Forever Beloved

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meal planning monday

so i’m going to start a new monday tradition at the little bloggie here…meal planning monday…i am a complete LOVER of planning my meals ahead…prepping for meals beforehand…makes my life SO much easier!  i also am a complete LOVER of recipes, cooking and eating (of course)…let me know how you like the new weekly post…

monday – hobo bean soup …i love this soup (the oldest little does NOT, he isn’t a lover of beans)…it’s packed full of fiber and isn’t bad on the diet…i cut the sugar amounts in half (to also be easier on the diet) and i didn’t add bacon to it.

tuesday – spaghetti and meatballs…no exciting recipe to share for this day…home canned sauce and frozen meatballs…and some garlic bread on the side  🙂

wednesday – broccoli and cheese stuffed chicken breasts…jade will just LOVE this, joey will not.  he also isn’t a fan of broccoli…yes, he is my snoopy one.  i’m thinking a side of rice might go well with this.

thursday – french dip beef sammy and onion rings…i expect this will be a large hit with the littles…finally, something joey won’t turn his nose up at…

friday – this night is up in the air…jade wants me to take her to pizza hut to use up her bookit coupons BUT we might go saturday instead.  if we stay home we will be having meat pie made from the leftover french dip beef from thursday…

saturday – no cooking this day…out to dinner with the fam  🙂

sunday –  joes famous bbq ribs and cheesy potatoes and ranch bread…can’t hardly wait for this comfort packed meal!!!

out for now
~kisses

♥ march ♥

this little pup just makes my heart happy…he sure loves his mama more than anything…
oh march is here, finally…that gives me hope that spring is on the way and right around the corner (i hope)…i’m sooooo totally over snow and winter…i’m ready for some warm weather and sunny skies!  and as selfish as it sounds, to have my husband to myself in the evenings and on the weekends. 
can you believe my little bloggie has been viewed 40,000 times?!?!?!  AND last month i actually blogged every single day…isn’t there an award for that or something?
we had a wonderful weekend…friday night the roads were complete yuck and joe had to work till midnight so the kids and i snuggled up on the couch and watched dvr’d shows from last week (abdc and project runway). 
saturday we let daddy sleep in for a bit…i made us some cinnamon rolls and the littles and i snuggled on the couch again and watched little house (one of my FAV shows ever!)…once joe was up we headed over to altoona to the sportsman show, it was a pretty good time.  we also ate at outback and did some shopping.  we had a GREAT day together, it was much needed.  saturday evening we put on our pajamas, snuggled back up and watched movies.
sunday joe got called out to work  🙁  which was a complete boo…but the littles and i made the best of the day.  i had tons of laundry to do, we had shoveling to do and i made two big pots of bean soup (ham and bean AND hobo bean)…joe actually got off of work at 8 rather than midnight and was home early enough to spend some time with us  🙂  complete yay!!!
out for now
~kisses

~change~

Change always comes bearing gifts   ~Price Pritchett
change and i haven’t always been friends over the years…normally change is something i resist at all costs.  change would make me so angry and frustrated and eventually i would just give up, finding it much easier to just not change. 
last year i realized easier isn’t always better.  and i knew in my heart there were things i wanted to change, things i HAD to change.  i also knew i couldn’t do it alone, the only way my change would be successful was with the help of God.  and i prayed…and prayed…and prayed…He was there and listening.  my change has been a success because of Him helping me.
today i find myself humbled and again at His feet, praying for help and change.  i know i can’t do it alone and honestly, i wouldn’t want to.  when it comes to change, there is God’s part, and there is our part. if we want to change, we can.  but we have to do it God’s way.

out for now
~kisses