Weekend Update

On Friday I made the Pork Chops with Dijon Herb Sauce and it was AMAZING. I started my pan hotter than it should have been, so my sauce ended up being more brown, than yellow...but it tasted so so so good! We both loved it. Hubby tried to get every bit of meat off of the bones. It was very easy to make, and pretty quick. My chops were a little thicker than the inch suggested in her recipe...so I just cooked them a little longer on each side. The sauce was really amazing, I can't stress that enough. I served it with red garlic mashed potatoes, and a green salad. We then followed up with lime margaritas! It was a really nice night. Little boy got two bottles of formula, because I do not breastfeed him if I have had any alcohol until I am sure the proper amount of time has passed and it is safe for him. I am very very careful about that.

Saturday I did not make one of my dinners. We had strawberry margaritas this night...and neither of us felt like eating much. I made a little mac n cheese...he ate most of it, and I had a salad. It was another great night that we spent just hanging out, watching movies, playing with our little lovebug, and having a lot of fun. I also got BEAUTIFUL flowers from my amazing cousin. They are the prettiest flowers I have every gotten!




Today was my first Mother's Day! It was such a wonderful day. The morning was pretty low-key, and while I was taking a shower my boys put gifts for me on the dining room table! but my husband took me out to lunch for sushi...it is my favorite, but he isn't in to sushi so we have never gone! It was a real treat getting to go with him. They have a box lunch there that he really likes with sweet and sour chicken. Baby boy did great, didn't make a sound. He is so good in public!

 So I just have to show off all of my Mother's Day pictures. I love these flowers, they looked amazing from every angle.

I also love this vase! It is so beautiful! I am loving the collection of vases I have now, after getting flowers when I had little boy...I have like 7 vases now. We only had 1 before and it was tiny...It's nice to have a place to put my flowers.


Here is my handsome man, fast asleep when we got home from lunch. He is in his little overalls that he ended up destroying shortly after with a diaper explosion.







These are the frames hubby got me for Mother's Day! I love them, and I am so excited to have places to put more pictures! It also shows off little man, and my flowers again!

This is the note that "The Baby" wrote for me. My husband is so sweet sometimes!

After the diaper incident, we had some snuggles together on the couch. We were both exhausted from the whole thing!

We both fell asleep for a 5 minute catnap.












Speaking of exhaustion...I am going to go get in bed! I hope all of you mother's had a wonderful Mother's Day. And I hope everyone else told their mother how much they love them, and had a great Sunday!!!

Tomorrow I will update you all on tonight's dinner...We had the Chicken Rollatini with Prosciutto and Cheese!


 
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Carne Bistec

I started my week of SkinnyTaste meals with Carne Bistec. I used basmati rice, and it was the perfect choice! I almost used jasmine, but I think this was a much better choice (it's the kind you get at Indian restaurants)

It was really easy to make, I did however substitute a small can of tomato sauce, for actual tomatoes. My husband does not like chunks of tomato at all. I went pretty heavy on the cumin and garlic powder, but did not measure them. I went more by smell.

It smelled so good I couldn't wait to eat it...I almost forgot a picture, and had to get a picture of my leftovers, so please excuse the cheap tupperware. My husband really liked it, his only complaint was that there was too much onion. I used about half of a big yellow onion. I thought it was the perfect amount.

The rice took about 15 minutes to cook, and the rest only took about 8 minutes. It was very quick. I am so excited for tomorrows Cinco de Mayo dinner, the lime shrimp avocado salad...I am also making Mango Margaritas, with fresh pureed mango! YUM!

Today is a Good Day!

Yesterday sucked. Fight with the husband, and he decided to eat McDonald's instead of letting me cook. But today is a new day, and I will start on my planned dinners tonight. I was still feeling kind of under the weather yesterday too. It didn't help that I had gotten like zero sleep that night. (Well, about 4 hours)

Today is a new day though! I am not going to let it be bad. I feel better, am rested, and its beautiful out (and not too hot!) Here at about 1:30 I will go run. I will make a nice dinner, even if he decides not to eat it, and I will get the house cleaned up!

When I am ready to buy some new running shoes, I found the ones I want...

They are Puma's and they have a LOT of great features, and good reviews. There is more info here if you want to check them out further, but I won't bore you with it here. My shoes now aren't even really running shoes, they are just semi-athletic shoes. I figure another month or two of those won't hurt, right? Then maybe I can ask hubby to have these be a reward for doing well with my running.



I admit, learning to keep up a whole house is definitely new to me. And it's a bit overwhelming at times. Most days I get the kitchen, dining, and living room clean, because that's the space we use the most. My husband is sooo messy though, every night its trashed again. I hate it! I am not good with laundry, so we have a TON of dirty laundry, and a bunch of unfolded clean laundry. I really despise doing laundry, and it's tough doing it for 3 people. I need to get caught up, then be better about it. I have a nickname for hubby though, since he is so messy....

 

I rarely call him pigpen to his face, but he is naturally a very very very messy person. I think its because his mother always cleaned up after him. I doubt he had to do anything around the house growing up. She did not work until he was in high school. Speaking of, I really really do not want to work until my youngest child is in school, and even then, only part time. I think if you have the means to, it's very nice to be able to be involved with their school, and be the one that raises them..not a daycare. So I think I will just keep going to school. Maybe just get a Masters? Not that I am even close to a Bachelors yet. But if I go year-round online, I could probably get a Masters done by the time I am ready to work. I only want one more kid, and in about 2 years. I have a lot of time to think about all of that I guess though. I will just work on a Bachelors for now, and trying to figure out what I want to do.

Super excited for dinner tonight! Carne Bistec. I will tell you all about it tomorrow!