Menu Planning, Two Weeks at a Time

Breakfasts: Granola, fruit, yogurt, muffins. We have some blueberry,  banana chocolate chip and cornbread muffins to eat up. Yummy!

Lunches: Leftovers. We have a bunch of things in the fridge from last week- chicken and rice, chicken burritos, dinners from Hangar 19 and Gladstones. And of course, there's almost always leftovers when I cook dinner since the kids rarely eat much of what I make. :(

As for dinner, here's the plan-
Sunday:

• Chili (I made this at the beginning of last week, but forgot that the recipe makes twice as much as I can fit in my crock pot, so we're having it again!)
• Cornbread muffins

Monday:

• Pesto pasta with chicken (I'm going to base it off of this recipe and use pesto we picked up at the Farmer's Market.)
• Steamed veggies

Tuesday:

• Leftovers

Wednesday

• Meatballs
• Mashed potatoes

Thursday

• Going out with my sweets

Friday

• Leftovers

Saturday

• Chicken salad on croissants

Sunday

• Ribollita soup
• Grilled cheese sandwiches

Monday

• Leftovers

Tuesday

• Pasta salad with chicken and veggies 

Wednesday

• Leftovers

Thursday

• Chicken enchilada casserole

Friday

• Leftovers 

Saturday

• Macaroni and cheese (looking for a yummy recipe... let me know if you have one!)
• Green salad

Menu Planning... Starting Afresh in the New Year

Okay, new year, time for new resolutions. This is my year of trying to find balance. I want to continue working, volunteering at Jake's school, being home with the kids... but I don't want to feel so stressed out trying to fit it all in. I need to revisit my goals from last year. Things were going pretty well until the school year started in the fall, and I no longer seemed to have enough time for everything. I stopped cooking, didn't make it to the Farmer's Markets to buy fresh produce, and our eating habits suffered. And I honestly don't remember the last time I made it to the gym. Miraculously, I haven't really put any weight back on (at least not yet), but now seems like a good time to get things back in line before they go quickly downhill.

Finding Balance. Not sure how to make it happen yet, but I do know that it all goes better when I plan everything out ahead of time. Maybe it's just the act of making the list itself that helps me feel more organized. So, here's my first list for 2011- meal plans for this week and next. Happy New Year!

Wednesday

• French Dip Sandwiches and Sweet Potato Fries

Thursday

• Meatloaf muffins and corn

Friday

• Dinner out at the Food Trucks (First Friday in Westchester)

Saturday

• Crowd Pleasing Chili and cornbread muffins

Sunday

• Leftovers

Monday

• Chicken and rice casserole with broccoli

Tuesday

• Leftovers

Wednesday

• Dinner out

Thursday

• Soup and grilled cheese

Friday

• Chicken burritos

Menu Planning... Trying to get back into the routine

Last week was pretty good in that I managed to make dinner at home 5 out of 7 nights. Which was exactly what I planned for, so I'd call that a success! Especially since before that, I've been averaging only one to two meals a month cooked at home.

I learned from my friends on Facebook that maybe everyone else doesn't do as great of a job of cooking at home every night that I think they do. After my post about struggling to make dinner one night, some wrote that they were having pizza delivered, eating Chinese food, or having hot dogs at Target. And others had good suggestions to make it a little easier- crockpot cooking, making breakfast for dinner, having frozen pizza on hand, making soup/chili ahead of time, or using a meal planning website. Great suggestions! My go-to easy meal is usually something from the frozen section at Trader Joe's. They have yummy orange chicken, frozen meatballs (for sandwiches or to throw in pasta sauce), and lots of great frozen veggie combos. I recently sampled their frozen turkey meatloaf with mashed potatoes and ended up bringing those home, too (they're on the menu plan this week!). But for me, the biggest help is just planning ahead and then having the motivation to stick with it instead of having Chris pick something up on his way home from work.

The part that I really didn't do well last week was the exercise plan. I didn't make it to the gym at all. There's so much going on during the week that it's too hard to fit in exercise in the mornings. And then on the weekends, there's always something else with the family that takes priority. For now, I'm going to take that off my list, and just focus on getting back into the cooking routine. Here's the dinner plan for this week:

Sunday: Stuffed peppers (since I didn't find time to make them last week)
Monday: Meatloaf "muffins" with mashed potatoes
Tuesday: Spiral pasta with vodka sauce
Wednesday: Chicken burritos
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Italian pasta soup and grilled cheese
Saturday: We're going to be busy all day, so we'll go out or pick something up for dinner

As long as I can make it to the grocery store by Tuesday, I think I can make it happen!

Meals and Exercise... I just need a plan

Tomorrow is Halloween. Which means that the end of the year is coming quickly. I love the holiday season, but it's always stressful- too much to do and not enough time.

I feel like I'm losing it lately. I find myself frustrated with the kids, annoyed that I'm not making time for exercising, and disappointed that I'm eating way too much unhealthy take-out food again. I know it's time to take a look back at my goals that I set for myself in March, but I'm afraid that I've slipped so far backwards that I'll feel like a failure.

I need to get back to blogging, because that was the one thing that made me accountable and helped me to stick to my plan. What changed that led me to stop blogging? Time. I picked up more hours at work, and at the same time I started volunteering at Jake's new school. A little bit in the classroom, but mostly with the parent organization supporting the school. My job: fundraising. Which is basically a full-time job in and of itself. The school needs money in order to get all of the programs off the ground that we want in our brand-new elementary: art, music, PE, library, garden, playground supplies, field trips, and a million other "extras" that no longer fit into the basic school budget. All of which are important, and all of which require money to get the programs up in running. If I'm going to lead the fundraising committee, I want to do it well. And that's one job where no matter how much time I devote to planning events, soliciting donations, writing grants, etc. etc. etc... there's always more that can be done.

I don't know if I can make the time to get back to blogging with any regularity. But I do know that if I don't do my menu planning, we end up eating out or picking up take out for almost every meal. So I'm going to try to start with that. And here's my plan for the week.

Breakfasts: Frozen waffles. I think we'll try to make to the Farmer's Market tomorrow morning to pick up some fruits so that we'll have some options.

Lunches: I'll have to see if I can make enough dinners to have leftovers available for lunches. Otherwise, I have some frozen meals stored up.

Sunday:

• Dinner: Pre trick-or-treating meal with friends. Not sure what we'll have yet. (Edit: Pizza)
• Exercise: Pilates Didn't make it

Monday:

• Dinner: Chicken Salad (made ahead of time on Sunday)

Tuesday:

• Dinner: Stuffed Peppers Chicken and Bacon Sub Sandwiches
• Exercise: Muscle strength class- trying out a new class at the gym Didn't make it

Wednesday:

• Dinner: French Dip Sandwiches with Sweet Potato Fries

Thursday:

• Dinner: Grilled chicken and frozen veggies
• Exercise: Muscle strength class (if I liked it on Tuesday), or maybe just treadmill Didn't make it

Friday:

• Dinner: Leftovers Chris and I got a babysitter and went out to dinner

Saturday:

• Dinner: Dinner out somewhere to celebrate eating in the rest of the week. Dude, if I actually cook dinner four nights in a row this week, it'll be a huge improvement over the last month or two. Edit: Leftovers.

Sunday: Daylight Savings Time Ends! And time to create another meal plan. Fingers crossed that I can stick with this one.  :)

Menu Planning for the Week

Last week was supposed to be a recovery period for me, after the crazy busy week before. Instead, I used the week for a preschool clean up day, working, a parent-teacher conference, a fundraising meeting, a treasury meeting, more working including consulting at monthly clinic, Jake's 5-year check up, a quick speech screening for Jake, swim class that was cancelled after we were already at the gym (somebody pooped in the pool- not my kid!), more working, and dentist appointments for Chris and me. Not much time to rest and relax. And sadly, I didn't manage to squeeze in any exercise, either. Part of the problem was that I had meetings and appointments during all of my regular exercise times. And the other part was that my normal workout buddy was out of town, so I wasn't motivated to make exercise a priority. But this week is a new week, so I'm going to try to get back into the routine.

Breakfasts: Chris has been awesome to finally eat up almost all of the cereal in the house. Which apparently motivated him to buy two more boxes. And I have some granola that I need to finish off in order to do my part. I think I saw some frozen waffles that Chris also bought (yep, he did some grocery shopping- such a helpful guy!), so we'll be eating those, too.

