Day three with a glitch cause we love glitches

So today I forgot the menu was chicken soup. Soooooo I decided to swap up and make meat spaghetti for dinner except I should know that that's a recipe for disaster. 

Before dinner we decided to run to store. We came out to this. Thank you to old friends who came and rescued us. However my son ended up treating me to dinner. We still had to feed the crew. 

So here is the crazy day today

Breakfast peanut butter toast and yogurt 3.00

Lunch was leftovers from last night's dinner so 0.00

Dinner spaghetti with meat sauce 4.00

We also had ice cream for desert  3.00 so today's total is  10.00

Day 5 feed the masses for 100.00 in 7 days

Breakfast blueberry pancakes with whip cream 3.00

Lunch left over soup 0.00

Dinner - sausage jambalaya, made from scratch biscuits and salad 6.00

My helper and today's total- 9.00

So far this weeks total- 49.50

Day four a better day :)

So today was less busy and hopefully will continue. Dinner is already set and its not even 2:00 pm. I even foresee two little boys about to nap :) 

Breakfast 

Oatmeal (from co op) .50

Blueberries .50

Sugar - .25 

1.25

Lunch 

Fruit and veggie tray

Carrots- .25

Pepper- .50

Blueberries- .50

Orange- .25

Pepper- .50

1/2 cheese block- .75

1/2 avocado- .50 

Yogurt and ranch - .50 

Lunch- 4.25

Dinner

Dinner I made soup from left over chicken 0.00

Squash from garden 

Onion 1.00

Beans from coop (I use wheat Montana) .50

2 carrots .25

Bread machine bread

1.00

I purchased alphabet noodles for my littles to enjoy. 1.00 on sale a few weeks ago :)

Dinner is a grand total of 2.75

If I add on salad I will revise but this is really enough food and daddy will have lunch and so will we out of this tomorrow. I like today's number 

Today's total 8.25

If we add in ice cream cones tonight it will be 10.25 :) yay 

Day two of our experiment

So today was harder. I've had a fussy baby and we ran allllll day long. I left at 8:30 and pretty much so ran till 7:30 with a few breaks at home. However we managed to do today's menu.

Breakfast homemade blueberry oatmeal, yogurt and bananas plus apple juice 2.00

Lunch no pictures sadly we rushed to botany

This picture explains my inability to post a picture of my kitchen..

Lunch was 3.50

I'm exhausted but dinner is about to be served 

Roasted chicken (no picture she's still cooking)

Tossed salad

Steamed broccoli 

Dinner total -9.00

Today's total is 14.50

I gotta cut back some to make it to my 100.00 goal!!! Tomorrow I shall attempt more creativity ;) 

Weight loss and finding myself on the trail

Yes I was never a fan of running but always sorta envious of those who did it. A year and a half ago I started training with my friend for a triathlon. About a month and a half into it I found out God had a surprise for me. So I tried to tough it through but I am always very very sick during my pregnancies so the best of the nausea took over and I quit everything but the YMCA. 

Well on my birthday I was blessed with a great gift. Matthew Ryan was born and we chose the name because he is my gift from God. Matthew means "Gods gift". So sleepless nights and exhaustion took over. However at my 6 week check up Dr grey asked me if I'd started running again. Also at this appointment the scales tipped and I weighed more than ever postpartum. I was 5' 8" tipping the scales at 195 and this terrified me. However the voice in my head said get over it and do something about it. Meanwhile my friend Lauren had been running and posting and doing fabulous her daily runs encouraged me on fb. I looked forward to seeing her distances and her increasing pace. On January 1st I went with Lauren, my family and my sweet neighbor Keri's family and ran a 5k. From that moment on I decided I was hooked. 

So I started running slow and clumsy but I did it. Slowly and surely I gained speed and endurance. So I signed up for a 1/2 occurring in 2014 with much terror. Well now I'm hooked and want to do several 1/2's before that and am moving my April to a full. A FULL marathon ME a homeschool mom of 7. Someone who is never home always going on less sleep then torture victims. I'm not the fastest person out there but slowly I'm at speeds and distances I can't believe (my magic mile was 8.04) the rest of the 7 miles after wasn't pretty but 8.04 really!!! I thought my gps broke. 

So here I am almost 40 pounds lighter running a 5k in the morning is a light run and meeting some amazing athletes. For the first time ever I am an athlete for the first time in my life I have done something just for me something that I can claim and no one else can take. Something that makes me a better wife, mother, friend and person.

My 10 year old took this today on our walk. I look funny but she was proud so I'm using this one 

I've realized I love to RUN!!! See you on the trail :) it's a beautiful place to collect your thoughts and gather your strength. Give it a try I think you'd be surprised as I was. 

Day one of eating under 100.00 for a family of 9

Ok so today is easier because it is Sunday and I had nothing to do. Here is our breakdown

The new challenge

So in an effort to reduce bills I'm trying a little experiment this week. It's goal is to keep grocery spending below 100.00. Ok so here's my proposed dinner menu.