tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77436206876597943202024-02-20T08:51:06.386-05:00Real Life on ReaganRaising my Kids, Remodeling my Home, Reaching my Goals...Sharing my Real Life!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-15669331483532222152015-05-25T17:57:00.006-04:002015-05-25T18:03:28.797-04:00Menu Plan Monday | Birthday Week!!First and foremost, Happy Memorial Day! May we mourn those you gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country and celebrate the lives that they lived during their much too short time here on Earth!<br />
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It's a big week here in our house, I'm turning 30! So for this week's Menu Plan, birthday cake is involved! Probably for more than one meal even!!<br />
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<b>Monday</b> - I meant to put dinner in the crock pot for <span style="color: black;">Cheesy Chicken, Bacon and Tater Tot Crock Pot Bake since it's <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/11/recipes-on-repeat-my-kids-favorites.html">one of the kids' favorites</a>, but here it is almost dinner time and I didn't put it in there so we'll probably just grill the chicken breasts I have thawed. </span></div>
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<b>Tuesday</b> - Girl Scouts and Baseball Games will make for a quick dinner of hot dogs and mac and cheese before running in different directions for the evening.<br />
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<b>Wednesday</b> - Homemade spaghetti and garlic bread<br />
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<b>Thursday</b> - <a href="http://www.letsdishrecipes.com/2011/02/white-chicken-enchiladas-with-green-chile-sour-cream-sauce.html#_a5y_p=2973737">White Chicken Enchiladas</a><br />
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<b>Friday</b> - DATE NIGHT! I think hubby and I will try something new and the kids will hang out and home and enjoy some pizza!!<br />
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<b>Saturday</b> - Birthday Celebrations will continue with all sorts of snacks to enjoy with friends coming over to party!<br />
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<b>Sunday</b> - French Toast for breakfast!!<br />
Golash and Mashed Potatoes for dinner -- Cause my little sister will be here and it's one of our favorite meals!!!<br />
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Check out more dinner ideas at <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/">orgjunkie.com</a>! Every <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/2015/05/menu-plan-monday-may-2515.html">Monday</a>, Laura, the organizing junkie herself, shares her plan for the week and there's a link-up with lots of blogger's sharing their menu plans!!<br />
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How was your three day weekend? Any exciting plans for the week?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-36619978115232578752015-05-18T15:28:00.001-04:002015-05-18T15:31:48.969-04:00Motivation Monday | Post-It Note Motivation MethodThe weekend went by so fast! But I had a great time with my own girls and my troop girls at Great Wolf Lodge, then just hanging out with the family for the rest of the weekend. Now it's time to get back on track and make this a productive week! Something that has helped me over the past week is a little bit of visual motivation. And I thought I would share it with you today to inspire you to get your mojo flowing!<br />
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Here's how my Monday morning started...<br />
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Bowl of oatmeal at a messy desk! Old newspapers, toys, papers to be filed, papers to be trashed! It was a mess but that's real life!<br />
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It was a start to getting motivated this morning! But the part I really want to share are all those <a href="http://amzn.to/1IMPEKC">Post-it notes </a>all over my screen!!<br />
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This has been my workout schedule and motivation for the past week! I've been doing the <a href="http://amzn.to/1cLBWvb">21 Day Fix Workouts</a> right here in my office everyday. I took the schedule that you are suppose to do them in and wrote one day on each Post-it. Then stuck them to my screen. You wouldn't think that this would be great motivation but it really is.<br />
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Here's why, you don't want to continue to look at those Post-its everyday that have listed the workout you are supposed to be doing and you sure as heck don't want to take down the Post-it until you are done with the workout. So the only way to get rid of them is to get that day's workout done and throw away the Post-it with a good feeling of accomplishment.<br />
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I'm excited to already see them going away for the 21 days! I missed a few this weekend so I'm doubling up for the next two days!! This method is a lot more satisfying than waiting to see the scale go down or measurements change. Everyday I get to take pride in the fact that I got to take that Post-it note down!<br />
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Got any other tricks to stay motivated? Let me hear them in the comments below!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-54529075035930955632015-05-15T06:00:00.000-04:002015-05-15T06:00:00.293-04:00High Five for Friday : Ready for the Weekend!!Yeah! It's Friday again! I recently let go of some stressors in my life and I couldn't be happier with how things are looking up now!! So here are just 5 things I'm excited about cause who's not super excited about Fridays!<br />
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1. Katelyn is almost potty-trained! No more diapers! No more wiping butts! I'm still extremely sad that she's my last baby and won't be a baby forever but there are a few perks to this whole growing up thing!<br />
