I was a little fuzzy about that butternut squash. I found it in the back in the fridge, it wasn't forgotten in the oven. :)

I finished the hamburger meat- when I was a kid we used to fry the pound of hamburger and add the packet of Shilling taco seasoning and some water. And then modified it by adding tomato sauce. But over the years as a cook it wasn't enough to use a packet of seasoning (and those packets got fairly expensive). Now I use an onion, a green bell pepper, some jalapeno, and I mix my own seasoning (cumin, oregano, etc.). And then I add a can (or the equivalent if I cooked them from dry) of kidney beans or black beans. I realized last night that this dish is now down to being only 1/2 meat, the rest is veggies and beans, and probably much healthier. I use this for nachos, I use this as filling for burritos, use it like tacos, etc. So for my accountability portion of this thread, I thought I'd describe this. I don't count calories, but I do try to make sure I get a lot of fiber, and the beans do that for me.

I need to round up kid stuff this weekend to get my son ready for his trip west. I'll send him with clean laundry, etc. And I also need to start rounding up tax stuff, because both kids need to turn in their FAFSA stuff for college. If I can finish before the end of the month, we get them in line early for funding.

SRS