This was what would chalk up to an unexciting week. Everything kind of calmed down after the busy holiday season and, honestly, it's been kind of nice.
Saturday - The boys and I hung out at home while I put away "Christmas". It was nice to get all of that done. Then, we enjoyed watching both playoff football games.
Sunday - We all went to church and then headed home for football! We did take the Christmas tree down but otherwise, we just enjoyed being a little lazy :-)
Monday - Back to the grind! We worked on school all day and then Nate started back to TKD after a few weeks off.
Tuesday - Just school! It was a perfect day to get alot done.
Wednesday - Just school all day and the boys went to AWANA at night.
Thursday - Nate had a doctors appointment with the "lung" doctor so he and were at that for a good portion of the day. He's now got a couple of inhalers to help him out and he has to do a sleep study. It was a fun spending the day with Nate :-)
Friday - Today was just a leadership team meeting which took a good chunk of the day!
No photos of this week!! Maybe next week I'll challenge myself to take one photo each day of something :-)
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Friday, January 10, 2020
Weekly Menu
Last weeks menu shifted some just because of things like football games :-) We did eat at home though, which was a win in my book!
Here's the plan for the coming week:
Friday - Ham and Cheese Quiche, Muffins and Hashbrowns
Saturday - There are football games today! I'm trying to keep our meals "football" style. With that in mind, we will have Sloppy Joe's, Salad, and Chips.
Sunday - More Football! After church we will have Tacos! Then later for dinner I'll use leftover sloppy joe's and make "chili" dogs and chips.
Monday - Leftovers - Sloppy Joe's, Hot Dogs, or Tacos.
Tuesday - Beef Drip, Crash Potatoes, and Carrots
Wednesday - AWANA night! Frozen Pizza :-)
Thursday - Chicken Scaloppini, Buttered Noodles, and Green Beans
We are actually supposed to get hit with a pretty significant winter storm this weekend sohere's hoping we don't lose power and can just enjoy being snowed in!
Here's the plan for the coming week:
Friday - Ham and Cheese Quiche, Muffins and Hashbrowns
Saturday - There are football games today! I'm trying to keep our meals "football" style. With that in mind, we will have Sloppy Joe's, Salad, and Chips.
Sunday - More Football! After church we will have Tacos! Then later for dinner I'll use leftover sloppy joe's and make "chili" dogs and chips.
Monday - Leftovers - Sloppy Joe's, Hot Dogs, or Tacos.
Tuesday - Beef Drip, Crash Potatoes, and Carrots
Wednesday - AWANA night! Frozen Pizza :-)
Thursday - Chicken Scaloppini, Buttered Noodles, and Green Beans
We are actually supposed to get hit with a pretty significant winter storm this weekend sohere's hoping we don't lose power and can just enjoy being snowed in!
Saturday, January 4, 2020
2020 Week in Photos #1
Welcome to 2020! I really do love these weekly photo posts. It's fun for me to look back at the year and a great way to put some photos all in one place. I love scrapbooking and I see this as one more way to scrapbook!
Saturday - We had our final "Christmas" with Darryl's family.
Saturday - We had our final "Christmas" with Darryl's family.
I didn't take many photos but I did manage this precious gem HA!
Sunday - We went to church, had dinner out with my mom, and then we came home. I cleaned and picked a lot of things up to get ready for the week and hit the grocery store too. It was a busy day.
Monday - Our Friends were back from vacation so we got to enjoy them for the day. A quick trip to the store and trying to get things done.
Tuesday - New Years Eve! We had a low key day. We enjoyed a snow storm, snacks, fireworks, and a countdown!
Wednesday - New Years Day! Darryl worked and the boys and just hung out at home. We went to my mom's for dinner before coming home and kind of crashing :-)
Thursday - We had a fun day with lots of playing, a trip to the Library, and I even took down the outdoor decor since it was "warm" (in the 40's!)
You may notice Nate is "missing" - he did not enjoy making the igloo with the packing peanuts. They had to dip them in water so they got sticky and gross feeling - he was gagging HA!
Friday - Today the kids played and I worked on undecorating the house. My mom and I went and saw Little Women together too!
Friday, January 3, 2020
Weekly Menu
Welcome to 2020! One thing that remains true every single year is that we eat dinner HA! I'm hoping to plan a little better and be more consistent in that planning. The boys are starting to open up to trying more things (even my finicky one!) so I'm hoping to stretch them a little this year. As I say that, though, this coming weeks menu is super duper easy. Trying to use up some things in the fridge, freezer, and cupboards.