Lunches: I'll have to work to generate some leftovers for lunches this week. It's been a bit of a stretch the last two weeks as I haven't been making meals quite as regularly as I was in previous weeks.

Sunday:

• Dinner: Pizzas from Fresh N Easy
• Exercise: Pilates

Monday:

• Dinner: Grilled steak, corn on the cob

Tuesday:

• Dinner: Chicken Bacon Subs with sweet potato fries
• Exercise: Spin class

Wednesday:

• Dinner: Leftovers

Thursday: Jake's birthday!

• Dinner: I need to talk to the birthday boy- we've invited friends over, so Jake and I will need to sit down and have a little menu planning session. Will report back later. :)
• Exercise: Kickboxing

Meal and Exercise Plan

I am not doing very well with sticking to my exercise plan. For the last couple of weeks, I have made it to only two out of the three classes at the gym, and haven't really been doing any walking or other exercise. And I'm not quite sure how to find the time to do more since I have been picking up more hours at work, in addition to my other commitments which are currently cutting into my "free" time (as if there is such a thing when you have kids). I'm not complaining, I'm just wondering if it's realistic to think that I will do some physical activity every day. Or maybe I should just really make sure that I make it to at least three classes at the gym each week and not worry about anything more than that. I'm gonna have to think on that one a little more. For now, I'll stick with my original plan and see if I do any better this week.

Breakfasts: CEREAL- we're not making much progress here. I bought frozen waffles last week because they were on sale, but was going to store them for another week until we got through some of the cereal first. But then I forgot to bring them in from the car, and they defrosted. I didn't want to refreeze them, so they were put in the fridge and had to be eaten sooner. But this week is the week that we're really going to eat cereal. I mean it.

Lunches: Leftovers.

Monday

• Dinner: Shepherd's Pie (I have a frozen one from Trader Joe's that I think should finally get eaten) and canned pears (yep, still clearing out the pantry)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (mid-day)

Tuesday

• Dinner: Fusilli alla Caprese with chicken breast strips from the freezer and canned corn (I have the corn and fusilli pasta in the cabinet)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Spin class

Wednesday

• Dinner: Leftovers
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (evening)

Thursday

• Dinner: Potato latkes (again, from the freezer) and feta, basil and cherry tomato omlettes
• Exercise/outdoor time: Kickboxing class

Friday

• Dinner: Out somewhere, anywhere. I have class all day, and will again tomorrow. No cooking for me.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (mid-day)

Saturday

• Dinner: Steak and fresh veggies- whatever I find that looks good at the store. Celebrating finishing what will be a long, busy week.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (evening)

Sunday

• Dinner: Leftovers
• Exercise/outdoor time: Pilates

Meal and Exercise Plan... Lotsa Leftovers and the Things I Didn't Make Last Week

Last week, I didn't get to make everything that I had planned. Mostly for good reason, as I wanted to use up stuff that we had (and finally had a week with no food waste!). So, this week is all about making the stuff I planned to make last week, to use up stuff in the freezer and fridge.

Breakfasts: CEREAL (really!), yogurt, muffins we made over the weekend
Lunches: Leftovers. And Chris is going to be eating a lot of celery and peanut butter, otherwise we're never gonna finish off the celery.

Monday

• Dinner: Leftover Chicken Salad on a bed of Romaine, Corn on the Cob
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (mid-day)

Tuesday

• Dinner: Leftovers, again! (Chili and cornbread muffins)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Spin class

Wednesday

• Dinner: I'm modifying this recipe for Pastetli Pie to use up some crescent rolls and the parsley from last week. I have no idea if it'll be good, but I'm going to give it a try!
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (evening)

Thursday

• Dinner: Chris and I have a meeting, and then are going to take advantage of having a babysitter by going out to dinner together.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Kickboxing class

Friday

• Dinner: Peppery Potato Soup with homemade biscuits We had some FANTASTIC friends offer to watch the boys, so Chris and I got to go out AGAIN! FUN!
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (mid-day)

Saturday

• Dinner: Simply Delicious Pork (pork chops with apples made in the crock pot) and frozen veggies I used up some chicken breasts, potatoes, mushrooms, and a teriyaki marinade that's been in the fridge. Baked them all together, and it made for a pretty delicious meal.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Yoga or Farmer's Market

Sunday

• Dinner: Leftovers Bumped from yesterday: Simply Delicious Pork (pork chops with apples made in the crock pot) and fresh steamed broccoli
• Exercise/outdoor time: Pilates Beach

Meal and Exercise Plan... Staying on Track

So, I've already mentioned (several times) that we went away for the long 4th of July holiday weekend. We left last Thursday night, and came back late Monday night. And those four days were a big part of the reason that I gained back 7 pounds over a week and a half. Seriously, SEVEN pounds. However, in the last four days that we've been home, I already lost four of those pounds. I don't think that's normal how my weight can fluctuate so much.

