What's on the menu....

Here is the plan for this week....Anyone have good lunch ideas?

Lunch

Chicken wraps

mini pizzas

nachos

mac and cheese

sandwiches

pancakes

Snacks

Golden Grahams mix

fruit smoothies

7 layer dip

fruit

cookies-n-milk

ice cream cones

vegis w/ dip

Dinner

Bacon Cheddar Burgers on the grill

Bowtie Pasta

Ham and Potatoe Casserole

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Smothered Steak

Project 22 of 52: Water Fountain

We are on the bottom half of the year and I am almost to my halfway point of my 52 projects. Not too bad considering the move and all. I am glad I did so many at the beginning. I have been able to get a few craft projects done. It is going to be touch and go as most of my craft supplies are still packed. I don't have a place to set things up yet but we are working on it. The boys rooms come first.....

As I scrolled back through my wish list of ideas I decided this water fountain would be great on my new front porch.

I learned a few things with this simple project but first here is a picture of mine...

I spray painted the pots. I couldn't find wooden balls at Home Depot so I used PCV pipe caps. They worked well but are not staying on. I have to find some different glue. I had used Gorilla glue. Of course with the plastic pots they don't tip and rock like the heavier pots would. I wish I had gotten a heavier pot though. I think it would look better. I may get a different one or just put a vinyl word on the plastic one. Gotta decide on which way. I found a kit with the pump, spray nozzel and everything. This works great. I have 2 different spouts to choose from. Matthew even thinks it's great....

His small soccer ball fits perfect on the spout. Even better is the drinking fountain. Don't worry I rinsed off the rocks...huh, yeah. Boys will be boys. Of course he managed to pull the spout off within a couple of days and now it is stashed who know where. *sigh* maybe the store will have another one. I also needed to seal the hole in the small pot. I would like to have the water trickle over the edge of the small pot into the large one but right now it drains out the bottom of the small pot.

Fun project. Easy to do. Requires drying time at several steps. Invites little boys to play.....Yep, I'll have to redo this then VOILA! I'll post my redo. Some projects just don't turn out the first time but they are still fun to do. Besides, isn't this how you learn?!

Scrapping Sunday

I didn't get much scrapping done this week. I did however download some great kits. I will try to do some of them up this next week and share next Sunday. Here are some layouts I have done in the past.

With a rainy spring we had slugs in the weeds. Tyler had a hayday as I was weeding. Makes my skin crawl but boys love this kinda stuff.! Perfect for this kit!

Fitness Friday

Ok, so as things are settling in I am trying to get back to fitness. I am totally out of shape and weigh more than ever in my life. Loosing wieght gets so much harder the older you get but staying in shape helps with balance and bone growth as we age too. No, I'm not old but I am not young anymore either. I want to join Weight Watchers online again but haven't done that yet. Gotta look at our budget with Robin first. In the meantime, I know a lot of things I can do. I also know the boys could benefit from more biking, hiking,walking, running etc. So my plan is to do a new challenge each week. Join in if you want. Share your ideas on my path to fitness. I would love to get back to my skinny jeans but mostly I want to improve my health, activity level and stamina.

This next week I am working on 2 goals:

walking every day

drinking 8 glasses of water each day

I have been better about walking but not consisitantly, especially after working all night. Also by the end of the day I often realize I was too busy with house chores to drink enough water. Water is fuel for the body to burn more calories. I don't drink much else so I know I am really dehydrated, especially in the summer heat. If I improve my hydration I will feel better too.

Anyone want to join the challenge? What goals are you working on? Baby steps and little by little I will get in shape.

What's on the menu

Here is this weeks plan.

Lunch:

PB&J (isn't this a summer staple?)

Ramen noodles with mixed vegis added

Pancakes (the boys love 'em any time of the day)

Mini pizzas

Mac & Cheese (another summer staple)

Anyone have some great ideas for kids summer lunch? I have a hard time with that one.....

Snacks

Baked Oatmeal with berries

Lemon Cream Dessert

Cookies

Apples

String cheese

Cheese and crackers

Popcorn

Not much changes with the snacks but anyhooo.....

Dinner

Parmasan chicken with green salad (get it from Jaimie HERE)

Chicken salad wraps with potato salad

BBQ Hamburgers with pistachio mallow salad

BBQ Chicken with corn on the cob

Sandwich ring from Pampered Chef wtih BLT mac salad

Crab Salad Croisants

So what's for dinner at your place this week?

Enjoy!