A SCOBY Named Petunia

This is our SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast). I've decided to name her Petunia. But since it's a colony I guess it's technically Petunias. We've been hovering over her for about 10 days now waiting for her to get big enough to brew into a kombucha (a delicious and healthful fermented tea).
It's so fascinating because she gets a little thicker every day!
She's a little icky looking but I feel like a proud mama!
Grow Petunia, grow!!!

The Freezer From Heaven

See that divine light shining between my organized little containers of scrumptiousness?
That's right. My freezer is FINALLY organized.
Last September, our family started doing once-a-month freezer cooking to prepare for baby Livie who was born in November. Basically, you spend one day of the month shopping for food for the ENTIRE month and the next day cooking all the food for the ENTIRE month.
It's hell.
But at the end, I have pretty much everything I need for the ENTIRE month's meals.
Which leaves more time for scrapbooking, gardening, playing with my kids, cleaning the house, working on home projects, etc. and less time scrambling to make meals.
Not only was yesterday Big Cooking Day but I also finally cleaned and organized both freezers for the first time since Livie was born. Yikes! There was stuff from October lurking at the bottom of the big freezer!
I did want to pull out all my hair at a couple points but now it's all clean, organized and ready for labeling.
Here's what's in the freezer:
Shepherd's Pie
Chili
Mini Meatloaves
Italian Chicken Pasta
Cheeseburger Macaroni
Lasagna
Burritos
Chicken Nuggets
Mexican Quinoa Skillet
Pizza
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
BBQ Chicken Hot Pockets
Chicken Curry

And it's all made from scratch...homemade tortillas, pasta, dough, sauces...yup. Awesome.

Eat your heart out Betty Crocker. :)