Can You Feel A Brand New Day__I Mean Week

This was my plan for they week's meals. As per usual we did not eat according to my plan. My houseguests (Son3, DIL3, band and road manager) are arriving a day earlier than they originally planned. In fact they anticipated arriving in Huntsville on Thursday afternoon and just staying there until after the show. Birmingham is just a tad over an hour and a half from there so they planned on driving here late Thursday night. Now they are planning on being here midday Wednesday, which is a day and a half earlier than I planned. This has required some skillful reorganizing each room to give each person as much privacy as possible, and now I have to be completely finished about noon Wednesday.

Needless to say, I have been busting my butt to try and be ready timely. Today I finally finished the upstairs including making a slipcover for the music room sofa. I was not planning on that but judging form the looks of it and the fact that I found 6 or so drumsticks on said sofa, it looks like someone (not naming names) had been drumming on the plether sofa. When I walked in the room I saw the leather like covering was coming apart form the fabric backside. Not a happy camper! (This will teach me to do some inspecting when a certain individual (still nameless person) leaves. The same person also left a window cracked. I vacuumed appx. 1,00,000 stinkbugs from around the window. Not a happy camper, again.

The result of all of this unnecessary chores, coupled with the needed rearranging and the updated schedule has left me chasing my tail, with little time to eat, much less cook. This week I have no plan, except for bbq butt and ribs which are smoking as I type this. everything else is going to be fly by the seat of the pants cooking.

1. Scallops, asparagus, new potatoes, salad

2. BBQ chicken thighs, caulitato salad, baked beans (or not)

3. Chicken with char grilled vegetables

4. Steak, mashed potatoes (or caulimash), salad

5. Summer salad meal, rolls (or keto rolls)

6. Grilled fish, grilled romaine salad, grilled asparagus

7. Meal after a memorial service

Monday: Sometimes I plan and it works, and sometimes The Universe decides what my plan will be. Evidently either late, late Sunday night or sometime early Monday morning the freezer above the laundry room fridge was left open. Occasionally if you shut the refrigerator door too hard it opens the freezer door (just a hair, but it is still open). I imagine that is what happened this time. Nevertheless I had some scallops near the door and they thawed. I had not necessarily planned on having them on the menu this week much less on Monday, but after finding them partially thawed it was a necessity.

Grilled scallops, asparagus, sautéed mushrooms, new potatoes (or not)

Tuesday: When it came time to cook dinner I did not feel like traditional bbq chicken, but it was hot and I was still going to cook chicken on the grill. I changed it up a little, booted the baked beans, made TheHub a pasta salad and called it a day.
grilled chili lime chicken, macaroni salad (0r not) cauliflower “potato” salad, green beans, sautéed zucchini 

Wednesday: I probably should have cleaned out the freezer before I made my weekly menu. I am having 9 houseguests for 5 days and want to get as much food made ahead of time and frozen so that meals will be a simple thaw and heat process rather than having to bother with the time and mess of cooking while they are here. I found several things I could have for meals this week which cleared up some much needed freezer space. Tonight was one of those "use it up" meals.
Frozen carnitas atop tortilla chips (or not) and lettuce topped with tomatoes, marinated radish slices, jalapenos, and sliced cukes

Thursday: Son 3 and the band will arrive here sometime Wednesday so I am rearranging  the rooms upstairs to acommofate them with as much privacy as possible. I cleaned, moved  furniture and placed mattresses and bedding we snagged from the lake place to create little sleeping niches upstairs.  
Crack Chicken, rice or cauli rice, asparagus, sliced tomatoes

Friday:  We did a takeout meal. I honestly don't remember where or what

Saturday: TheHub worked at his office while I worked in the house getting rooms ready for guests. We ate lunch late (around 4) so if you want to count that as our dinner that is fine with me. Especially since we were not hungry at night and had nothing. (I actually think TheHub had an ice cream cone and I had a  bowl of strawberries)
Pimento cheese sandwiches  and chips or a glob of pimento cheese with pickled okra and tomato slices.

Sunday: My Uncle Norman died about a month and a half ago. He was a special needs adult who had lived with my aunt since my grandmother died in the mid 90's. He was a sweet, sweet man who had a soft, unassuming, almost elfin speaking voice, but had a singing voice like Jim Nabors. To see and hear him speaking normally vs. seeing him singing was quite a dichotomy. Though he loved all music, he was a threat to break out in a Gomeresque "How Great Thou Art". 
His memorial service was held Sunday at his church, and was probably the sweetest service I have ever attended. Afterwards member of the church had prepared a feast for the family. How sad that we have gotten to a point when we only see each other for funerals, but it was great seeing my aunts and cousins,
Everything known to man that could be made for consumption after a memorial service! Btw I did remain ketofied. I had roast beef, green beans, turnip greens and salad. (It was hard to ignore one table that was almost groaning with the weight of so many desserts. Andre sat next to me and only had a salad for dinner, then he took a platter and loaded it with 5 desserts. I wanted to smack him.)

And now I am just sitting here for a few minutes then I am off to clean the laundry room!
I know I will enjoy them when they get here, but this prep work is daunting. Anyone want to come next week? The house is clean and after I do the laundry I will be ready for a whole other round of guests.

p.s. I am here and reading your posts, but will probably not be commenting until this rush is over.