Seeing as I can somehow never manage to post some things I’m super grateful for on Thursday, I’ve just made it a quasi-tradition to now post my Thankful Thursday items on Friday instead (in case you didn’t notice, that’s my fancy excuse for laziness).
So this week…drumroll please….I’m super duper fantabulously excitedly grateful for:
1. E-MEALZ.com
I can’t quite recall the last time I was this excited about something so silly…and yet so profound (oh wait, except for item 2). I discovered e-mealz.com a couple weeks ago, but never put it to the test. I had SO MUCH FUN COOKING this week! Seriously, can you believe I just said that? I’m astonished as well. I cooked: maple pork chops, blue cheese buttered roast, french dip sandwiches, beefy black bean rice, cashew chicken salad. Some firsts for me: I actually cooked chicken with the bone-in (I have strange meat/poultry phobias). I cooked a roast for the first time. I fed my children pork chops for the first time (again, Spence and I didn’t eat much meat/pork).
E-mealz basically plans all your meals for the week, hooks you up with a snazzy meal plan with instructions included and then in a separate document sends you a grocery list with things on sale!!! HOLLA!! I danced a little jig (you can’t see me so I decided to tell you). It’s like my secret handbook to be a stepford wife or something. My little cheat sheet. My cliff’s notes on all things cooking/meal planning.
And the most fabulous thing is…it’s only $5 a month! That is like taking candy from a baby for me!!! Please, if you struggle with planning meals that are creative and get you excited about cooking, then check them out. Tell them I sent you…maybe they’ll hook a sista up.
2. My SPECIAL Racetrac cup
I don’t know about you, but I have this thing called a vehicle that I have to fill up with gas every so often (ok, for me, it’s like every 3 days because I’m on the go so much…but whatev). Why not fill up for gas at a place that gives you FREE slushies every time you walk in! Now, to be fair I had to spend $6.99 for a special cup…but I get free refills all summer! I know I LOVE some slushies in this hot, humid, sweatilicous GA summer time. I seriously stop every day for a slushie. Must remind myself to work out more often from consuming all that sugar. If you’re a slushie lova like me…go get you a special cup. Seriously. Genius marketing ploy….yummm…..sluuuuuuuuuuuushies.
As always I’m grateful for my family, friends and children this week. Angelina had cheerleading camp Mon-Wed. She is SUCH a cheerleader…oh boy, what am I in for?!? I was so NOT a cheerleader. She also learned to swim today at the request of Angela B. I’ve tried for years, but noooooooo, she didn’t want anything to do with me teaching her. Go figure. I realized some incredibly challenging stuff about myself this week too–my views on life and business. I am vowing to change some things. I don’t want to become a “maybe later” parent (read this article). I don’t think I am one, but I know I could become one…if I didn’t stay in check. I also went to an amazing single’s bible study where my mind was blown about what a covenant is, more specifically God’s blood covenant…truly amazing lesson.
That’s it for today. I would leave you with a picture of some of the food I cooked…but alas, I’m too tired to upload them now…so here’s a recent picture of one of the cutest wee ones ever.
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