Friday - Homemade pizza
Saturday - Soup and French Bread
Sunday - Ham and Scalloped potatoes, green beans, and rolls
Monday - We are back to our busy Monday evenings so dinner has to be flexible! Tonight will be Spaghetti and Garlic Bread. Nate and I can eat and I can leave the rest for Darryl and Josh to warm up!
Tuesday - Ham and Cheese Quiche, Muffins, and diced potatoes.
Wednesday - AWANA starts back up tonight so it is Frozen Pizza!
Thursday - Amish Baked Chicken, Butter Noodles, and Peas and Carrots
Friday - Homemade pizza
Saturday - Soup and French Bread
Sunday - Ham and Scalloped potatoes, green beans, and rolls
Monday - We are back to our busy Monday evenings so dinner has to be flexible! Tonight will be Spaghetti and Garlic Bread. Nate and I can eat and I can leave the rest for Darryl and Josh to warm up!
Tuesday - Ham and Cheese Quiche, Muffins, and diced potatoes.
Wednesday - AWANA starts back up tonight so it is Frozen Pizza!
Thursday - Amish Baked Chicken, Butter Noodles, and Peas and Carrots
Thursday, January 2, 2020
December Goal Recap
December flew by and I never once looked back at my goals! Amazingly, I actually accomplished some!
Here's the recap:
Here's what I'm hoping to accomplish this month!
1. Scrapbook January 2019 completely. -- Not done. I did do a little scrapbooking but once the tree went up my desk was used for school and scrapbooking stuff got put away.
2. Do Christmas activities each week with the boys - I've searched pinterest for fun, easy ideas and now I just have to follow through. Not Done. Well, I did make out a great plan and even printed the ideas/activity sheets for week one but, honestly, we were pushing so hard in school we didn't have a lot of extra time.
3. Write my 2020 goals. Not Done (yet)!
4. End December current on school work. When we come back after Christmas break we will have about 2 1/2 weeks left in the semester to wrap things up. Done! We did end current and have to hit it hard for the last few weeks of the semester but then, we are taking a week off (actually we are taking 2 days off - the rest of the days are schedule school break/teacher in service days. )
5. Have all Christmas gifts wrapped by December 21st. Why? Nate's birthday is the 22nd and then we are onto Christmas week and I want zero stress. I was almost done. I finished up wrapping on Monday the 23rd!!
6. Finances - this goal stays the same . . .trying to just track everything all month. It does help curb extra spending when I have to write it down! I count this as a success. I was very intentional with stretching funds where I could.
7. Take care of that random black bin in the bathroom from last month HA! Not Done. Well, it's half done. Nate got a display board for his belts so half the things are out of the bin!
8. Get our Christmas tree and decorate it! Done!
9. Make some Christmas cookies - ideally I'd like to make a couple of new cookie recipes - true Christmas style cookies but even just to make some cookies might be nice! Done! I did make some cookies - just not anything new!
10. Celebrate Nate's birthday - the plan is already in place, now just to enjoy his day. Done!
11. Practice my song for our Christmas Eve Service. Done!
12. Make one of the White Hanger Snowflakes that are the rage of the Internet right now. I'm hoping that if they as easy to make they appear that I can make several to use as outdoor decor next year. Nope, never happened!
13. Hang up Nate's race track on the wall downstairs. We took it out of his room and just need to hang it downstairs where there is more room! Nope! Still need to do this!
14. Work on my song for when I sing in January. The more I practice, the less nervous I am :-) Still need to practice :-)
15. Focus on Flylady's "Home Blessing Hour" each week - not deep cleaning, not special projects, just doing some Home Blessing each week so the house looks nice :-) Done :-)
16. Take my dog to get his nails clipped.Maybe in January!
17. Mail my Christmas Cards.Done!
18. Repair the boys Milk Jug Snowmen - it is a project we made several years ago and a few of the pieces have fallen off so I need to repair them! Not Done!
19. Well, I usually try to do 19 goals but I have nothing for number 19!! Imagine that! Oh well, I can handle 18 :-)
Here's the recap:
Here's what I'm hoping to accomplish this month!
1. Scrapbook January 2019 completely. -- Not done. I did do a little scrapbooking but once the tree went up my desk was used for school and scrapbooking stuff got put away.
