One of our old neighbors/daughters' best friend/our own faux daughter is having a baby shower this afternoon that I will be attending. Julie is already the mother to Hayden and she and her hubby, Shane, will soon be parents to children #2, #3, and #4! Yep, Julie is expecting triplets and they are all boys! Hence the baby shower.
I was fortunate enough to come to come across a great sale on carters.com and was able to pick up 27 preemie onesies for the boys for just over $50 including shipping! I'm really not a huge bargain hunter but I am thrilled with this purchase - SCORE!!
Additionally, one of the items on my summer to do list was to make some dinners for Julie, Shane, and Hayden and the shower seemed the perfect time to do this. Since I've been sucked into the Pinterest vortex all summer, I have come across a ton of make ahead and freeze dinner recipe/websites. I spent some time further poking around and even though I originally choose 6 recipes, finally settled on the following recipes to prepare -
- Creamy Chicken Casserole (Once a Month Mom)
- Aunt Sissy's Poppy Seed Chicken (Once a Month Mom)
- Raspberry Glazed Pork Chops (Once a Month Mom)
- Stephanie's Goulash/Beef Stew (The Test Kitchen of Melissa Fallis)
Needless to say the project kind of grew from this point. I figured that since I was making meals for Julie, I should also make meals for Leslie, my oldest who is also due in October. And since I was making meals for Leslie, I should also make meals for Kate, my youngest. Then I thought, since I am already making 12 meals, why not make 4 more for Mark and myself! And that's what I ended up doing.
I ordered/bought/pick-up all of my ingredients on Thursday and Friday. With Leslie's help, made the Creamy Chicken Casserole and Stephanie's Goulash on Friday. Finished up the last two recipes on Saturday. Everything is now frozen and ready to go to the shower this afternoon. I am definitely proud of my accomplishment.
Will I do this again? In a heartbeat!
Right now . . . I am still resting up my butt after a 140+ mile ride to visit the wind turbine farm up around Paulding. Perfect day for a ride with temperatures in the 70's and sunny skies.
Right now . . . I am thrilled summer vacation is here and I can rejuvenate from my worst ever year of teaching. Really working on having a much better mind set next year and being far more prepared than I have in the past.
Right now . . . Leslie is looking more pregnant, Katie is playing 'nurse' to Jamie after his motorcycle accident on Friday, and Mark continues to totally enjoy retirement.
Right now . . . I am mentally planning my upcoming weekend scrap weekend at the Gotta Scrap Inn in Manchester, MI. OMG, I haven't scrapped for myself in over a year and I don't know where to even start to plan!
Right now . . . Aiden is 5 years old, into everthing Spiderman and super heroes, and preparing to become a big brother.
Right now . . . I am loving the Microsoft 2007 PowerPoint class I am taking on-line! Who knew you could do all those neat things with PowerPoint? My students aren't going to believe what amazing PowerPoints I am going to create next year!
Right now . . . ScrapScription stuff seems to continue to overtake my life. I had hoped I could get it together once school let out but that is not the case. I did however design our first ever ScrapKids album over the weekend and I couldn't be happier with the final result.
Right now . . . our condo looks like a bomb went off! How can two grown adults make such a mess? Crystal gets here at noon to clean, so there is a lot of picking up that needs to be done!
Right now . . . all seems right with the world and I am definitely working on getting myself in a better place mentally when it comes to school. Seems like when that is working well, everything else just falls into place. Have a great day everyone!!
