100 Things I'm Thankful For/Make Me Happy

1. God

2. Family

3. Friends

4. Having a job

5. Having a place to live

6. Never having to go hungry

7. Having a car

8. My dog

9. Having clothes

10. Sunsets

11. Sunrises

12. Having been in love

13. Graduating from high school

14. Graduating from college

15. The opportunity to live in another state

16. The many road trips I've been on

17. Having been to Europe

18. Being American

19. Having the right to vote

20. Being able to afford luxuries

21. Growing up in a small town

22. Getting to experience city life

23. The fact that my parents are still married & in love

24. My health

25. The ability to cook

26. Country music

27. Cute boys in trucks

28. Boots

29. Bacon

30. Having gone to many concerts

31. The experience of a military relationship

32. Growing up in the country

33. Having my heartbroken

34. Constant laughter

35. Not having to wear make-up

36. "Spirit Day" at work ie. JEANS

37. Baseball

38. Roach spray

39. Having met my favorite band.

40. A fairly high metabolism

41. Jack Daniels

42. Bud Light

43. Bloody Marys

44. WeFest

45. Leaves changing colors

46. Growing up in a state that has all 4 seasons

47. Kissing

48. Holding hands

49. Late night talks

50. Driving

51. Taking pictures

52. Nature

53. The color blue

54. Sunshine

55. Having a tan

56. Babies

57. Shark Week

58. Two-Stepping

59. The ability to make new friends

60. Lessons learned from former friendships

61. Consistently having a job since I was 16

62. The first snowfall

63. The ocean

64. Tattoos

65. Dancing

66. Quoting movies with friends

67. Snail mail

68. Physical newspapers

69. Harry Potter

70. Having a bed

71. Cuddling

72. Sleeping in

73. Coffee

74. Whataburger breakfast

75. Coloring books

76. Camping

77. Fishing

78. Deer hunting

79. Being organized

80. Planning events

81. Queso

82. Rodeos

83. Bedtime

84. Bluebell ice cream

85. Having electricity

86. Having easy internet access

87. Friendly neighbors

88. Never having a bad roommate

89. Blogging

90. Family Get Togethers

91. The feeling after working out

92. Dreaming

93. Reading

94. Musicals

95. My students

96. Mistakes

97. Forgiveness

98. Mountains

99. Being myself

100. Being alive

Meal Planning

I was so excited when moving down here to be able to plan meals.  I was all "Yes!  I will have a plan for a week, buy those groceries, & that way I will save money & the stress of what do I want to eat today when I'm already hungry!"

Well I'll be saving money that's for sure.  The first trip to the store I bought stuff for Mac & Cheese, Spaghetti, Hamburger Helper, Pork Chops, as well as sandwich stuff for lunches.  That was about a week ago.  I managed to make a box of Mac & Cheese last me 3 days.  I just made Hamburger Helper yesterday & I'm still eating that.  Needless to say my idea to plan meals has gone out the window because there is really no point when I'm making "a meal" turn into many.  I'm eventually going to have start freezing stuff so I can have a little variety in my life.  I'm debating if I even want to go grocery shopping this weekend since I still have some Hamburger Helper left as well as a couple pork chops & spaghetti to make...

BlueBell ice cream & steak are on sale though...MMM steak

Meal Plan Monday 1/10-1/16

Monday
Lean Cuisine

Tuesday
Meatballs & Mashed Potatoes

Wednesday
Dinner Out - Old Chicago

Thursday
Lean Cuisine

Friday
Chicken Parmesan

Saturday
Left Overs

Sunday
Work Christmas Party - Taco Bar

Meal Plan Monday 1/3-1/9

I stole this idea from a blog that I follow, Keeping Up With the Sonneks.  I figured that since I am starting to work out & am trying to lose some weight, I should start planning out my meals so that I'm not just eating random junk.  Of course the meals aren't always going to be that healthy but hopefully it will stop a lot of junk & fast food instead of meals because I just don't know what I want or am feeling lazy.

Monday
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Meatballs

Tuesday
Chinese Buffet

Wednesday
Egg Salad Sandwich

Thursday
Lean Cuisine

Friday-Sunday
I will be at my parents' for the weekend so I'm not sure what dinner will be these days.  Whatever it is it's gonna be good.

Day 19 - A Talent I Have

I always hate when this question pops up, whether it be in class, on a survey, or in an interview. Especially when it comes up in class or an interview. Why? I honestly don't have one big great talent. I'm pretty decent at a lot of things, but not good enough where I'd call any of them a talent. Honestly, the two things I'm best at are organzing things & planning things. Sweet talents huh?