Anyhow, my point is, while I don't want to be obsessive about my weight, I also don't want to regain everything that I worked so hard to lose. So, I realize that I need to pay attention. And we can't eat out so often. Or eat my mom's delicious cooking too often. I'm not too worried about the type of food that I'll cook, just so long as I am cooking at home and eating reasonable portion sizes.

So, this week's focus in still on using up stuff in the freezer and fridge. (I'm happy to say that there's really not that much left.) And I've decided to combine that with some slow cooker recipes my mom found.

Breakfasts: CEREAL (we have six open boxes, it's time to get through some of them!), yogurt, fresh fruit (peaches, strawberries, plums, grapes, pineapple, apples), cherry chocolate chip bread from the Farmer's Market, banana nut bread

Lunches: leftovers, fresh fruit

Monday

• Dinner: Herbed Artichoke Chicken with corn on the cob with rice (something needed to soak up all the sauce)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (mid-day)

Tuesday

• Dinner: Simply Delicious Pork (pork chops with apples made in the crock pot) and frozen veggies I used the leftover meatballs (and vodka marinara) from last week, along with half a box of uncooked mini penne to make a nice little pasta dish.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Spin class

Wednesday

• Dinner: Peppery Potato Soup with homemade biscuits and a green salad We ended up going to a last-minute meeting and just grabbed some fast food on the way home instead.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (evening)

Thursday

• Dinner: Leftovers Chicken Salad sandwiches on thin rolls (I bought some chicken super cheap, and originally planned to make this for lunch, but then decided it would be yummy for dinner and we'd just continue to have leftovers for lunches.)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Kickboxing class

Friday

• Dinner: Chicken and Black Bean Quesadillas I decided to modify slightly since Chris's parents are here, and turn it into Chicken Burritos with pico de gallo, Spanish rice, beans, guacamole (The last time I made this meat for tacos, it was so delicious! Oh, and I found some really great tortillas at Whole Foods by Tortillaland (yellow bag, refrigerator section). They're uncooked flour tortillas, that you just heat up for a minute in a frying pan. Yum!)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk (mid-day), probably to the grocery store and/or Trader Joe's Cleaning- fast and furious, that counts for exercise, right? It was super hot here, so I was sweating!

Saturday

• Dinner: Chris and I are going out while his parents watch the kids :)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Yoga? Farmer's Market? Beach clean up? Not sure what the plans are yet. Park, walking

Sunday

• Dinner: Crowd Pleasing Chili with cornbread and a salad
• Exercise/outdoor time: Pilates I forgot pilates class! I guess that's what happens when I stay out too late the night before. :) An evening walk with the family instead.

Meal and Exercise Plan... Using Up the Stuff in the Fridge/Freezer/Cabinets

We were out of town for the holiday weekend, so I'm picking up the menu and exercise planning a little late this week. But last week, I made it to all three of my scheduled classes at the gym! Yay, now on to the harder part: continuing with the schedule.

This week, I am trying to focus on using up the stuff that we have in the house already. Not the stuff that goes bad quickly, but the stuff that lingers around here forever. (If you saw my Food Waste post on Friday, you know just how long things can linger around here.) My family that I was visiting over the weekend will think that this was inspired by them, as we spent a good chunk of time cleaning out the fridge, freezer, cabinets and pantry at my parents' place to prepare for their kitchen remodel that starts this week. But I swear, this post was already planned before that. (Although, I will say, finding spices in the pantry that expired in 1990 did remind me of just how old I am. That was 20 years ago!) Anyhow, here's the plan for this week:

Breakfasts: yogurt, granola, fresh fruit

Lunches: leftovers, fresh fruit

Tuesday

• Dinner: Trader Joe's Buffalo Burgers on Whole Grain Sandwich Thins, Baked Red Potatoes, Side Salad with Sweet and Tangy Dressing
• Exercise/outdoor time: Spin class (and a walk in the evening to Trader Joe's)

Wednesday

• Dinner: Grilled chicken and Trader Joe's Organic Radiatore Pasta with Vodka Sauce frozen veggie mixture
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walking (Farmer's Market?) None. I have a hard time working it in on the days that I work.