2. Do Christmas activities each week with the boys - I've searched pinterest for fun, easy ideas and now I just have to follow through. Not Done. Well, I did make out a great plan and even printed the ideas/activity sheets for week one but, honestly, we were pushing so hard in school we didn't have a lot of extra time.
3. Write my 2020 goals. Not Done (yet)!
4. End December current on school work. When we come back after Christmas break we will have about 2 1/2 weeks left in the semester to wrap things up. Done! We did end current and have to hit it hard for the last few weeks of the semester but then, we are taking a week off (actually we are taking 2 days off - the rest of the days are schedule school break/teacher in service days. )
5. Have all Christmas gifts wrapped by December 21st. Why? Nate's birthday is the 22nd and then we are onto Christmas week and I want zero stress. I was almost done. I finished up wrapping on Monday the 23rd!!
6. Finances - this goal stays the same . . .trying to just track everything all month. It does help curb extra spending when I have to write it down! I count this as a success. I was very intentional with stretching funds where I could.
7. Take care of that random black bin in the bathroom from last month HA! Not Done. Well, it's half done. Nate got a display board for his belts so half the things are out of the bin!
8. Get our Christmas tree and decorate it! Done!
9. Make some Christmas cookies - ideally I'd like to make a couple of new cookie recipes - true Christmas style cookies but even just to make some cookies might be nice! Done! I did make some cookies - just not anything new!
10. Celebrate Nate's birthday - the plan is already in place, now just to enjoy his day. Done!
11. Practice my song for our Christmas Eve Service. Done!
12. Make one of the White Hanger Snowflakes that are the rage of the Internet right now. I'm hoping that if they as easy to make they appear that I can make several to use as outdoor decor next year. Nope, never happened!
13. Hang up Nate's race track on the wall downstairs. We took it out of his room and just need to hang it downstairs where there is more room! Nope! Still need to do this!
14. Work on my song for when I sing in January. The more I practice, the less nervous I am :-) Still need to practice :-)
15. Focus on Flylady's "Home Blessing Hour" each week - not deep cleaning, not special projects, just doing some Home Blessing each week so the house looks nice :-) Done :-)
16. Take my dog to get his nails clipped.Maybe in January!
17. Mail my Christmas Cards.Done!
18. Repair the boys Milk Jug Snowmen - it is a project we made several years ago and a few of the pieces have fallen off so I need to repair them! Not Done!
19. Well, I usually try to do 19 goals but I have nothing for number 19!! Imagine that! Oh well, I can handle 18 :-)
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Our week in photos #48
This should have been posted before the new year so I'm counting it as the last photo post of the year! Based on it being the 48th post, I obviously missed a few weeks and I may have messed up a number along the way. I look forward to starting over again this coming weekend with 2020 #1!
Saturday - this was the official start to Christmas break and this was a spur of the moment fun activity! It popped up on my Facebook feed and was within 20 miles so we took off to another little town for their Christmas Fun! We got free pizza, cookies and chocolate milk plus I splurged on Elephant Ears too.
Saturday - this was the official start to Christmas break and this was a spur of the moment fun activity! It popped up on my Facebook feed and was within 20 miles so we took off to another little town for their Christmas Fun! We got free pizza, cookies and chocolate milk plus I splurged on Elephant Ears too.
The grinch was there - which was great since we were wrapping up our Grinch Countdown Calendar.
Plus there was a real hay ride! The day was beautiful. It was sunny and crisp but not too cold to be outside for a couple of hours.
Sunday- Nate's birthday! We celebrated this amazing kid all day long! We started the day with lunch at Olive Garden!
We spent a few hours at Chuck-E-Cheese
And then a few hours at Glow Golf playing a round of mini golf and a lot of video games. We then went to McDonald's for dinner and drove around our local town looking at Christmas lights.
Monday - Monday was a day to get things done. I wrapped, organized, baked and relaxed.
Tuesday - Christmas Eve! Since we were a "week short" in the holiday season this year, we did multiple things today! We baked cut out cookies and made Gingerbread Houses (well, our version!). Honestly, the cookies never did get decorated and they were slightly underbaked so when I went to take them out on New Years Eve they were in one big clump! Oops! I might have to try again at Valentines days :-)
We ended the evening with dinner at my moms, the Christmas Eve Service, and then dessert at my mom's too!
We opened Christmas Eve gifts at my mom's before heading for home.
Once home, the boys put on their new PJ's and let me take my favorite photos.
