New Year's Resolution

2 Months down...10 months to go.  I'm still doing OK even with a few challenges this month.  One of them is that my girls are starting to need spring clothes.  Here in California we've had a couple of short sleeve weather days already and I had to go online and shop for them.  I just stayed in the little girls sections as best I could.

I also had to go to the mall twice.  The first time was to get Lance new jeans and to get our computer fixed at the Apple Store.  Surprisingly, I was OK jeans shopping.  I had to stay focused because it was in Lucky Brand and I love that store. But I survived.

The second time we went to the mall was to get Lance new suits.  (He's been losing a lot of weight doing his killer workouts at Urban Fitness.  He LOVES it!)  Macy's had an incredible sale on men's suits.  All their clearance suits were buy one at 50% off and get another one free.  We saved $900 on two really nice suits.  But I digress... I have to say though, I wasn't tempted at all that day. I actually loved getting Lance new clothes and shoes.  It was fun to shop for him so maybe that was a vicarious shopping high for me!

I did hate throwing the Anthropologie catalog away without looking at it, but I knew I'd see things I wanted.  Plus I've already started making a list of things I want to buy on my shopping trip in April.  So far I have these cross trainers, a wallet, a bathing suit, and some workout pants.  I'm sure the list will grow in March, but for now I'm still going strong!

February Recap

I don't know why, but the shortest month of the year always feel sooo long to me! We did a few fun things this month though.

We went back to Monterey for the final week of Lance's training.  This time we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  A friend had free passes she let us use (she's awesome) which was good because at this age my kids only lasted there 2 hours. 

 We went to the beach and Dennis the Menace Park. 

Of course we celebrated Valentine's Day.   We woke up to a table full of presents from Lance to his little valentines.  Every year he gets the girls valentine's jammies.  Then we had our traditional heart shaped pancakes for breakfast.

We delivered a few "lovebug" cookies to friends,

and then I was able to go to Oakland to have lunch with Lance in Jack London Square.  We had a great meal at Bocanova.  The weather was beautiful!

Lance gave me my Valentine's gift...super decadent chocolate from Recchiuti in San Francisco. Exactly what I was hoping for! (You can see there are a few pieces missing from the box already!).

The rest of the month was school, play dates,
appointments and normal stuff like that. I did get a new do...a little shorter.

And now I am ready for March!

Finger Lickin' Good

I want to share a recipe with you that you will think sounds so gross you can't believe I would make it let alone tell the world about it.  But... I grew up eating this and all my siblings loved it.  Now I make it for my kids and the three girls affectionately known as "our little food wasters" can't get enough of it.  Seriously.  Sophie had three helpings tonight, Avery and Riley had two. Miraculous.  Plus this recipe is super easy and super inexpensive.  Intrigued yet?

Here's the recipe. 

One package of ground turkey (we used ground beef growing up.  Either works.)
One box of macaroni and cheese
One can of cream of mushroom soup.

Brown the turkey and drain the fat.  Make the macaroni and cheese according to the directions on the box.  I use the light prep version.  Mix the prepared mac and cheese with the browned ground turkey and cream of mushroom soup. Add a little salt and pepper if you like and put the mixture in a casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes and voila!  Dinner is ready!  I served it with green beans for a complete meal. 

It makes about 8 servings and only 200 calories a serving!  Seriously, you should try this!