What is a Plan Anyway?

This has been one weird week for us. I have been getting everything ready of the big move from the lake house, and have been down there a lot packing, moving, sorting, and tossing things. When I have not been at the lake i have been on the phone cancelling various services we have. It's been a full and not a particularly fun week, but it all comes to an end on Thursday when we close and hand over the metaphorical keys. ( Keyless lock, so we will really just hand over the code)

Next up is making sure the thrift store that is supposed to pick up all the furnishings gets here in the scheduled timely manner. Right now my personal living room and dining room look almost like a war zone with boxed and bagged excess everywhere. It will all change once Vapor comes and takes it all away. Until then, I feel like I am juggling 5 balls and if one falls the whole lot of them will come tumbling down.

I still have a menu plan and am still doing the pantry challenge. My budget of a 60 buck month is still in place, but I am excluding take out. We take out once a week and I figured this week with running back and forth to the lake might be a two take out week. I was right but at least they were lunch take outs and not as pricy as our normal dinner ones.

What I thought might happen:

1. Steak, potatoes or caulimash, tossed salad, broccoli

2. Mac and cheese or Mac-less and cheese, peas, coleslaw, no corn cornbread

3 Egg roll in a bowl

4. Open face bbq chicken sandwich, cucumber onion and tomato salad

5. Philly cheese steak casserole

6. "Fried chicken" rice or caulirice, green beans, some sort of salad (undecided right now)

7. Take out

What really did happen;

Monday: TheHub called to say he was going to have a dinner meeting. No way I was going to cook just for me,

2 pieces keto toast, keto berry fruit spread, keto hot chocolate

Tuesday: Since TheHub was out for dinner Monday night the expected leftover meal happened Tuesday instead. I only had to add some salad and, of course, caulimash for me to the meal. 

Leftover filet, scalloped potatoes or caulimash, tossed salad

Wednesday: Nothing exciting happened, I was just getting the house ready for the onslaught of furniture coming from the lake place and wanted something simple and easy for dinner.

Open face chicken bbq sandwiches, potato chips or none, coleslaw, pickled okra

Thursday: TheHub called to let me know he would be working much later than usual, so I chose to prepare meal that would "keep"until he got home. 

Philly cheesesteak casserole (That was it for the meal, we ate late and it was fine by itself)

Friday: Friday is generally our "date night". Pre-Covid we went out to eat every Friday night and post covid we have been doing take out, but TheHub has been snowed under with work at the office and I have been snowed under getting things ready for the lake move. We decided to just eat in and have a very simple supper. TheHub was asleep on the couch by 8:30, because he was tired and we are so exciting!

Macaroni and cheese or fakearoni and cheese, turnip greens, keto cornbread

Saturday:  We rented a panel van and took my car to the lake to do some packing and loading things that we could manage. To our current disadvantage the lake place was equipped just like our home so we now have doubles of everything. Leaf blowers, lawn mowers, edgers, tools, propane grills, keurigs, waffle irons. . . literally 2 of everything any home might need or want. We got home in the late afternoon, unloaded, took the van back and decided to grab late lunch/early dinner on the way home from the truck rental place.

Takeout hot dog or grilled breadless chicken sandwich

Sunday: We both woke butt early and headed to the lake again to load a few more things and prepare a few more boxes for the move. On the way home we were talking about Valentine's Day celebrations in the past (we have been together for so many Valentine's Days throughout our lives) and what we wanted to do to celebrate. We were both tired and decided we would unload the car__again, then grab a take out late lunch. After we ate we both fell asleep accidentally in our favorite spots in the den. We woke, watched about half of "Elizabeth" worked more getting the basement ready for the furniture arrival, then decided a bowl of soup would be the perfect dinner.

Canned cream of mushroom or broccoli cheese soup

Used from storage:

Freezer:

1 small pack frozen caulimash

2 small packs chicken pieces

Aldi zero carb bread 5 slices

1 pack browned ground chuck

pack pepper strips

Fridge:

leftover bagged spring greens mix

grape tomatoes

1/2 cucumber

berry fruit spread

coleslaw

regular bbq sauce

keto bbq sauce

cream cheese

2 bell peppers

Keto Asian dressing

Monterey Jack cheese

cheddar cheese

2 eggs

butter

Pantry:

2 onions

coffee

tea

keto hot chocolate mix (Lakanto brand. Glad I already had it because it is pricy)

canned turnip greens

almond flour

sliced bread

canned cream of mushroom soup (TheHubs favorite)

canned broccoli and cheese soup (brought from Mom's pantry when we cleaned her kitchen)

potato chips (one unopened bag left from Son3 and DIL3's visit)

Purchased: Nothing! Nada! Nil! Zip! Zero! Even TheHub did not do any recreational shopping. this week. I still have all $30.95 to stay within my 60 buck budget for February, and because the food ads, have been sort of bad lately I have not even been tempted to stock up on anything. 

What might happen again: (Keto is off the table through Tuesday)

1. Hungarian Beef and potato soup Happier than a Pig in Mud

2. Leftover ziti and Chicken parm (Sunday lunch), tossed salad 

3. Chili, coleslaw, cornbread

4. Taco salad

5. Pulled pork sandwiches, caulitato salad, pickles

6. Take out

7. Orange glazed chicken, rice or caulirice, broccoli

And now I have to get my rear in gear and make one last trip to the lake house before the movers come Tuesday.

Have a great week staying on plan, going off plan, or with no plan at all!