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2. Girl Scout Trip to <a href="https://www.greatwolf.com/">Great Wolf Lodge</a>! Headed out to spend some time with my favorite girls and ladies! I've never been and neither have my girls so we're all really excited about this trip! It should be a great time and I can't wait to hopefully head back this summer with the whole family.<br />
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3. My son did pretty good at his last baseball game! I can't wait to hear about how this Saturday's game goes. We had a little pep talk the other night and I think it worked! He seemed so much more confident when he was up to bat and I can't wait until he's hitting past center field in games like he does at practice. Listening to parents during the games is another story though. I recently finished <a href="http://amzn.to/1Fo4UhM">The Matheny Manifesto</a> by <a href="http://mikematheny.com/">Mike Matheny</a> and that review will be up soon! Highly recommended book for all parents with children in little league.<br />
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4. Started the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Calabreses-Day-Fix-Essential/dp/B00I89MAKS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431663913&sr=8-1&keywords=21+day+fix+workout+dvd">21 Day Fix</a> Workouts (not doing the food plan currently) on Monday and I'm feeling sore in a good way! Moving your body brings some great energy and motivation. Bring on summer! I really like this program! I think this is the kind of exercise I should stick too. Walking/Running is too boring for me. Weightlifting at the gym with my husband is intimidating and doing it on my own feels awkward. But 30 minutes on the floor in my office is something I can handle. I'll try to share a little trick for motivation I've figured out next week on the blog.<br />
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5. Went to the Commissary yesterday, with my new <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2015/05/my-errand-planner-helping-me-save-money.html">Errand Planner </a>of course, and I saved $19 in coupons. Add my Ibotta savings in there and I managed to save over $21!!! I'm really thrilled that I am seeing the savings while using my planner.<br />
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Hope everyone had a great week! And is looking forward to an exciting weekend!<br />
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First up, was our Fight Night Fiesta! If you follow me on <a href="https://instagram.com/jcasey1015/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, might have seen some of the crazy pictures! We had a full house and a great time, up until the boring fight! The most important part of any party is usually the food, of course. One of my husband's co-workers offered to bring over all the makings for tacos so I was just left with some appetizers and sides.<br />
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I made some <b><i>Seven Layer Dip</i></b> that was devoured before the cameras ever made it out for pictures.<br />
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I love Carrabba's Chicken Bryan and so earlier in the week I bought all the ingredients needed to make it at home. My husband did a great job and it was amazing! My son even liked it so that's a plus! I was too hungry to even stop and take a pic before we chowed down so here's a photo from <a href="http://tideandthyme.com/">TideandThyme.com</a> where we got the recipe from. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-74749703398796925752015-05-08T09:41:00.001-04:002015-05-08T09:41:14.557-04:00High Five for Friday | 5 Things I've Learned Since Becoming a MomI became a mom 10 years and a little over one month ago! And with Mother's Day coming up this weekend, I thought I'd share 5 things I've learned since that crazy day in April when I became a Mom. (Little Sister, listen up! I need you to have babies soon and you'll need this info!)<br />
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1. <i>When they say sleep when the baby sleeps, just do it!</i> Your house will eventually get clean and the dishes and laundry will get washed. But in those first few months you'll need all the sleep you can get and you need to hold that baby as much as you can before they don't let you anymore.<br />
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2. <i>You can't spoil a baby.</i> Holding them too much, rocking them to sleep, all those things that people say, "Oh you shouldn't do that or baby will never do this!" Who cares? Especially, when they are just newborns. Carrying them around the house won't mean they never walk, rocking them to sleep won't mean they never learn to self-sooth. They are babies and they deserve to be spoiled!<br />
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3. <i>Trust your gut. </i>It's your kid. You've been there since the day of conception! You know when something isn't right with your little baby. Just because a person with a piece of paper framed on the wall says otherwise, sometimes it's ok to get a second opinion. You are that child's voice in the world, stick up for them and make sure that if something doesn't feel right to you, you fight until it does.<br />
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4. <i>Take deep breaths, count to ten, take a break.</i> Being a parent will be one of the most challenging things you'll ever do in your life. It's amazing how much you can love that little human being and how much they can frustrate you all in the same minute. Take a breath, count to ten, leave them in a safe place and walk out of the room for a minute. It's better for them and for you.<br />
