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For Today: January 5, 2009

Outside my window... It's freezing! Well at least for SoCal...cold enough to turn on the heater and fireplace as soon as we walked in the door!

I am thinking... About what needs to be done tonight. Definitely need to write the grocery list for tomorrow…probably not much more than that!

I am thankful for... My little girls. It was so nice to see how excited they were when I picked them up from daycare today.

From the kitchen... We just had a snack of crackers and cheese to tide us over until dinner. I’m making tacos tonight and using my nifty new chopper to mince carrots to put in the meat. They’ll never know!!

I am wearing... My scrubs and a sweatshirt. I haven’t changed from work yet.

I am going... nowhere tonight. We’ll be going grocery shopping first thing in the morning though because we’re out of juice and milk!

I am reading... Eclipse (Twilight Series) for the 2nd time. A friend of mine said she’s reading them much slower this time around and I agree. It’s taking a lot longer to read this time but I still love it. I’ll be on to Breaking Dawn tonight or tomorrow. Afterwards, I think I’ll re-read the Eragon series again!

I am hoping... They post the jobs for the new local hospital soon. I want to work FT close to home SO badly!

I am creating... Nothing…I’d like to start writing again soon.

I am hearing... Dragon Tales on TV. The girls and I have had a LONG day (I was up at 4:15 to get them ready for daycare…ugh!) and we’re relaxing before dinner.

Around the house... Is a TON of junk. The house seems to be so messy lately. Probably because we had a week off and stayed home most of the time. I’m ready to do a deep clean tomorrow!

One of my favorite things... Relaxing in the bathroom with the shower running while reading a good book. I know it’s a total waste of water but it’s something that’s been my favorite thing to do since I was a kid. The sound/steam etc is so relaxing!

A few plans for the rest of the week... I’m off until Friday so we’re grocery shopping and cleaning. Our cracked window is being replaced Wednesday. Hannah and I decided to have a picnic lunch in the living room one day since it’s too cold to go outside much.

Menu Plan Monday! 1/5/09

I've been SO bad with menu planning lately (as you can tell from the lack of posts...). I've actually still been doing them since my last MPM...actaully sticking to them has been another story. We've eaten out WAY more that I'd care to say lately and it's time to get back on track.

DH got a new wok and I got a new crockpot for Christmas so I'm trying to use each of them once a week. DH has also decided to try and cut out all red meat and pork products as much as possible. He's hoping it will help his cholesterol as well as spur some weight loss. Fortunately, we used ground turkey in place of ground beef already and rarely have anything other than that and chicken breasts at home. We do have leftover ham in the freezer from Christmas to use up this week though!

Monday 1/5: Tacos
Tuesday 1/6: Turkey Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Corn
Wednesday 1/7: Chicken Parm, Pasta, Salad
Thursday 1/8: Shrimp Chow Mein
Friday 1/9: Ham, Stuffing, Asparagus
Saturday 1/10: Pizza Pockets, Salad
Sunday 1/11: Veggie Omlettes, Biscuits/Gravy
Monday 1/12: Crockpot Chicken and Mushrooms, Rice, Salad

Head on over to OrgJunkie for more menus!

SNOW!! In Palmdale!!!

It snowed the entire day yesterday! I think we got somewhere between 9-12 inches! I've lived in this house for about 29 years of my life and I think I only remember it snowing twice. And neither of those times were this much! Unfortunately, that meant the freeway was closed and Jason wasn't able to get home from work. He stayed at my mom's and is on his way home early from work now. I got an extra day (maybe two if they don't keep the freeway open) off work so we're relaxing at home! I am so excited that we're having a bit of a "White Christmas" even though the snow will be long gone by next week.

Here's to snow in SoCal! Woohoo! I'll add pics once Jason gets home. The camera was in his car....of course!

New Layout!

Now that winter is upon us, I thought my blog needed a little update. Thanks to Elizabeth for making me a wonderful new banner and siggy! Such a wonderful friend!

Happy Winter All!

Menu Plan Monday~ 12/14/08

I missed MPM last week! I did a menu plan (how could I grocery shop without one?) and we sorta followed it but I never posted it. We haven't stuck to a menu plan completely in a while and things are going to be so hectic until Christmas, I'm sure we won't stick to one until the New Year!

DH is going to be SWAMPED from now until Christmas in order to get shipment of race cars out by Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, that means he'll be working 10-12 hour days from tomorrow until the 24th, including the weekend! Not very good for my menu planning (the extra money rocks though! LoL). So I'm trying to stick to simple meals or meals that reheat easily for when DH gets home (or to take as leftovers the next day).

We're also going to be baking this week (and next). Kinda just for the heck of it. I'll take some to work because the busy folks in the ER sure like cookies! The stuff we make next week will be for Christmas day and to take to Hannukah at my dad's as gifts to my step-brothers families. We're making the basic sugar cookies etc. but also going to buy a candy themometer to make fudge from scratch! My mom always made it growing up and it was never creamy, always crumbly (but SO good). We'll see how I fare! I'll post the recipe next week and let you know if mine turned out!

Sunday 12/14: Chicken Potpie
Monday 12/15: Breakfast Bake
Tuesday 12/16: Chili (Freezer), Cornbread
Wednesday 12/17: Crockpot Roast, Carrots, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy
Thursday 12/18: Roast Beef Sandwiches
Friday 12/19: Grilled Cheese, Soup
Saturday 12/20: Take Out
Sunday 12/21: Chicken Parm, Spaghetti
Monday 12/22: Hotdogs, Chips, Fruit

Head on over to OrgJunkie for more menu plans!!

MPM~ 12/1/08

We're officially in the Christmas season! I'm ready for baking cookies and other treats! Yummy! I have Finals coming up soon though so most of my baking won't start until next week. I do want to try making Cinnamon Quick Bread. I can't remember which blog I got it from so sorry for not giving whomever you are credit!

We didn't use all of our meals last week (again) so there was some roll over. Hopefully we can stick to plan this week!

Monday 12/1- Shake N Bake Chicken, Rice, Broccoli
Tuesday 12/2- Leftovers/Daddy Cooks (Stats Test)
Wednesday 12/3- Homemade Pizza, Salad
Thursday 12/4- Turkey Sausage, Red Beans and Rice, Broccoli
Friday 12/5- Tacos, Chips/Salsa
Saturday 12/6- Chicken PotPie
Sunday 12/7- Out to Dinner (Date Night!)

One of those meals will probably be scratched because we're trying to plan something with my Dad. :)

Check out Laura's for more menus!

Menu Plan Monday~ 11/24/08

Not much of a plan this week! We didn't eat a few meals from last week which moved to this week. We'll also have a lot of leftovers from Thanksgiving! Plus my FIL and his wife are coming into town for the night this weekend and are taking us out to dinner. (SEAFOOD! YAY!) At least this week's plan will help with our budget since there isn't much to buy. I have a TON of household stuff to buy so it helps to have that extra leftover from our grocery budget to use!

Monday 11/24: Pizza (friend over)
Tuesday 11/25: Chicken Potpie (didn’t get to last week)
Wednesday 11/26: Hotdogs, Tatertots, Corn (didn’t get to last week)
Thursday 11/27: Thankgiving! (Making the stuffing and asparagus with hollandaise!)
Friday 11/28: Turkey Day Leftovers!
Saturday 11/29: Out to Dinner (In-Laws in town.)
Sunday 11/30: Shake N Bake Chicken, Rice, Broccoli
Monday 12/1: Turkey Sausage, Red Beans and Rice, Broccoli
Tuesday 12/2: Leftovers

Check out Laura's for other Thanksgiving week plans!