MIA

I have been blog lazy again. I blame school...this six weeks has been insane. I've been coming straight home and pretty much crashing every day. Cooking efforts have been minimal and the house had not been cleaned in at least two weeks. I finally had a few hours this morning to catch up on chores around here though. I guess that can happen when you go to bed early on a Friday night. And when you're procrastinating grading short answer tests. But I've vowed to stay organized this next six weeks! I'm getting to school early on Monday to clear off my desk for a fresh start. Here's to hoping at least...

::currently::

Listening to Spotify at home and loving it.

Enjoying date nights with Tyson...tonight was happy hour at Perry's, followed by Harry Potter:7b.

Perplexed by Starbucks...I asked the barista if it was peppermint time yet, and he responded that they always have that. Um, what? Tyson's response? "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."

Thankful that Sophie is finally on board with potty training. She was totally down with going in her crate (isn't that weird for a dog?), but is too cool for that now.

Basking in this glorious, cool weather!

Ignoring the huge stack of papers to grade...and work on this weekend. Boo.

Thinking I might need to take some me time to be crafty.

Cheering on Tyson...he has a half marathon this weekend!

Refusing to get sick...Mucinex and Airborne, yes please!

Menu Planning Monday

monday :: baked potato night!
tuesday :: red beans and rice
wednesday :: BLRs
thursday :: chicken ranch tacos
friday :: pizza grilled cheese

It never fails; I plan a dinner for Friday, and we never actually make it. It's more of a habit now than a belief that we'll eat it. We'll see how it goes this week!

Random Photo Wednesday

Menu Planning Monday

This weekend flew by! Luckily I only have professional development today...because I did not get enough graded. But I relaxed plenty. :o)

Menu Planning Monday
monday :: baked potatoes and leftover shredded beef
tuesday :: mini meatloaves and steamed broccoli
wednesday :: panko chicken** and salad (I feel like we had leftovers instead of this, but I'm not sure...)
thursday :: roasted garlic pizza (the crust I chose was awful [maybe my yeast is old??], so we ended up eating the toppings off and then going to Chick-fil-a. Sad but true.)
friday :: leftovers (aka we went to La Finca. oops.)

**My new favorite (quick!) way to cook chicken is to dip a raw, seasoned chicken breast in plain Greek yogurt and then roll in breadcrumbs. Sometimes Panko is the way to go, other times whole wheat breadcrumbs or Italian-seasoned sound good. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes and voila! Easy peasy, tasty chicken.

Quotable Quotes

Student: "Can I go to the bathroom?"
Me: "Nope."
Student: "That...is preposterous."
Me: "Nice word choice...still no."

I really do love working with junior high kids. :o)

I was looking through the pictures on my phone earlier and totally cracked up at this...there really are not very many good photos of Tyson and I. It's mostly just ridiculousness like this.

Random Photo Wednesday

I promise, she sat here all by herself. She just wanted to say hello!