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5. <i>Do your thing and I'll do mine! </i>That's the great thing about being a parent, there's no right way to do it. Don't bash on someone else because they do things different, who really cares. The important things are that everyone is raising intelligent, responsible and respective citizens that will go out in to the world someday and do their part to make it a better place.<br />
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Some how they manage to grow up and get bigger so fast! Slow down and enjoy your time with them! Everyday seems to go by so slow sometimes but then looking back the years go by so quick!<br />
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Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Moms of the world! Hope you all enjoy your weekend and special day!<br />
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Here's how I did it, how I use it and how it's helped me save money and time after only using my Errand Planner for a week and a half! </div>
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First, I made a trip to to the office supply store and grabbed a few things.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">**(All of these items are available online and listed in the <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">shop page of my blog</a> too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Check them out but know if you buy anything I might get a small portion of money.)**</span></div>
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Supply List Included but not limited to:<br />
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<li><a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">5.5 x 8.5 Binder</a> - These come in all sorts of colors and designs!! I picked a smaller sized binder so it was easier to stuff in a big purse and fits well in a cart at the store. </li>
<li><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/realifonrea-20/detail/B001N465A6" target="_blank">Dividers </a></li>
<li><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/realifonrea-20/detail/B004K77QQ0" target="_blank">Sheet Protectors</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/realifonrea-20/detail/B004J2NBOC" target="_blank">Business Card Holder Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/realifonrea-20/detail/B00007LP00" target="_blank">Pocket/Pouch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Washi Tape</a></li>
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I laid everything out and determined the best layout for what I wanted this thing to do.<br />
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As I arrange my menu plans on one side I can jot down the things I need to buy on the other! So far I'm loving this system and we've ate at home all week!! Lots of money saved by having all the ingredients I need and having a plan so we don't end up at a fast food joint or local restaurant.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Printables are from <a href="http://snapfish.com/printables">Snapfish.com/printables</a>. I'm not sure these exact ones are available anymore but they have some cute stuff! Check them out. </span><br />
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This is where I just have some loose leaf lined paper. Throughout the week as I know I have some errands to run or specific things to get from particular stores, I jot those notes down here. Before I leave the house I can streamline those errands and make sure I'm not driving all over like a crazy lady to get everything done. Living in the middle of no where means that when I do go to town I need to make sure I don't forget anything so I don't have to make the hour long round trip drive again later in the week.<br />
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In this section, I used card stock and cut it in half to put in the sheet dividers and created different labels for the different types of coupons I have. And I used some washi tape to make it look a little fancier. </div>
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I started with <a href="http://sprinkledjustright.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-errand-planner-saves-my-day.html" target="_blank">Michelle's list of coupon categories</a> but took out some and added others. Here's what I have currently:<br />
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<li>Baking</li>
<li>Breads</li>
<li>Canned Goods</li>
<li>Cleaning</li>
<li>Condiments</li>
<li>Dairy</li>
<li>Drinks </li>
<li>Dry Goods</li>
<li>Frozen</li>
<li>Make-Up</li>
<li>Meat</li>
<li>Paper</li>
<li>Pasta/Rice</li>
<li>Plastic</li>
<li>Snacks</li>
<li>Toiletries</li>
<li>MISC</li>
<li>Diapers</li>
<li>Food Lion - my main grocery store</li>
<li>Stores - other store specific coupons</li>
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I also made a spot for coupons while we are out to eat.</div>
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As I have been using this errand planner though I've took note that I should soon include this categories:</div>
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When I make my grocery list I add a little star to the items I know I have a coupon for. So while I'm at the store I know what to look for. If I end up using the coupon I pull the coupon out from it's category and put it in the front pocket of the binder so they are all ready to go when I check out! Going to the grocery store is a lot more exciting when you have a big stack of coupons to hand to the cashier at checkout!! Who doesn't love saving money?</div>
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This is where I used the business card holder pages to keep all those pesky rewards and punch cards in one place. </div>
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No more forgetting them! It's already worked out in my favor several times over the past two weeks while I've been using this Errand Planner. Getting that extra savings from downloading coupons to the card has really helped me out. And I'll get all the punches on my punch cards now too, so I can reap those benefits.<br />
