Weekly Meal Plan #2

Since I will be setting up camp tomorrow night and tearing down camp on Monday night you will get the weekly meal plan early.

Important Note: This plan is based on a budget of $200 for 2 weeks worth of food.  $150 is for dinner and breakfast with $50 being set aside for lunch items (not included here). 

SALE INFORMATION

	Ralphs	Staters
Pork Ribs	$1.99
Seedless Grapes	$0.77	$0.99
Lays	$1.88	$2.50
Wheat Thins	$1.99	$1.49
Cheese	$2.99	$1.99
Peaches	$0.99	$0.99
Pears	$0.99
Raspberries	$1.99
Buns/Bread	$0.99
Sour Cream	$1.99
Red Vines	$4.99
Sweet Corn	$0.33	$0.25
Tomato	$0.99	$1.99
Chicken (with bone)	$1.29	$1.19
Imitation Crab Meat	$0.79
Hot Dogs (All Chicken or all Turkey!)		$0.99
Chicken Boneless		$1.99
Potato Salad		$1.99
Avocados		$1.00
Pork N Beans		$0.69
Lunchables		$0.79
BBQ		$0.99
Cucumber	$0.99	$0.79

MEAL PLAN

Important Note: Some items will not be included on shopping list since they were bought in bulk or purchased on sale previous weeks.

	Breakfast	Dinner
Monday	3 slices of bread 3 Eggs 3 Slices of Cheese	Tri Tip 3 lb Tri Tip 3 Large potatoes 1 Onion ½ lb Cheese
Tuesday	6 Packs Oatmeal Fruit	Hot Dogs and Beans 1 Can Pork N Beans 1 Package Hot Dogs 2 Ears of Corn
Wednesday	Cereal Fruit	Homemade Pizza 2 Pizza Crust Mix ½ Jar Spaghetti Sauce ½ lb Cheese ½ Onion ½ Bag Peppers Salad
Thursday	6 Packs Oatmeal Fruit	Tuna Helper 2 boxes Tuna Helper 2 Cans Tuna ½ Bag Frozen Broccoli (I add broccoli to my tuna helper for more veggies)
Friday	Cereal Fruit	BBQ Pork Ribs 3 lbs Ribs 1 Bottle BBQ 2 Ears of Corn
Saturday	Pancakes Fruit	California Rolls Imitation Crab Avocado Dry Seaweed Lemon Juice Rice Sesame Seeds 1 Cucumber Wasabi Paste Soy Sauce
Sunday	3 Yogurt Fruit	Clam Sauce Pasta 1 lb bag Pasta 2 cans clams ¼ Cup Butter ¼ Cup Olive Oil ¼ Cup Grated Parmesan Salad

SHOPPING LIST

Note: Total “required” items to prepare meals (not including the items I already had) totaled $24.50 which means I had about $50 “extra” to spend on sale items to stock up for later, but I did not spend all $50 so if you don’t have items already stocked like I do you could still make the budget work.

Ralphs		Staters		99 Cent Store
Imitation Crab X2	$1.50	Cucumber X1	$1.00	Head of Lettuce X1	$1.00
Avocado X1	$1.00	Grapes X2lbs	$2.00	Blueberries X1	$1.00
Bread X2	$2.00	Corn X4	$1.00	Rasberries X1	$1.00
Pears X2 lbs	$2.00	Pork N Beans X2	$2.00	Strawberries X1	$1.00
Pork Ribs X3 lbs	$6.00	Jiffy Pizza Crust X2	$2.00
		Cheese X3 lbs	$6.00
		Hot Dogs X5	$5.00
		Chicken Breast X6 lbs	$12.00
		Chicken w/ Bone X6lbs	$7.50

Total: $55

I Call Her Disney Ashley

I was about to start this blog with “I think I’ve mentioned it before, but…” and then thought that I think I start a lot of my blogs out with that line.  Does that mean I’m really just telling you all the same thing over and over again?

Maybe.  I need to accept the realization that I might be boring.  That’s sad.  But you read anyway (I think) so WooHoo for that.  WooHoo makes me think of Sims which meansthat statement would become highly inappropriate and make this whole blog awkward.

So back to the real point (as you say “You actually have a real point?”)

As I think I have mentioned before I can have a difficult time being “outgoing” and “social” with new people or when I’m focused on something I just become oblivious to what’s going on around me.  And for a fact I know now (after several minutes of searching) that I did in fact mention it before so to get a run down on how I approach new social situations you’ll need to read this blog (again) since I don’t feel like writing it all out again.  In a nutshell, if I don’t KNOW you then you do not KNOW me.  Do not assume what you see is what you get with me – my first impressions are rather deceiving.

That being said the Davis’ headed to Disneyland again last night (our passes just became eligible again after 2 months and we are milking it for all its worth!)  Justin took the girls on Star Tours (15 minute wait – Can I get an AMEN?!) and I took Elijah on the Astro Orbiter.  We were in line behind a nice woman named Ashley that had a bubbly 2/3 year old (not sure her age) named Gigi and a 19 month old named Savannah. 

