How did it get to be December 6th already?!?!

I know the month in halfway over but I wanted to put a plan together so I worked backwards.

Life has been crazy and I’ve been flying by the seat of my pants with cooking.  NO MORE!  My monthly menus help me so much!  It is HOT, HOT, HOT in Boise in August so almost every single meal is going to be done on the grill.  Can’t wait!

I didn’t do an April monthly menu and BOY could you tell.  I never knew what I was making, I was unmotivated to cook and I made some disastrous dishes.  I did, actually, make some good ones too but not enough to have not learned my lesson.

May’s menu will be up shortly!

I almost forgot to do this this month.  What is wrong with me?!?!

Now I need to make my grocery list and GO SHOPPING!  We’ll see how the local grocery store does compared to Whole Paycheck.  I’m hoping it’s a success!

I’ll be back later with pictures from our awesome hike that we did this morning.

I’m feeling a bit better.  I’d say 70%.  I’ll be working from home tomorrow and I hope back to 100% by Wednesday.  I wasn’t able to keep the soup down at lunch but I was able to have a protein shake at 5 and then I had dinner-Teriyaki Chicken and “Fried” rice.  Lucy ate like a madwoman today (making up for Mommy).  She had 3/4 of a large avocado, 1 chicken thigh, a LARGE helping of “fried” rice, and 3 Healthy Times cookies.  I swear I don’t know where that kid puts it.  This is after she had crackers and milk at 3, yogurt at 4, and crackers and cheese at 5 at daycare.

Anyway.  I felt good enough to put together my menu for this month.  It features a lot of crock pot recipes.  I LOVE my new crock pot. Here’s the plan: