The End.

March has come to an end, as has my NaBloPoMo challenge. I managed to do pretty well, only missing one day overall. Not to shabby.

With that done, I do hope that it was the kick start I needed to be more consistent in blogging. While I certainly won't have the time to do it everyday anymore, my new goal is at least five posts per month - although I plan to push myself for more.

NaBloPoMo wasn't the only thing that came to an end in March for me.

This past Friday, I said goodbye to the last seven years of my life. I gathered with my friends and now former co-workers as I cried happy tears (and some sad) on what was my last day at my first ever adult job.

It was certainly a bitter sweet moment. Saying goodbye to people that were not only coworkers, but also people I considered great friends. It wasn't easy, we formed our own little family over time and now I'm walking into a new situation with new people - it's honestly really overwhelming!

I managed to hold it together pretty well as we enjoyed happy hour drinks. That was until I had to say goodbye to a man that was like a father figure to me... a father figure that told inappropriate jokes and talked about his relationship problems.. haha! But in all seriousness, saying goodbye to all of them was hard, but he was the most difficult goodbye of them all.

I genuinely hope that those goodbyes were not permanent. I hope that those seven year friendships can make it and we can all still keep in touch. Here's to positive thinking on that part.

So, now I move on the hopefully bigger and better things. I hope I've made the best decision I could for my career and my family, time will tell. For now I'm going to take it one day at a time and hope for the best.

Photo of the Week

A sign your photo shoot may not be going well: You get a better photo of the dog than your child.

Bad Things Come In 3's

I hope? Maybe?

I'm ready for bad things to stop anytime now.

You may (or may not, I don't know that anyone actually reads these posts) have noticed that I didn't post yesterday - therefore failing at my "blog every day" thing.

However, I totally had a legit excuse:
I got hit by a semi truck.
Yes, literally.
Yes, I'm ok.
No, Charlie was not with me. Thank God.
My car is not so ok, but I'm not sure on the total damage as of yet or if it's fixable.

So yeah. That happened.

The day before that my dentist diagnosed me with stress induced muscle spasms in my jaw. Those hurt like crazy by the way. He told me (I'll paraphrase a bit here) "to chill out and take a vacation".

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Instead I get hit by a semi. I obviously listen well.

I'm hoping the accident counts for two because I don't think I can handle anything else.

Here's to hoping April is a far better month. Aside from the new job offer, March has been an evil wench.

Wordless Wednesday

If this post were, in fact, wordless (which it obviously is not), you wouldn't get this perfect caption: "Please Mom, no more pictures!"

What a Crock.

Crock Pot, that is.

I have some huge schedule changes happening very soon, so I've been looking into ways to make dinner time Monday thru Friday easier on everyone. All while trying not to screw up Charlies schedule and finding a way around my husbands picky eating habits.

Let me tell you, it's been a challenge.

Before now, I've only ever made about three things in a crock pot. And I've never made a freezer meal. I have Pin after Pin on Pinterest for both of these things, yet I've never tried most of them.

Well, things are about to change. I've been researching like crazy to come up with at least two weeks worth of meal plans. So far, I haven't come up with quite that many.. but I'm still working on it!

Here's some of the recipes that are on the slate to try out, hopefully they are keepers!

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken by Semi Homemade Mom

Crock Pot Pork Roast with Apples & Potatoes from Amy's Cooking Adventures

Cheesy Chicken Tater Tot Casserole by The Country Cook

Roasted Pork Loin from Peace, Love and French Fries

As far as frozen meals go, I'm thinking Lasagna, Meat Loaf, maybe some Enchiladas. I also plan on making a huge batch of Spaghetti Sauce to freeze in smaller bags.

Obviously this process is going to be trial and error for a while. My main reason for looking more into this is because my work schedule will be changing, along with a major career move. This means that I will be getting home at about the time Charlie is usually demanding dinner - not good! Hopefully we'll get into a new groove after a few weeks.

If you have any crock pot or frozen meal favorites, feel free to share!