The stockings! The boys had put out cookies and milk for Santa and went to bed. I stayed up to finish all of the final touches! Christmas is coming!
Wednesday - Christmas Morning! The boys were up at 6:45 ready to go!
We started by giving the animals their stockings. I'm not sure who has more fun, the animals or the kids.
Stockings!
We ate breakfast at home before loading up the gifts and heading to my mom's house.
Nate was very excited to get a new bike. This was a big item on his list!
Josh was really hoping for a Virtual Reality Head set so he was thrilled to get this!
We spent the rest of the morning (and a little bit of the afternoon) opening gifts! The boys love to give their gifts out too. They do a great job!
It was warm. A little flag football happened outside in Pj's, without coats. Crazy weather.
Thursday - We took off and went to a free movie at the library - they were showing the animated movie "The Grinch". I had never seen it and I laughed so much! What a great movie!! We ran a few errands and just enjoyed the 60 degree weather (for real!)
Friday - My mom, the boys and I took off to visit my nephew and his family. It was an amazing day!
We all played outside - Nate enjoyed pulling the two littles around in the wagon.
The boys also loved the cats. This little one, Phoebe, followed Nate around and let him hold her. He loved it :-)
So our Christmas week was amazing. So many great, fun memories!
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Weekly Menu
You might have noticed I'm a few days behind posting! Christmas Week was filled with traditions, family, fun, and friends so I'm just now sitting down to think about the upcoming week. I figured I'd just post my normal posts, they would just be a few days late. :-)
I find it very hard to believe that by this time next week it will be 2020. Where has the time gone? Twenty years ago we were all worried about Y2K. I feel like it was yesterday! Time just flies by, doesn't it. One thing always remains true though, we have to eat! HA! So, here's the (tentitive) plan for the coming week.
Friday - My mom, the boys and I headed to visit my nephew and his family so we enjoyed dinner with them.
Saturday - Today was Christmas with Darryl's family so we had a potluck meal. I took the easy road this time with cheese, crackers and salami, bags of chips, and a relish tray because we were gone all day Friday! I didn't have time to cook anything!
Sunday - I really need to go to the store :-) Tonight I'm going to up some baked potatoes (since I have them on hand) and use Ham for Christmas.
Monday - Homemade Pizza. Super yummy goodness :-)
Tuesday - New Years Eve! As I write this, I'm still deciding on my final menu. We enjoy snacks so I just have to figure out what we actually want to eat. We usually have my crescent roll-ups, "piggies" in the blanket, some type of dip (or two) and some chips or such. I just have to narrow it all down :-)
Wednesday - New Years Day! My mom is making rolls and bean soup. I'm going to make Chicken Noodle Soup and Dessert.
Thursday - I'm sitting here trying to think of what is super easy to make yet something we all (basically) like - Spaghetti comes to mind. It's not my favorite but I eat it to keep cooking simple. So, I'll doctor up some jarred sauce and make garlic bread (my favorite part of spaghetti night!) and keep it all simple!
I find it very hard to believe that by this time next week it will be 2020. Where has the time gone? Twenty years ago we were all worried about Y2K. I feel like it was yesterday! Time just flies by, doesn't it. One thing always remains true though, we have to eat! HA! So, here's the (tentitive) plan for the coming week.
Friday - My mom, the boys and I headed to visit my nephew and his family so we enjoyed dinner with them.
Saturday - Today was Christmas with Darryl's family so we had a potluck meal. I took the easy road this time with cheese, crackers and salami, bags of chips, and a relish tray because we were gone all day Friday! I didn't have time to cook anything!
Sunday - I really need to go to the store :-) Tonight I'm going to up some baked potatoes (since I have them on hand) and use Ham for Christmas.
Monday - Homemade Pizza. Super yummy goodness :-)
Tuesday - New Years Eve! As I write this, I'm still deciding on my final menu. We enjoy snacks so I just have to figure out what we actually want to eat. We usually have my crescent roll-ups, "piggies" in the blanket, some type of dip (or two) and some chips or such. I just have to narrow it all down :-)
Wednesday - New Years Day! My mom is making rolls and bean soup. I'm going to make Chicken Noodle Soup and Dessert.
Thursday - I'm sitting here trying to think of what is super easy to make yet something we all (basically) like - Spaghetti comes to mind. It's not my favorite but I eat it to keep cooking simple. So, I'll doctor up some jarred sauce and make garlic bread (my favorite part of spaghetti night!) and keep it all simple!
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