Tuesday’s Dinner – Chopped Salad with Chicken

I don’t like lettuce.
Well, that may be a strong statement. It’s not that I don’t like lettuce persay, but it really irks me when I go somewhere for a salad and it ends up being a bowl full of lettuce with a cucumber and tomato flippantly tossed in for effect. UGH!
However, last year I discovered [...]

Birthday Freebies

As Britton’s 3rd birthday approaches on Sunday, we’re beginning to reap the benefits of freebies that come with such an event. I’ll try to update this with links later, but here are just a few sites we visited last year to sign up for free birthday goodies:
Moe’s, California Pizza Kitchen, Baskin Robbins, Cold Stone Creamery, [...]

Mom, you’re the best cooker

Even though Britton didn’t go for my grilled tilapia with soy and ginger or the Japanese cucumber side salad, he did like the rice, which earned me the above praise tonight.

Mommy, the bright is following me

…said this morning by Britton in the van on the way to church when the sun kept getting in his eyes.
Do you keep track of the funny things your kids say? Even if you don’t have kids, I remember having a quote board on our fridge in college and it kept us amused many a [...]

Thursday’s Meal – Mexican Lasagna

I’m still trying to only visit the grocery store once a week, thereby forcing me to meal plan and save money. Most of you can testify I’m not the best at coming up with recipes on the fly, but tonight when I searched my kitchen, I came up with the idea of using some frozen [...]

Minor Milestones

Well, after a month of being sick, we finally discovered that Britton has an ear infection in his left ear. His drippy nose has plagued us, mostly because of his inability to blow. We weren’t sure how to explain how you blow your nose, but finally tonight he did it! This may seem minor to [...]

Menu Time Sunday

I’d like to say I could share my entire meal plan for the week, but I haven’t gotten that organized yet. However, I did want to share my on the fly easy dinner from tonight. For lunch we actually ate at Moe’s after church because we had free money to use – we always stock [...]

Out of the mouths of babes…

Sitting at breakfast this morning, Kariss asked me, “Mommy, when we go up to heaven with God, do we leave our shoes on or off?”
What a great conversation starter for the morning!

Our Wednesday Meal Plan

Today was Ricky’s day off, so I wanted to have an original dinner for him and the family since he’s been working the past few nights and eating sandwiches and leftovers.
Our morning was simply cereal on the way out the door and for lunch we packed a “picnic” since the kids and I were going [...]

The Performance Trap

I just spoke to an old and dear friend this morning who recently had her first child and just returned to work. She shared how much she missed her baby already, but felt more like herself when she was working.
“Of course,” I replied. When we work, even with the stress and difficulties, we receive immediate [...]