Warm Weekend!

The weather has been BEAUTIFUL in Southern Kentucky this weekend. I've been in the Shoebox by myself this weekend because the Coach went up to Louisville to see his family. We both have these little 3rd quarter breaks in March but because we aren't teaching in the same school district this year, his break was this past Thursday and Friday and my break is this coming Thursday and Friday. I've used/am using my weekend alone well and I think he is too.

I started my day yesterday by writing the Thank You notes for the guests of my shower. And then I  got rid of somethings we aren't using in the Shoebox anymore. I took them over to LuLu's to sell and then stopped at the butcher shop for some beef. We don't eat a lot of red meat at our house but as sick as I have been the last 10 days, I thought adding some "meat" (pun intended) to our diet might do me some good.

Speaking of meals, my dinner plans this week include, Pork Chops and Grits from one of my favorite Blogs, {Puttin' on the GRITS} and we're going to have Pasta with Meat Sauce one night too. I think that's one of the most boring meals on the planet but the Coach goes bananas for it. It's in his top 5 favorites and seeing as he treated me like a queen last week while I was sick, I figure I owe it to him :-) I bought some stew meat while I was at the butcher yesterday too and tonight we're having a really yummy Irish stew with buttermilk biscuits to celebrate my clean apartment and the return of the Coach! I have some plans for bacon wrapped chicken later this week too! I'll do my best to snap some photos for you but at the least, I'll share the recipes as they come about.

During my last sick day at home last week I felt well enough to move to my couch and watch a movie. I chose Midnight in Paris, which I had never seen before. And while I was a little sad that Rachel McAdams played such a bitch pain in the butt, I really really enjoyed the movie. I desperately want to visit Paris. I dream about it almost every week and I often tell myself that I should and could learn French. The movie made me drool and it got me very excited about French music. Cafe music of the 20's, the classic stuff that we, Americans, dream is being played through speakers on cobblestone streets all over Paris (something like Disney World.) Anyway, I found the station "French Cafe" on Pandora and people, it's fabulous! I have been playing it practically non-stop on this windows open, hazelnut coffee March weekend!

My plans today, other than enter my Paris fantasy once again, would be to make my little stew, finish cleaning my apartment, snuggle with Sophia and Jeremiah and then take a nice walk tonight when the Coach gets home.

I hope you've all had an equally enjoyable weekend and that you enjoy your Sunday with a big smile on your face :-)

Love & Peace.