Menu Plan Monday and more

Once a week, I sit down and plan out our menu for the week, sometimes 2 weeks at a time, depending on how busy our schedule looks. That way, I’ll only need a quick run to the store for produce, bread & milk.

This week, I will be trying to clean out our pantry, freezer & fridge. We are headed to Phoenix for my friend Allison’s wedding. Allison and I grew up together in California and we were best friends. I am so grateful that our friendship remains, 21 years later? I’m unsure if that’s the correct number, at any rate, it’s close enough, give or take a year or two. Love that I am able to share the memories of my childhood with someone besides family, since I did not grow up with my siblings.

Anyway, so on to cleaning out the pantry, fridge & freezer. Here is what I’m thinking I can pull off…

Sunday we had Taco Salad

BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad 
Cook chicken, cut into strips & mix in BBQ sauce in a large skillet and cook on med. until heated. Toss lettuce, black beans, red onions, corn, and chicken in a large bowl. Sprinkle with cheese. Top each w/2 T light ranch dressing.

Spaghetti w/meat sauce & salads

Breakfast for dinner (scrambled eggs & either crepes or pancakes)

Pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches, salad & chips

Why all the salad? Well, I just recently bought a big container of Spring Mix (which I LOVE) from Costco. Even with all those salads, I’ll also need to make salads for myself for lunches to finish it off before we leave.

Other reasons to be excited: it’s a trip without the kids, I am in need of a break in a big way right now! We will get to hit up Trader Joe’s and IN-N-Out Burger! We are also staying at a hotel that is not far from a place Guy Fieri visited on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives that I might try and talk Jeremy into visiting. It’s a Mexican place and their carnitas taco looked super yummy! The only thing holding me back is that it’s a Mexican food place…and we’re from Texas. Will it really blow me away?

Yes, I know, I need to update with our snow storm pictures! Can you believe they are predicting snow again for Tuesday. What a crazy winter it has been!!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

It's snowing here today - ALL day. And we have lots of it - by Texas standards. It's 4:55p.m. and we have around 8 inches currently. It has been snowing since roughly 4a.m. and is supposed to keep up until midnight. Hello, do I still live in Texas??

This picture was taken this morning after I took Kaylin to school. They still had school, there was only about 2 inches at that point. Around 11:30 they decided school would let out an hour early, and then by 4p.m. they went ahead and canceled school for tomorrow, as it's only supposed to get worse. Jonathan had school today, but I was up at Kaylin's school working on some PTA stuff and it was getting worse by the time we got back home, so I decided to keep him home with me. It was a good thing I did, as they called 2 hours later asking everyone to come and pick up their kids by 11:30 a.m.



I did take some other pictures after this, but my camera battery died on me, so it's charging right now. Yes, I could get up and take some pics with my phone, but to be honest, I'm nice and toasty in front of this fire after taking pics outside while the kids played in the snow :) Maybe I will remember to upload those later. If nothing else, they'll be on picasa or facebook.