Thursday

• Dinner: Leftovers (chicken and salad?) Chicken salad made with extra chicken from last night.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Kickboxing class

Friday

• Dinner: Tito's Tacos- since it didn't happen the other week
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walking House cleaning, does that count? I did it quickly enough to work up a little sweat. :)

Saturday

• Dinner: Meatball sandwiches with Sweet Potato Fries
• Exercise/outdoor time: Yoga? Farmer's Market

Sunday

• Dinner: Dinner out somewhere with my sweetie (we have a babysitter!)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Pilates, playdate at the park

Meal and Exercise Plan... Trying to Make it Back to the Gym

I don't know if this helps anyone else, but since it helps me, I'm continuing with the weekly menu and exercise plan. If you want to see how close I keep to my plan, you can just check back on the previous posts here or here. I've crossed out anything that I didn't follow through with, and added what I did instead. Yes, there's a lot that gets crossed out. Especially the exercise parts. I really do want to get better use out of my gym membership, but making it there always seems to be the lowest priority. I'll keep trying...

In case you were wondering, we eat a lot of leftovers because I tend to follow recipes as written, which generally yields at least six to eight servings. Chris and I only eat two of those servings at a time, Jake rarely eats more than a bite, and Brody only eats a small portion of my meal. So, that leaves lots of leftovers- not just for lunches, but also for a second dinner most of the time. I'm still not a huge fan of having leftovers for dinner (although I do enjoy it at lunchtime). But I am a big fan of not having to shop quite as often, or cook every single night, so leftovers it is.

Oh, and I still have more crock pot recipes to try out, so more of those this week.

Breakfasts: cereal, yogurt, granola, fresh fruit (red grapes, plums, yellow cherries, strawberries, bananas). I also want to try more recipes from a preschool cookbook we borrowed from the library, Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes, especially Hide N Seek Muffins (with a strawberry in the middle), and maybe those blueberry pancakes that I didn't get to last week (if I pick up some more blueberries).We've already tried a few of the other recipes in this book, and I highly recommend it if you have young ones that like to cook with you. It's got the recipes written out, but then also a picture version for the kids to follow. Super cute, and fun.

Lunches: leftovers, fresh fruit

Saturday

• Dinner: Pork chops, baby red potatoes, green salad
• Exercise/outdoor time: Yoga class Swimming

Sunday

• Dinner: Spaghetti with Puttanesca Sauce, whole wheat french bread and a side salad (spinach mixture, feta, dried cranberries)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Pilates class (we also went to the park and I did some gardening)

Monday

• Dinner: Chris will be at work, I'll be eating leftovers
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walking None :(

Tuesday 

• Dinner: Leftovers
• Exercise/outdoor time: Spin class

Wednesday

• Dinner: Crowd-Pleasing Chili and cornbread
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walking

Thursday

• Dinner: leftovers Chipotle in the car on our way to Phoenix
• Exercise/outdoor time: Kickboxing class

Friday

• Dinner: leftovers Mom's spaghetti- YUM!
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walking None :(  But does it count that I was still sore from kickboxing?

Weekly Meal and Exercise Plan...the Crock Pot Edition!

I think my menu and exercise planning last week did help with keeping me on target (or at least close), though I didn't stick with it as well as I had hoped. So I think I'll try it again... This week: using the crock pot!

Sunday

• Breakfast: We'll go out somewhere for Father's Day, probably to the Coffee Co
• Lunch: Hot dogs at Dodger's Stadium for Father's Day Catch, and we'll bring some healthy snacks
• Dinner: Chicken and Vegetable Tortellini Stew- trying out a new recipe from the Betty Crocker More Slow Cooker Recipes book that I borrowed from the library. And we'll try grilling some beautiful baby artichokes that we picked up at the Farmer's Market.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Playing catch at the ballpark, and maybe a trip to and Pasadena for the Chalk Festival

Weekday Breakfasts: cereal, yogurt, granola, fresh fruit (cherries, white nectarines, yellow peaches, blueberries, apples) and whole wheat raisin bread from the Farmer's Market. If I'm feeling adventurous, we might make the bread into french toast one day, or maybe make blueberry pancakes.

