Santa is Sick of Cookies, He Wants Some Hummus!

I am a little overwhelmed right now as I sit here planning out the week. We have so many fun things going on!!!

Holiday Event Schedule:

Monday: Meet with Melissa for some coffee
Tuesday: Holiday School Performance
Wednesday: Bake for Coworkers
Thursday: Couples Christmas Party (bringing dessert)
Friday: AM School Holiday Brunch it’s a half day!!! and an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party in the evening ( bringing an appetizer)
Saturday: Balboa Light Parade
Sunday: Softball and The Mission Inn Festival of lights!

Work out Schedule ( this is the goal):

Monday: AM Yoga/PM Teach AKB
Tuesday: AM 5 mile run/ Weights & AB work
Wednesday: AM 6 mile run-Tempo/ PM AKB
Thursday: AM Spin class /weights & AB work
Friday: Noon Run, 7 miles/PM Sculpt class
Saturday: AKB

WOW well at least I have it down that usually makes me less stressed, the one day I foresee hubby and I eating dinner together at home is Wednesday night! I will not eat out I just will have to bring dinner to work on days that I am out late. With all these Christmas parties, I have to make sure that I really stick to eating as healthy as I can during the day just in case I HAVE to eat something that wouldn’t be my first choice.

SUNDAYS CHRSTMAS COOKIE EXCHANGE

What a fun party and a great idea! We chatted ate some yummy appetizers (sorry no pics of my appetizers) I ate a small healthy lunch so I just had a few tortilla chips with hummus, some carrots, a water chestnut wrapped in /3 sliced bacon(so going to try and make these), and a cup of peppermint tea. NO COOKIES FOR ME!!!  We also played a fun game of Christmas Carol Pictionary, so doing this with my students, I got a great chewy gooey chocolate recipe from one of the girls,I know that these are hubby’s favorite.  Check out the loot I got to bring home 🙂

The small tray is what were actually keeping the rest I am taking to the parties we have this week!

Here is some pictures of all the cookies!!!

After the exchange I headed straight to our coed softball game wear I FROZE my tail off!!!! Man WE KILLED the other team, and I got on base 4 for 4!

FUN DINNER

After softball I finally made a delicious shepherds pie(I think this is one of my favorite dishes).

Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs turkey meat
• 1 leak chopped
• 1-2 cups vegetables – chopped carrots, corn, peas
• 1 package of TJ’s instant mashed taters (these are SOOO good)
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• Salt, pepper, other seasonings of choice

  Served on another new plate!

Thanks to Angela I am now using Windows Live!!! Why have I never heard of this! I am still learning it but it’s making posting a lot easier! Well I am off to enjoy the fire hubby made and my Apple Cinnamon Tea, have a great night.

Oh and I did have one thing from the sweet tray after dinner, here it is:

Chocolate covered pretzels are my favorite, I love the SWEET and SALTY mixture.