We'll just go ahead and start with Monday - Sunday was pretty uneventful for us.
I started out getting up at 5:30 and eating some yummy toast and took my prednisone.
I eat so much bread as its about the only thing that I know doesn't make me sick...we decided to break out the bread machine and start making our own so I'm eating some better ingredients and less processed, I think mom finally taught me the correct way, I can cook and bake a lot of things but anything that has to do with yeast I totally struggle with! If you have any tips, throw them my way😉.
Then I finally fell back asleep and woke up around 9 - I have such a hard time sleeping that I prefer to just let my body wake up naturally so I'm getting as much sleep as I can, some days it works well..others I'm wide awake even when I'm still tired.
I got up and did my usual morning routine - I go around and pick up all the dog toys and put them away (I swear dogs prepare you for toddlers...All those toys all over the house!), get their food in their bowls, let them out, and pick up anything else in the house that needs done.
Today I actually woke up with a little energy, some days It last all day, some days it lat about 5 minutes...😂. Decided to have a little fun with my hair and makeup today - I always try do something to make me feel a little more put together whether its hair, makeup, or my outfit, I've struggled with that the last couple months so I'm trying to ease back into it, It really does make a difference and I highly suggest it! whether you're sick, a stay at home mom, work at home, or whatever, it really does help!
My ootd Monday. You all know I love a good deal!
My blue top I ordered from American Eagle last week when they had sales and free shipping, I got it for $8, the button up I got at Target last summer on sale for around $13, my jeans I got at goodwill for $2.30 (they’re express!), and my shoes Joe got me for Christmas a couple years ago, they’re Ugg’s that he found for $40 at Plato’s closet they had never been worn!
Cuddle puppies while I ate.
Joe got home from work a little after 1 so we could head to my GI Dr appointment, we had a little time to kill when we got to Des Moines so we headed to Trader Joe’s to grab a few things.
This Dr appointment was a fairly simple routine one, right now we’re just in a waiting game to see when the Stelara starts working, I do think it has started to work but honestly sometimes it’s so hard to tell, everyday is so different!
After my appointment we headed to one of our favorites, Red Rossa😍😍, the best pizza.
After that we headed to Costco for a few things, we buy our water by the case from there along with a lot of our paper goods and laundry stuff.
Once we were done with that we took the long way home, I may have persuaded Joe to stop at Molly’s Cupcakes downtown for dessert, the chocolate peanut one was on point😋.
We love taking 69 home to have a little bit of a scenic route.
Once we got home it was pretty much an early bedtime.
Tuesday I started off the day eating some delicious leftover breakfast casserole my mom made on Sunday
It doesn’t look like much since I cut it up to warm in the microwave...but it’s so good! I’ll share the recipe soon.
My ootd Tuesday. I got this sweatshirt at Costco and SERIOUSLY regret not getting one in every color, soo comfy!
Once I got up and around I headed up to the hospital to have my labs drawn and see my hematologist.
They were training someone new for labs and I was totally thinking “great...I’m going to be. Guinee pig”😩😩 he actually did really well and made it quick and mostly painless 😉 - my veins don’t like to cooperate all the time.
I tell you...they ask sooo many questions in these appointments! Everything starts running together 😂. overall things have gotten a little better but my feratin levels (from what I understand the one that shows how your bodies absorbing the iron) still was extremely low so I’ll start doing iron infusions over the next few weeks.
Sweet babies that I came home too☺️.
I caught them off guard when I came home, usually Deegans already at the window waiting for us to come home, today they were both still in bed totally out, Deegan came running from the bedroom like a bat out of hell😂.
For lunch I warmed up my delicious leftovers in the air fryer - if you haven’t tried Red Rossa in West Des Moines you absolutely need too!!
The rest of the afternoon I did a few things around the house and cuddled with the puppies.
Joe went to Des Moines to train so I decided on a quick and easy dinner if a pretzel, I picked these up at Trader Joe’s Monday and put it in the Air Fryer ( seriously this puppy is so amazing!) to warm up and ate it with queso dip.
Is anyone else obsessed with the hallmark movies and mysteries channel?? I caught up on dvr’d movies and watched Chronicle Mysteries.
Just waiting for mommy to throw the ball...I played fetch with this guy for over an hour and he still thought it was time to play again at bedtime, I can’t wait until it’s warm enough to get him outside running around again!
Wednesday morning at was actually able to sleep in a little bit and catch up on some rest.
These two sweet boys were totally on board with having a lazy day.
Another day of Red Rossa leftovers😁 - Monday’s after 4 if you purchase two pizzas you get one free, we took advantage of that for more leftovers throughout the week!
My ootd for Wednesday. I got this top during younkers going out of business sale last summer, it was marked down to $60 something to $6!!
I took a few hours in the afternoon to plan out my blog post for the year - now if I can stick too it😉.
These two were excellent moral support.
We had great intentions of using up some Christmas gift cards and going to a movie in Des Moines, then we decided we were much to old and boring to be out that late and turned around at New Virginia😂.
We decided to to get a movie at Walmart and pick up Arby’s for supper, what’s your favorite thing from there?? My go to is the beef and cheddar😋 I don’t eat any of the sides since they’re all fried but I did steal a couple of Joes curly fries🤷♀️. We bought the new scooby doo movie and watched that, not as a good as the old ones but it was still fun for us scooby doo lovers☺️.
