Extraordinary Ordinary Life

Menu Plan Monday 8.10.20

2020-08-09T19:19:00.001-04:00

Menu Plan Monday: August 10, 2020Breakfasts: Eggs, Bacon, Smoothies; Cereal, Breakfast sandwiches; Keto PancakesLunches: Sandwiches, carrots, chips and grapes; Frozen pizza and smoothies; Chicken nuggets and tater tots and smoothies; Grilled cheese and chips and grapes; LeftoversHere is the dinner menu for our week:Monday: Smoked Grilled Chicken, roasted broccoli and

Crossfit - Rope climbing, Hand Stands and Murph

2016-05-31T21:10:00.000-04:00

For two years my husband pretty much begged me to go to Crossfit with him I said NO WAY! It looked horrible and why would anyone do that to themselves? After a year I finally gave in and tried it like 4 times. I hated it. It was hard. I wanted to die. The end. But that wasn't the end. After another year of him asking me to do Crossfit and me

Weekly Workouts - 3.7.16

2016-03-13T18:56:00.001-04:00

This week's workouts - my second week of Crossfit in the books and I know I am getting stronger! Monday: Metcon (Time) WOD: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Thrusters - (95/65) - I used the 45 pound bar Strict Pull-Ups - I used two bands After Party: 3 Rounds 10 Deadbugs 15 Supermans Tuesday: Walked 4 miles in the rain Wednesday: Metcon (Time) 15 ring dips (with band) 30

This week's menu plan - 3.6.16

2016-03-06T08:45:00.000-05:00

Breakfast ideas: Paleo sausage egg mc"muffin" Bacon and eggs and peppers My fried potatoes, sausage and eggs skillet (It is basically Pioneer Woman's Breakfast Burritos without the cheese and without the tortillas) Against All Grain Waffles Lunch: Mark's Daily Apple 2 minute Salad *In Mason jars Leftovers Supper: Pork roast nachos Hamburgers and hot dogs (from the

Weekly Workouts - 2.29.16 - the one where I start Crossfit

2016-03-05T20:19:00.000-05:00

This week I crossed over from doing bootcamp to doing the Crossfit WODs. There is always a warm-up and then there is the WOD (workout of the day) and sometimes there is also conditioning after. I love doing the bootcamp but I wanted to start the WODs to learn some different skills. Here is what my workouts this week looked like. Monday: 15 min E3MOTM (Every 3

Weekly Workouts - 2.22.16

2016-02-27T15:36:00.002-05:00

This week's workouts - I still need to work a lot on my upper body strength. It is definitely my weakness. It is getting better but I still have a ways to go. Monday: Warm up 3 rounds - 2 minutes each; 1 minute rest between rounds: Rowing Burpee Broad Jumps Jump rope 10 minute AMRAP 10 Jumping lunges (each leg) 10 Ab work (I can't remember the name of it but

Weekly Menu Plan - paleo - 2.22.16

2016-02-22T08:59:00.003-05:00

Breakfast ideas: Paleo sausage egg mc"muffin" Bacon and eggs and peppers My fried potatoes, sausage and eggs skillet (It is basically Pioneer Woman's Breakfast Burritos without the cheese and without the tortillas) Paleo Pumpkin Waffles Lunch: Mark's Daily Apple 2 minute Salad So my husband decided to get a bunch of salad fixins, so we chopped and chopped this afternoon.

Weekly Workouts - 2.15.16

2016-02-20T13:06:00.000-05:00

I want to start keeping my workouts here and looking back and making notes so I can see what I have done and what I need to work on so here is this week's weekly workouts post. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday I go to a Crossfit gym that has a bootcamp class. It is an hour class and has lots of Crossfit moves but without the heavier weights. I LOVE it. I did not

We got a Puppy!

2016-01-10T14:35:00.002-05:00

My sister took a little road trip with me to pick up our sweet Pudge - a female Corgi and we are all in love and learning what it takes to take care of a puppy. The kids are doing pretty great. We pretty much love her and can't wait to see her grow. She is a Corgi. We call her Pudge or Pudgy Pie. She's a doll!!! The kids were pretty shocked to see get her.

Stitch fix - Dec. 2015

2015-12-07T21:17:00.002-05:00

I had stopped doing Stitchfix for a few months. But I am back at it this month and I am loving what they sent me. Here is a peek into one outfit: If you've thought about trying Stitch fix I'd definitely recommend it! Here is my referral link if you want to know more.

