Week #3: Guilty Pleasure

Guilty As Charged

I really don't need an excuse to get carried away. It's shameful really. I know I need to get the laundry done, boil the chicken, or make those bagels but so often I get mega carried away by a good netflixing.

This should be what Netflix asks, right?

Don't you love how Netflix asks if your still watching? No I went on a marathon run and forgot I left the show on, YES I'm still watching. Breath, in the nose out the mouth. With the wonderful snow that came trough it was the perfect occasion to sit mind numbingly in front of the television. For hours on end, I would think I'll make lunch after this episode, then ,oh, never mind I'm not hungry. Eventually I drug my booty out of the house and walked the neighborhood enjoying the tingle in my nostrils and lung with each inhale of cold snow laden air. I can't believe I almost missed it.

Really, you like that?

And what show prey tell could keep me cooped up for 4 days straight? X-Files. Yea, you heard me, and what?
I loved this show back in the day and with the upcoming release on FOX I could help myself. I didn't make it through all nine season's that would be preposterous, no I only made it through seven.

It's like Christmas all over again

Sunday January 24 after the football game.

Scully, Mulder and I will be reunited, but only for six episodes.

Do you have that thing from your youth that you get excited over, well sadly this is my guilty pleasure.

My family doesn't get it either, that's perfectly okay with me. It means it's my thing and I don't have to share it.

Here's to conspiracy theory's and freaks of nature!

Our allotted budget is $130 but the goal is to stay under $100

$71.05. Lets keep rock'n through January

Breakfast Options For The Week

Yogurt and Peaches

Blueberry Muffins

Oatmeal

Fruit Breakfast Bars 

Bagels 

Eggs, Toast, & Jam

We don't get too many snow days in these parts.

So when it does snow the town shuts down and everyone

stays home. Thank goodness for stock piling the freezer.

Monday:

Lunch - Poor Boy Sandwich (not Po'Boy)

Dinner - Rotisserie Chicken, Collard Greens, Potato Wedges

Tuesday:

Lunch - Salad w/chicken, boiled eggs, & cheese

Dinner - French Toast, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs

Wednesday:

Lunch - Egg Salad Sandwiches

Dinner - Hibachi Steakhouse Meal (Chicken)

Thursday: 

Lunch - Egg Salad Sandwiches

Dinner - Bacon Corn Chowder, CC Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Friday:

Lunch - 50 Cent Soup

Dinner - Dump Spaghetti

Saturday:

Lunch -  Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Dinner - Baked Ham with Pineapple, CC Sister Rolls, Succotash

Sunday:

Lunch: Ham Salad Sandwich 

Dinner: Ham & Broccoli Mac-N-Cheese 

Snacks:

• Popcorn
• Muffins 
• Homemade Potato Chips 
• Cookies
• Yogurt & Fruit
• Hard Boiled Eggs & Deviled Eggs

Drinks:

• Coffee and Hot Tea
• Water - that's a biggie here
• MYO Arizona Green Tea 
• MYO Lemonade Concentrate 

I Don't Leave Home Without It

I generally plan on Wed when I have 30 minutes before mass chaos begins.

I shop on Fri so our family menus (posted on the fridge) run from Fri to Thur.

How do I keep it all straight without pulling my hair out? I use Pepperplate.   

This site/App keeps all my recipes, super easy to upload from other sites, 

my shopping list which automatically uploads, my weekly/monthly planner, 

AAAND  (with best infomercial voice I can muster)   So Much More! 
(Nope I didn't get paid to say that either.)

Matthew 11:25-26        
At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. "Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.  

Week #3 Better Late Than Never

That is just the kind of 2 weeks it has been. Every time I sat down to put out last weeks menu 10,000 other things would pop up. Don't you just love that. I do, the kind of things that pop up are my son asking me to play cards. My daughters wanting to talk about boys and friends. A girlfriend who just needs you to lend your ears. The moments that fulfill each day are usually the ones I do not plan

As My Nana Always Said...

This Blog thing is defiantly harder than it seems. Okay maybe Nana didn't say it like that but it was something she certainly imparted on us. It was more like "If it's easy, it's not worth doing". So even though its quite late here is Week #3.

This Week We Purchased The Following: 

10# Chicken Breast, Shrimp, 4#'s Bacon, fruit: apples, 
oranges, bananasraspberries, blackberries, blueberries,
 yogurt (starter)4 Dozen eggs, milk, coffee,  
4#'s Butter, Cleaning Supplies, Zucchini, Broccoli, 10#'s Potatoes, 
Basil, Tomato Juice, and condiments.

 The total spent was $93.74

Our allotted budget is $130 but the goal is to stay under $100

Came close but snuck in under the bar.

Breakfast Options For The Week

• Bacon, Egg, & Cheese Biscuits (double up and FZ half)

• Blueberry Muffins (Make & FZ - Still have Banana Nut too)
• Eggs (scrambled & Poached), Toast or Biscuits (Make & FZ)
• Fruit Breakfast Bars
• Fruit & Yogurt
• Bagels & cream cheese

Doubled the muffin recipes and froze half.

Doubled the Breakfast Bars - they make great snacks too.

Multi purpose Biscuits - Make and FZ means ready to go.

MYO Yogurt in the crock pot, another way to save $$$.

Monday:

Lunch - Poor Boy Sandwich - (Tomato and cheese)

Dinner - Greek Style Grilled Chicken, Roasted Garlic Potatoes, Sweet Candied Carrots

Tuesday:

Lunch - Salad with LO Chicken, Cheddar Cheese, and Hard Boiled Eggs

Dinner - French Toast and Bacon (use up what's left in the FZ)

***Our Kids love Breakfast For Dinner Surprise Night

Wednesday: 

Lunch - Egg Salad Sandwich

Dinner - Hibachi Steakhouse Meal - Family Favorite

Thursday: 

Lunch - Curried Egg Salad Wrap

Dinner - Bacon Corn Chowder, Biscuits

Friday:

Lunch - Tomato Basil Salad

Dinner - Taco Pasta

Saturday:

Lunch - LO Taco Pasta

Dinner - Baked Ham with Pineapple, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Yeast Rolls

Sunday:

Lunch: Hawaiian Sandwich

Dinner: Dinner At Friends House 

Snacks:

• Oranges, Bananas, Apples
• Popcorn
• Carmel Apple Dip (LO)
• Fruit Bars
• Muffins

Drinks:

• Coffee and Hot Tea
• Cocoa Mix
• Water - that's a biggie here
• MYO Arizona Green Tea
• MYO Lemonade Concentrate

I Don't Leave Home Without It

I generally plan on Wed when I have 30 minutes  before mass chaos begins.

I shop on Fri so our family menus (posted on the fridge) run from Fri to Thur.

How do I keep it all straight without pulling my hair out? I use Pepperplate.   

This site/App keeps all my recipes, super easy to upload from other sites, 

my shopping list which automatically uploads, my weekly/monthly planner, 

AAAND  (with best infomercial voice I can muster)   So Much More! (Nope I 

didn't get paid to say that either.)

Luke 11:5-8 (NIV)

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[a] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.