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Here I included some more lined paper so I can keep track of what I've been spending for the day, while out shopping. And I found this awesome velcro pocket that I can stash receipts in. Which will be super handy when going over my accounts. If and when I need to make any returns I will also know where the receipts are!!</div>
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It took me a couple hours one afternoon to get it all put together, organized and make it look pretty. But I'm super happy that I spent the time to get it done and the rewards of saving money and time are already showing up! I'm so glad I put together my own Errand Planner and can't say thank you enough to <a href="http://sprinkledjustright.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michelle</a> from such a great idea!!!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-12207256744330138182015-05-04T05:00:00.000-04:002015-05-13T14:04:25.893-04:00Screen Free Week!<div style="text-align: center;">
Screen Free Week is something my family has never participated in, but this year we are! </div>
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I'm tired of my children's attitudes some days and I'm tired of how often we are all just sitting around watching tv or playing with something. Time to get up and move!!<br />
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My kids are going cold turkey and staying completely screen free all week! I'm going to limit myself to 45 minutes every morning to computer only. From 8:15 when I get home from dropping the kids off at the bus until 9 when the baby gets up, will be the only time I'm online over the next week. My phone will be used for music only!! My husband is in his last week of this semester's online classes so he can't really adhere to the screen free week stuff! But good luck to him on his finals!!<br />
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Somethings I plan on getting done instead of sitting in front of the tv or computer include:<br />
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<li>Gym Time</li>
<li>Organizing my closet</li>
<li>Organizing the basement storage room</li>
<li>Finishing a few books</li>
<li>Planning for summer</li>
<li>Library Trip</li>
<li>Spray painting projects I need to get to</li>
<li>and lots more</li>
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I'm really excited about this adventure. I don't think I always spend too much time looking at screens but I know I spend way more than I should. I think it's going to really put in to perspective how much time I waste online or watching tv and I can't wait to gain some of that time back!</div>
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Have you ever participated in Screen Free Week? Do you spend a lot of time online and on the couch already or do you have it under control?</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-64894991464265414502015-05-01T01:01:00.000-04:002015-05-01T01:05:51.125-04:00Life Lately...How is it possible that it's May 1st already? April just went by in a blink!! Here's a little bit of what happened in my life during the past month though...<br />
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We started the month with a birthday! My oldest turned TEN! Not sure how it's possible and it's still hard to believe!!<br />
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I did good and got a rocking chair pic on his birthday though!!! My Grandma gave me that chair the Christmas I was pregnant with him and I've tried really hard to get a pic of all my kids in the chair every year on their birthdays! Sometimes it happens, sometimes I totally drop the ball!<br />
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Then the Easter Bunny stopped by our house and dropped off some goodies! Then we went out to brunch with our friends and I snapped a few pics on our walk to and from the car. Isn't Katelyn's $3 goodwill dress just adorable???!!!<br />
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The week after Easter the kids were out of school for Spring Break, so we had some fun exploring! This beach will be visited a lot this summer, I have a feeling! It wasn't warm enough to get in this time but the kids still had a blast playing in the sand.<br />
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We also made a stop to the PetCo that just opened up near us! You'd think it was a trip to the zoo with how excited the kids were.<br />
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Then I worked, worked and worked some more. Most days resulting in wearing the same clothes <a href="http://sprinkledjustright.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michelle </a>was wearing! Not sure how we managed it but we looked like twins at work at least once a week with out ever even planning it! We also spend the weekend in Richmond for work at the Southern Women's Show! We had a blast with our friend Lisa, too! So much laughing and girl talk!!<br />
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When I got back from the weekend of working out of town, the next day my lifelong best friend and her family arrived!! With husbands that are HUGE St. Louis Cardinal fans we went to Nationals Park and saw the Cardinals play the Nationals!!<br />
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Made it to the American History Museum! <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/11/30-before-30.html" target="_blank">30 before 30 list</a> item checked off!! WOOT!<br />
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Since then, things have slowed down a little but with Girl Scout meeting and events and Baseball practices and games things have still managed to stay a little crazy!<br />
