Bad Blogger & Guest Bloggers Needed!

Who hasn't posted in a week... ME! Sorry guys! I don't know what is going on. I sit down to right a blog and then start reading yours. I just don't feel like I have anything blog worthy right now. I do have a few posts coming up this week though so stay tuned!

We have been eating HORRIBLE lately! I didn't meal plan last week and it drove me crazy. I had a lot going on last week so meals were easy. I think we had meatballs, stir fry, and a new taco bake recipe. The taco bake was awesome!! I don't have any pictures but here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

-1 lb. ground beef/turkey

- 2 small (8 oz. I think) cans of tomato sauce

- 8 oz. sour cream

- 8 oz. cream cheese

- 1 bag of no yolk noodles

-2 TBSP. of garlic powder

- Shredded Cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Cook meat

3. Drain meat & add cans of tomato sauce & garlic powder

4. Boil noodles & drain

5. In a bowl, mix noodles, sour cream, & cream cheese

6. In a 9X13 pan, layer meat then noodle mix twice and top with cheese

7. Bake on 350 uncovered for 30 minutes

Yum!! We had green beans, toast, and caesar salad with it.

I also am not meal planning for this week. It is my Spring Break (thank goodness) and we are going out of town Wednesday through Saturday. This is the 4th or 5th year that we will have gone snow skiing during Spring Break. It is a fun trip that I look forward to every year! 

I would love to have 3-4 guest bloggers for the end of this week! I know this is last minuted but if you are interested, please leave a comment below!!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend! & I promise to do better with blogging!!

Weekend Recap & Special Friend

I hope everyone had a great weekend!! 

Friday was a very low key night. Chris worked late and I relaxed at home. We had Chick FilA for dinner around 9:30 and then went to bed! I feel so lame most Friday nights but my kiddos suck the energy out of me during the week!

Saturday, I woke up and got ready to go with a friend to look at the house her and her husband are building. Side note, Andrea and I are similar in so many ways. We have been friends for a little over 4 years but look what all we have been through together...

Living together

Me turning 21

 Andrea turning 21

 Getting our Aggie rings

 Dunking our Aggie rings

Student teaching

 

Graduating from A&M

 Getting engaged

My bachelorette party 

 

Andrea's bachelorette party

My wedding 

 

 Her wedding

 and now we are building houses together! 

Our house

 Andrea's house

Your welcome for the walk down memory lane! It's crazy to think about where I am in life, all that I have been through, and all of the wonderful people I have in my life! 


Sunday was the same as Friday night, relaxing!!


How was your weekend? 

Weekend & Weekly Meal Plan

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Winter has finally arrived here in Dallas and it is cold!! While making dinner tonight, I looked out the window and saw this...

That is snow... only in Texas would this happen so randomly. It is 45 degrees and snowing. 

We had a nice relaxing weekend. We did nothing on Friday night and it was awesome!! Saturday we went to dinner at La Hacienda for the first time. We were craving mexican but had just been to Pappasitos. This was the first time we had been to La Hacienda and it was pretty good (minus the 55 min. wait!) Chris ordered this interesting drink and said it was pretty good. 

& today we didn't do much besides lay around. I did a little bit of laundry and went to the grocery store. 

Here are our meals for the week...

Sunday: Dorito Cheesy Chicken Casserole 

Monday- Going to dinner with friends!

Tuesday- Crockpot Roast

We are not going out to dinner on Valentine's Day because everyone else is lol. We like to celebrate at home and enjoy each others company. 

Wednesday- Slow Cooker Bacon Wrapped BBQ Chicken 

Thursday- Taco Soup 

I hope everyone has had a great weekend!! It would be awesome if the snow were to stick and for us to get a snow day but I doubt very much that it will happen!

Great Monday!

I am so happy to say that today has been a great day! My kids were great (even that one), the weather was awesome, my new card came in the mail, someone placed an order in my etsy store, and I have a great meal planned! I hope you have had a great Monday as well!!

This weekend was very low key and I absolutely loved it! Here is a short recap:

Friday- This has become our chill night. We really haven't done much the past few Fridays. We went to Dick's, Fry's and then we picked up food at our favorite chinese restaurant. We go to a small chinese restaurant called Royal Chopsticks. We were worried there wouldn't be one near us once we move but there are actually 2! Yum!! 

Saturday- Chris got up very early and went on his last duck hunting trip of the year (darn). They got 3 ducks :-(. We hung out at the apartment the rest of the day. That night, a few friends came over and we grilled chicken. This has been our weekend routine for the past few weeks. I am really bad a taking pictures (& am the only girl so they don't enjoy photo shoots). Anyone know any single girls in the DFW area?? Kidding, kinda... 

Sunday- We slept in and he went off to shoot skeet & sight in a new gun. I planned our meals, couponed, and then went grocery shopping. Some people hate grocery shopping but I absolutely love it! I love going by myself with my list and coupon book. I am getting a little better at this couponing thing. I saved around $27 using coupons and shopping the sales. My grocery budget each week is $80 and I only spent $69 and some change. This shop also included stocking up on a few items that we also use and that I had coupons for. Does anyone else coupon? Any tips? Here is proof of my fun shopping trip...

