Daily Menu - 3/18

[coolranchdorito]

Good morning! Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I definitely tried to enjoy as much time outside as possible while the weather continued to be beautiful- now it's back to weather reality this week! Dinner with my parents on Friday was good, the food/beer hall was really awesome and was packed so seems to be doing well! It's right off the train line that runs from NJ to Philly so that's a nice option to not have to drive. One of my friends who lives in NJ and knows the owner of this place has been wanting to go so told her we'd have to plan a night soon. The shower on Saturday was fine, painless, minimal games LOL. I probably spent about as much time driving there and back as I did at the shower, but it was nice to see Cam's grandmother and a couple of his aunts and cousins/cousins' wives. At least surprise showers seem to be a thing of the past. When I was in my 20s it seemed like quite a few showers were surprises (at least in theory, everyone always seemed to know!) and then you'd have to get there extra early and not saying anything and just felt like such a hassle, when it's not like the bride or mom to be didn't know they'd be having one! And they'd rather know too so they could dress up for it.

After the shower I met up with Cam and my sister and BIL and other friends at the brewery we went to last week that has the huge beer garden. It was PACKED. Between St. Paddy's weekend and the beautiful weather, every square inch of that place was crowded, even just people sitting on blankets on the grass everywhere. But it was fun though, there ended up being about 12 of us and we were able to snag a couple tables and a bunch of chairs and it was a great day to be outside. It started to cool down later so then we went to the kid-friendly beer hall across the street from there which has the playground inside, so the kiddos enjoyed that. Yesterday was much quieter, mostly the usual Sunday stuff/chores/workout/food prep. It was a little windy but still nice out so met some friends for a walk and some errands early and then later on Cam and I went for a walk and then I met up with friends for 1 St. Paddy's drink outside, but mostly just stayed in and relaxed. 

Not much going on this week- last full week before we leave for Japan next Wednesday! I need to get some stuff done and make a list of files for my office to keep an eye on when I'm out (anytime I'm away a week or longer it feels like the work prep leading up to it can take as long as the trip itself! LOL) but feels like things are mostly in good shape. 

A: kickboxing

B: hard boiled egg and avocado in a low-carb wrap
S: apple with peanut butter
L: leftover crockpot enchilada quinoa
S: animal crackers
D: leftover Guinness beef stew

Hope everyone has a great day!

[susiq25679]

Saturday was quiet. Laundry, food prep. Yesterday we took a late lunch over to Marge and Amby. She hates is there. It's clean, bright, food I saw didn't look too bad. A little worn but most are around here. They lost both her and Amby's clothes. Supposedly in laundry to be marked since Friday. And her hearing aids can't be found. Unfortunately, weekends are not the best time to get answers in a place like that. Amby does not need to be there. It's only because there is no one else at home and he is uncomfortable being alone for long stretches of time. And she can now walk and get around so she should be eligible for care at home. She has a call into the case worker to meet this morning. I am a little nervous about going back to work. My boss already asked Tom to do all the payroll this week so I can just focus on the backed up reports without pressure. I need to do the rest of my exercises and then a short nap. I will miss those naps when I go back full time!

S - Usual coffee
B - Carrot cake oatmeal w/cream cheese frosting
L - Chicken Caesar salad
D - Lamb burger, tzatziki, tomato and cucumber salad

[kristent78]

Good morning, here we are at Monday again! My weekend was pretty quiet, mostly stayed in except Saturday evening we did our BJ's trip, got dinner and stopped at the grocery store for the few things we'd need there. My friend detailed my Jeep on Friday & then did James' Jeep on Saturday.

Yesterday we were going to go out for lunch but then Cody wasn't really interested in going because the place had an "Irish takeover" menu, meaning they didn't have his usual buffalo wings, and we suggested a few other places and just decided to stay in. I did go out for a bike ride but it was really windy so lots of stuff blowing around. I fixed dinner and watched some DVR and took care of house stuff including tidying up for the cleaning people.

Today I am in the office, cleaners come midday. Cody starts his "behind the wheel" sessions which is the last part of driver's ed he needs before he can get his license. They do 7 sessions after school. So between that & his school/work he's going to have a busy 2 weeks! He's SO EXCITED to be able to get his license soon. He's been waiting for the sessions on the wait-list for a while, I think we signed up early December. I'll pick him up from that and he's off tonight so I'll just cook dinner.

I'm hoping James can pick him up a couple days from the school so I can go to the gym, trying to get there at least once a week plus my class. I'm hoping to lose a little more weight and tone up more prior to our vacation late June. The school is near the YMCA and it's a lot of driving back & forth - at least it's only 7 days. I may have Brandon pick him up a time or two as well

Have a good Monday!

B: protein water, cottage cheese with pineapple
L: LO pork tenderloin & cheesy cauliflower
D: (most likely) Hello fresh pork ramen, maybe salad too
Exercise: tone/stretch at home