So long Sad Song by Cain

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Our weekly snapshot

 A look back at our week 

Our week started with celebrating Nate’s 16th birthday. He requested a Chuck-e-cheese party and it was great!!!  

Nate then got to go to Winter Jam with a friend and his church on Sunday. 

Tuesday was the last night of Centershot for this season. 

Friday we had our co-op. 

And (drum roll please) Nate’s glasses were found!  One week after they were misplaced at his friends house they suddenly showed up and we are so thankful! 

Weekly menu

 This past weekend I made a list of all the oven baked meals we’ve been missing and will be planning menus including those favorites once again!  Since our evenings are busy, there will still be simple crock pot meals but it will be nice to have more options.  We were all getting tired of the same meals over and over again! 

Friday - homemade pizza and salad 

Saturday - my guys have a game night so Darryl and I get a date night 😊

Sunday- Crockpot  Fajitas - this was planned for last Sunday put plans changed so I shifted this to this week. 

Monday - Stuffed Shells and Garlic Bread

Tuesday - happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Stuffed cabbage, crash potatoes, jello salad and dessert! 

Wednesday- youth group

Thursday - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and corn 

Our weekly snapshot

 A look back at our week : 

On Saturday we attended a funeral for a gentleman in our church.  He was 100 years old!  He had miliohonors at the graveside service.  

Then the guys attended a men’s night with guys from church. 

Darryl and Nate worked on hanging up some curtains. 

Nate got a haircut!!! 

Nate finally made it back to Thursday TKD where he led class.  

Josh went to a surprise birthday party for his friend, Asa. 

Weekly Menu

Guess what? My oven is finally fixed!  I wasn’t sure if I’d have it tet this week so my menu only includes a few oven items but just wait until next week. 🤣

Here's the plan for the coming week:

Friday - my first oven meals— pot pies! 🤪  

Saturday - Nate FINALLY gets to have his birthday party :-)  So, Chuck-e-cheese for lunch.  What about dinner, you ask?  I have no idea - I'm leaning towards just tacos (again) because it is easy and everyone can make what they want based on how hungry they are.  

Sunday - I've been trying to make crock pot Fajitas for weeks but our schedule kept changing so it didn't happen.  I like to do this on Sunday so my mom can come over for dinner after church as she also loves them!  

Monday - meatball soup and French bread! 

Tuesday - Darryl has an elder meeting and Nate has centershot (which is where I will be too!)  Nate gets pizza (and so do I) at the last night so I'll probably make a quesadilla for Darryl and Josh before we have to leave. 

Wednesday - Youth group. 

Thursday- Biscuits and gravy 

March Goals

 March - is it a lion or a lamb?  It came in like a lion so it will be interesting to see how it ends.  Will we get one last blast of winter? Is spring on its way?  I will not complain about longer days though - I do a lot of "kid running" in the evenings so it is nice to be driving in daylight at least one way!  

In planning my March goals, I went back to my 2026 goals to ensure I'm at least planning to stay on track even if I haven't been as successful as I had hoped so far this year.  I'm going to "try" to be a little more mindful (my word for 2026 - Mindfulness) in my planning so that hopefully it is a little more successful! 

Here's my plan for March:

1. Stage 2 of the basement - My goal in March is to take 15-20 minutes, 2 days a week and work on the hard sorting/cleaning out of things.  So, just taking time on 8 total days for a total of around 2 1/2 hours.  It is doable and I already know for past experience that I can get a lot done in a very short amount of time. 

2. Scrapbooking - I really truly enjoy scrapbooking . .. it's just the getting started that is hard.  I'm chopping my goals down this month; lowering my expectations.  I'd like to finish 3 months in 2011 and then if needed, work on 2025 to read 31 pages completed this month.  

3. Get the Oven Fixed! 

4. Complete the one project in Nate's room that is not done! (replace a board in his bed).  He also mentioned cleaning out his closet - he is pretty self motivated so I'll just remind him of this goal. 

5. Hang things in Josh's room - plain and simple.  That's it. 

6. Host Nate's 16th birthday party (finally!) 

7. Purchase a flashdrive for Solid Rock documents and transfer all necessary documents to that drive. 

8. Solid Rock Musts - Finish my slideshow for Joyful, Prepare my display boards for Presentation Night, print the table signs for Presentation Night

9. Pick and reserve one camping weekend for the summer.

10. Paint all of the white in the house - It's just doors and trim so really not that much but it will make things seem fresher. 

11. Purchase and hang the curtains in my living room.

12. Practice a piano song for church.

13. Learn my memory verse for the month

14. Read one non-fiction book for the month.

15. Visit Metro Beach for our 25th year! 

16. Make definate plans for our 25th year getaway and put it into motion (reservations etc) 

17. Decorate the laundry room

18. Turn off the cable box

19. Find ways to unplug once a week.

20. Monthly Habit - I did not accomplish the kitchen habit last month so I'm going to revisit that one which is to keep the counters cleaned off! 

21. Deep Cleaning Goals - I'm changing rooms since I haven't done anything yet in the master.  Instead I'm going to focus on the dining room.  

22. Figure out how to shorten the blinds (might as well start with the dining room HA) 

23. Do my daily Bible reading and write out the scripture verses of the day. 

24. Plan April Events my March 31st. 

25. Have a date with Darryl. 

26 Go out to dinner with my friend Julie! 

27.  Pick out a song to maybe sing for Easter.

28. Pick out some flower seeds to order and plant. 

Matthew West - Future Looks Good [Official Audio Video]

I don't think I've ever shared this Matthew West song!  I love his writing and had saved this song to a Facebook folder awhile ago.  Came across it a few weeks ago and had to share!