Freezer meals!

What an adventure this weekend has been! Saturday morning I sat down and was reading a new blog post from one of my favorite blogs about freezer meals. I have never been interested in doing them because I don't really like reheated meals, and that was what I figured most were. I was really surprised when I started really looking and realizing that most are the main meat. Also that they aren't cooked before freezing, and that the cooked ones sounded okay. So I called my sil and explained them to her, and I was pretty sure that she would love the idea. She did and so we decided to go shopping for all the stuff. This is where things got a little crazy. All together there was three adults and five childen under the age of seven. We decided to go to Sams club they normally have the best prices on meat in our area. Next time we will be doing our shopping on a weekday very early in the morning, and not on a Saturday afternoon. It was insane with tons of people. Thank heavens the shopping list was put together on the blog for you. Then if the gathering things wasn't crazy enough then when we went to pay my sil couldn't find her debit card anywhere (she is three months pregnant and very emotional) and she panicked. We searched and searched and finally we just had to leave most of her cart for the store to put back. She was so emotional and embarrassed it was awful. I felt so horrible. If I hadn't come up with this crazy idea then she would have been home stress free. Okay so maybe as stress free as you can be with little ones. We all went to the cars, and searched the car while the kids screamed that they wanted to go home. Finally we found it and my poor sil in relief and panic cried and cried. I went back in and grabbed all the stuff again, and then we headed home.

It was a completely crazy shopping trip. When we got home we each put together 10 of our meals together.The sauces that go on them were awesome tasting. Then we called it a night. Yesterday I cooked the pork roast to make the pulled pork and that was yummy to. I ended up with 4 dinners out of that. I did add brown sugar to the sauce though. Today I am going to make the chicken pot pies and the twice bake potatoes.

I am new to the blogging world so hopefully I can link the blog that I found the link for the recipes. The link to the Sullenger blog is

 

http://patrickandashley.blogspot.com/2012/10/lets-get-cookin.html

She had a few other links to some that I would like to make, and then the link to the recipes that I have made is

http://melissafallistestkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/freezer-cooking-2.html?showComment=1346699136218#c3456854906029638060

Zumba!!!!

So it all started over two years ago. My sil talked me into going to a zumba class that a friend talked her into going to. I will be honest I was so not excited at all. I  have always struggled with my weight no matter what I try, and so I prefer to exercise in the privacy of my own home. The instructers were so nice and I found that the class was full of all shapes, sizes, ages. At first I was very self conscience because I am not very coordinated, but by the end of the class I realized that I had fun. I loved how energetic the routines were, and that it was a lot like dancing. I became addicted!!!

I continued to go twice a week for about 4 months and was losing weight. I then found out I was pregnant, and I continued to go through out the entire pregnancy. It made me feel awesome. I hurt and ached so much with my first pregnancy. I hardly ached at all with this one, and felt great(minus the morning sickness constantly)! About the time that I had my little girl the instructors had to stop their classes in my town, and it was too far to go to their other ones so late at night. I was devastated.

I thought of zumba often, and everytime I heard a zumba song on the radio I wanted to zumba it up. After about 4 months I found another studio, and I talked my sil into going again (she wasnt as big of a fan as I was) and my mil. This studio is awesome it is like a big party. They turn out the lights, and have a fun lighting system. My mil has become a zumba junkie like me and we go two times a week. We have both lost quite a bit of weight, and feel so much healhier.

Zumba is my time for me. It energizes me, and puts me in such a good mood. When I have to miss it is like I am a two year old that has just had their favorite toy taken away lol. I am so thankful for zumba it has been an activity for ME that I love and isn't like a chore. My husband Mr. old fashioned is also so awesome about taking care of the kids while I go he is the best.