Weekend Recap~ A little late- busy week

Holy smokes! What a weekend.

Let's start from the beginning- when all the action happened... WARNING- a little graphic (bloody mess graphic)

Friday, we decide to go to the car show that happens the first Friday of every summer month at the local mega church. We get there, and no car show. Church event. So we decide to drive across the new Fenton Bridge to look at all the flood water. We pull up to a stop light, and a kid flies across the intersection on a crotch rocket. He is going incredibly fast. He loses control, hits a curb and flips. No joke. RIGHT in front of us, and our now completely terrified children. Us and one other vehicle see this happen. I hang up on my sister in law (we were making plans to get the kids together since the car show was cancelled) and call 9-1-1. We pull up on the bike fully expecting a dead kid. Only, no kid, at all. Hubs looks up a side street, and there he is running. My guy follows him, quickly, the kid stops as his injuries are catching up to him. He is bleeding, a steady flow running from his wrist. He looks unsteady. Hubs gets out to see if he is okay, and tells him to wrap his arm (He swears he saw bone chips and "meat" hanging out... EW!!). Meanwhile... 9-1-1 has now transferred me, TWICE!! If he had been in worse shape, yikes. I am not doing first aid on this kid, I would puke. It was gross. I jumped in the driver seat and drove the kiddos further up the road, put on Despicable Me, and stood in front of the window they could see the guy through. I was the gore body guard. A cop shows up right away. Apparently, she had flashed her lights at him, and he had taken off on her. The moron was running from the cops. Going over 50 miles per hour (in a 30)! His bike flew head over tail about 100 feet before it landed. She gave her a little reaming, another cop called him something I won't repeat. They were mad. Come to find out before the cops arrived Hubs had lectured him as well. Ambulance showed up, Hubs made a statement and we went home.

In comparison, while the rest of the weekend was incredibly busy, it was much more tame. Our kiddos play t-ball/softball for the local Y. They each had their first practices at the same place 4 hours apart. We went to Six Flags. Passed out. That was Saturday. Sunday was church and not much but catching up on some laundry. Which was nice.

This week, I have been working hard. My boss is on vacation, and I am trying to man the ship, so to speak.

OH and here is a little nugget of gold. Hubs was listening to the radio while washing my vehicle, and heard a song he has heard, we all have heard, a majillion times on the radio, "You're so Vain". He comes in, and swears he heard Mick Jagger singing back ground vocals. Pretty distinctive voice. Got out good ol' Google, and sure enough, he did. Crazy. Here it for yourself. If this is some common knowledge thing, we will feel like goons, but we have decided to play "Where's Mick" while listening to the radio. He may have been hiding in every song for all we know.

Menu for June 9-15

I haven't been using my Monthly Meal Planner as of late. It is still really handy, and I go to it for some ideas, but I have been trying an online weekly planner. Shrinking on a Budget offers great weekly meal plans grocery lists provided for a really inexpensive price. I found it through Pinterest. I paid $6 for six months worth of weekly meal plans. I find that I spend around $150 each week at the grocery store anymore. Prices are on the rise, and having that menu planned out for me can be very convenient. I just cross off what we don't need, and sub out some of my family's faves for the recipes I know they won't touch. I have PICKY eaters in my family, so not every week works for our needs, but I have gotten some amazing new recipes to add to our catalog. Here is what we are eating next week. I made this menu myself, we are taking a break from the  unfamiliar for my family's sake. They like safe and comfortable. Lunches and Breakfasts included! Happy eating-

Sunday, June 9-
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs with salsa and whole wheat toast with fresh fruit (canned always subbed for fresh for my allergy ridden child- usually applesauce or light fruit cocktail or grapes- the lone fruit she can eat)
Lunch: leftovers from last week (spaghetti and BBQ)
Dinner: Turkey Tacos with corn tortillas and black beans

Monday, June 10-
Breakfast: Oatmeal (old Fashioned, not quick cooking) flavored with Cinnamon, raisins and honey
Lunch: Mom- Salad with turkey lunch meat and Cilantro dressing and green salsa, fresh fruit and carrots with hummus. Snack: raw almonds and pecans.  Kids and Hubs: Turkey sandwiches with multigrain Pringles, fruit, juice/gatorade/water, dark chocolate square ( or squares if you are a grown man) and a cheese stick.
Dinner: Shredded BBQ crock pot chicken (can also be done with pork if it is on sale) on Whole Wheat Buns, Sweet potato fries (and regular fries for the picky ones), green beans.

Tuesday, June 11-
Breakfast: Granola Bar with Yogurt
Lunch: Mom- Same as day before (change up fruit for some variety) maybe use leftover BBQ chicken instead of lunch meat. Kids and Hubs- Ham and Swiss Sandwiches, fruit, chips, and sweet treat.
Dinner: Pizza- Flatouts with Marinara and fresh Mozzarella. Pepperoni and veggies for toppings. Salad on the side with low fat dressing or Olive Oil and Vinegar,

Wednesday, June 12-
Breakfast- Cereal and fruit
Lunch: Leftover Pizza with side salad and Raisins.
Dinner: Grilling out baby~ Chicken, Steak and Hot Dogs- Corn on the Cob- fruit cocktail and baked beans.

Thursday, June 13-
Breakfast: Granola Bar and Yogurt
Lunch: Pulled chicken salad sandwiches from leftover grilled chicken, chips, fruit, carrot sticks.
Dinner: Fish Sticks- Mac and cheese- fruit cocktail and green beans.

