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Until then, stay cool and dry my friends!

Talk soon,
Britni

A Recipe and Me Teaching

Since the title of my blog is Somewhere in Between, I thought I should at least attempt to write about something other than my family--although I love them dearly.  On Monday night, as Sean was at yet another baseball game, I was stumped on what to make for dinner. I had only two requirements...since it was just me and the girls it had to be easy and something the girls would eat!  My sloppy joe's!  They are so so good and so very easy.  Here is the recipe:

 

Britni's Sloppy Joe's:

Ingredients/Shopping List:
1lb of ground beef, turkey, chicken, whatev (I typically use 93/7 or 96/4)
1/8 -1/4 cup of brown sugar
2-3 tablespoons of yellow mustard
1-2 teaspoons of garlic powder
1-2 teaspoons of onion powder
S and P to taste

Directions:
Brown the meat and add all spices
Add mustard, stir
Add brown sugar, stir
Let simmer on low for 5ish minutes and taste add more of whatev  :)

I just realized I left out the garlic powder and salt in this picture!  Wow, I need some work on this posting of recipe's...



I just eyed the mustard in this picture.  I stir it in and then taste it and add more if needed.
 

All finished and ready to devour!

I literally eye this recipe.  It was hard for me to even come up with exact measurements.  You cannot mess it up!  Also, if you are not a yellow mustard fan, this dish is still for you!  My husband hates mustard, well any condiment really, and he love these!  I usually serve these on hamburger buns or sandwich thins with a veggie and potato...green beans and tator tots--sometimes a salad.  My kiddos will usually add a fruit of some sort to their meal--applesauce, fruit cup, berries...This is the easiest thing ever to make and everyone loves it!! 

And because I don't talk about my teaching job enough on here...we are nearing the end of the school year--only two more Monday's.  The other day in Accounting I was doing some practice problems on the board and I always have one student sit at my desk to work the computer.  Well, on this very crazy spring day my student took my phone and decided to take a billion selfies, so that was a fun surprise that I didn't know about until way later!  But they did manage to snap a picture of me in action!  Teaching adjustments and looking good! :) 

There you have it...I do actually teach! :)

Have a good rest of the week!  We can push through, it's almost Friday people!  We got this!

 

 

Talk soon,

 

Britni

Weekend Recap on Wednesday!

Hello there!  Wow, what a week we've had already and it's only Wednesday.  We had a great, but busy weekend and it doesn't look like the craziness is going to let up anytime soon. 

On Friday night Sean had a baseball makeup game that came up out of the blue and we already had plans to attend First Friday's (an art show downtown) at one of our friends work.  Since I already had my mom babysitting the girls, I went ahead and went with Brook by myself.  Her husband, Anthony met us there from the airport.  It was a really good time and fun to hang out and drink wine--but not too much fun because I was scheduled to run a 10k the next day!  :)


Hsd so much fun hanging out with this lady on Friday night!

Shopping around in the art district!  Found these really cool sunglasses...may have had a couple glasses of wine.

The 10K I ran on Saturday morning went well.  I was tired and not feeling great, and to be honest, it took me a good 2 miles to really warm up, but in the end it turned out alright.  I ran the entire race with my friend Kerri and thank goodness for her to keep me going!  We ended up finishing first and second in our age group with a time right around 51 and half minutes.  That ends up being about an 8:14 minute mile pace and let me tell ya that was tough to maintain towards the end!  

 

Here we are after the race, thankful it is over!

 

Saturday night, we BBQ'ed at my friend Brook's house. It was gorgeous out so the kids played outside all night long.  My girls were exhausted (and stinky) by the time we finally pakced up to head home.  We grilled brats, chicken breasts, veggies and corn.  I made strawberry shortcakes for dessert and they were a huge hit with the kiddos.  I ALWAYS forget to snap pictures on my food...



 

They played forever in that car!  They LOVE taking turns driving eachother around...Ella like a grandma and Hudson like a madman! :)

 

 

On Sunday, we had small group at our church and it was our turn to provide the meal!  I love preparing food for people and we decided on a sandwich tray, fresh fruit, a summer capreese salad and chips.  For dessert I made a couple of pans of brownies, one with walnuts and one without!  By the time we made it home from church both girls were exhausted!  After very long afternoon naps we went to dinner with my dad at Roadhouse.  A good way to end my weekend...with a steak and quality time with daddio!  Won't ever hear me complain about that! :)

 

Hope you had a good weekend, friends!

 

Talk soon,

Britni

 

F-R-I-D-A-Y

Oh thank heavens it's Friday!  This week has absolutely flown by and I have a list a mile long of things to get done today, but I decided this was entirely more fun! :)  This week was a little dreary here, but today and the weekend are supposed to be gorgeous!  Hoping we are all healthy and can enjoy it.  Speaking of healthy, I stayed home with Mia Moo yesterday. She was running a random fever that wouldn't be shaken by any meds. Very strange.  She's still not 100% today, so I hoping by this weekend she is feeling better. 

We did a lot of this yesterday....

Still smilin' eventhough she had a 102 degree fever!

 Ella had kite day at her school on Monday.  Sean went with her to fly kites at the end of the day! This is a day that Ella looks forward too spending with her daddy, and I'm okay with it because I can't fly a kite to save my life!  Last year, we had a dud of a kite.  It was like a dollar at Target and it sucked, plus it was really windy last year.  Needless to say, the kite broke in like 2 seconds and Ella was super disappointed.  This year, I splurged on a $7 kite from CVS and it was awesome!  Mom for the win! :)  Here are a few pics of Ella flyin' her princess kite--would you expect anything less???

Sean informed me that their kite flew the highest...not that's it's a competition or anything. :)

We have a crazy busy weekend which includes a 10k for me tomorrow morning!  It has been so nice not to stress about following a running schedule this week, though!  This week my workouts consisted of some elliptical time, on outside run for about 4.5 miles, some HIIT training on the treadmill, Nike Training Camp strength workout and some weights.  It was awesome to change it up a bit!  I'm hoping to PR tomorrow at the race and beat my previous 10K time of 52 minutes! 

We also have a fun night tonight with some friends planned and then a family BBQ tomorrow night.  Finally we will cap off the weekend with our church small group.  Love that time to focus on my faith. Whew, that sounds too busy for me, but at least summer is almost here!   Only16 more days...not that I'm counting.

Have a good weekend, friends!

Talk soon,
Britni