Happy Monday, friends!

How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. It rained most of the weekend.  My house was cozy!  I did some rearranging and purging of unnecessary items in our house. We had basketball and I spent most of the weekend working on shipping and packaging. Thank you for all of your orders on the food journals! Thank you also for your reviews too! It makes me so happy to know that the process is working out for you! I am currently on a roll of writing down what I eat. 21  (!!!) days in so far and I’m enjoying the process. I am definitely beginning to understand how showing up and being present to my life with these little steps HELPS.

To arm myself with good choices this week WHILE cleaning out my fridge, I did some meal prep. I went over to my Dad’s house last night and brought him some stuff for the week. I know how appreciative he is of my food since he doesn’t have my Mom to cook for him! It’s also been really fun to have this back and forth relationship with my Mom’s pyrex dish supply.

Here’s my meal prep:

Meal Prep this Week includes:

• Lemon Ginger Elixir
• Tuna White Bean Salad
• Sausage Meatballs
• Sausage and Broccoli Orecchiette
• Mom’s Salad Dressing
• Granola
• Quiona
• Carrots
• cooked broccoli
• hard boiled eggs in my Instant Pot
• a reset button salad for lunch today

I have a whole bunch of carrots in the fridge and bananas going ripe on the counter,  so sometime in the next week, there will be Coconut Carrot Soup and  Banana Bread in my future.  There might be lemon chicken or lemon roasted shrimp in our meal lineup this week.

Let’s get down to business. Here are my Intentions for the Week–

Intentions for the Week:

• tackle laundry/keep it manageable
• clean out car
• break down shipping boxes
• workout 3 times
• ship out food journals
• trips to the post office
• continue working through paper piles in office
• start writing in my Currently workbook
• track food in my food journal
• share pictures of some of my pages on The Handwriting Club
• have a date with my calendar
• keep on top of my life with my bullet journal
• figure out the auction party
• delete files on computer
• keep tracking steps with my Fitbit One
• make something from Alton Brown’s Everyday Cook 
• work on tax prep
• bookkeeping
• vacuum upstairs
• continue clearing out prop closet
• make a plant shopping date with Dad
• recipe test
• passport appt/dentist appt
• stay hydrated
• work in my sketchbook when I need a moment
• daydream about plants
• research painting tile
• research new bed for Cooper

Last Week’s Intentions:

• intentions for the year post
• have a date with my calendar
• finish laundry
• track food in my food journal
• post new recipe
• work in my sketchbook
• return chair to Target
• prep for conference call
• trip to post office
• listen to a podcast or two
• make food for Dad
• keep tracking steps with my Fitbit One
• keep office clean
• research Italy trip
• passport paperwork
• get exercise/stretch
• brainstorm with Tammi
• get ready for more food journals arriving
• bookkeeping/send invoice
• vacuum stairs thoroughly (so much glitter!)
• vacuum car
• make something from Alton Brown’s Everyday Cook 
• lego table
• make dentist appointment
• drop off a bag of old clothes at Salvation Army

Mantra for the Week:

Pump Jam for the Week:

Have a great week! I hope you fight a ray of light that makes you smile.

If you’re feeling stuck, make your own INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK list. Keep referring back to it throughout the week help hold you accountable.

I’m rooting for you!

Sparkles,

Tracy