Friday, June 14-
Breakfast:  Oatmeal (old Fashioned, not quick cooking) flavored with Cinnamon, raisins and honey
Lunch:  Mom- Salad with turkey lunch meat and Cilantro dressing and green salsa, fresh fruit and carrots with hummus. Snack: raw almonds and pecans.  Kids and Hubs: Turkey sandwiches with multigrain Pringles, fruit, juice/gatorade/water, dark chocolate square ( or squares if you are a grown man) and a cheese stick.
Dinner: Spaghetti with whole grain pasta, low sugar pasta sauce- salad with low fat dressing.

Saturday, June 15-
Breakfast: Whole Grain pancakes with fresh fruit and Maple Syrup
Lunch: Picnic style lunch with Sandwiches, deviled eggs, chips and fruit.
Dinner: Leftovers (anything that is left gets pulled out- hodge podge meal. Yum!) Peanut Butter and Jelly sams are thrown in if there are not enough leftovers.

Workout Wednesday with Skinny Meg

This is a great post talking about weight lifting! This woman is amazing. I have been following her blog for awhile, and she is very inspirational for me.

Baseball Birthday~ Go Cards!

My little man turned 5! He just had his first day in Summer School as a Kindergartner. He is growing up too fast. This year we celebrated with a baseball themed party for his friends. It turned out to be a rainy weekend, so the yard was muck and I had several young men in my home. We got along pretty well, and I think everyone had a great time. We had a couple other hiccups, but the important thing is that little man had a great time.

Table cloth was a plastic cloth with stickers on it. I bought a banner and it came with every team logo along with it.  The big Cards logo was a wall hanger.

Pampered Chef deviled egg tray flipped made a great "field" for the cupcakes.

Here is where we had a speed bump. I made cupcakes Saturday evening before the party, and I must have over filled the cups. The cupcakes ran over the edges and stuck all over the top of the tin. I tried to salvage, but the fell apart and looked terrible. It was such a shame too. They were a red velvet and white cake marbled. Very lovely, and perfect for the red and white theme of the Cards. Anywho. I made an emergency run to the store for another couple of cake mixes when I realized I was setting myself up for unnecessary stress. My friend Sarah was with me trying to talk me down from my anxiety filled birthday party tension. This was the weekend before Mother's Day so cupcakes were everywhere at the store. I went to to bakery, and asked how much notice they needed for an order of Cards cupcakes ready made. 24 hours!?! I am having this party in 18 hours! The bakery girl remembered suddenly (she saved my sanity) she had ONE tray of red and white cupcakes in the freezer. Mine!!! I called them, hand in the air! She gave them to me on discount, as well, after I recounted the disaster I had making my own. (Side note~ Cupcakes are not wasted in this house- I frosted those broken excuses for cupcakes and Little Man blew them out on his actual birthday and I froze the round cakes intended for his big day and brought them out to make a dessert for Mother's Day. Waste not.)

Party favors~ Big League Chew and Cracker Jacks. Little Man had autographed thank you notes attached to each  baggie.

We had peanuts and sunflower seeds. Popcorn too. I had some cotton candy, but set it out unwrapped, and the humidty that plagues St. Louis shriveled it up into this sticky gross blog of sticky gooey grossness.

Mario Slugger- Two favorites combined into one!

Marble likes boxes. Billy likes soda.

What you missed while I was being a lazy blogger.

Notice I said lazy blogger, definitely not a lazy momma, wife, or dieter. We have been busy beavers in this household. My little man turned 5! My daughter had her dance recital. We got through Mother's Day/Party for the little guy (almost without me killing anyone). My hubs finished our amazing tree house.
All in all a good month.

Pretty Ballerina

Birthday Man

It matches our house. So cute you wanna puke right?

The dog and cat were not allowed to party. I think they were jealous.

I have been attempting to eat cleaner. I have removed as much processed food from my diet as I can tolerate (baby steps). I snack a lot of carrots and hummus here of late. I found this gem at Trader Joes... 
OH MY GRAVY! Buy this if you can. Yumm-O. I tell you what. Clean eating has made a huge difference for me. The weight is not going down as quickly as I would like, but I am not bloated, and my stomach is pretty flat for having carried two children. I also drink water like a fish which means I pee 900,000 million times a day. I do have bad moments. Like when my hubby figures out how cheap cake mix is, and wonders why I don't just make cakes all the time. Then I eat like 4 cupcakes in a week. Yeah, there are times like that.

Up next on the old bloggeroo... Little man's Cardinal's party.

It is Official...

I am a terrible blogger. I am not going to promise to do better, but dang it I am going to try. Get ready for more of me (I hope).  :/

Pants Redo

I was in a bit of a fashion slump recently. I had some pants that I never wore in my closet. Flares. Honestly, I cannot pull off flare. WAY too hippy this chicka is. I got a brain storm going and realized I could edit my pants to more of a skinny style. I enlisted my hub's grandma, love that lady, and she helped me give my pants a new life.

First we pinned them (I was sans camera during this portion). We did this while I was wearing the pants inside out. We then stitched them with her handy dandy sewing machine.

Flipped them right side out and made sure they were even before we committed to removing the excess fabric.

A good cut... (This is a different pair. I did three pairs)

Ta da!! (Please ignore my messy closet in the background)

Soooooo much better!! I am very pleased with the way they turned out. I think I will try clothes editing more often. Might make Goodwill shopping more fun on my non exsistent clothing budget. My photographer was my daughter.