Weekday Lunches: leftovers, fresh fruit

Monday

• Dinner: Chicken-Wild Rice Casserole with Dried Cherries, also from Betty Crocker
• Exercise/outdoor time: Stretch class or workout at the gym Walk through the wetlands

Tuesday

• Dinner: leftovers
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walking with the baby in the stroller- maybe we should head to the beach and walk along the jetty? Some sit-ups and push-ups at home. Better than nothing, right?

Wednesday

• Dinner: French Dip Sandwiches with Sweet Potato Fries and frozen rice/veggies mixture, since we didn't get to them last week
• Exercise/outdoor time: Stretch class or workout at the gym Gardening- it needed to be done

Thursday

• Dinner: leftovers
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walking with the baby in the stroller More gardening. The front yard is looking much nicer. :)

Friday

• Dinner: Pork Chops and Red Potatoes made in the crock pot I never made it to the grocery store to pick up Lipton soup mix for the pork chops, so instead I made a recipe that I was planning for next week: Chicken Tacos made in the crock pot, refried black beans, Spanish rice with black olives. Turned out to be really delicious.
• Exercise/outdoor time: Kickboxing or Muscle Strength class, depending on what time I make it to the gym None, really, I was trying to get the house cleaned. :(

Saturday

• Lunch: Tito's Tacos! Leftover taco/burritos
• Dinner: probably leftovers, depending on what's left Pork Chops and Red Potatoes made in the crock pot, with a green salad
• Exercise/outdoor time: Yoga class

Sunday

• Exercise/outdoor time: Yoga class if I miss it on Saturday. Zoo tour? We should be getting the most out of our membership before it gets ridiculously hot this summer. Pilates class.

Menu Planning... Better Late Than Never

Okay, I'm trying something new here. Maybe I can plan ahead a little better and have a menu ready for the entire week, instead of trying to figure it out one day at a time. And if I include a plan for exercise, maybe I'll actually follow through. Will it make me more organized, require fewer trips to the grocery store, and get me to go to the gym? We shall see. Yes, I realize it's already Tuesday, but I'm trying, okay?

Menu Planning:

Breakfasts: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, vanilla yogurt, granola, fresh fruit
Lunches: Leftovers, fresh fruit (peaches, cherries, apples, nectarines, strawberries, bananas)

Sunday

• Ribollita Light Soup
• Grilled cheese (sourdough bread and mozarella)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Zoo We actually ended up hanging out in South Pasadena

Monday

• Chicken and Bok Choy stir fry with brown rice
• Exercise/outdoor time: ? Actually, none :(  Spent the day at work, instead.

Tuesday

• Chicken Enchilada Casserole
• Green salad
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk to Trader Joe's and the grocery store

Wednesday

• Chris has a work function, so I think I'll just have leftovers
• Exercise/outdoor time: YMCA (stretch class? or maybe the elliptical?) stationary bike and elliptical

Thursday

• Cheesy Italian Penne Shepherd's Pie
• Green salad So tired of salad- I don't like any of the six salad dressings in the fridge
• Exercise/outdoor time: YMCA (kickboxing or pilates class, depending on what time I make it there)

Friday

• Leftovers (probably Shepherd's Pie) Chris came home early and we went out to BJ's Brewhouse- YUM!
• Exercise/outdoor time: Walk with Brody and Delaney in the double stroller to... ? Sadly, no walk as the babies ended up having opposite nap schedules, but we did spend a little time outside in the backyard. And we went to Target after dinner and parked really far away, does that count as exercise? (Still sore from kickboxing class yesterday)

Saturday

• Maybe leftovers, maybe eat out, or if we're home, maybe French Dip Sandwiches with Sweet Potato Fries (but I'll have to make another trip to Trader Joe's first)
• Exercise/outdoor time: Pacific Beach clean up in the AM, park playdate in the PM

Sunday is Father's Day... need to come up with some ideas...