About Menu Plan Monday...

I've been inspired by Tsh Oxenreider at Simple Mom who makes a meal plan for the month!  I like how she chooses to have each day of the week be a certain type of meal (for example, she makes Thursday crockpot day).  She also makes use of local ingredients from a farmer's market. Since my local farmer's market opens this Sunday (4/5),  I'd like to give this a whirl - let's see what I can come up with! :) 

This might be my basic weekly plan: 

Sundays - something new

Mondays - pasta

Tuesdays - soup, salad, and/or sandwiches

Wednesdays - crock-pot

Thursdays - casserole

Fridays - pizza (frozen, delivery, or homemade)

Saturdays - something easy

I will do some "homework" over the next few days and come up with a plan for the rest of April. Check back for it on Sunday! :) 

THURSDAY THIRTEEN

Thirteen Things To Share From This Week (sorry, I've got nothing more original today):

1. First off, I need to begin by wishing my friend, Kim, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  I don't think she reads here (she's never said she does), but a few of you know her - so send her some good wishes too! :)

2. I kept Charlotte home Monday due to "goopy eyes" which turned out to be Pink Eye (as diagnosed at a Tuesday morning visit to see Doctor Bonnie).

3. So I didn't get to go to the gym on Monday.

4. I kept Charlotte home Tuesday, and then Wednesday due to fever.

5.  I didn't get to go to the gym Tuesday, so I ran in the evening (see #7)

6. I am keeping Charlotte home today due to the 102.4 fever she still had at 5pm Wednesday evening (school requests children be fever-free for 24 hours to return to school).

7. I had a good run Tuesday afternoon at the school track during Maisy's soccer practice (need to run outside more).

8. I had a great workout with Dianne Wednesday morning (ouch triceps, chest, abs).

9. There are 2 days until the kids' Spring Break begins! 

10. I shopped cameras this week. I still can't decide (nor can I pay, at the moment). 

11. Amused that Maisy put her brother's underwear in the freezer (while wet) for April Fool's Day.  He wasn't.

12. Amused that Maisy put a raisin in my toothpaste tube...and Charlotte put one in Maisy's.

13. Looking forward to a nice, rare steak for dinner tonight.

The Grace of Small Things...

Today is Wednesday. I love Wednesdays because there is no agenda for me. No appointments, no preschool, nothing to do except pick up Jake from school at 2:40.  Enjoy the small things in life. Like Wednesdays. What else is there to enjoy?

** the sunshine peeking through my windows all day

**hearing my husband tell me I'm his best friend. <3

**smelling dinner cook all day long in the crockpot

**Twitter

**a decluttered bedroom

**clean laundry

**American Idol

 

Menu Plan Monday (3/23)

Monday - Hot Dogs, potato salad, veggies

Tuesday - subs, chips, fruit salad

Wednesday - Crockpot beef tips & egg noodles/veggies

Thursday - French Onion Fried Chicken

Friday - Dominos Pizza (freebie coupons)

Saturday - Rotisserie Chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli

Sunday -  leftovers

What's in your dinner plans for the week? :) 

Some blog renovation

Saw some blogs today that were new to me - with some neat features. Will be trying this weekend to incorporate some of them  here. Check back to see what's new here! :) 

And about the 30 Day Shred:  I was under the weather Monday and Tuesday (3/16 & 3/17), and so fell off the Shred wagon. Hope to resurrect things on Monday 3/23.

Meet my new friend!

Check out my new friend Debbie's Blog! I was so excited to get linked up to Debbie, via the Breast Cancer 3 Day message boards.  I love her blog - because she has a lot of information about breast health and some inspiring stories about people in her life who have been affected by breast cancer (including herself).  I'm looking forward to meeting Debbie soon, when her family moves to my area. 

Weigh In - Part 2

Ok - so I changed my goal weight at WW.  From 130 to 135.  Wonder if the 3Day Walk training will lead me to 130 anyway?  Possibly.  It isn't about weight, really. It is about how I feel (fit) and partly, I'll admit, about how I look.   We'll see how things go with continued point-counting and all this walking! LOL!