Before Joe got home from work I FINALLY got around to hanging one of the strands of fairy lights I ordered off amazon (link here) and love how it turned out! It puts off a great amount of light, I liked having the strand of lights running along the top of the cupboards for Christmas that plugged in so I think I’m going to pick up some clear ones that I can leave up year round, and I found some under the counter rechargeable lights (link here) that I’m going to get but this works great until then, I love that you can put them on a timer!
Thursday I had every intention of sleeping in...and of course that didn’t happen, I wasn’t feeling well so I was up at 4 to have some toast and take my prednisone, then I finally got back to sleep until about 7:30🙄.
My ootd Thursday.
I LOVE this long sleeve shirt I found in Amazon (link here) if you order I suggest sizing up at least one if not two. I’m usually a small or medium and ordered a medium originally and it was definitely more fitted than I was expecting, so they sent me an XL and it’s the perfect loose fit that I was looking for.
I did a few things around the house in the morning - my ocd is real...😂 everyday I find things to tweak, clean, or reorganize..
Once I was done cleaning I made myself a delicious caramel mocha - yep...I’m still trying to soak up every last piece of Christmas I can get with this mug.
I settled down on the couch to finish up my blog post planning - I have so many fun ideas coming your way and I think I’ve got a pretty good system to keep up with it😉.
And my sidekicks☺️.
I had a tuna sandwich for lunch - forgot a picture but there’s obviously not too much to it😉.
I continued on my Veronica Mars marathon I started Tuesday, anyone seen this show?? It stared Kristen Bell, it only had 3 seasons and then they came out with a movie a couple years ago too, there’s rumors a reboot is in the works and I REALLY hope it happens! Even Joe likes this show😉.
I know I’m not alone with the never ending laundry😂. I HATE going in our basement...we didn’t touch it when we moved in so it’s still a typical gross basement...of course our laundry rooms down there so usually Joe gets stuck changing loads and I fold and put away (I’m way to ocd to let Joe do that part😂) in the winter when the spiders are dead I’m a little more willing to keep on the laundry.
we have big plans for the basement this spring including tearing out some of the moldy drywall (when there’s tons of rain it leaks a little) and repaint everything with some killz paint that will help with the mildew! I’ll take you along on that project when we
finally start it, it’s going to be a doozy.
I love the progressive chicken pot pie soup but I'm really trying to stay away from the processed/pre packaged so after reading the ingredients on the canned and looking up some ideas I came up with a recipe to make my own in the instant pot - I'll post the recipe soon, it turned out pretty good!
Friday was one of those days...even though I got more sleep than I had been, maybe because I took my prednisone Thursday at 4:00am??😂 I knew as soon as I woke up that it was going to be a “struggle” day.
I got up and around and got my toast and watched an episode of Veronica mars.
My ootd Friday - it was seriously a struggle to do the hair and makeup I did, I got some mascara one and once my hair finished air drying flat ironed it a little. I really wanted to just stay in my pajamas all day but I made myself get dressed, but it was a casual comfy outfit choice☺️.
And this is how the dogs get about getting up for the day🤷♀️.
Once I did a few things around the house I headed up town to tan and talked myself out of taking advantage of junction creamery opening day free ice cream cones, good thing too because once I got home and was scrolling through Facebook they didn’t open until 1:00😂.
I’ve been trying different things with my diet and how/when I eat to see if that affects my stomach, so today I went ahead and made our “supper” for lunch since joe was headed to the gym after work.
As soon as I got home I whipped up some Trader Joe’s orange chicken and some white rice, I threw the rice in the instant pot to cook and while that was going I put the orange chicken in the air fryer, within twenty minutes I had a super delicious meal that didn’t take much work! I put joes in the fridge so he can just heat it up quick when he gets home.
Once I was done eating and I cleaned up the kitchen the exhaustion/headache was really starting to kick in so the doggies and I decided to rest and watch another hallmark movies and mystery movie I dvr’d.
I love that they’re always on board for naps and cuddles, until bedtime of course, Deegan thinks that’s when all the energy should come out🙄😂.
Guys...I may or have not spent $40 on girl scout cookies today...I met my uncle and got some from him from one of my cousins and then we're at Walmart that night and ran into Joe's old high school friend with his daughters selling, how do you tell them no??😂😂, needless to say we're stocked up for awhile.
This poor little guy...You'd think he's so abused by that face, he was naughty and took the toy so he wasn't allowed to have it either, He's so dramatic.
Joe found this tent in the clearance aisle at Walmart and decided he needed a new one for the motorcycle, so we decided to have a little camp out in the living room and "Think Spring" It helped a little but we did have fun!
My ootd Saturday.
We took our time getting up and around Saturday and did a few things around the house then we headed up to Des Moines.
We ran to the mall for a couple things and then headed to the Deer Classic downtown. This was our first time going and honestly we weren't totally impressed, it wasn't bad but even Joe said it wasn't as exciting as he was expecting.
We decided on Famous Daves for lunch and boy it did not disappoint! we hadn't been there since my birthday and I definitely forgot how delicious it is!
My magazines I picked up at Barnes and Noble, I went in for one and couldn't find it so I came out with these😂.
Saturday night Joe went over to his cousins to watch the UFC fights so the dogs and I had a relaxing night of watching Gilmore Girls. I get so frustrated sometimes after having an "eventful" day because I get so exhausted, After walking around the mall and the Deer classic I could barely walk, Joe keeps reassuring me that I'm getting "ahead" of myself and all in time but lets be real, I'm not a very patient person!
A little reminder for ya'll this week...Take some time to do a little self care for yourself💜.
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