Monday Musings

Because I'm sleep deprived and totally random like that.

*Friday night I borrowed this Buffalo Chicken Chili recipe from Jen and totally had to improvise.  I meant to grab the things I didn't have at the store (celery, more carrots, a bay leaf, that fancy paprika) but was a sweaty mess from running after work.  When I got home I decided I'd try it any way.

I used ground turkey instead of ground chicken, italian seasoning instead of the bay leaf, and just did without the other stuff.  I must say it was really good.  My in-laws and Jay stayed late at the farmhouse working, but all commented on how great the house smelled when they got home (4 hours after I cooked it!).

So much so that Jay had a bowl for breakfast the next morning.  And they all had a bowl for breakfast yesterday morning.  Either that's the greatest recipe ever, or they really just don't like oatmeal. 

Next time I'm going to make sure I have all the appropriate veggies, and instead of ground chicken try cooked, cubed chicken breasts.

*Friday night and Saturday morning I was a house packing machine.  I'm starting with the stuff that we rarely use, like the fancy dishes in the china cabinet.  I ran out of newspaper around 10 am on Saturday, so I shifted my focus to the CVS closet (making sure I have at least one of everything in the closet in case we run out between now and then.)

*Saturday afternoon I headed over to the farmhouse.  Jay is super picky and hasn't let me do much, but he lightened up on Saturday.  I actually got to paint the kitchen wall behind where the refridgerater will go and behind where the stove will go.  and the electrical box.  I would have never thought to paint it, but Jay suggested it and it made a world of difference.  It being white made it very noticeable up against the yellow wall.  Now it blends well, and hopefully will virtually disappear once we get a shelving system or desk in that hole.

*Jay with the help of his former boss (who he built log homes with/for) installed the new baseboards.  I was a doubter at first, but they are freakin gorgeous!!  They still have to be caulked/painted but they already look incredible!

*Our new appliances arrived this weekend.  They were supposed to be delivered Saturday night, but after some much needed ranting by my MIL they were finally installed yesterday afternoon. 

*Yesterday was my first training walk for the Mountain Man March - its a marathon coming up in April.  A friend of mine put together a team of 5 to walk in honor of her husband who is currently surving in Iraq.  The group did 12 miles, but I had a Super Bowl party to get to so I "only" did 10.  Surprisingly it was easier than I thought.  And with a group of girls yacking, 2 and a half hours goes by more quickly than you would expect.

*I finished two of the challeges I was doing yesterday - 200 squats and 200 sit ups.  I had only finished week 4 of the 6 week plan, but the end of the week called for the test to see how many I could do.  I managed to churn out 200!  I'm moving on to week 5 of the 100 pushup challenge and find myself in column 2 this week!  (I've been doing column 1 which is easier.)

Hmmm...I think that's it. 

How was your weekend?