Happy Monday Friends
I hope you had a wonderful weekend that left you nice and rested to tackle another Monday. I'm a little late today because my poor Annie did something when she was getting ready this AM and tweaked her shoulder & neck. We worked on it with a heating pad, ibuprofen and some stretches and thankfully she didn't need to go to the walk-in. She was able to go into school late...but may need to avoid her sports for the next few days and rest it.
We had a lovely weekend here in the northwoods. Some lovely weather - which was so nice. And I finally got out my Spring and Easter decorations, yay! My Mom and my Brother and my SIL came over yesterday and we had game night and ordered pizza, and I made pie and ice cream for dessert. Always such a fun time ;) Now time for the week ahead...
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING
strawberry yogurt and some vanilla iced coffee
RIGHT NOW I AM:
listening to Joshua Bell music and working on my calendar for the week
AS I LOOK OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
I love seeing the snow banks go down like crazy. And now there's even some bits of grass peeking throw some of the snow in our backyard. I have a window open for a little fresh air and I can hear birds singing. C'mon Spring!!
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE
The games are still sitting out from our game night. We played some wits and wagers (not to brag but I won - ahem) Lol
And then we played trivial pursuit...and not to brag again but our team won. Just sayin' ;)
ON THIS WEEK'S TO DO LIST:
Aaron's choir concert, Annie cello concert this week. Volleyball and hockey practices. Dentist appt for me. Volunteer time. Errands. Bring meal to FIL. Help my Mom. I keep putting it off but I need to tackle my craft room more. Finish some projects.
CURRENTLY READING
ON THE TV TODAY:
The Resident, The Good Doctor, The Rookie, New Amsterdam, This is Us, Spring baking Championship, Greys Anatomy, Will and Grace, Survivor, American Idol, miracle workers, Buddy vs Duff on food network
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY: chicken salad sandwiches, chips, fruit
TUESDAY: mini dutch baby pancakes with lemon curd & berries, bacon
WEDNESDAY: BBQ pork burgers w/ pimento cheese & slaw (BA meal)
THURSDAY: nashville hot chicken with maple kale & mashed sweet potatoes (BA meal)
FRIDAY: broccoli cheese soup, muffins, veggies & dip
WHAT I AM CREATING AT THE MOMENT
scrapbook gift for a relative, craft room
NEW RECIPE I WANT TO TRY THIS WEEK:
I finally shared my orange french toast last week (if you missed it and want to go back to that post) I plan to share more recipes this week - not sure yet which ones...
TIP OF THE WEEK:
this interests me as I am working on losing 20 lbs. But I'm focusing on doing it slowly and right. If you recall I had lost almost 40 lbs about a year and 1/2 ago and I've gained back about 10ish of that. I'm determined to go the other way again. I have a reward planned for myself when I do that I will fill you in on some day in the future. It's fun to keep you guessing...Lol What are some things that you would reward yourself for reaching a goal??
I am also just going to start doing some intermittent fasting to hopefully help this journey be more successful too. Have any of you tried it?
FROM THE CAMERA
such gorgeous blue skies and warm sunshine here saturday and grass peeking through the snow
Got out all things Easter & Spring and now I have bunnies playing among my good china ;)
Gotta love the bunny butts - complete with cotton tails - on the bunting hanging on the mantel
Even the clock wasn't spared ;)
Love this pretty teapot and glasses I picked up at Pier 1
I made a yummy mixed berry pie for our game night -complete with some blueberries that were still in my freezer from being picked last summer. It was SO good :P