Friday Frenzy

Yesterday was so long to the lazy day. I was busy from the time I woke up 'till the time I fell asleep. Robert had the day off since he has to work on tomorrow so it was nice to have him home to help keep Baily occupied so I could get stuff done. It was pay day which is always busy. The morning was spent with budgeting, paying bills, laundry, making the menu and grocery list and all that fun stuff. Sometimes I wonder why I wanted to grow up so badly when I was a kid. I guess I need to be grateful that I even have money to make a budget with and to pay bills and get groceries with!

Robert and I were able to finally have a date night- to ourselves- yesterday which was great. It was actually more of a date day but it was wonderful. We went and ate lunch at our favorite little Mexican cafe Mango's. The food and atmosphere are great but it also holds sentimental value for us since that was our first date. We've been going there ever since and the employees know us and our family since we've started our relationship there. We sat outside and it was beautiful. After that we went and did a session at the temple. It had been way too long since we've gone and it was great to feel the Spirit and be reminded of those sacred covenants and blessings in the temple. I love spending time with my husband and it's even better in the temple. It was nice to get out of the hectic real world and enjoy some peace and solitude.

As soon as we got home it was back to frenzy. I worked on more laundry and took Baily with me to Wal-Mart for the bi-weekly grocery shopping. It was not bad at all. Baily was awesome and she was so friendly to everyone. She smiled and said hi to anyone she could possibly say hi to. I know she cheered up a lot of people last night. It was so cute when she said hi to this really gruff looking guy and he just got the biggest smile on his face and said hi back. It wasn't too crowded which is always a nice break at Wal-Mart. After we got home we had a nice family meal of Digiorno's pizza and watched Baily's new DVD "The Jungle Book." She loved it. It was one of my favorite Disney movies growing up and it was fun to watch it again. I'm sure I'll be sick of it in about a week or so but last night we all enjoyed it together. It was busy and frenzied but it was a great Friday!

Bi-Weekly Menu

The last 2 week's menu will be hard to beat... there was some pretty good food that was eaten. There were some recipes I didn't get to because something came up so they've been moved over to this menu. Hopefully this next 2 week's line-up will be great as the last one! I love food!

F- Mango's Cafe for date night

Sa- out to eat (Girl's night for me and Priesthood for Robert)

Su- french toast with home-made cinnamon bread, bacon, eggs & hashbrowns

M- Italian stew, dinner rolls, banana cream pie

Tu- tomato baked chicken, salad, garlic toast

W- tacos, Spanish rice

Th- bbq beef sandwiches, chips, fresh veggies w/ranch

F- Schnepf Farms

Sa- grilled cheese sandwiches & tomato soup

Su- breakfast skillets, english muffins

M- slow cooker orange chicken, jasmine rice, snow peas, razzleberry pie w/vanilla ice cream

Tu- philly cheese steak subs, fries

W- grilled chicken, baked potatos, veggies

Th- out to eat (game night)

Pres. Hinckley Quote

"To you women of today, who are old or young, may I suggest
that you write, that you keep journals, that you express your thoughts on paper. Writing is a great discipline. It is a tremendous education effort. It will assist you in various ways, and you will bless the lives of many- now and in the years to come, as you put on paper some of your experiences and some of your musings." GBH

I believe this quote totally applies to blogging so of course I love it! Don't you just love him?!

Lazy Day

Yesterday I had an official lazy day for myself. After getting the house picked up and beds made and Baily dressed and stuff like that I decided that I was tired and I deserved some lazy time for myself. I haven't watched tv except during my Tuesday night shows in about a month or so so I watched my shows that were recorded. I loved this week's episode of The Biggest Loser. It was sooo good and totally motivating. I got a little teary eyed at parts (yes... I know I'm overly emotional) because I could really relate to how some of the people felt and I was just so inspired and motivated. And SVU was good as well... although I didn't really care for how it ended.

After my scripture reading I also took time to read some of my book. Oh man is it addicting! It's so good. I wasn't able to read it non-stop but in between playing with Baily and doing other daily tasks I was reading frantically. This book totally grabs you and pulls you in. I'm not sure when I'll have time to read as much as I did yesterday but I may have to pull some all nighters!

Last night Andre had his football game and it's the first one we missed. It was away at Mesa High but since he had to miss a practice for a Dr.'s appointment he said he was pretty sure he wouldn't get any playing time. So since Robert's softball games were during the same time we went to the softball games instead. Robert did awesome last night. The team barely lost the first game but it was a really good game. Then they finally got their 3rd win during their 2nd game. The games were finally earlier this week at 6:30 and 7:30 so it was nice not to be out so late. Baily got filthy and had a blast. She was quite the little beggar. She got food from everyone around us. I kept having to apologize and tell these people that I really do feed her and that she's usually not that filthy dirty. They were all so cool and said she was so cute they couldn't resist. After the game we got some grub from Whataburger and went home and chowed down. And I just have to note that for the first time in a while (sadly), I got butterflies in my stomach as I was checking my husband out. He is still so hot and I just love him so much. And like I said he played awesome last night. There's just something about a man getting dirty and playing rough!

PS

I've added more to my whine and cheese post below just FYI!