Weekly Worship - Andrew Peterson | His Heart Beats (Audio Video)

I've missed a few weeks!  I am an Andrew Peterson fan because his songs are stories and just so unique.  

2021 Week in Photos #10

 Here's a look back at the last TWO weeks (since I missed posting last week!) 

This is what most of our days look like . .. notice the cat is on Nate and the dog is next to Josh.  Just add me to the empty spot on the couch and there's school. 

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The big event last week was Nate completed his Tae Kwon Do testing and earned his brown belt.  He has worked really hard to get to this level and has big goals for black belt testing in a few years. 

Our one big event this week was St. Patrick's Day.  We had our tradational dinner and some fun with St. Patrick's Day 'stashes and glasses. 

Weekly Menu

 Welcome to another week of eating :-)  We enjoyed some of our favorite winter meals last week (and it worked out well since it got a little chilly last week and we even had a winter weather advisory  . .. that gave us not one flake of snow HA!)  This week it's more some of our simple favorites.  

Friday - We always eat out on Fridays.  I think my kid would be upset if we didn't HA!  Most weeks we get Chinese on Fridays but because we have plans on Saturday, I think we will stick close to home and try to keep our eating out budget a little lower :-) 

Saturday - We are heading out for the day to celebrate the 20th anniversary of when Darryl and I got engaged.  

Sunday - Since we can't get together with my mom on Saturday, we will gather today for dinner.

Monday - A carry over from last week - Chicken Club Crescents and Fries.

Tuesday - Taco Tuesday - we haven't done that in quite awhile! 

Wednesday - BBQ Cups, Potato Salad (I little hint at spring), and 

Thursday - Stuffed Shells, Green Beans and Garlic Bread. 

Weekly Menu

 Darryl and I both fought a little bought of some sort of intestinal bug this week - not enough to knock us out but it knocked us low.  It altered what I felt like cooking so I have a few carry overs this week.  Plus Darryl spent an afternoon/evening with his dad driving him to get his first covid shot and back home so he was gone for dinner on Thursday and I cook "easy" when he is gone!  Anyway, here's the plan for the week which includes  . .. . .St. Patrick's Day!! 

Friday - The plan is to eat out like normal.  

Saturday - Dinner at my mom's 

Sunday - Pizza (week 2 of free food on our gift card!) 

Monday - Lasagna and Garlic Bread

Tuesday - Zuppa Tuscana and French Bread

Wednesday - St. Patrick's Day!  Our traditional meal of Stuffed Cabbage, Crash Potatoes, Rainbow Jell-O Salad, and Green Pudding.  Yum!  

Thursday - Chicken club Crescent roll-ups and French fries 

Sorry I haven't posted much lately - I'm really focused on school right now so we can stay on task and finish early!  By the time I sit down at night, I'm focused on planning for the next day of school!  

2021 Week in Photos #9

Here's a look back at our week! 

Saturday - Sunday - We had a weekend away to celebrate Darryl!

One of Darryl's birthday gift was a night at a brand new hotel in downtown that we have watched be built over the last year or so.  We were on the 10th floor with an amazing view! 

We are treated to an amazing sunset! 

We ordered pizza and had it delivered - the pizza was amazing!  

This hotel is shaped like a piece of pie and sits on a super small lot - as we watched it go up we all wondered how in the world they would fit any rooms in it!  Every room has an amazing view because of the shape of the building. 

On Sunday morning we headed out and checked out a few art displays downtown.  This was one of them.  The alleyway was all set up for summer.  It was pretty cool and we love things that are outside! 

We then drove to Lake Michigan.  It's my happy place and seeing it in the winter is just as amazing as in the summer.  Above is the pier - encased in ice.  Don't worry, we did not walk on it . .. just took a photo! 

The fog was so thick!  And it was kind of drizzling.  But, it was still amazing! 

There were huge "ice burgs" breaking off and floating down the channel.  It sounded awesome. 

Monday - Friday . .. we did school :-)  Well, we finished school by Thursday and enjoyed Friday.  Josh spent the night at my mom's Thursday evening and Nate had TKD on Friday but otherwise it was a pretty quiet week. 

Weekly Menu

 Here's the plan for the coming week:

Friday - It's our weekly "order out/eat in" night :-) 

Saturday - Dinner at my mom's! 

Sunday - Pizza!  I actually won a gift card a few weeks ago to our favorite pizza place so this week and next week our dinner is free! 

Monday - Lasagna and Garlic Bread.  Lasagna is one of my favorite comfort foods but I have not made it from scratch in quite a while!  I decided that before it gets to hot for true comfort food, I'd better make it!  

Tuesday - Beef Drip sandwiches and French Fries.  This is another favorite winter meal because it simmers on the stove all afternoon and makes the kitchen feel warm and smell amazing! 

Wednesday - Zuppa Tuscana and French Bread.  So, apparently this weeks theme is: Recipes we love one more time before it gets too hot to cook HA!.  This is another one that we love! 

Thursday - Chicken Carbonara and Salad  I haven't made this pasta dish in a long, long time but it sounds just tasty so it's time to make it again! 

March Goals

Welcome to March!  February seemed really long, didn't it?  I'm not really sure why other than it was the coldest month and we had more snow in February than the whole winter combined!  I've decided to do this months goal post (get it - goal post) differently - I usually do a "bunch" instead of individually listed goals but this month it is one per number!  I feel like I have so much that I want to get done but there are a lot of random things! 

1. Complete 31 pages in Scrapbooking (toward my 365 total page goal)

2. Complete February 2020 photos

3. Complete February 2021 photos

4. Complete May-June 2016 photos

5. Complete February 2011 photos

6. Take part in the March Virtual Crop

7. Order the next set of photos on April 1st 

8. Order the next set of album spines

9. Read my books for March 

10. Complete my Decluttering tasks for April. 

11. Make my first batch of Macaroons

12. Now that the weather is turning a corner and isn't bitter cold - the basement is back on the radar!  We are planning to have some plumbing work done here soon and they need to be able to get to it HA!  So my goal for this month is to make sure that can happen. 

13. Read one chapter in my photography book and practice the skill. 

14. Pick camping dates for the summer and reserve the spots that I can

15. Go on one Date with Darryl

16. Practice my song for recording for Christmas - the goal is page 2! 

17. Plan out the first adventure to visit a least one of the great lakes.

18. Update my holiday journal through Easter. 

19. Visit Flour Child Bakery since it didn't happen last month! 

20. Take boxes and bags of donation items to a donation center. 

21. Set up Josh's punching bag.

22. Hang Josh's solar system

23. Set up my 52 envelopes savings plan

24. Clean out my filing cabinet

25. Organize my closet storage area/corner

26. Have Darryl hang my new flag pole

27. Put up the March flags

28. Plan our outside landscaping we want to do :-) 

29. Do all the "medical' visits - dentist appointments, check-ups, and even a vet appointment :-)  

30.  Take our trip to where we got engaged - we go almost every year to just remember. 

31. Plan some fun activities/crafts for spring break.  (our friends are usually here so I like to plan a few things for fun to do so everyone isn't playing video games all day HA!) 

32. Plan for Easter.  

33. Get back to my cookbooks - make one new recipe from each of my cookbooks this month.

34. Clean the oven - a friend shared some stuff that is suppose to make the oven door look like new - I'll see if it works HA!