Confession Thursday: Coffee

I love coffee. I love it way way to much and have consumed entirely to much in the last 11 weeks but man it's good. It all started when I was 16 but then there wasn't a big craze like now, we didn't have Starbucks on every corner and I had never heard of a cappuccino. Fast forward 15 years later and I am all about Starbucks it is a treat for me. I drop the kids off at Mother's day out and get me a big 'ole caramel macchiato or white chocolate mocha. I really do have to use self control because I could easily drink more than one. I need to join a CAA( Coffee Addicts Anonymous) group. I do think when I get to heaven God will greet me with a huge coffee and remind me all the calories won't be going to my hips anymore.

Snow Snow Snow!

yes Micah wears pink

She was a girl in love

She was 20 and beautiful. She loved music and poetry. A very quiet and introverted girl and very much in love with love. She awaited the arrival of her Prince and had him all picked out. The tall, dark, and handsome type with chocolate colored hair and eyes. She got swept away in dreams of him for she knew one day he would arrive and take her away. Many often wondered what was so bad she needed to escape. She prayed and prayed for her Prince. She knew he was out there. One day she finally spotted him only to her surprise he was not what she had picked for herself. He was not tall and his hair and eyes were not the color of chocolate. Her prince was a fine looking follow from many miles away. He was short and had hair the color of night and steel blue eyes. He had the most beautiful heart she had ever known. A great love for his Savior and a great love for her and when asked if she would come be his princess she went without hesitation.

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

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Meal Plan Tuesday

I am behind what else is new right? Seriously I think this has been the roughest weekend we've spent as a family in quite some time so it is no wonder I haven't gotten much done. I must say I love allyou and the allyou website. They have a meal plan 1 list 5 meals on their website you can get and download the shopping list. It is so easy and the recipes are simple and usually cheap and tasty which is a must. I like that most of the recipes I used last week had a lot of things that a kitchen normally has so you didn't have to buy a whole lot. My total shopping list including this list totaled $117 now that total included all my other items I needed for the week as well like baby items, toiletries, etc. and I didn't use coupons so that made me pretty happy. I am sticking to once a week or twice a week budgeting for groceries as I think it works better for our family. I am also keeping a log to help me keep track and see where things are going. I am almost at the point where I am ready to go to the envelope system but I haven't made it totally out of my comfort zone yet.

So knowing it is Tuesday already my meal plan for this week looks sort of like this.
Tuesday-Chicken and Brocolli soup since we are still fighting flu around here :(
Wednesday- Pork Loin from the Allyou website
Thursday- Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
Friday- Beef Stew and Cornbread
Saturday- If everyone is feeling well we will have breakfast. Pancakes, Eggs, Bacon such a treat!

As soon as I commit to something

It goes out the window. Friday met us with Micah coming down with a tummy illness, Saturday I got it, Sunday Kerith came down with it and Titus started having congestion and cough all the while Grace and Jonah started to come down with the croupy coughs,runny noses etc. the only well one in the house this weekend has been Eric. These are the times where living close to family is sorely missed. I sure would of loved to call up my Mom or Dad and say hey can make a trip to the store for me. These times always make me thankful for the time I do have with my family and also thankful that I have a very wonderful husband who takes care of everything while I am unable to. I spent around 18 hours in bed door closed something I haven't done in ages, I knew in order for me to stop the madness I needed to get rest and try to get liquids to stay down. Here it is Monday things are finally on the upswing I think, I hope, I pray. It was a holiday weekend we had hoped to spend some quality family time together and I guess we did just with some lovely unwelcome visitors who we hope don't come back for a long while.

Old McDonalds

I always thought Old McDonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o according to Jonah it is a place to eat. On Thursday Titus had his well baby visit and the other kids got to tag a long which has led to Micah having a stomach virus but that is another story. I am so easily distracted. Jonah was well behaved and it was lunch time so I took him to get a happy meal something we rarely do and he was SO SO excited. When Eric got home from work Jonah exclaimed "Dad Mom took me to Old McDonalds today!" we have been trying to correct him but he will not have it. It's Old McDonalds to him. This is also the child who only loves his Mother on Monday,Tuesday, and Fridays and just told me he wants to watch the weather. I really look forward to watching him grow up his four year old philosophies are very interesting.