SO What Wednesday

It's time for SO What Wednesday...

SO what... if worked sucked yesterday.  We were swamped due to a new app launch and I worked my butt off all day. 

SO what... if my boss messaged me to ask me if I was also working while listening in to a conference call... really? Of course I was... Our clients were able to call in to something called a war room to ask questions... so sometimes the war room was dead and other times it was super busy.  I was just supposed to listen in (my phone was on mute) to hear how they go as I have never been part of one before.  While doing this I worked and worked and worked my entire shift.  

SO what... it still beats all of the hassles and headaches of teaching... even on the crappy days.

SO what... if I had the worst stomach bug ever on Monday... like you wouldn't believe me if I told you how awful it was... and embarassing...

SO what... if I didn't make it to the grocery store this week until Tuesday...and I didn't meal plan... and just added the ingredients for three quick dinners I knew I could quickly make.

SO what... if I emailed our accountant twice asking where my packet was to submit out taxes... and still haven't filled out the form or printed out my husband's W-2s.

SO what... if I read an article via Facebook about how soda is so horrendous for you...and here I sit drinking a diet wild cherry Pepsi.

SO what... if my sister texted me yesterday to tell me she had to put her dog to sleep.  And I cried.  I don't even like dogs...or pets...or most animals... but I was sad... so sad for my sister, her husband, and their two small kids.

February 2012 Plans & Goals + a Photo Challenge

I am hoping my February plans and goals will be more successful than my January ones.

I read ever the weekend on this blog about a February photo challenge I can do through Instagram.  I cannot wait to get started.

January 2012 Goals & Plans - A Review

So let me just say I didn't knock off as much as I wanted to in January. 

I DID make three new meals.  I actually made more than three.

Chris and I DID go on a date night to a favorite local place one Friday night when Maddie was at a school event.

And the rest... well I didn't complete.  I did use My Fitness Pal... some.  I got caught up on a lot of magazines.  I read a bunch of blogs.

Oops... I really need to be more with it for February.

Miscellany Monday

- My weekend was pretty busy.  We had lunch with my mother-in-law to celebrate her birthday, went to Home Goods, and watched 50/50 (good movie) on Saturday. Maddie and I traveled to Massachusetts for the day to visit family, have lunch, go shopping, and then we stayed for dinner. I wasn't home much at all. My house is a wreck.  I never made a weekly meal plan.  I need to grocery shop.

- I made these fabulous Reese's Pieces White Chocolate bars Saturday night and I cannot wait to share the recipe this week.

- I picked up Peanut Butter Cheerios at Target yesterday after reading about them on a blog and I cannot wait to try them.

- I bought a new rug for my entry way and a new canvas painting for my living room this weekend.  I love them both.

- I need to work on my goals for February... it should be pretty easy as I will just transfer over many of the January ones I didn't do.

- We have an informational meeting this week for an overnight field trip for Madison.  This makes me a little very nervous (the trip... not the meeting).

- I don't care for Mondays.  It is my long day "at" work. I work a 9-3 shift and then a 5-8 shift.


I am linking up at lowercase letters today.

Dear______, (Letters I Would Like to Send)

I saw this on a few other blogs and thought it would be fun to do today...  Here are some letters I would like to send...

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Dear Boss,

Thank you so much for scheduling me today with a four hour break in between my shifts. I was able to leave my house during the day.  I went to Panera and TJ Maxx and felt like a normal person again.  It was great.

Sincerely,

Happy Employee

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Dear Old & Crazy Man at Panera,

Thank you for totally cutting me in line.  You must also be blind, because why else wouldn't you have seen me standing there ready to place my order.  It is only because I was so blissfully happy to be out and about in the middle of the day that I chose to ignore it and patiently wait to place my order. 

Sincerely,

Lady You Cut In Line
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Dear Rhode Island DMV,
 
I guess it wasn't enough I had to go to the DMV twice.  Or that you required a ridiculous amount of paperwork.  Or that you charged a fortune... and have yet to even cash my checks.  Or even that you put the wrong last name on our car's registration.  But had I known you print the driver's WEIGHT on the licenses (they do not do that in VIRGINIA) I would have deducted way more weight than I did when I filled out the form.
 
Sincerely,
 
Lady Who Doesn't Want People I Write Checks To Knowing My Weight
 
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Dear Super Sweet Cousin,
 
You are an angel.  You are one of the nicest, sweetest, kindest people I know.  But your baby is due exactly when my baby should be due.  I am still sad, bitter, and angry.  I simply cannot attend your baby shower that I just found out about.  I will however promise to send you a kick ass gift.  I am good at sending great baby gifts... apparently not so good at staying pregnant.
 
