What's Up Wednesday?!?!?!

And just like that the first month of 2016 vanished.

Here's the monthly update...

1.  What are we eating this week?

Check out my Monday post - every Monday I share the menu with you!  I'm not very excited about eating.  I know this is weird but I'm not much into comfort food.  I have some strange issues I am aware.  For example:  I do not like mac n cheese. 

2.  What I am reminiscing about?

Last summer - I'm so ready to get in the water!  On Sunday we were at Dick's Sporting Goods and we looked at kayaks because the hubs and I enjoy doing that together.  We may buy a tandem for our summers.  That just excites me to no end!

3.  What I'm loving?

I have an addictive type of personality.  No, I'm not addicted to bad things but I am addicted to moving about and sweating and reaching goals.  I love this about myself.  Give me a goal and watch me meet it - may be a little slow and have some roadblocks but I will meet it.

4.  What we've been up to?

Well that whole winter weather event took some of our attention.

I've been maintaining the hacienda, getting the winter off of me, raising kids which means going a little crazier each day... ya know the regular.

The kids have been full of energy and chatter.

Pretty normal.

5.  What I'm dreading?

The yearly feel up next week.  I really don't care about it but the older I get the more I'm like ewww speculum.

6.  What I'm working on?

I'm a cheese ball....

Being a better me in 2016.

That is so freaking cheesey.  Really though I am working on being a much better 34 year old than I should care about.  This is where you say damn she's vain or damn she's going to have a bad midlife crisis in a few years.

7.  What I'm excited about?

Spring.  I mean duh, y'all.  I hate winter and spring is just a happy time for me.  Someone emailed me and said I shouldn't hate winter the way I do and I probably have SAD and I was like yeah you're probably right, Sherlock.  Now go get on a real case.

Sometimes I am a little mean girl.

8.  What I'm Watching & Reading?

Watching:

Making of a Murderer

Younger

Fixer Upper

The Middle

The Goldbergs

Can I say that Making is the tv show that captivates me because it is so ambiguous how corrupt that sheriff's department is.  My husband gets so pissed off at it he walks away and says, I'm done.  Of course thirty minutes later he's ready to watch it again.

Reading:

I just finished The Three Miss. Margarets.

This is a pretty good book based in Georgia (from the 1920's to present-ish day) and has a little crime mystery going on.  I think if you like Mary Kay Andrews you may like this book - it is missing the comedy that Andrews throws in her books.  I was led to believe this book had more comedy to it but I never was able to find it.

If any of you would like to read it I will mail it.  Just let me know in comments.  First come, first serve.

Now on to:

Shopaholic To The Rescue

I am a HUGE fan of the Shopaholic series.  I look forward to finishing this up over the weekend.

What I'm listening to?

Cue to ridiculousness slash cheeseball button....

I turn up the Bieber when he comes on.  Currently, this one has me smiling as I'm sweating.  I'm really just listening to whatever comes on Amazon when I press play.  Nothing in particular over here, bless it.

What I'm wearing?

Non Snow Days:

Work out clothes, sorry-not-sorry.

Snow Days:

Leggings and long sweatshirts

Pallazzo pants and long sleeve t-shirts.

SO freaking boring but comfy.

What I'm doing this weekend?

No freaking clue.  Probably swimming and crafting with the kids.  I had some invites to some fun stuff but had to decline and cancel due to changes to the schedule.  Tis life!  Make the most of it :)

Monday Menu *So Screwed Up*

We did go through like 8 slices of bread and half a half gallon of milk....is that what you people are talking about when you rush to get bread and milk?

Thanks to the snow storm my menu is so wacked.  I swear, y'all.  I did not cook as much as I planned to over the snow days because the pot of soup I made lasted us three, yes count them, 1,2,3 days.  So you may see some redundancies from last week this week.

Monday

Orange Glazed Pork Chops

Bone in pork chops are one of our favorite types of meat to grill and bake.  The bone flavors the meat and allows it to be much more tender and juicy.  I look forward to trying my hand at my own style of creating this orange glazed chop!  To go with this entree I plan to make yeast rolls and also serve baby green peas.

Tuesday

Salmon Patties aka Salmon Croquets (per my husband's request!)

While being snowed in my husband told me that he would really like to have some salmon patties.  I did not have any salmon on hand so I decided this week I would throw together his request.  These are really good and depending on how you make them can be excellent for your health.  I have highlighted them before in my blog and probably will again soon!  To go with the salmon we will have the traditional black eyed peas and macaroni and cheese (for the kids, y'all know I cannot stand mac n cheese.)

Wednesday

Soup & Salad

Tonight is busy!  I will let Progresso do the cooking tonight.  To go with the soup I will throw together veggie plates and or salads.  

Thursday

Crock Pot BBQ Chicken

There is a good old standby!  A couple weeks back my local Harris Teeter had an unadvertised deal of boneless, skinless chicken breast for .39 cents a pound.  I just purchased two packs (if I had room for a deep freezer,  I would have went a little crazy.)  For some reason I always keep BBQ sauce on hand so this is a great meal to have on reserve for these weeks where I'm out of ideas (yes, this week!)  I will serve up Preacher Taters and shoe peg corn with this dish.

Friday

Beefy Broccoli & Cheddar Burritos

This is a new recipe for me and it also fills the need my daughter has for some type of taco or burrito on each week's menu plan.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Saturday

Out to eat - I'm thinking we'll do Chic Fil A it tonight!

Sunday

Burgers

Right now the projected high for Sunday is 62 degrees (that's more like it!)  So I hope to pull out the grill and make like it is spring and grill away!  I plan to make corn on the cob and some sweet potato fries to go with our burgers.

From Pinterest:

No Bake Energy Bites

I am making these this week for my post work out sweet treat.