Enough about my weekend. How was yours? How was your Monday? 

I am looking forward to one thing tonight... 

THE BACHELOR.

Even though this season is kind of lame and I don't really care for Ben, I can't pull myself away from it. I really like some of the girls like: 

Kacie B.

 & Jennifer

 I can't stand Courtney and really don't feel like looking up her picture. Also, what happened with Blakeley she is super tame now. She is definitely not one of my favorites but she is ok now. 

This is a super long and random post. Have a great night!!

Weekend Recap & Meal Plan

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Our weekend was awesome and one of the most relaxing we have had since our wedding over 7 months ago!


- Friday night we got Pei Wei to-go and watched a football game. It was an early night for us because Chris was going hunting Saturday morning. 


- Saturday morning was very uneventful for me! I did nothing while waiting for Chris to get home from hunting. They only got one duck, better luck next time! Later that day, we went to our new neighborhood to look at different brick colors for our house. We picked one and will hopefully get it! 

(Our brick color, not our house)
We then went to the design center to get an idea of what we liked. Overwhelming does not even begin to describe that experience! I am excited about going to our meeting on Tuesday and having a designer help us! Later that night, we went to dinner at Joe T Garcia's. 


-Today, we went back out to our neighborhood to finalize out brick selection and sign a paper saying what color we choose. We also looked at a few inventory homes. We are having a hard time choosing our granite color and will most likely have to upgrade, bummer. We came home and I planned meals for the week then went to the grocery store. Below is our meal plan.


We didn't do very well on the meals planned last week. We did not end up trying the crockpot orange chicken because I woke up late. I hope to do better this week...

Sunday- Dominos Pizza

Yum!! They have the new stuffed breads and they are amazing!!

Monday- Pork Tender Loin Sandwiches

This is a recipe that my dad told me about. He said it is really good and very easy. Today, I picked up a pork tenderloin, a bottle of Teriyaki marinade, hamburger buns, and a bottle of BBQ sauce. Put the marinade and tenderloin in the crockpot, cook 7 hours on low, dump the remaining marinade, shred pork and mix in BBQ sauce. Easy enough!!

Tuesday- Unsure

We have our design meeting and are not sure how long it will take. 

Wednesday- Chicken Fried Steak 

This is exactly as it sounds. Serving with mashed potatoes & green beans.

Thursday- Penne Pasta Bake

This is a new recipe from Chef In Training.

Friday- Saturday- I don't like to plan for these days because what I plan never goes as planned. 


I would lov to know what you are having for dinner this week! Have a great Monday!!

Meal plan for the week

How was your weekend? We went to College Station on Friday night for my sisters ring dunk and the A&M football game. Normally we stay in College Station through Sunday but we decided to drive home late last night. I drove and was extremely tired but it was so nice to wake up in my own bed and not have to drive home today. We are watching football with the back door open and a candle lit. The temperature is dropping and it is beginning to feel like Fall again. I absolutely love lazy days like this.

I didn't take any pictures (bad blogger) this weekend but my dad did...

Pitchers & shirts...check

Ring...check

Family shot after getting the ring

Dunking table with pitchers filled

Mid-dunk

Done!! 1 min. & 33 secs. Good job Michelle!!

Now for our meals this week...

Sunday- Left over BBQ from this weekends tailgate

Monday- More left over BBQ from this weekend (a friend of ours dad came up with 2 briskets, 10 racks of ribs, & 15 links of sausage, to say there were left overs was an understatement)

Tuesday- Crockpot Mongolian Beef

Wednesday- We are heading back to College Station and will have Whataburger on the way

I will do a post on the rest of the week maybe tomorrow. We have a fun week planned! What is on your weekly menu?

Awesome Weekend Recap

I hope everyone had a great Tuesday. I am having a great week so far, for many reasons! Like I said, I needed another weekend to recover from this past weekend. I don't even know where to begin...

Friday night was awesome! One of my best friends, Lilly, is getting married next July and planned an awesome night to officially ask us to be her bridesmaids. We went to a place called Let's Art Party in Plano. This place is similar to You Paint It. It was an amazing night and she did will be a beautiful bride! Here are some pictures from that night...

Andrea, Lilly, & I. Once Lilly is married, we will all have been in each others weddings. Special friends!!

Lilly's Matron of Honor's- Amber, Lilly & I

Bridesmaids (minus 1) with our final product

Here is what our painting was suppose to look like

Here is what mine looked like... not to bad for my first painting experience!

Saturday, I got up early and met up with Lilly & Amber to go wedding dress shopping. I am not aloud to give any details but I think she may have found "the dress" and she was absolutely stunning in it!! We had lunch at La Madeline (one of my favorite restaurants) & then I headed home. My plans were to relax and go to sleep early Saturday night but I ended up going out to dinner with a friend around 10. We went to a place in the "ghetto" and I was warned to never go here with out her. She wanted me to try a REAL mexican taco and OMG it was amazing!!

