TWTW - the last one in February

Two months of 2017 gone in a snap. I spent the last Friday night in February basking in the May-like air, starting a new book, and making a batch of power breakfast muffins to freeze and a vat of iced coffee in which I fucked up the ratio and had to process it further Saturday.

Saturday morning was spent at the Bucks County Women's Democratic Forum followed by quick stops at Target where I got a kickass sale on chicken and Produce Junction for this week's flowers. 

Weekly food prep: fried eggs and cheese on English muffins for breakfast; a cleaning out the pantry lunch made of ground beef with onions, rice, rotel tomatoes, corn, and taco seasoning; snacks are green grapes, strawberries, and cucumbers; and one dinner of chicken thighs over artichoke hearts with mushrooms, grape tomatoes, and onions. Lots going on this week so I'm not sure if we'll need another dinner or if we'll eat on the fly.

Saturday night we drove through a freak torrential downpour in a winter thunderstorm to have a delicious dinner at Ryan Christopher's with Chris and Diana, then we walked over and hung out at their house a little. It's been a while since we've seen them so it was great to hang out. Because we're old we were home in bed by 11. 

Sunday morning was spent lounging and reading and dreaming of not getting up off the couch.

By noon I was gabbing with the girls while shopping LuLaRoe at Amanda's (I couldn't get my other ladies in a shot but caught up with Michelle, Lisa, Sister Secrets, Melissa, and Amanda's mom and cousins too) then hit Lou's Farmer's Market for fruit for the week. I passed it the first time, which was in line with me having to go back inside Amanda's for my sunglasses, taking the seriously long way home from there, and having to have Debbie figure out how to pop the hood on my trunk so we could add wiper fluid to wash off the angry bird diarrhea. Getting older, am I right?

I finished The Life We Bury and introduced Mae to her new sling. Yes, I bought it. 

Sunday night we celebrated my mother-in-law's birthday at A-1 Japanese Hibachi. Happy birthday Lynn!!

I rounded out the weekend starting a new book (The Widower's Wife) and watching Criminal Minds.

That about does it. Gearing up for a busy week, I have something every night so I'm trying to move at least one thing. Peace be with me. 

Linking up with Biana at B Loved Boston for Weekending

TWTW - fa la la la la the first one in December

It took me about five minutes to remember what I did Friday night, so you know it wasn't that scintillating. I stopped at Lou's Farm Market, made brussels sprouts, and laid around in my pajamas while MFD W. Griswold did up his front Christmas window. The tree was up but not plugged in. Poor Geege was ready for his close up too.

Saturday morning I was surprised by a visiting nurse taking blood and pee for a physical...MFD swears he told me about the appointment but he certainly did not. This made me late for breakfast with my ladies AEB and Alicia at The Hattery in Doylestown. Lots of good talk and coffee as always. I stopped into a new to me Marshalls on the way home for a stroll down the aisles, some boxes for under the tree, a new sweater for Mae, and an unnecessary but perfect mug.

Saturday afternoon we went to Crystal & Drey's wedding in a gorgeous church, then celebrated that night. Crystal looked amazing and we had a great time.

Sunday afternoon I went to Lauren's LulaRoe pop up party and did some damage. It was nice to catch up with some lady friends while browsing a lot of prints and eating delicious snacks. I got (L-R) two Carly dresses, a pair of leggings, and a Sarah cardigan. All the prints next to each other make me want to puke but alone they're lovely.

When I got home I did eleventy billion loads of laundry, hung out with the dogs, picked up around the house, and compared planners to see which one I want to use in 2017. Options are an At-a-Glance that I can no longer find online but was $17, a Sugar Paper bookbound for $13, and a Sugar Paper for $15.

Weekly food prep: power breakfast muffins to freeze (shown here pre-baking) - I hope they last and are not bricks as I forgot about them in the oven; turkey taco mix for multi-use: 1) as lunch over a bed of baby spinach, 2) to stuff into peppers with quinoa from the freezer for a dinner, 3) to stuff into a taco and into my piehole for a dinner. Breakfast is breakfast burritos from the freezer. Snacks are honey crisp apples, navel oranges, and honey mustard pretzel things. Sunday dinner was oven baked pork chops, green beans, and brown and wild rice.

Last week MFD booked a ticket to leave for North Dakota today to deliver supplies to Standing Rock. Yesterday afternoon the Army Corps of Engineers announced that they would not approve the easement for the pipeline to go through which is AWESOME. Not the end of the war by any means but a large battle won, He still flew out this morning to get whatever they may need as next steps are taken and deliver it to them or just to work as they need and donate to their legal fund, but it's under much less questionable circumstances now. Continued prayers to the water protectors who have been out there for months. This is a great lesson in why it is important to exercise your right to assemble and to stand up for what you believe in, even if people tell you you're doing something wrong, or that you don't stand a chance of stopping whatever's coming your way, or act like you're a burden on them and the resources of the government, or insult you and question your contribution to society...even if the media doesn't tell the full story and even if your own government turns water cannons and rubber bullets on you...right is right. Stand by it. 

Linking up with Biana at B Loved Boston for Weekending