My Menu

It's been awhile since I posted a menu, and I don't have a reason for it.  I had a menu but some days I am just plain busy (hard to imagine I know)  So here is my menu for this week.  I am hoping to get to the grocery store this week sometime as were getting down to the nitty gritty staple wise.  But first I want to make a menu for the month so I can stay on budget and not throw a bunch of "extra" stuff that we don't need in the cart!

Sunday:  BBQ and Hot Chicken Legs, mixed veggies and rice

Monday:  Salisbury Steak, mashed potatoes and green beans

Tuesday:  Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo, and garlic bread

Wednesday:  Taco Soup and quesadilla's

Thursday:  Either Italian Chicken Melts (I have made these once before) or French Dips with fries and pasta salad

Friday:  Pizza Night

Saturday:  ???  Not sure yet, depends on my grocery list.

My friend Lee and her son Ethan are hopefully coming out this week to visit as well so my menu may change depending on what she feels like eating, although she is not that picky I just want to make sure that she will like what I make.  Have a great week!!

Morgan's 5th Birthday

 

I can't even believe that Morgan is five already!  Where did the time go?  I can remember the first month after bringing her home from the hospital and now she is going to be starting kindergarten next year! 

This year for her birthday we decided to not have a birthday party for her, it was a VERY SAD decision that we made but there was reasoning for it.  Two of the kids that could of come were going to be out of town, our neighbors have moved out of state and her cousin lives out of state so there was only one kid that might have been able to make it.  We didn't want to have a kids birthday party with all adults and possible only one kid. 

 

So what we did was Tyson took Thursday and Friday off and we made the weekend all about her.  We let her pick what she wanted to do.  One of the things she wanted to do was go to Chuck E Cheese, she really loves that place and does pretty well with the games, but mostly likes the rides.  When it was time to cash in her tickets she really wanted Cotton Candy, but didn't have enough tickets.  The nice lady decided to go ahead and give her the Cotton Candy anyways, that made her day. 

We also let her pick out a place to eat out at and she picked Burger King (which shocked me, we rarely eat there and all week she had been talking about Red Robin), I think she just wanted to go to a place with a play land, which was fine it was her birthday after all.  We did Burger King and Chuck E Cheese on Friday, with plans of taking her bowling on Saturday and have cake after dinner.

 

I took her to the store to pick out her cake and treated her to a happy meal.  When we headed home the day just went downhill.  She wasn't listening, she was being mean to her sisters, she was having tantrums over the smallest things, so we said no to bowling....and she was upset for a bit, but once the cake came out she forgot all about it.  I felt bad but she wasn't listening and we have to stick to our guns!  Overall she had a great weekend and next year will be different since she will hopefully make some friends in her school.

Here is her 5 year interview

What is your favorite color:  Purple

What is your favorite food:  Cake (she had cake on her mind, but it really is Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches.

Who is your best friend:  Cousin Maggie

What is your favorite book:  All of them

What does Mom do best:  Cook

What does Dad do best:  Drives

What is your favorite animal:  Hello Kitty

What is your favorite thing to do with Mom and Dad:  Go to the Zoo

What is your favorite place:  The Zoo

What is your age:  Five

My Menu

I know it is Wednesday and I am just now posting my menu...I still have Morgan's Birthday update to do but I have to get pictures downloaded before I post it.  My goal is to get that done tomorrow.  Here is my menu for the week.  I am only doing one new thing this week and it is a side dish, I just wanted to stick to the basics!

Sunday:  Superbowl:  Beer Can Chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans (normally I make appetizer, but it is time consuming and to keep the kids out of Tyson's hair I made something simple!

Monday:  Pork Chops, twice baked potatoes and corn

Tuesday:  Spaghetti and Garlic Bread

Wednesday:  Taco Soup, quesadilla's and mini tacos

Thursday:  Ranch Chicken (from PW, I have made it before!)  Creamy Garlic noodles (new recipe for me, read it here) and balsamic roasted veggies

Friday:  Homemade Cheeseburgers, caramelized onions, french fries and macaroni salad

Saturday:  Appetizers:  Spicy Chicken bites, potato skins and crab stuffed mushrooms

Have a great week!

My Menu

I know it has been awhile since I have been on here.  I have a ton of updates to post about but just have been way to busy to get them done!  This last month my friend and her son came out to visit for the week, it was so nice to have a girlfriend around to talk to, we stayed up and giggled, watched t.v. and ate ALOT of ice cream!  I didn't realize how much I miss have a constant girlfriend around to be able to do that with. The kids are going stir crazy since it has been so cold and the snow is not melting so I have been trying to find new things to entertain them with so that has kept me pretty busy along with all the other household chores.  I have had a menu, but like I said posting has been put on the back burner. 

I do want to share a new recipe I tried on Friday night, Tyson said that I outdid myself with the recipe, you know it is good when it was a NEW recipe and he liked it that much (he doesn't care for "new" things sometimes)  Anyways, I was craving Sausage and Peppers and found Giada De Laurentiis recipe HERE, it was DELICIOUS!! 

Also, it was Morgan's birthday on Saturday and we let her choose where to eat and what to do, she chose Burger King (I was surprised, I thought she was going to say Red Robin, but I think she wanted to go somewhere with a play land) and she also picked Chuck E Cheese for the games

Anyways, here is my menu this week and I am going to try to get a few more posts updated this week!  Have a great week everyone!!

Sunday:  Balsamic Brown Sugar Pork Tenderloin (new recipe, found HERE), Au gratin Potatoes and green beans

Monday: Lasagna, Homemade Olive Garden Breadsticks

Tuesday:  Fried Chicken, Rice and Corn

Wednesday: Beef and Bean Burritos (from PW, made them before and they are good), Tator Tots

Thursday:  Breakfast for Dinner, Bacon, Eggs, Hasbrowns, and Pancakes

Friday:  ??  Free pass day, maybe pizza, maybe Chinese?

Saturday: Cheese steak sandwiches (new recipe I have been wanting to try HERE), fries and pasta salad

Keep checking back as I have Morgans Birthday post to update you all on!!