monday meal plan: 1/16/2012

To review last week...the chicken dish I was excited about which was a Pinterest find...the chicken itself was delicious but I was not a big fan of the taste of the Philly Creme.

Monday: Making Grilled Citrus Steak from this cookbook with mashed potatoes, corn and burgers for the girls. Its about 45 degrees so I figured it's a good time to take advantage and grill.
Tuesday: Mac n Cheese for kids, Sandwiches for us, veggies and dip for everyone
Wednesday: Tacos with the fixings. (prepared ahead of time on Monday)
Thursday: Grilled Cheese, Chips and fruit
Friday: School fundraiser at a local restaurant



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still recording 2011

First, I must do this public service announcment. On Thursday, I picked up about 40 printed layouts from Costco. PRINT YOUR LAYOUTS DIGITAL SCRAPPERS! It is wonderful to see them in this format and to be able to share your work with those around you. That is all. Thankyouverymuch.

Last night, my girls' school hosted a Scrapbook Night as a fundraiser. I packed up just my laptop, a few flash drives of photos and a short list of remaining layouts I'd like to complete to round out 2011. I got 4 completely finished and ultimately would like to do about 6 more. If I can do this before the end of the month, I will. If not, I will probably call 2011 good and move on with beginning 2012 pages.

OVO

Hip Hop

Soccer

And finally, Elf on the Shelf.
I made the collage in Picasa. Pretty impressed that I ended up with 15 photos out of the 24 days Tony was with us. Every one of them was taken on my iPhone. Sometimes simple is better.

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Insta Friday: our week in iPhone photos

Prompted by InstaFriday at Life ReArranged, here are my shots. By the way, I am finding this is a good exercise b/c when I need to look back for details for scrapbooking, these jog my memory.

My basketball star made a basket!

New (to us) car purchase. It's a Subaru. Very cool and quite similar to our Highlander actually. No more minivan. Seems odd. End of an era?

Special little girl who made her First Reconciliation on Monday night (a sacrament in the Catholic faith).

SNOW. Huge flakes. It only lasted about 15 minutes and then pretty snowflakes were replaced with COLD temps and fierce winds. Boo.

Not sure which child's artwork this is. I found it in my Photo Stream on my phone but I am sure it came from the iPad. We are in the cloud you know...
Fun surprise. And another reason to {heart} technology.

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 Let's see if I can get back in the groove! Nothing special but at least a few meals at home together I hope. I am really anxious to try the new recipe on Tuesday.

Monday: dinner out quickly before Shelby's First Reconciliation
Tuesday: Crispy Chicken with Italian Creme Sauce   

Wednesday: {crazy busy night}reheat chili for the bigs, hot dogs and fruit for the littles
Thursday: chicken sandwiches for bigs, chicken nuggets for littles, salads on the side
Friday: dinner out at a school fundraiser for me, pizza for the rest of the fam

As of Sunday afternoon my brain is starting to clear. I am really hoping for a "do over" on starting the new year fresh! {see the previous post for an explanation. hint: i have a concussion}


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Instafriday 1.6.12

As is my habit, I upload these directly from my phone. This is especially helpful today as I am supposed to be resting after being diagnosed yesterday with a concussion. I "concussed" myself on Sunday (in the words of the doctor) when I stood up under my parents' freezer door full force. I suffered from a headache, mostly severe and non stop, for four days before going to the doctor yesterday. I do not suggest this. Bad news: I have a moderate concussion. Good news: the CT scan revealed that nothing further is amiss. Now I need to rest (after spending the past 4 days of not really doing that at all). I am being aided by some strong medication whose goal is to break the headache. Let's hope it works although each day they are lessening a bit already making living a little more tolerable :)




Shelby after 24 hours+ at the Great Wolf Lodge with a friend.



Post Christmas mantel. Large canvas of my girls arrived last week and it is temporarily resting there. The canvas is gorgeous. Photo by the lovely and talented, Carla Essen.




Stuffing a Build A Bear (kit purchased from my Michaels by MaMa). This required A LOT of hand sewing. You have been warned.



Mama, Olivia and pet...with stuffing still on the table :)



 On Thursday, Olivia graduated from the schools' 14 week DARE program. Officer Petrocelli has been a big hit and topic of conversation at our house. After hearing him speak, I can see why. This is a great, dedicated guy.

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