Here comes the rain!

I've always known that I get bad spring fever, and even though it is only January 12th and it will be below freezing by Saturday night, the fact that I was just outside soaking up the sun before the rain storm in the 61 degree weather was wonderful. A lot of the snow still remains but a ton of it has disappeared, and with the heavy showers coming, more will wash away. But then in a period of 12 hours or less it will all freeze which is not fun, but in the meantime, I'll take it!

I am a little nervous being so excited for this weekend, with really nothing to do, because 52 weeks ago was the Stomach Bug of 2017. Not fun at all! *knock on wood* there hasn't been much word about illnesses going around (though I did see a news report of a school in Plymouth, MA shutting today because 20% of the school called in the sick yesterday with the stomach bug).

As usual I am glad to get another week behind us, though I still have 4 hours until the weekend actually begins. I wasn't overly thrilled with my eating this week, so I'll be glad to try harder this coming week (and not have the weekend be a free-for-all). I haven't exactly decided on my lunches for the week. I went grocery shopping last night so I wouldn't have to go in the pouring rain tonight. But I will need to go again on Sunday or Monday as there were some produce not available (I've heard that Thursday night is the worst time to go at our store).

Have I mentioned that I am going to start doing a 2nd and even 3rd trip to the store each week? I hate that we are kind of limping our way to the end of the week which doesn't always result in the best choices. And with my renewed desire to eat more produce, you can't just buy it once a week. And there are the occasions where I don't get what I want (this is especially true of bananas - I like to eat one a day before I leave the house, partially so I am not starving when I get to work, partially to give me a little energy, and partially because my vitamin makes me nauseous if I eat it on an empty stomach). Last week I lucked out with my bananas - I didn't go shopping until Sunday morning and they were slightly under ripe, so they lasted me the whole week. Last night there were no bananas except bright green ones (and only a few of them) so I skipped that.

I do hope though that these extra trip(s) won't add to our food bill. The store that I would go to on the way home from work is pricier than the one I normally go to. I could potentially go to our normal one during cub scouts on Monday but I tend to like to go home during that. Plus going to the other store does allow me to get a few items that aren't available at the other store. But I also have to be good about sticking to my list!

All week I have been eager to make this Thai Crunch Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing for lunch, but last night ended up being a "everyone for yourself" dinner (my daughter made Mac and Cheese for them both - the joys of having someone else able to use the stove! A game changer!) so I decided to make this for myself. I didn't even ask my husband to share :) But I was feeling hungry and we had pre-cooked Asian noodles in the house (I just had to microwave them for 90 seconds) so I included them as well. Not as healthy, but oh so good! Except I ate 2 servings of it! I have coleslaw left over, so unless I have more over the weekend, which is very possible, I'll try it without the noodles for lunch next week. This is the issue with me making yummy sounding stuff for lunch, I want to eat too much of it!

Have a wonderful weekend!