Sincerely,
 
Lady Who Refuses To Attend Baby Showers
 
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Dear Uterus and Ovaries,
 
I hate you.   I hate you for not giving me my period this week.  It is not a very nice trick to play on someone who desperately wants to be pregnant again. Or on someone who is tracking like a crazy woman.  Can you just come on time? Or not come at all...let's say for 9+ months?  Why do you screw with me and come late (when I am not pregnant)?
 
Sincerely,
 
Woman Who Wants a Baby

SO WHAT Wednesday

I am linking up with Shannon at Life After I Do for -

SO WHAT... if this morning after I put Madison on the bus I got back in bed. I then watched Teen Mom (Jenelle is a MESS) and then Tori & Dean before work at 10 AM.

SO WHAT... if for the past three days I ate my lunch (a homemade chicken salad sandwich on rye) during breakfast time and my breakfast (Van's whole grain waffles) during lunch time.  Yep... I have had the exact same breakfast and lunch the past three days. 

SO WHAT... I am really considered deleting the Facebook app from my phone.  I am way too addicted to it.

SO WHAT... if we've had pizza twice this week.  My husband ordered pizza on Monday while I was working instead of making the dinner I had planned.  Tonight I made homemade pizzas - a pepperoni and a BBQ chicken one.

SO WHAT... if my exciting activity tomorrow is a trip to Wal Mart. Madison is babysitting in the afternoon and we need shelves for our garage and an organizer for our bathroom.

SO WHAT... if I don't tum our heat up past 62 degrees in the winter.  We can very easily cover up with blankets while watching TV in the evenings.  Plus Madison has two down comforters on her bed.  She is plenty warm enough.  Oil heat is expensive.  I keep it at 59 during the day when it is just me at home and when we sleep at night.  It really isn't as cold as that may seem.

 

5 Ingredient Cookie Bars - YUMMY Recipe

Of course I found this great recipe on Pinterest... so I need to give credit to Not Rachel Ray and to What Megan's Making where she adapted the recipe from. I am pretty convinced you can add  anything to the batter and these would be amazing.  I have made them twice so far with leftover peanut butter m&ms.  I sent them in last week to Madison's school as a dessert for her science fair judges.  Her science teacher tried one and told her during class they were amazing.  I usually do not buy Bisquick, but had some leftover from the 7 Up Biscuits I made the other week that I got from Plain Chicken... so I was happy to find a dessert recipe I could use the rest of the box on.

Source: notrachaelray.com via Melissa on Pinterest

Remembering...

I had two Macys' giftcards left over from one of my bridal showers.  Last weekend I ordered this charm for my Pandora bracelet... to remember our baby we lost in November.

It arrived this afternoon.  I put it on my Pandora bracelet... and I love it. The feet look dirty in this pic... but it is just the lighting.

Would You Believe Me?

Would you believe me if I told you..

-That yesterday I moved our kitchen table into the foyer to work. I love this new setup and plan on doing it every day now.

- That I ordered these shoes slippers last week and I cannot wait until they arrive.  They are Uggs... I chose these instead of the boots... I plan on wearing them...everywhere I go... which is like to the grocery store.

- That I went back to the DMV yesterday and it was packed.  Thankfully I had a ticket which said I had been there before and I was called pretty quickly... only to find out when I got up there that they NEEDED MY HUSBAND... cue panic... and three phone calls until I got ahold of him.  I pretty much said "get your ass here now"... ten minutes later there he was... and we got everything handled with my license and car.

- That when I got home and looked at my registration before putting it in my glove box... the lady listed our last name WRONG... yes... WRONG... she listed it as ending in a -ARIO instead of a -ADO... really slow and crappy Rhode Island DMV people?

- That I basically told my husband I was done with the DMV and he would have to handle the registration name screw-up on  his own when he goes back next week for his license...

- That I have an expensive digital camera... that I never use... I pretty much just use my iPhone.

-That today I am planning a trip to Ikea. Woohoo!!

Insta Friday

Here is a little recap of our past week via Instagram photos...

The book I started reading...



Dinner one night this week - a baked rigatoni made with two different sauces...



Maddie at our Panera date last Sunday...

Toffee nut cookie at Panera...so good... I so have to recreate this recipe at home...

The BEST salad at Panera... this is the half Blue Cheese & Steak Chopped Salad... another recipe I need to create because I could eat it every.single.day...

After our Panera date we went to the book store and Madison used some gift cards + my teacher discount I still use to pick out these two books...

Another Panera trip... carrot cake cupcakes...with a cream cheese filling... I will  be recreating these.

A quote I found... and am trying to remember...everyday...



Our house...this morning... in the snow...



A photo I took this morning while waiting for Madison's bus to pick her up.

Madison before school this morning...wearing a new sweater she got for Christmas...



A view of our neighbor's house I took from our front door this morning...



Something else I made this week... leftover buffalo chicken dip scooped om little bread slices = Buffalo Chicken Crostini...yum...