Mostly Paleo Pumpkin pie sheet cake

2015-11-19T22:14:00.001-05:00

I fell in love with this pumpkin pie sheet cake a few years ago but since going paleo I wanted to try to make it with some changes. The original recipe is from Mel's Kitchen Cafe and it is super delicious. You'll never want to make pumpkin pie again. True story. I just changed some of her ingredients to make it paleo friendly. *I wish I would have gotten a

Week in Review - 11.13.2015

2015-11-13T22:52:00.001-05:00

School stuff I had him cover words with money and when he read the word right he got to keep the money. He liked this game, lol. Some geometry going on. This is an art class we take twice a month and I thought the kids did great with their Veteran's Day paintings. We go to tutoring twice a week and this is my youngest two being silly there waiting on their older siblings

October in Review 2015

2015-11-06T20:35:00.001-05:00

Life Stuff I made the girls costumes this year for Halloween. Do you like our costumes? Because we aren't wearing costumes but I am wearing a glow in the dark pumpkin shirt. Festive right? We wanted to do a super hero/villain theme but I had a certain WWE guy that did not cooperate. We got to go to my husband's work Halloween party at the Children's museum.&

This week in review - 10.3.15

2015-10-04T23:03:00.002-04:00

School stuff This kid loves to read his All About Reading cards. Then we play a game where he throws the card into a basket after he gets it right. Here she is doing her spelling words with tiles from her All About Spelling curriculum. He does like the games and such that All About Reading has. We also had art this week! Isn't the art place so cute? We

This week's goals!

2015-09-29T11:29:00.000-04:00

Last Week's Goals: Marriage/Mothering/Homemaking Goals Find babysitting for date night - this did NOT happen! Can Applesauce. Write thank you letters with the kids to grandparents. - Didn't happen! Write up financial goals with the husband. Personal Goals Get at least 10,000 steps a day using my Fit Bit. - did this for the weekdays Do 3 30 minutes sessions from Les Mills On Demand

Menu Plan - 9.28.15

2015-09-28T10:00:00.000-04:00

This week's menu plan! You can follow my Instagram to get more food photos and ideas. Breakfasts: Eggs and Bacon Eggs and sausage Eggs and green smoothies Eggs eggs and more eggs Lunch: Leftovers Hot dogs, chips and smoothies Lunch meat, applesauce and smoothies Dinner: *Usually served with roasted or steamed veggies or sometimes a green smoothie Sunday staple- I start it on

Week in Review - 9.26.15

2015-09-27T23:23:00.000-04:00

This week was a little bit of a blur because I was canning a TON of applesauce and I accidentally deleted some of the pictures I took. School Stuff This week in school we just did school. We got it in even though we were processing a lot of apples. But when you get free apples, you make applesauce. We are still using Toe By Toe for my dyslexic kids and we also

10 Goals for the week

2015-09-21T22:15:00.000-04:00

I thought I might try to get back to goal setting. Here goes: Marriage/Mothering/Homemaking Goals Find babysitting for date night Can Applesauce. Write thank you letters with the kids to grandparents. Write up financial goals with the husband. Personal Goals Get at least 10,000 steps a day using my Fit Bit. Do 3 30 minutes sessions from Les Mills On Demand Deep clean some areas

Paleo Menu Plan - 9.21.15

2015-09-21T08:00:00.000-04:00

This week's menu plan! I did some make ahead stuff this weekend to make this week easier! You can follow my Instagram to get more food photos and ideas. It is just easier to post there. Breakfasts: Against All Grain's waffles Against All Grain pumpkin donuts (turned into muffins) Eggs and Bacon Lunch: I always try to make a smoothie for us for

Week in Review 9.20.15

2015-09-20T22:30:00.001-04:00

This week in my life: School Days School keeps going on. We are finding our groove pretty well. They all love math thanks to Right Start Math! Here is my goofy daughter putting on her "nerd" glasses while we are doing some math. This preschooler is everywhere when we do school. Here she is "hiding" up on her sister's bed with a bunch of stuffed animals. Piano lessons

Week in Review 9.13.15

2015-09-15T00:04:00.001-04:00

What? What? Blogging two weeks in a row? Yes, it is happening so get ready. School Stuff This week in the adventures in homeschool -We went to Bug Fest at a local park. It was worth its weight in gold. Honestly it was excellent. We all learned so much. We were able to identify bugs in a prairie like setting and in a pond. We were able to tag a

Week in Review 9.5.15

2015-09-06T22:18:00.001-04:00

Its been a while since I've done one of these. I used to enjoy doing them. Hopefully I'll have more time to do them now that my real estate stuff is settling down. If you don't know I am a Realtor on the side which was suppose to be part time but has been pretty full time all summer. You do just kind of have to take it when it comes though. We are settling into our

Weekly paleo meal plan template

2015-08-16T21:53:00.004-04:00

This is mostly for me but I thought I would share it with you too. Pork Sunday Pork chops in sweet sauce Slow Cooker Kalua Pig Meat Monday (Beef) Bunless burgers and sweet potato fries and spinach salad Steak Meatballs with mashed potatoes Bacon meatloaf, baked sweet potatoes and green beans Sloppy Joes over baked potatoes Ultimate Paleo

Homeschool Curriculum 2015-2016

2015-08-08T21:05:00.003-04:00

Third year is a charm right? I have heard that it takes three years to really get the hang of homeschooling and I am finding that to be true. This year I have chosen things that will make it much easier to teach multiple kids. There are things that I have to sit down and do with each kid and if I did that with everything they need to know for each of the kids I would not

Paleo at Aldi

2015-04-21T21:04:00.003-04:00

I have loved Aldi for a long time now. When I first started Paleo last year there didn't seem to be as much there that I could buy. But things have changed! Today, I am sharing what items I buy at Aldi that fit into my Paleo diet. Remember though not all Aldi stores have the same things. You will have to visit your store to see what they have. Produce: Organic