Meal Plan for the week

I have been really SLACKING recently with posts....but for now, here is our meal plan for the week. I have been so good with the grocery bill (more on that later), that I haven't had to shop this week, at all!!

Saturday: Chicken Georgia with mashed potatoes

Sunday: crockpot pulled pork, Stouffers mac & cheese, cucumbers and onions

Monday: grilled tuna steaks, mashed potatoes, salad

Tuesday:pork chops, stuffing, green beans

Wednesday: On your own....BOOK CLUB

Thursday:stuffed chicken breast (tomato and mozzarella),brown rice, green beans

Friday:shepherds pie

**Shepherd's Pie Recide**
This is the easiest recipe ever....
1 lb. ground beef
potatoes
Vegetable Beef Soup
Milk
butter
Salt and Pepper

Brown ground beef in a skillet. Drain any excess fat (depending on what kind of ground beef you buy). Add the vegetable soup and simmer. Cook potatoes in seperate pan. I ususally use 3-4 medium sized for the 2 of us. Mash...we love our Kitchen Aid mixer for this...lots of butter, salt and pepper and some milk. Put the ground beef mix in an oven safe bowl....top with mashed potatoes and take a fork and drag across to texture the top. Bake in the oven at 400°F for about 30 minutes (or until the top of potatoes are just a little crusty).

ENJOY!

The ABCs on Friday

A is for Apples. I love the fall when you get wonderful varieties, apple cider, apple cake, apple crumble...I love it all!

B is for Babies...so many of our closest friends are expecting their first babies this year and we couldn't be happier for them!!

C is for Charleston....where our heart is and where we hope to call home one day soon.

D is for Date night. Todd is travelling to Chicago for business on Sunday and will be gone until Tuesday, so we are going on a dinner date tonight.

E is for Easton...the beautiful little town we live in and call home.

F is for Friendship. My eyes have been opened recently to who my true friends are and I couldn't be happier for who is in my life.

G is for Giada De Laurentis...I heart her cook books, tv show, and cooking style

H is for Happiness, something we all should strive for.

I is for Ice-Cream...Breyer's is on sale at Giant this week and we can't wait to stock up on some of our favorite flavors.

J is for Jewelery. I bought this beautiful Chinese enspired bracelet from the Pharmacy of all places the other day. Just one more item to remind me of my beautiful daughter that is waiting for me

K is for Kisses. There's nothing like coming home after a long day to get a kiss from my wonderful husband.

L is for Love. I am absolutely head over heels in love with my husband, Todd who I have been married to for just over 5 years.

M is for Money. There just is never enough...and I am trying to be more frugal because one day I want to stay home with my baby girl.

N is for Needs...something my husband asks me to consider before purchases...wants or needs?! We know which ones win for me, right??

O is for our Old English Sheep Dog, Winston. He got an early summer do today and thinks he is hot stuff!

P is for Patience, something that I always don't have enough of.

Q is for Queen...the Queen of England will always remind me of my Grandma.

R is for Reading...something I love to do, and really enjoy the book club I started. 7-8 women get together every month, and mostly it turns to gossip...but so much fun!

S is for Sunshine...something I really, really miss after all this snow we have received this winter!

T is for Travel...something I love to share with my husband.

U is for Underwear...something that I really need to shop for!

V is for Vision...I had Lasik eye surgery 4 years ago and I can still see 20/15 every single day!!

W is for work...something that is really overrated!

X is for keeping all things Crossed (X'd) as we enter the final stages of the paperchasing process to bring home our baby girl.

Y is for 'Y China??'....because that's where our daughter is.

Z is for Zoo...I want to go to the Zoo in China and San Diego when we travel to bring our daughter home.

We are officially SNOWED in!!

My sweet hubby shovelling the side walk

I think we have about 16 inches...our friends in Preston are without power. Thank goodness they have a woodstove to keep them warm. Todd went to get the kerosene heater yesterday, and we can access a generator if we absolutely have to now that the roads are plowed, a little.

The next round will produce 6-12 inches. Thankfully the wind has died down from last night and I think we are out of the blizzard warning. Oh and did I mention that we will be getting another 4-6 inches on Tuesday/Wednesday?!

That damn Groundhog! ; )

Exciting news

I have some good news about a very dear friend that I want to share, but I can't just yet...a few more weeks and then I can scream it from the roof tops!! I am so excited and so happy for this wonderful couple!! Stay tuned, it will be worth the wait, for sure!!

Yummy dinner and meal plan

Thanks to Jo, this is what was for dinner tonight. We changed a few things up and had 2 scallops each and added some shrimp. It was delicious!!

Seared Scallops Pasta

4 oz Pasta of choice

sea scallops {You could use shrimp}

3 Tbsp crumbled Gorgonzola cheese

6 cups baby spinach roughly chopped

1 med {or 2 small} tomatoes chopped

2Tbsp pesto

Cook pasta according to directions
Pan sear scallops in olive oil while pasta is cooking
Drain pasta and quickly add the spinach so it will wilt from the heat.

Add the pesto and mix until the pasta is coated.
Add the tomatoes and cheese. Toss lightly.

ENJOY

This week....here's what we are eating

MONDAY-Spaghetti with meat sauce

TUESDAY-hubby on your own--I'm going to Lemongrass with Deb

WEDNESDAY-BLTs

THURSDAY-Shepherd's Pie

FRIDAY-Johnny's for burgers and wings

SATURDAY-chili

SUNDAY-tacos

Have a great week!! We got another 6 inches of snow this weekend...and I have a busy week at work. We are being audited on Monday and Tuesday...so that's always a little stressful, and this will be our new boss's first one solo......god I hope it goes well.

Monster Trucks

Crushstation

Viper and BigFoot Bad Boy

Saturday night, we went with some friends (even in the SNOW) to Monster Trucks in Salisbury. We had VIP tickets and were able to go down onto the mud/dirt and look at the trucks and get autographs. It was a fun night....totally outside my box!

Boat Show, meal plan and waiting for some news...

This weekend, hubby and I went to the Baltimore Boat Show. A few months ago, we sold the Shamrock. They say that selling and buying a boat are two of the happiest days of your life...well, I'm here to say that selling the boat was a sad, sad day...I mean come on, we don't have a replacement and it's sad to think that we will be without a boat for the summer. Now, we are doing some wonderful things with that money, like putting some towards the adoption of our baby girl...so that helps turn that into a happy day, I think! ; )

This week we will be eating...

Monday: Hamburger Helper (cheeseburger macaroni)
Tuesday: stuffed chicken breasts (mozz, tomato and basil) with rice
Wednesday: Book Club---no where near prepared to discuss this one--on your own
Thursday: Spaghetti with meat sauce
Friday: BLTs with tater tots
Saturday: Monster Trucks in Salisbury...on the road food
Sunday: Roast pork, mashed potatoes, broccoli

What an easy week....I am home sick today with a sore throat and fever...so nothing sounds better than easy. : ) Plus so far, I have only spent $11.26 at the grocery store!! YAHOO!!

On a more serious note....I have been following this blog and today is their GOTCHA day! I can't help but break down in tears when I read their posts...I can't wait until we get to experience our own Gotcha Day with our little girl.

And, please send some good thoughts to my Best Friend. She lives out of state with her hubby and they have been trying for years to get pregnant and have a baby. We just text and she's had bood drawn today to find out the results...this is their 2nd IVF attempt, and we are keeping it all crossed for a POSITIVE result!! We won't know anything until this afternoon.....