Where did the week go?

It’s Friday and I haven’t blogged all week?  I also went to work four days a week instead of three (I usually work from home two days a week).  These two observations mean one thing: I had a stressful, busy week.

And looking back, I sure did.

Monday was the first day of spring semester classes.  Goodbye freedom.  Goodbye books I enjoy.  Goodbye time.

Ok, maybe I’m being a bit dramatic.  It wasn’t so incredibly bad.  The class is only 1.5 hours, twice a week rather than 3 hours twice a week (which my previous classes were).  Plus, the class is Life Span Development so I’m assuming it is going to be a lot easier than A&P.  Of course, that is uncertain at this point, but I’m hoping it’s true.

Along with less free time in the evening (if my time was ever really “free”), I had a big grant proposal that I was working on all week and that is stressful.  I hate grant writing.  I like thinking about new projects and designing projects in my head – but actually putting that on paper is not exciting.  Especially when there is a strict deadline and a ton of money on the line (and sometimes my job – this time my job wasn’t on the line though, so that’s a relief).  The first draft of the proposal was due today COB, so I worked until the last minute (and am hoping to revise a bit and stick my revisions into the file Monday morning before anyone else gets there).  But the worst of it’s done.  I can breathe again!

So, those are a few reasons for my absence on the blog.  I did try to be very organized this week and it worked partly.  I knew that class was going to complicate things and make it even more difficult to get stuff done and still get to bed on time.  So Sunday, I cooked and cooked and cooked.  Here is a little of what I made:

Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup, also from Gina at Skinny Taste (for some reason I took this “before” picture and forgot to take a picture after it was cooked).

This turned out to be delicious.  I was afraid Ivan would think it tasted similar to the other types of food I’ve made and he’s tired of, but he scarfed it down.  It was extra tasty with some cheddar cheese and avocado on top.  Big time yum.

 

Baked Spaghetti Squash and Cheese from Gina at Skinny Taste

I had never made spaghetti squash before, but I attempted this with the hopes that I could eat this all week.  As part of my goal of spending less than $100 a week on groceries, I have started buying the “cheap” chicken instead of the organic chicken.  Since I am apprehensive of eating regular chicken, I have had to start eating vegetarian again.  Not every day (since I did eat the soup above, but I made that with organic chicken), but more often than normal.  I still buy chicken and meat for Ivan, since he doesn’t care what kind of chicken he eats, but I’m trying to make something different for myself.  We’ll see how well that goes.  The above dish turned out pretty good.  I’m not sure I’ll make it again, but I did like it a lot.

I also made BBQ wings for Ivan.

That was a lot of cooking for Sunday.  This is what the sink looked like….

Lucky for me, Ivan cleaned up the mess!

I was a little less organized the rest of the week, but we survived.  I did make my planned meals, for the most part, and we had plenty of left overs…until I made a Chili Casserole that Ivan didn’t like.  Now I have a bunch of that left and he doesn’t really want it.  I am crossing it off my list of food to make again!

And to make the week end on a high note?  We got a 10 minute blizzard that covered the ground with snow, but didn’t make it hard to get around.  That’s a huge plus!

Dolce loved it too!

It’s suppose to snow again tonight – we’ll see.  I love snow on the weekends! 

 

What good meal did you make this week?

Do you like snow?