On Wednesday we're heading down south to be with family, so this week is a short one. I guess it's going to be a week full of poultry.
Tonight: Easy Ranch Chicken and Rice
Tuesday: Chicken Tortilla Soup
The meal plan list may be short but our shopping list will not be. My Thanksgiving meal contribution will be my absolute favorite...."Antipast"!
YUM! Click
HERE for the recipe! It's not too late to plan on attempting the easy crowd pleaser for Turkey Day!
I have the entire week off of work to be home with my little lady. "Psyched" doesn't even begin to describe how excited I am about this. Working motherhood was starting to catch up to me and this Mamma needed a break. I'll be busy enjoying every moment of course. We don't have anything major planned besides spending a few days down south with family. Maybe we will work in a pitstop at Disney, we'll see how it goes! Otherwise Hubs and I are just putting some more finishing touches on the house that I'll have to share with you all! Here is a peek at our new media console and our mounted TV - wire hiding will be a project for another day.
Next weekend will be fun getting the house transformed into Christmas mode! For today though, I'm thinking a Friends Thanksgiving episdode marathon is needed. Click
HERE for a very accurate list of all Thanksgiving Friends episodes ranked from worst to best. I'll also be getting as many snuggles in with my girl! Speaking of Ella, Timehop just blew my mind!
That face!!!! HaHa, Happy Sunday!!!!
This weekend was non-stop family fun! It was fantastic but I'm SHOT! I hope I could make it through this post. Sigh. I just looked at the time, I'm old! Before I get into the details....food first!
Tuesday: Pulled Pork and green beans
Wednesday: Easy Crock Pot Chicken and Black Bean Taco Salad
Thursday: Broccoli Pasta with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Parmesan
The quick version is that we spent the weekend at Gaylord Palms with my Aunt Laura and Uncle John, cousin Jennifer and her boyfriend Mickhael. We froze our tushies off at the Ice exhibit (amazing) feasted at the buffet, and then feasted some more. After we said our goodbye's we popped into Epcot for a walk around the world showcase and checked out the fishies...Nemo ride, turtle talk with Crush...Ella loved all of it. I posted a TON of pics from the weekend on
Instagram - check them out!
This old lady is going to sleep....one more week of work and then an entire week OFF, can't wait!
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| You have no idea how excited I am to have found this at Epcot today! I have the perfect spot for it too! |
Happy Monday Night! This is sort of a strange time for me to be planning meals. I never quite got to this over the weekend and I figured I would switch it up this week and save grocery shopping for Tuesday since I'm off. Hubs will be re-painting our walls and I need to get out of the house for a while with the babes so we aren't breathing in fumes all day.
Tuesday: Italian Wedding Soup
Wednesday: Cucumber Avocado Subs
Thursday: Thai Chicken and Pineapple Stir Fry
Perhaps you're wondering why on Earth my walls need to be re-painted in my new home. The short version is that there was some drama upon closing on our house where a contractor who works with our builder came and "touched up" some spots on our walls. By some I mean MANY, all over the place, in every room. He used exterior paint instead of the interior which clearly dried with a different sheen. The jerk builder is dodging us and basically refusing to fix it and so here we are. Poor Hubs has to paint almost the entire house, it's a whole thing.
I'm seriously hoping that by buying brand new paint with a primer built in we'll be able to get rid of all the splotches. Wish us luck! Afterwards we will finally be able to get our furniture into place and finish unpacking. We've been here for a few months now but this is literally the first opportunity we're finally getting to do this! Things have been just a tad bit busy over here. Anyway, have a great week...and of course a HUGE thanks to all the veterans!!!
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| Ella sitting in a bin on Saturday morning...makes me laugh! |
Here are some photos from our little "honey's" second Halloween. She was a "bee-autiful" little "buzz buzz"!
We've been having an almost perfect weekend over here! I say "almost" because Baby Girl is giving us a real hard time eating and drinking. That's a whole other frustrating story but we're managing. Surely it's all related to teething. What a nightmare! Speaking of eating though, Hubs and I have no problem whatsoever in that department...
Sunday: "Mom's Bowl Tipping" Chicken Soup
Tuesday: Grilled chicken with roasted asparagus and potatoes
Wednesday: Past Aglio E Olio
Thursday: Chili
Back to our almost perfect and extremely eventful weekend. Of course we had a busy night on Friday with all of the Halloween festivities (recap coming this week) and yesterday we took Ella on her first of many trips to Disney World! If you've been following my blog for a while you might remember Hubs and I frequenting the parks quite often. We were passholders for three years in a row when we first moved down here. After a little hiatus, we're back in business! It felt a little surreal to be back with a third little person! Obviously it's an entirely different experience this time around. Game-changer! I'll have a recap of that as well too. It was a magical experience for all of us!
I'll be getting that soup going in just a few. Back to enjoying our Sunday and our picky eater. Thank goodness for bananas!