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That was about all of our April! Super busy, but a super fun month!!<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know what else I don't typically read books over and over again but my favorite are leadership/self-motivation books or romance novels!</span></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Taco Shop in Wichita, Kansas</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">New York</span></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">I don't know what else, usually I'll try everything at least once!</span></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Husband's Grandma's Apple Pie</span></li>
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This boy made me a mom and life has never been the same! </div>
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Such a silly little boy and I love him so much! I hope he's as easy to parent through the double digits as he was to parent up until now! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-81557936059707946692015-04-02T09:14:00.000-04:002015-04-02T09:14:03.045-04:00Tips from a Failure: My Whole30 ExperienceMarch was going to be my month! I was going to rock the Whole30 "diet" and end the month as a new woman! Then March laughed in my face! I've decided the Whole30 experience is just not for me. But I did learn a few things in my failed attempt that could help others to be successful and I just wanted to share those with the world.<br />
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<b><u>Tip #1: Have a partner! </u></b>Your spouse, your roommate, a friend. If you live with others, an elimination diet is really hard if others aren't eliminating most of the same foods. Having a partner on board with you could make life much easier.<br />
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<b><u>Tip #2: If it's your first time to try this diet, wait for warm weather!</u></b> Nothing beats snuggling up on the couch with a mug of hot chocolate and a movie in the winter during a snow storm. And we got 8 inches of snow at the beginning of March! Who wants to eat a salad while watching the snow come down? Plus warmer weather means farmer's markets! And Saturday mornings at the farmer's market always seem to have a way to inspire me to eat fresher foods, try new vegetables and make sure the large amount of money I spend doesn't go to waste!<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Tip #3: Have a plan!</u> I had planned decent dinner ideas for the first two weeks of the month, but I figured eggs and leftovers would get me by for breakfast and lunch. But, by the second day, I was so tired of eggs and salads.<br />
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<u><b>Tip #4: Start slow!</b></u> I would suggest trying out a few new meals for a while before you go for 30 days of Whole30 meals. Then you know what you like, what you don't, and are in a better mind set for 30 days of different meals that your usual ones.<br />
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<u><b>Tip #5: Don't pig out prior!</b></u> Eating a whole box of Girl Scout cookies prior to starting the Whole30 Challenge is not the way to prepare for 30 days of no sugar!<br />
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<b><u>Bonus Tip #6:</u></b> Don't work at a candy store! <a href="http://www.maryscakeryandcandy.com/">www.maryscakeryandcandy.com</a> is the death of every diet I've ever tried for the last year and a half!!<br />
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Honestly, I'm just not a foodie! I don't really like to cook. And I'm specific with what I do like and don't like. So, I just don't think I'm cut out to finish a Whole30 Challenge. I have been inspired to eat healthier and include more fresh vegetables and fruits in my diet. And I'm working on my fitness! lol Hopefully over the next month and throughout this summer I can get better at all of this. I really would like to make improvements to not just mine but also my family's meals during this year.<br />
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What did you learn this past March?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-51035891370579102742015-03-08T23:45:00.000-04:002015-03-08T23:45:31.732-04:00My Living Room Gallery Wall<i><u>Saturday night shenanigans that turn out better than expected</u> </i>could be an alternate title for this post! But I finally managed to take my idea off the floor and hang it on the wall! Thank you <a href="http://sprinkledjustright.blogspot.com/">Michelle</a> for helping to make it happen! My Living Room Gallery Wall looks great and it's not even finished completely, cause it's <i>real life</i> and in that, pictures stay saved on technology and not printed!<br />
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I've been staring at this blank wall since we moved in. Dreaming of putting up a gallery wall, but only buying, and then shoving in a cabinet, the frames and things to hang up, instead of putting them on the wall. {The tv was centered with the couch so it's not centered with the wall in this picture.} <br />
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My original idea was to take the frames I'd bought over the last two years and make them kind of float up in a "s" or diagonal shape up the wall and around the tv. Here's the first idea I had for the gallery wall.<br />
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Never put it on the wall though. Then, during my Netflix marathon of <a href="http://www.nbc.com/parenthood" target="_blank">Parenthood</a> I decided I didn't like that the tv was so off-centered from the wall and scooted it over to the left about 6 inches or so. With that move all my previous ideas for the gallery wall were gone. So the frames got stacked up and shoved in a cabinet some more until inspiration struck again.<br />
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I laid all that on the floor and tweaked and switched and rearranged until I found what I liked. Then it stayed on my floor for a week! =) But the longer it was there the more I liked it! So <a href="http://sprinkledjustright.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michelle</a> ended up at my house and the kids were playing and the husbands were watching <a href="http://www.topgear.com/uk/" target="_blank">Top Gear</a> and we hung up my Gallery Wall!!<br />