Now this woman was everything I am not in new social situations.  She was very chatty and easy going.  She was surprisingly easy to talk to and the 5 minute wait we were supposed to have was more like 20 minutes so we had plenty of time just chat.  I actually thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and found out so many ways we are similar.  I also learned that her oldest really wanted to go on Small World and her youngest was terrified so I offered to take her daughter on the ride followed with “Unless that’s too creepy – because that may seem creepy”.  She laughed and said she thought it was a great idea.

We talked some more as we waited in line for Small World and Jordan and Gigi especially hit it off.  Since most of our friends have boys Jordan doesn’t get the chance very often to hang out with a little girl.  (FYI the little boys she does hang out with are super awesome and we love them). After the ride we needed to head home, but Gigi asked if we could go on another ride with them.  I told her that Taylor had to go to bed since she had school in the morning, but her mom and I exchanged numbers and plan on meeting up again soon.

If you would have told me yesterday afternoon that I would meet somebody at Disneyland and spend a couple of hours talking to them and making plans to hang out again I would have called you a liar.  Well probably not a liar, but maybe a little psycho.   But it was a great night!  Yay for new friends – and you all know I have the most awesomest friends.

Super Awesome

Have I mentioned before that I work for a super awesome company AND I have super awesome coworkers AND I have a super awesome boss.  No lie.

My boss is so awesome these actual words were in my annual review “…more then a normal human being”.  I appreciate that.  She didn’t say you do X quickly.  She didn’t say you do X quicker then most people.  She said you do X more then a normal human being.  That’s right.  She’s funny and super awesome.  I appreciate her.

She is a no fluff kind of person.  A “you made this mistake let’s fix it” kind of person and not a “you did really good on A and B, but we need to work on C” kind of person.  I appreciate that too.  I hate fluff.  I’m perfectly fine assuming my job is being done adequately unless you tell me otherwise.  I do not need nor do I want you to tell me how good I’m doing.  I’d rather assume all is well unless you tell me there’s a problem to fix.

Not everyone likes a boss like that.  But man oh man I find it awesome.  Super awesome even.

The real question is “Why the heck are you telling me this Rachael?”

Because my super awesome boss is letting me work from home a couple of hours every morning so that I can drop Taylor off at school at 9:30 then finish my day at work.  Although this is a huge help and although I am getting my work done at home (which is easier then I anticipated with 3 kids running around) I still feel by the time I get to work I’m behind.

I’m not, but it feels like it.  So I am taking my 10 minute break and ignoring work like I should be doing. 

The reality is that I just entered a massively crazy next few weeks that just happened to coincide with Taylor’s starting school.  So even if I was working my full day AT work I’d still be behind.

And my 10 minutes are up.  Thank you for reading if you still are.  This was a rather pointless blog.

So Sayith Tay and Jay #35

Tracy Fox - How can birds fly? How can fish breathe in water?

Taylor: Well the wind gets in their feathers and they flap and the it can make more air to help them.  But they stay still so they can let the bird air through so it will help them fly.  Fish breathe in water because they are animals the breathe in water.  They have layers in there that keeps the air in there to help them breath and the water keeps them alive.  Water is alive.

Jordan: Birds fly can fly when they flap their wings.  They close their mouth and open their mouth and it goes up.  They cover their knows but they don't have hands they have flapper tails.

Rachel Reed - What is your favorite thing to do in the summer?


Taylor: My favorite thing to do in summer is going to trip.  Going on a swimming pool.

Jordan: Oh, Its I just want to go in snow.  That's my favorite thing in summer (apparently she doesn't know what seasons are)


Rachel Reed - If you could pick something in your bedroom that would last forever, what would you choose? Why?


Taylor: A Diamond and Gold and pretty and well but when there is one that that is beautiful I'll share with you.  Mommy I'll buy a beautiful necklace for you. (for the record she does not have gold and diamonds in her room)

Jordan: It will be a light thing.
Me: Not Marley (her stuffed dog that looks like the dog from the movie Marley and Me) or your Tinker Bell blanket?
Jordan: Oh, Marley and my Tinker Bell blanket.


Rachel Reed - If you could design the perfect play space for yourself, what would it have in it? Where would it be?


Taylor: I really giant slide and you have to climb all the way up as high as space, but its not scary because there are things that can catch you if you go to fast. And there's also a little slide in case you don't want that one.  My play place will be called Space Space Sometimes Everywhere.  And sometimes there will be ghosts to catch you but don't be scared because they are there to help you.

Jordan: It would be a tent um somewhere that we can be safe and stuff.  Where there aren't any monsters and stuff. Like a monster potato head and he has polka dots on him.  And Marley is like WOO HOO!


Jennifer Baker - If you could ask the questions for family blog night what questions would you ask?


Taylor: Why is the butterfly have beautiful colors?  Why do rainbows have a lot of colors.

Jordan:  It will be a tent.  I keep saying tents all day.


Allyson Blinn Ramirez - what does it mean to be nice to your brother and sister?


Taylor: It means I'm really so nice and I'm never mean to them.  And I'll be a star more then everybody.

Jordan: Oh its no hitting and no throwing toys.