Birthday Weekend in Nashville

A small trip like this is just what the doctored ordered!
I have been super flustered lately and unable to get anything done properly or at all! I have taken a step back from all my outside work and home activities to get things back to normal and it just wasn't working!

I wish I could say I have it all together but I felt like I was failing in every thing I was doing. Tyler says on the outside you couldn't tell anything was wrong but he knew I was struggling so we planned a get away to revamp. Just what I needed!! We got to see one of my best friends and spend quality time as a family...no fighting, nothing negative happened, everything was just great! All in all it was a relaxing weekend away and a wonderful time! One of my favorite things was getting to turn 25 in Nashville with my loves!

On Sunday, we got home and all I wanted to do was clean the windows...lol. Something must have worked because on Monday I end up finishing my whole to do list! Spring cleaning is done in one day and I mowed for the second time already! Heck yes!!

Week 9- Meals

Hey Everyone! So the 2 weeks without restaurant food went well for the first 7 days then downhill from then on! We enjoyed a weekend away in Nashville for my birthday but with our busy schedule leading up to the trip we ate out 2 times! :(

Monday- Rosemary Chicken & Potatoes(McCormick mixes) , Corn on the cob, Pineapple

Tuesday-Grilled Chicken, Steamed Broccoli

Wed-Out to eat

Thursday- ??

Friday- Nashville

Sat- Nashville

Sunday- Pork Chops, Baked Beans, Buttered cabbage

Week 8 - Meals

Monday- Chicken & Broccoli Bake, Baked Potatoes, zucchini and squashed(grilled)

Tuesday- Steak & Veggie Kabobs

Wed- Veggie soup & Grilled Cheese

Thursday- pizza & Salad

Friday- No idea what we ate:/

Sat- Roast- dinner

Sunday - Spaghetti & Garlic bread

Week 7

Okay so I skipped posting week 6, my husband was out of town all week. I still did my weekly planning but it was pretty simple meals like spaghetti, stir-fry, leftovers and homemade pizza. stir-fry

Wow 7 weeks of meal planning...its super easy and saves a ton of money! Let see I spend about $70.00 a week....this includes meals for the week, snacks for the week, and lunch food for my son and husband(just in case there isn't any leftovers). Feeding a family of 4 at $280.00 a month is huge for me! I would love to get it cheaper(I will be working on that soon!).  That's a huge improvement from my monthly shopping and spending of over 400!

Here's what we ate last week.

Monday- Cheesy Enchilada's(hamburger helper style-my hubby's favorite) & Butter bread.

Tuesday- Out to eat - Movie night with kids

Wed- BBQ Grilled Pork Chops & Sun dried Potato's

Thursday- Out to eat again(UGH!)

Friday- Ranch & Herb pork chops & Homemade mac & cheese

Saturday- Pizza for lunch
                -Homemade Hamburgers - dinner

Sunday- Spaghetti dinner @ Tanors school
            - Tacos/salad -dinner


My goal is to not eat out in the next two weeks(ending this on the 23rd)! Wish me luck because taming our crazy busy life so we can manage that is gonna be difficult! Hopefully I still have hair come the March 23rd!

My fancy - burn pile craft :)

I found this beauty in the burn pile behind our house when we moved in and couldn't help but take it and make it into a craft!

I saw something similar on pinterest so I snaked the idea a little. :)  I haven't found the right place for it in our house yet but it was fun to go through all the pictures again and pick out our favorites. The kids have been missing Layla alot lately so keep your eyes open for our next project!

Getting My Butt Into Shape

Ugh...I hate to work out I really do...its just so difficult to find something that keeps my attention!

I bought and tried the Zumba dvd's about 6 months ago...hated it...I really don't see what people see in Zumba...I mean sure its fun but I hit a point where it wasn't doing anything for my body anymore.

So I tried basic workouts again but I hit a wall nothing was working for me...I was bored!

I received this in the mail today...

I have heard great things about it but we will see!

I will try to update you all on how things go from here on out! June 1st is the big swimsuit reveal so I need to get this body toned up again!  I plan on doing this and a little of P90x as well (which is new for me as well)! Wish me luck!

Dollar Tree - my amazing find!

I have had silicon baking stuff before but I really  didn't like them much they are horrible and just not easy to use!

This is my Dollar Tree find!

I am a bit obsessed with the Dollar Tree, lately I have been finding great deals there and saving money while doing it! I am budgeting like crazy so we can become debt free again soon!

If you do alot of cupcake or muffin baking then go buy these now! We live on homemade muffins at my house and nothing has ever been easier then these! The muffin/cupcake comes right out of them with no effort and they are so thin and easy to clean!

I am in LOVE!! Seriously get your butt to the dollar tree and dont miss these(who knows how long they will be there)!!

I have been using them almost daily for 2 weeks and I am still in LOVE!

Meal plan week 5

Sorry, Its late again! I promise I am going to try to get better at posting things the day they are supposed to be but family time is way more important!  Any who, here is our meal plan for the week...Tyler is gone all of week 6 so this week my goal was to NOT eat out once all week! I almost made it but I ate at Mcd's one day for lunch!

Monday- Grilled Brushetta Chicken (LOVED)  and grilled cabbage, BBQ Baked beans

Tuesday- Eye of round skillet(LOVE THIS TOO), smashed garlic potato's and corn

Wed- Spaghetti and Garlic bread

Thursday- Steak, potato salad, green beans

Friday- BBQ Pork Sandwich & Italian Pasta(I made mine a little different tho) & left over potato salad

Saturday- Cheesy Hamburger Skillet

Sunday- Homemade Hamburgers & Mac & Cheese

LAUGHS - Date night

Do you find it hard to find a night out and enjoy time just the two of you? Or are you just looking for new date ideas? Then this is for you!!

Tyler and I had the worst day and really needed a night out just the two of us. Only problem is we waited til the last minute to decide we did and then it was to late to find a sitter so we had a date night with the kids! We enjoyed a nice dinner and after we played a little game. We both gave each other a $5.00 limit and went to the Dollar tree. While at the Dollar tree you are allowed 10 minutes to find 5 items that will make the other laugh in ANY way. At first I thought this was pretty... um stupid but it made us laugh all the way home and the kids enjoyed it!


Once the kids went to sleep we enjoyed a little drink and shared our "buys" with each other...I haven't laughed so hard with Tyler in so so long. I would share some of the ideas but that's cheating! ;)

Do you have any crazy date night ideas? We are trying to do new and exciting things so please share them with us if you do!!

Cheap Home Decor

Tyler and I have been looking for cheap decorations for our new house since we wont be living here for very long...so I have been searching the web like crazy for stuff! This is one of our projects we made for the bedroom. It literally cost me $1.50 to make...gotta love cheap projects!

All you need is a soda bottle, paint, and I used cardboard for the back(but I heard you can use poster board or canvas). I have no problem throwing these away if and when we move!