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Good morning, my dear readers!  It is the first Monday of summer officially and I am loving this weather!  Sorry I was MIA last week but I had a nasty sinus/upper respiratory infection and did next to no cooking all week long, but, thankfully, I am much better so it is time to get back in the kitchen. 

Last week was a quiet work week for both C and I and it is so nice to have those occasionally.  We had no court at all last week which doesn’t happen very often but we are in full swing this week.  Saturday night we went to our first Hot Rods baseball game of the season with my dad and his friend, E.  We had a great time and enjoyed the fireworks after the game. 

It is hard to believe that June is almost over and the July 4th holiday is right around the corner.  Do you have big Fourth plans?  We really don’t have anything planned for that day, but we do have a few events we are going to in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned for more info!  Have a great and blessed week, everyone!

Taco pork chops with oven baked fries

Bubble up enchiladas with salad

Sausage bake with salad

Basic meatloaf with oven baked fries

Pizza night

Chocolate chocolate chip zucchini cake

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Oh, hi!  Is it Monday already?  Wow, I guess it is so I had better get my weekly menu together.  Please join me and many others over at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday where you can find loads of meal ideas and inspiration. 

I hope everyone had a nice weekend and is looking forward to a successful week.  We did and are, especially since we are taking a little time off at the end of this week.  We will celebrate twelve years of marriage on Friday so we are going to get out and run around that day and hopefully just have some silly fun. 

Because of that, this week’s menu is a little short because I am not sure what we will be doing and that’s ok.  Everyone deserves a little free time.

Easy shredded pork BBQ and chips

Grilled hot dogs and oven baked fries (postponed from last week)

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven baked fries (2 nights)

Brown sugar meatloaf (new) with potatoes of some kind

Southern Plate’s Perfect Pecan Pie (I have had a pecan pie craving for a few weeks now.)

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Good morning and welcome to the first Monday of June!  What?!?!?!  Is it June already?  Wow, this year is just flying right by me and I wish I could slow it down just a little bit, don’t you?  Sorry I was MIA last Monday, but the holiday weekend through me off schedule a little bit as did working in the yard for hours and hours.  I really didn’t even want to think about cooking last week and I didn’t do a whole lot.

The next few weeks should be much better.  I took the time on Saturday to sit down and tentatively menu plan for the whole month so I could make a serious grocery list.  Hopefully, I will make it to the stores this week to re-stock our shelves.  I am listing several meals today, but one or two might not get made if I have to go grocery shopping after work.

Bubble-up pizza

Grilled steak burgers with oven fries

Pineapple grilled pork chops (new) with oven fries & salad

Grilled hot dogs with chips

Grilled tenderloin with butter roasted potatoes (Sensing a grilling theme this week?)

Pizza night

Double berry scones (New for this month’s dessert challenge)

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Another week has passed so it is time for another weekly menu plan.  I don’t know about you, but the days just go by faster and faster.  Just think, next Monday is Memorial Day ALREADY!!  Why do pretty days seem to last half the time dreary days do? 

Speaking of dreary days, this weekend has been a little damp for us around here with scattered showers both days so we spent most of our time indoors taking it pretty easy for a change. Hopefully we will have some nice evenings this week to get out and enjoy. 

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven fries (2 nights)

Easy deep dish pizza casserole (new)

Shredded beef taco roast (didn’t get made a couple of weeks ago so it is still new.)

Pizza night

Cinnamon roll cake (new)

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Welcome to another rainy Monday here in our neck of the woods!  The last few days have been nothing but wet and dreary so we are ready for some sunshine anytime the weather wants to cooperate. It certainly has put our outdoor plans on hold, but I have used the time to take care of some housework and C & I spent Saturday in nearby Bowling Green using a few Christmas gift cards and doing a little shopping.  I used to love to shop all day, but now it just wears me out.  Is that a sign that I am getting old?  No? I didn’t think so either.  Ha!

I have a few new recipes to try this week, time permitting, so I hope they work out well.  Whenever the sun shines, I hope to be outside so some of those dishes may have to wait until later.

Italian sloppy Joes (new) with oven fries (Didn’t get made last week.)

Tacos with salad

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven fries

Salsa burgers (new) with chips

Shredded beef taco roast (new) with potatoes of some kind

Pizza night

Black/White cookies (new)

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Welcome to this week’s Menu Plan Monday post hosted by I’m An Organizing Junkie.  Every week, I and many other menu planning bloggers link up our meal lists for everyone to see.  Check it out and you will find lots of ideas and recipes. 

C & I are still in spring cleaning/home improvement mode here, but the weather is just not cooperating.  We have had storms, rain, and more cool temperatures this past weekend and next weekend is shaping up to be more of the same.  I did manage to wash windows and clean out from under our bed Saturday so that knocked a couple of small items off the list.  We also gave our four legged friend a bath, brushed her teeth, and trimmed her nails.  Ellie got the five star spa treatment and hated every minute of it.  Oh well, she certainly smells better now.

This week’s menu is a little short because we have a couple of nights where we will probably have take out or eat out, but I do hope to get in one new recipe next weekend.  Have a great week, everyone!

Spicy beef vegetable soup

Taco ring (2 nights)

Grilled pork chops & oven fries

Italian sloppy Joes (new) with curly fries

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Good morning and welcome to this week’s Menu Plan Monday post.  Please join me and many others over at I’m An Organizing Junkie and you will find menu planners with some great food ideas.

I am afraid my menu plan for last week did not go so well, but that just means I can re-use the ideas for this week.  Right? Right?!?!  Yep, that’s right.  I am taking a few vacation days this week to do some spring cleaning and painting that I haven’t had time for so I hope to get lots accomplished in the days ahead.  C & I have a few landscaping projects so I am hoping to get the inside of the house in good shape so we can work outside in the coming weeks. 

What’s that?  Will there be photos of the our projects?  Well, of course there will be!  Just keep checking back and eventually you will see what we have planned. 

Bubble up enchiladas

Grilled pork chops with oven fries & salad

Spicy beef vegetable soup

Sausage bake with fresh fruit

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven fries

Cheese stuffed mini meatloaves (new) with curly fries

Pineapple upside down cupcakes (new)

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Good morning, folks, and welcome to this week’s edition of Menu Plan Monday hosted by I’m An Organizing Junkie.  Sorry I was MIA last week, but we an unexpected life event rear its ugly head.  C’s grandmother passed away and her service was held last Monday. She was blessed with 88 long years, but that is never enough to the people that love her.  She was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.

To say that through our routine into chaos is an understatement. Both C and his mom are both only children so that makes (in my experience) family members extra close to one another.  Everyone is doing well, but please join me in prayer for comfort and strength for our entire family, but especially for C and his mom, J. 

We are finally having some gorgeous spring weather around here so it is time to get outside and enjoy!  With that, I am keeping my menu pretty simple to have more opportunity to get out and soak up the sun.

Salsa sloppy Joes with oven fries

Taco ring with salad

Grilled pork chops with butter roasted potatoes and salad

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven fries

Cheese stuffed mini meatloaves (new) with potatoes of some kind

Oreo pie (late birthday treat for C)

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