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And in the end it turned out perfect.... (even if there are still clearance tags on a frame and two that need pictures! Told you I was going to blog about <i>real life</i>!)<br />
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And you'll have to excuse all the extra crap on the floor, the next project of painting the main floor bathroom is already under way!!<br />
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Did you get any weekend projects done? Do you often start other projects before you are finished working on the first?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-67967240563167045012015-03-06T11:49:00.000-05:002015-03-06T12:43:02.937-05:00High Five for Friday: 5 of My Favorite Memories from 5 years ago!Finally Friday again! With the 8 inches of snow yesterday I'm not sure we'll end up doing anything today but we were invited to go out for pizza so we might have to make a jailbreak. (By pizza I mean pizza for them, salad for me...boo whole 30!) But until then here are 5 of my favorite memories from 5 years ago!!<br />
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<b><u>1. Kiryu - Yokosuka Girl Scout Friendship: March 2010:</u></b></div>
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<b><u>3. Bought a new car: Japanese Honda Capa:</u></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-39775597651824441982015-03-05T10:41:00.002-05:002015-03-05T10:42:15.605-05:005 Ways to Cure the Winter BluesIt's MARCH and we are expecting <b><i><u>6-9 inches</u></i></b> of snow this afternoon!<br />
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I feel like I'm going crazy with all this cold air! But here are 5 ways I'm trying to keep my sanity and cure the Winter Blues!<br />
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<b><u>1. Buy some flowers</u></b> - Nothing makes you think of Spring like some Tulips! Even if I'm a plant killer and they are already drooping just a few days after I bought them! They make my dining room look happier with a little bit of more color in there.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-6508859856069046902015-02-27T10:50:00.002-05:002015-02-27T10:55:26.534-05:00High Five for FridayIt's finally Friday! What a crazy week it's been! But High Five for Friday!!!!<br />
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So I'm super behind on just finding this show, but I found it on Netflix and I've been binge watching it ever since! I'm talking almost done with Season 5 and I just started watching this show less than two weeks ago! The addiction is bad! It's going to be one of those times when I'm not sure how life will go on when I'm finished watching!<br />
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Age 2 has got to be one of the greatest stages of parenting! Her little imagination is in overdrive and her vocabulary is exploding! I love getting to spend every day with her! I almost wish I could keep her this age forever!<br />
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Bought a cheap shelf and the goodwill to put in my son's room a while back. But recently found some cute buckets in the dollar spot and they fit perfect on the shelf in the kitchen as an indoor herb garden! Can't wait to share more of it with you all! Any tips on growing herbs? Cause I am a plant killer! =(<br />
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This is my first year as a Daisy Girl Scout leader for my daughter's troop. The amount of paperwork is overwhelming and I don't even have to do it all because I'm not the official leader of our multi-level troop! One thing that was really getting to me was that I couldn't find an Award Tracker anywhere that included all of the earned Daisy Girl Scout Awards. So I made one and I'm sharing it with you!!<br />
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I use this tracker to both mark when the girls have earned their Daisy Petals or other awards and when they have been given their award.<br />
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I do this by simply adding the date when they've earned something, then going back and putting a slash through the date with a different colored <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00092RJX0?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00092RJX0&tag=realifonrea-20" target="_blank">pen</a> after they've been given the patch or pin at an awards ceremony.<br />
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<a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty</a> - Major twist I wasn't quite expecting. Kept me interested to see just how everything was going to end up. </div>
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I've walked ONE mile out of 260! Had 2 Girl's Nights Out, managed to stick to a savings plan, paid off one of our biggest credit cards, done 2 RAK's, journaled for a few weeks and then gave up, read 6 books and I'm going to share two printables on the blog soon! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-47436653988657520402015-01-07T13:43:00.003-05:002015-05-13T14:04:48.776-04:00My 2015 Word of the YearSo all over <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/jcasey1015/">pinterest</a> and facebook lately has been this common trend of picking a word for the new year. Instead of a resolution you pick a word and focus on it and how it can impact your life. So I thought and thought about that whole trend and went back and forth on whether or not to pick a word.<br />
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grow more in love<br />
grow closer to my kids<br />
grow deeper friendships<br />
grow my savings<br />
grow stronger<br />
grow smarter<br />
grow more experiences<br />
grow my photo albums<br />
grow experiences<br />
grow a garden<br />
