and ready then realized I was out of parchment paper. Bummer. But not compared to the bummer of the stove NOT GETTING HOT.

Maybe it's just vacationing for the summer? Eh, probably not. It's been dying a slow and painful death for quite a while. The broiler hasn't worked for who knows how long and we've been lighting the burners with a match for even longer than that. But I enjoy that part since the smell of burnt out matches makes my nose especially happy.

The goals from last week were met. Sticking with the making as few trips to the store as possible one. Once the kids are back in school it won't be such a big deal since they'll be IN SCHOOL when I shop. And unless you've shopped with three youngsters, you have no idea how happy this makes me.

• Grilled cheese with avacado & tomato soup - this is something we tend to eat when it's not a million degrees out, but I'm really jonesin' for some cooler weather, so we're going to pretend
• Veggie stir fry with brown jasmine rice
• Taco salad (crossing fingers that I'll be able to add some fresh tomatoes from our yarden)
• Kebabs or Cold Sesame Noodles with Chicken and Cucumbers