Menu 9/19 through 9/25

Here is our weekly menu, again I am shopping from my pantry when coming up with a meal plan. It worked great last week and I am hoping for the same results this week! I have decided to just share our main meals instead of all 3 because our breakfasts and dinners get pretty boring especially since I am drinking green smoothies for my meals.
Monday: HH6 Monthly Challenge
Tuesday: Skinny Sloppy Joes with veggies and chips
Wednesday: Butternut Squash Soup
Thursday: Skinny Sloppy Joes with veggies and chips
Friday: Faijta Steak Skillet with black beans and corn
Saturday: BLTs with fruit and chips
Sunday: Steak with Baked Sweet Potatoes and Veggies

Mil-Spouse Friday!

1. Right now, our weather is warm and sunny, but what I’d really like is cool and fall like.
2. I like to let my hair down and play some Gears of War with S.
3. Mommy Rambles made a post about heroes… my hero is my Mom because she always handle whatever hand life handed you with grace and dignity. She would give the shirt off her back to anyone in need.
   
4. It’s a weird combination, but I swear pickles and peanut butter are a perfect pair!
5. Some may see the glass half empty and others may see it half full, but I see it as a challenge that I have to overcome so it doesn't matter if the life is half full or empty.
   

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Menu 9/12 through 9/18

This week I shopped in my pantry and made my meal plans entirely off of what I already have in the kitchen. I will share my grocery list for this week after I post our menu.
Monday
Breakfast: PB & J Toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Hamburgers with chips and fruit
Dinner: Salad with turkey/Green smoothie
Tuesday
Breakfast: Eggs with toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Meatloaf with sweet potatoes and veggies
Dinner: PB&J with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Wednesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Chef Miserly Beefy Mac with veggies
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Thursday
Breakfast: PB&J Toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Meatloaf with sweet potatoes and veggies
Dinner: Tuna Sandwich with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Friday
Breakfast: Eggs with toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Chef Miserly Beefy Mac with veggies
Dinner: Free Night
Saturday
Breakfast: Egg in Hole/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Dinner: Quesadillas
Sunday
Breakfast & Lunch: Buffalo Wild Wings
Dinner: Chef Miserly Beefy Mac with veggies

My grocery list: milk, bottle water, cereal, spinach, and ice cream.

I hope to be able to stick with this meal plan all week, I find it is easy to get off track sometimes especially when we are eating leftovers. Have a great week!

We will never forget....

I really don't have the words to express how I feel tonight, remembering and reflecting on September 11, 2001. As a sophomore in high school from a small midwestern town my world was completely changed and innocence taken away from me 1o years ago. I didn't know anyone that was directly affected by the events that took place on that horrible day. Obviously all Americans lost their innocence on that day and each of us were deeply affected. I still grieve for those that we lost in the attacks, the men and women that have died defending our country after that horrible day and for America as a whole. Our world changed forever on September 11, 2001 but we will never forget.
My beautiful and talented cousin Amanda sings Diamond Rio's In God We Still Trust that I believe really describes how I am feeling tonight.

Bountiful Basket Round Up 9/10

This week's Organic Bountiful Basket included: artichokes (I have no idea what to do with these so recommendations would be GREAT!), purple cabbage, sweet potatoes, onions, and lettuce for the veggies. The fruits included: bananas, strawberries, blueberries, pears, apples and peaches.

Bountiful Baskets is such a great organization and a great way to bring healthy foods into your house. If you haven't participated yet visit Bountiful Baskets to find a site near you! Oh and as I mentioned I am looking for recipes ideas for the artichoke and the sweet potatoes...send em my way.

Happy Birthday, Mama Boo

Today my Mom would be 52 years old and you bet if she were still around I would be teasing her about getting older. You see my Mom was not only my Mom but my best friend. It was just her and I growing up and we did every thing together. We went to stock car races together, shopping together, summer trips to Brookfield Zoo and Chicago together. The memories we made I treasure now and looking back we had some great times.

Of course we had the usual mother daughter fights. I dated guys she didn't approve of and I of course was a little rebellious, aren't all kids at some point, but I always knew my Mama Boo would be there for me. We had our ups and downs but my Mom was always my best friend. We solved the worlds problems on our fun little road trips and always had a good laugh.

Mom's battle with cancer started when I was in 8th grade and I will never forget the moment she told me she had been diagnosed. You see I lost my Dad when I was just 2 years old so the thought of losing my Mom was terrifying. I was determined she would beat this and she did for a while. But after a long hard fight cancer won in the summer of 2002. I don't think anyone can ever understand what I felt at that moment, I know my family didn't, at least at that time. I didn't just lose my Mama Boo I lost my best friend, my support system, my everything at the age of 16.

I haven't had my Mom by my side for so many big moments, prom, graduation, my wedding, the birth of H but I know my Mom is always right here next to me. I really just wanted to post a special Happy Birthday message to my Mama Boo....she is getting older after all. :)

Memories are so treasured and I will never forget all of the great memories my Mama Boo and I made over the years. She was kind of the crazy picture lady taking pictures of everything but you know what now I am so glad she did because I can look back and remember all the great times we had.

Anyway happy 52nd Birthday Mama Boo! I love you to the moon and back! Thanks for being the best Mom in the world. Miss you!

Mil-Spouse Fill-In

Its that time again for Wife of a Sailor's Mil-Spouse Fill In.....

1. My plans for Labor Day included going down to the river and fishing all day, but what really happened was we left for the river at 3am, spent the morning on the river. We had a blast! When we came home we blew up the air mattress and watched a Bones marathon (thanks Netflix) as a family. It was great day!

2. Call me crazy, but sometimes I just need to go to the gym and sweat out my frustrations!

3. One of the funniest things I’ve seen lately is H potty training. He gets so excited to use the potty.

4. It’s strange, but rude people drive me crazy while being a nice as possible to those same people is perfectly fine with me!

5. One, two, buckle my shoe… three, four I am ready for real fall weather...to bad I live in the desert!

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