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Today was the Atlanta Susan G. Komen breast cancer walk. For the second year, the Sisterchick team walked.
Here are the shirts I designed. It was really great having all the names of the women we walk for on the back of the shirt.
Here are some highlights of the walk:
The Sisterchicks, minus Mandy. From the left; Kristen, Staci, Amanda, Mandi, and myself.
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Here’s our survivor- Glenda-walking through the survivor arch!
Here’s the whole gang!
After the walk, we headed over to The Flying Biscuit Cafe. Can you say, yum?
I don’t know what they are looking at, but this is just a hilarious picture!
Well, not actually a dime, but I’ve decided to plan our meals in order to try and save money. Is anyone else finding themselves not having as much spending cash with the cost of gas, which has also increased the price of…well, everything? So, right now, I have the next three nights planned. By our next pay cycle, I’m going to have 10 meals planned, saving the weekends for things like pizza or whatever.
I took the recipes from Top Chef. This week’s episode was cooking meals with kids for under $10! The top three finalists’ recipes sounded awesome, so we’re trying it out.
Day 1
Pasta Putanesca (it’s cooking as I type)
Ingredients: 1 carrot, 1 onion, olive oil, 1 garlic clove, basil, 1 large can crushed tomatoes, pasta of choice.
Directions: Sweat carrot and onion in drizzle of olive oil. Add garlic clove, basil stems & crushed tomatoes. Let cook for 45 minutes on low, stirring often. (I added a few green olives to make it more authentic) Mix with cooked pasta and serve.
(in the future, I’d shred the carrots instead of chopping-they were just too big.
Day 2
Roasted Chicken with Apple & Mixed Vegetable
Ingredients:
Chicken (they call for thighs and drums- we will use thighs and breasts), 1/4 c olive oil, 3 large carrots-sliced, 12 garlic cloves-peeled, 1 yellow onion- julienned, 1 large apple-chopped, 1 pint Brusels sprouts-halved.
Directions: In a large skillet, season the chicken with salt & pepper and olive oil. Sear in hot pan to brown and place in the oven (in large pan). Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Add the carrots and garlic cloves. Cook for 15 minutes. Add the onions, apples & brussels sprouts. Veggies and chicken should be cooked in 45 minutes, but check the thighs to make sure.
This recipe has a side dish of cucumber & tomato salad. Mix cucumber & grape tomatoes in a salad bowl with olive oil and red wine vinegar. Season with salt, pepper and chopped fresh herbs (parsley, basil and thyme). Add chopped onion.
Day 3
Stir Fry Whole Wheat Noodles (this was the winner)
Ingredients:
Small package of whole wheat noodles, 1 lb chicken breasts, 1/2 bunch bok choy- chopped, 1 red bell pepper- chopped, 1/2 onion-chopped, 1 cup edamame, drizzle of teriyaki.
Directions: Cook & blanch noodles. Saute chicken & vegetables. Add some teriyaki to deglaze. Stir fry noodles with teriyaki & vegetables & chicken.
Other than the chicken breasts, parsley & thyme (which I had), all of the ingredients cost a little under $30. Not only was it cheap, the kids get to help!
Stay tuned to see how it all tastes!
This time with the kids and my parents. Mom & Dad both ended up whining about how far it was (sorry guys), but once they experienced Super H Mart, they agreed that it was well worth the drive.
First thing we did was eat. Jake ordered beef and mushroom teriyaki, but had to try some of the octopus out of Nanny & Papa’s soup!
Mom and dad ordered cold spring rolls, hot spring rolls and an enormous bowl of soup!
I got the same thing as last time- King Dumplings and Vietnamese spring rolls. Bailey ordered sushi (salmon, avocado & cream cheese) with miso soup.
Here we are checking out the store.
Papa and Jake found the same huge seaweed that I posed with last time!
of my new exercise program- ouch. A bunch of girls at work decided to start walking/jogging/wogging/running the track outside of school every day. There are a variety of stages of fitness, so everyone just goes their own pace, often in little packs. Today was day 1 for me. Of course, I woke up with a stiff neck. I can’t turn my head to the left- yikes I decided to do it anyways. Bailey joined me and was a good support. My ipod came in handy too. :) We ended up doing 2 miles in about 30 minutes- not bad for a lazy butt like me. I’ll keep you updated on my progress. Who knows? Maybe one day I’ll be like K-dogg, my fitness hero!
Remember our cute little tree frog from last year? He’s back and fatter than last year. He’s still only about as big as my thumb nail. He also is still using our banana plant as his home. We’ve decided to name him- any suggestions?
What did Bailey want for dinner tonight? Apple slices, crackers and Stilton cheese (a very stinky blue). When she was done with hers, she moved on to my plate of crackers, Stilton & a grapefruit. LOL
He can build anything. He surprised me on Thursday by coming home from Home Depot with lumber and in two days had completed steps to our backyard from the retaining wall. Previously, to get down to our backyard, we either had to go down through the basement, or go all the way around the house down a steep hill, so this is a big deal!
Here is a picture when it was in progress.
No, that’s not some fancy restaurant, it’s our backyard! Mike, Heather, and the girls came over and Jake had Ahmed and Evan over as well. First, we built a fire with pinon wood from New Mexico. Then we roasted hot dogs.
Then, we ate the dogs!
Next came the smores. Yummy!
Gotta love hanging with your best friends and cooking your own food on a firepit!
