Weekly Menu Plan January 21 to January 27

I am thinking it will be new recipe week! We will see if that continues since I seemed to have caught the crummy cold going around! Pinterest has so many wonderful recipes out there lately!


Monday - Oven Tacos

Tuesday - Homemade Pizza

Wednesday - Church Night

Thursday - Spaghetti

Friday - Taco Cupcakes

Saturday - Roast

Sunday - Southwest Soup

30 Things To Do Before I'm 30!

I got to thinking, I never got my list going for before I'm 30! I got to thinking of different things and it was weird how hard it was to come up with the whole list. Some are already done, others will be done soon! I am hoping I can complete the whole list before my birthday in September so we will see! Some are easy, some are a bit harder but either way, I should have a nice busy year!

30 Things To Do Before I'm 30!

1. Do a 5K 
2. Second holes in ears
3. Run for school board
4. Go to Sea World
5. Go to Colorado
6. Be 200 lbs
7. Get a passport
8. Complete couch to 5k
9. Go ice skating
10. Go to a concert
11. Finish one of my stories
12. Run for Policy Council
13. Learn to cook something new
14. Read the whole Bible
15. Weekend away just John
16. Get professional pics taken
17. Dirty Girl Race in Wichita 7/13
18. Read one book a month
19. Slumber party with the kids
20. Watch The Godfather
21. Learn to play chess
22. Wichita Grand Opera's "Don Pasquale"
23. Learn Spanish
24. Take a cooking class
25. Date night at the Warren Balcony
26. Find all pineapples in Psych
27. Take a train ride
28. Go to the dentist (if you know me, this is HARD one!)
29. Random act of kindness
30. Have a 30th Bday party!!!

Taco Bowls

Well, tried something different last night! Woohoo! One goal I am keeping with! One other goal we have decided as a family is to not eat out at all for the whole month of January. It's going to be interesting since we seem to eat out a lot more than I like to admit!

So, I decided for dinner we would have taco bowls. My wonderful mom bought me the mold things to make the bowls out of tortilla shells so I decided it would be great to try them. 

 The bowl mold works great! Issue I had is I didn't think they were cooking well enough and too soft. Of course when I took them out they got hard! Next time going to be better now that I know!

I also couldn't find any taco seasoning so I thought what the heck and I made my own!

 

For the seasoning, I did equal parts of chili powder, garlic powder and onion powder. It was seriously the best taco seasoning I have tasted! So much better for you too!

I decided chicken sounded better than hamburger so shredded up the extra I had from a rotisserie chicken and added 1/2 cup water and some seasoning. It smelled so good! Let it boil then I had it sit to cool off and soak up more flavor.

 

The kids and I then decided all the toppings that should go in it. We chose refried beans, lettuce, corn and mexican cheese. 

We put it all together and it made a great dinner!

We are definitely putting this into our rotation for foods to make for dinner! Do you have any good recipes to try? I'm excited to try some more new ones!

Happy New Year!

It has been a long year for 2012! Lots of ups and downs and whirlwinds of fun and trouble. Now we are in 2013. I don't know what is in store for this year but there are definitely a lot of firsts to come.


I am excited for:

• My kids being 5, 4, and 3
• My oldest starting kindergarten
• My youngest starting preschool
• Celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary
• Pirate work party costume party!
• Turning 30!

My goals for 2013:

• Be more involved in Head Start
• Decide on Policy Council or School Board
• Loose 50lbs or more
• Do at least 3  5ks!
• Get more involved in church
• Do more charity work
• Be better with our budget
• Be a better person
• Make a few new recipes
• Try something new every month

I hope you all have a great year! I know many things happen and I am ready for what life can bring! I think 2013 is going to be a great year!

Weight Loss Update :)

According to myfitnesspal, I am down 24 lbs total since the beginning of my weight loss journey. In the last month, I have lost around 13 lbs! Its a great victory I hope to keep up and get to my ultimate goal weight! Here are pictures from last month to this month.