grow new ideas<br />
grow my blog<br />
grow to love my home more<br />
grow to be better<br />
grow kinder<br />
grow happier<br />
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Did you pick a word for 2015? Did you make and resolutions for the new year? Share with me!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-40131871214750485262015-01-02T10:55:00.001-05:002015-05-13T14:05:05.586-04:00Holiday RecapWow! It's been a really exciting holiday break! I had so much planned and then all of those plans changed so I ended up not blogging at all. And truth is the break has me feeling a little bit renewed!<br />
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We ended up leaving for our trip home three days earlier than planned but we had a great trip! Then we came home and hosted a fun New Year's/Birthday Party with friends!! Ringing in the new year was quite exciting and it gives me a super positive outlook for all 2015 has in store!<br />
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I'll be back with more soon but until then check out my most viewed posts from 2014!!<br />
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<a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/11/10-ways-im-saving-money-this-christmas.html">10 Ways I'm Saving Money This Christmas</a><br />
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<a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/10/my-family-binder-and-how-it-keeps-me.html">My Family Binder and How it Keeps Me Organized</a><br />
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<a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-host-pinterest-party.html">How To Host a Pinterest Party</a><br />
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<a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/11/free-thanksgiving-printable-there-is.html">Free Thanksgiving Printable</a><br />
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<a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/11/recipes-on-repeat-my-kids-favorites.html">Recipes on Repeat: My Kid's Favorites</a><br />
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May 2015 bring you all the best!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00810058682228300799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743620687659794320.post-15531841841554976212014-12-12T10:32:00.001-05:002014-12-12T10:34:02.916-05:00Christmas ConversationsI'm at the point where my to do list is so long that I give up and I'm going to take a nap! lol<br />
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Short and sweet Christmas Conversation today! Brought to you from <a href="http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-christmas-conversation-linky-party.html">The Inspired Apple</a>! I love her blog! She has got quite an array of topics she covers and the cutest little family ever!<br />
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This kit is <u>not</u> a full on zombie apocalypse emergency kit. It's just a few things to hold us over if something comes up that slows our drive down. I'm not an expert in emergency preparedness, I just packed what I thought would be best for my family and I'm sharing it with you for your own ideas!!<br />
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Then, I picked which container would work best for travel. I also looked at Target and Walmart for a container but never saw one that I thought would work better than <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">this kit</a> that I bought several years ago. I wanted something that wouldn't take up a lot of space and flat enough that it would fit under the back seats of my Explorer when they were folded down flat. The contents of that kit though were really picked through so I laid out all the supplies I had and decided what was needed. </div>
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<li>Ice pack - if we are in an accident it might be useful</li>
<li>Plastic grocery bags - trash bags, kid puking, dirty clothes...so many uses. To save space, I folded them the way my Japanese friends taught me, into <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cidF66-LXng">a neat triangle. </a> Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cidF66-LXng">here</a> to see how. </li>
<li>Hot Hands Hand Warmers - if it gets cold these will come in handy, picked them up in the dollar spot at Target but you can <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">buy large quantities on Amazon.</a></li>
<li>Ritz Peanut Butter Crackers and Beef Jerky- just some snacks to hold someone over if we can get to an exit right away or are waiting on help</li>
<li>Glow Sticks - will help if we are stuck in the dark</li>
<li>Wet Ones - cleaning up messes</li>
<li>Gloves and ear warmer - it's winter if there's something to do outside the car it'll be cold bought red ones in hopes that it helps to be seen if we are on the side of the road. They were $2 each from Walmart.</li>
<li>Keychain flash light - helpful in the dark</li>
<li>Small container filled with bandages and gauze - hopefully if we get in an accident it will be small injuries </li>
<li>Tylenol To Go and Chewable Pepto - headaches and upset stomachs always happen when you are stuck in a car for 2 days</li>
<li>Hand sanitizer - cleanliness</li>
<li>Emergency sign - one of the kits I had bought had a sign to put in your car for emergencies so I swapped the kit it was in and included it in this one</li>
<li>Whistle - great for emergencies to signal for help</li>
<li>Charmin to go - with 3 kids you never know</li>
<li>Klennex - winter equals running noses</li>
<li>Emergency blankets - will help if we are stuck or waiting on help</li>
<li>Emergency first aid guide - in case of an accident</li>
<li>Gloves - in case of an accident</li>
<li>Ziploc bags of various sizes - containing messes, dirty clothes, snack bags</li>
<li>Accident Report Forms - found at <a href="http://pinchalittlesavealot.blogspot.com/2013/06/free-car-emergency-printables.html">PinchALittleSaveALot.blogspot.com</a> I've had copies of these in my car for a while but I printed extra for this kit</li>
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When I'm driving during the winter I also always make sure to have an ice scraper in my car, bring our coats and wear shoes. Short trip or long trip those are important to have! Since we are traveling for a while we'll also have extra clothes packed in our suitcases and the kids will have their backpacks full of stuff to keep them entertained for the drive. </div>
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After I decided what would go in this Winter Driving Emergency Kit, in true blogger fashion I made it pretty with a cute little graphic and some washi tape! </div>
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<u><b>Monday:</b></u> Chili and Cornbread<br />
Another storm is blowing through so we are going to warm up with this!!<br />
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<b><u>Tuesday:</u></b> <a href="http://www.number-2-pencil.com/2013/06/06/one-pan-chicken-alfredo/">One Pan Chicken Alfredo</a><br />
Girl Scouts - so this will be pretty quick before me and L leave for the evening<br />
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<b><u>Wednesday:</u></b> Pork Chops and Scalloped Potatoes<br />
I've got the pork chops in the freezer so I might as well use them<br />
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<b><u>Thursday:</u></b> Tacos/Burritos<br />
Taco Thursday doesn't have the same ring to it as Taco Tuesday but they'll still taste good<br />
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<b><u>Friday:</u></b> Pizza<br />
maybe Homemade or maybe Pizza Hut, probably Pizza Hut! lol<br />
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<b><u>Saturday:</u></b> <a href="http://cravingcomfort.blogspot.com/2010/01/tater-tot-casserole.html">Tater Tot Casserole</a><br />
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<b><u>Sunday:</u></b> Spaghetti<br />
I have all the items, so it made it on the list<br />
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Simple and easy! Lots of our <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/11/recipes-on-repeat-my-kids-favorites.html">favorites</a>! I'm trying to use up the food we have in the freezer and pantry before we head out of town for Christmas!<br />
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I'm so glad to be feeling better and motivated for all I have to do before Christmas!!<br />
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<u><b>Coming up soon on the blog: </b></u><br />
Winter Emergency Car Kit<br />
How I Pack for My Three Kids for a Long Road Trip<br />
Easy Party Appetizer<br />
A Planner Review<br />
Holiday Traditions<br />
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Can you believe there is only just over two weeks until Christmas???!?!??!<br />
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Somehow it's already Monday again! But it's the 1st and it makes my planning OCD happy. So here's my meal plan for the week...<br />
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<b><u>Monday:</u></b> <a href="http://www.chef-in-training.com/2012/09/chicken-bacon-ranch-pasta/" target="_blank">Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta</a> - trying something new, it sounds good<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday:</u> <a href="http://pearls-handcuffs-happyhour.blogspot.com/2011/03/outback-aint-got-nothin-on-me.html" target="_blank">Potato Soup</a> - It's going to be a cold and rainy day! Soup from the crock pot sounds just right.<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday:</u> Pork Chops and Scalloped Potatoes<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday:</u> Sandwiches or leftovers - we've got somewhere to be right after school so we'll eat something fast then head to our event.<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Friday:</u> Homemade Pizza - I think I'll test out this <a href="http://snailpacetransformations.com/bread-machine-pizza-dough/" target="_blank">dough recipe</a>.<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday:</u> I bought a <a href="http://restaurant.com/">restaurant.com</a> gift card a while back I think we'll use it after we spend the afternoon at a birthday party.<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday:</u> Goulash - simple, easy, yummy and all my kids eat it!<br />
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This past weekend was extra long thanks to the Thanksgiving Break! It was really nice to hang out with the kids for a couple of extra days. Wednesday, we went out to lunch with <a href="http://sprinkledjustright.blogspot.com/">Michelle</a> and her kids, then they all came over and hung out for a while. We search the internet and planned some things, watch out for what we've got coming up!! Then I baked the rest of the evening. Thursday, I woke up early and cooked, cooked then cooked some more!! We hosted five Sailors from my husband's class for Thanksgiving dinner! I made so much food! Then Michelle convinced me to go Black Friday shopping with her. We left at 9:30pm Thursday night and hit up Old Navy, Target and Walmart. Shopped until 6am on Friday morning! We found some good deals though. I got a lot of new clothes, <a href="http://reallifeonreagan.blogspot.com/2014/11/30-before-30.html">working towards that goal</a> of a closet of clothes I like to wear. Friday, I slept a good part of the day but we also celebrated my youngest 2nd birthday!<br />
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Saturday, I went to work! Gotta earn that money since I shopped so much Thursday night! lol Sunday, we slept in, then I took my son to a birthday party. Home for another nap and then dinner and my middle child lost her front tooth! The other one is loose and all she's going to want for Christmas is her two front teeth!<br />
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