Friday Five

Yay for Friday!! So here's 5 random things from this week.

1. Doggy Daycare: We found a nice place that is right next to our house to take the dogs to every once in awhile when we want them to get really worn out (with no effort on our part). Plus its good for socialization too. This place is brand new and we were pretty happy to find it. They went on Wednesday, and when we picked them up, they were so worn out! The owners are really sweet and said that our pups had a great time. I wish we could take them every day!

2. Meal Planning: This week is my first week for starting to meal plan. I blogged awhile ago about trying to waste less food and shop once a month etc. and that was working out ok, we have been doing very good with wasting less food, and the shopping thing was pretty alright. But the bad part was that it wasn't the healthiest thing that's for sure. Mostly because obviously fresh fruits and veggies don't last for a whole month. So I got a marker board from target for the fridge, a couple of magazines for new healthy recipe ideas, and have a pretty good plan. It has been so so so nice to come home from work and have the meal decision already made! I am trying to get us to eat better, which will be an ongoing process for sure. I am also trying to keep looking for new recipes to add to the ones I already have in my cookbooks for more variety. My plan at this point is to pick the meals on Sunday, write them out on my board for the week (with page numbers for the recipe) and then we are set! Plus this way, if Michael gets home first, he can start working on dinner, which is just another perk of this plan :).

3. New Year!: It's 2012 already! I was just telling Michael on Sunday that I am pretty excited for this upcoming year. I am not really sure why exactly, it has never really meant that much to me before, but I think that it is going to be a great year. I made a few resolutions (but I won't bore you with them), and I am pretty excited to see what God is going to do with us and in our lives this year.

4. Sewing: I got a sewing machine for christmas! Its kinda awesome. I have NO idea how to sew, but I started learning a little bit this week when Rachel came over for a play day on Monday. My first project is going to be covering the pillows on the futon upstairs. There is nothing wrong with how they are now, but its the easiest first project we could think of for me to try. Seeing as how I didn't even know how to turn my machine on when I got it, I figured I should start slow. I got one of them partially finished and so far so good! Stay tuned for project updates!

5. New workout routine: I have lost about 10 pounds since last august. That is not too shabby, but over the holidays, I ate a lot of food. (Don't worry, it was very good food). I also have felt like I have been in a bit of a "workout funk" doing the same stuff and feeling less and less motivated. I ran a race (the warrior dash) in November, and prior to that, I was pretty motivated to train for it. So now I need a new motivator. I kinda want to do another race like that and have toyed with the idea of running a tough mudder race, but I have heard that its kinda crazy hard-core. So maybe that won't work out. But I did download the training workout they suggest and have been trying out some of the exercises this week. And when I say trying out the exercises, I really mean doing 4 of them in a modified fashion lol. I am sooooo sore already which means they are working! But anyone who knows of other good workouts, just let me know :).

So that's been my week! Tomorrow we go pick up Molly (my in-law's dog) to keep while they are gone next week on a cruise, so that will liven things up around here. Have a good weekend!