I also may or may not have dropped my phone in water. I may or may not of had a minor panic attack. All is good now though and it still works like a charm!

Sunday was a long but great day! Not only was Chris coming home but I had an amazing dinner planned and was heading to Canton with some great friends for some Christmas shopping. Canton was amazing! I had been once before but was to young to enjoy it. I could have spent a fortune but only bought 2 things....

- I got this to go above our bed (it has a plastic wrap on it and I didn't feel like taking it off for the picture)

- & some amazing homemade dip called cowgirl candy. I am now obsessed with it and will be ordering some soon!

Sorry this is so wordy but I wanted to share my fun weekend!

Home Sweet Home

Home from another weekend trip to College Station! I wish I could say it was a good one, but it wasn't. Our poor Aggies... when are they going to get it together. We had tickets to the game but only stayed through the first quarter. I don't mean to be negative but uh next year might be rough to watch...

I'm on my own again this week but have a lot going on so hopefully it will go by quick! I do plan to make time to catch up on my sleep. Chris flew home Friday night so we didn't get to CS until 4 in the morning. We were back up and at the tailgate at 9 later that morning. Needless to say, extra sleep is needed!!

Monday, I need to finish a couple shirt orders and get them sent off Tuesday. I also want to make a few more coaster sets for the holidays. Does anyone know where I can buy collegiate scrapbook paper?

Tuesday night, I have a parent engagement night at school. I am on the yearbook team this year so I have to go and take pictures. I will post pictures of our yearbook when we have more complete. I am excited about the outcome!

Wednesday & Thursday are going to be my nights to relax and do nothing!

A friend of mine has finally set a date for their wedding. She has asked me to be her Matron of Honor but it will be official Friday night. She has arranged for all of her girls to have a girls night at you paint it. Has anyone ever been? I can't wait!

Meals this week are simple and not worth posting but I will be back to planning next Sunday!

Did everyone have a good weekend?

Weekend Recap

I have had a very productive Sunday so far and it is really just getting started for me! This weekend was a great one minus my husband being gone.I already posted about my exciting Friday night. On Saturday, I went to the mall with a friend and made a few awesome purchases.

*If you are a teacher, NY&C has a teacher discount that is regularly 15% off but through Sept. 6th they are giving 30%. I took advantage!*

Saturday night, we celebrated a great friends birthday at a Electric Cowboy. It was an interesting place and we had a great time. Today has been a very laid back day. I relaxed (for most of it) but am now doing laundry, cleaning, and making dinner.

I am ready for Chris to be home so that I can give him a big hug and kiss but also to make him some of the new recipes that I have found. If you follow me on pinterest, you know that I spent a lot of time on it this morning. I probably posted 20 new recipes. If you do not follow me, click HERE and you can!

Here are some of the recipes that I plan to try when I pick back up with meal planning next week...

Smoked Turkey Brie Apple Panini

Oven Baked Ribs

Chicken Enchilada Pasta

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

All of the recipes can be found on my pinterest boards. I have found a few new food blogs that I am obsessed with! Let me know if you try any of these recipes. I will be week after next!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Weekend recap & week 2- Meal Planning

This has been an awesome weekend before having to go back to school tomorrow. We had little plans for the weekend (which is very uncommon) and ended up having so much fun with each other and friends.

Friday, we had planned to go to dinner somewhere but I was really tired and needed to take a nap first! We ended up going to one of our favorite restaurants called Chuy's.

Saturday, we had a relaxing morning and then went out on a friend of our's boat. I had been out to Lake Lewisville once before and had a blast so I was excited to go again. Here is my favorite picture from the day.

Not the best quality but the best I could do with my phone. What a peaceful, amazing way to end my Summer!

On Sunday, we slept in and relaxed before having to pack Chris for a 2 week work trip. I hate when he leaves & I miss him so much. I guess it is a good thing that school is starting back up so that I am busy while he is gone.

I hope you had a relaxing weekend. & good luck to those teachers that are going back tomorrow!

Meal Planning:

I am excited to say that we followed our planned meals last week everyday except 1. All of the recipes (minus the bell peppers) were amazing and will definitely be on the menu in the future. We did not need to make the Mexi Mac meal because we had enough leftovers to eat. So for my first week of meal planning, I think we did awesome!

Here is what I learned:

- You do not need to buy a lot of lunch meat because their are only 2 of us & we had plenty of leftovers

- You don't have to plan a meal for every night. Take into account that you will have leftovers!

- Plan to have similar meals each night every week. This way you will bring in a variety of different kinds of food. Ex. a breakfast night, mexican night, chinese night, beef night, chicken night, etc.

I am not really going to plan meals for the next 2 weeks because I normally don't cook for one and I don't want to. I think this week, I will be so tired that cereal, a sandwich, or ice cream will be good enough for me. I also have a dinner planned with some of my best friends this week. If you post your weekly meals or you meal plan, leave me a comment so I can come see what you are eating!!!

Have a great week & more wedding pictures to come!