These days I am short on time and money.  With my out of state move coming up rather quickly I need all the help I can get to get dinner to the table in a hurry so I can get back to packing our stuff.  I have forever been a fan of mashed potatoes but from scratch, not from a box.  To be honest I had never even tried instant mashed potatoes before a couple of months ago.  So I was pleasantly surprised to find that they were actually pretty darn good!

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I have to say that I LOVE the breakfasts that Nutrisystem has to offer.  It is my absolute favorite meal of the day!  They have a ton of options between the pantry and the gourmet fresh frozen selections.  I have really been enjoying the new frozen options for breakfast.  My favorite pick so far hands down is the breakfast burrito.  It has a bit of a spicy kick to it which is why I think that it has been my favorite frozen breakfast so far.  If I were to make a breakfast burrito - this is what I would want it to taste like.  This one is Oscar's favorite breakfast option too.

Yummy!

The frozen breakfast options are delicious and they work out great for Oscar's lunch too.  With the pantry foods he couldn't easily prepare pancakes at work so having hot breakfast wasn't really an option for him before.  Now he can have an omelet, a breakfast burrito, pancakes or even french toast!  I know that he really appreciates having these extra options. 

Even before I started getting the frozen items breakfast was still my favorite meal of the day.  I love making my own blueberry pancakes.  I eat some fresh fruit and some turkey bacon or a glass of milk and I am ready to get the day started!  I was eating the blueberry pancakes pretty much everyday until my schedule got a bit out of whack and then I didn't have time to make breakfast.  Then I got really hooked on the Chocolate Chip Scone.  So much so, that it was all that ordered for breakfast in my last order!  I love taking this and an apple with me in the car when I am in a hurry but super hungry and didn't have time to fix breakfast. 




Oscar and I have pretty different tastes and his favorite pantry breakfast is the Banana Nut Muffin.  I like it too but I usually go for the chocolate muffin myself.  The Banana Nut Muffin was one of the first items that Oscar tried on the Nutrisystem plan and he was so surprised by the fact that it tasted so good.  Of course I just laughed because I had been telling him for weeks that the muffins and breakfast items were really tasty.  Its funny how no one believes you until they try it for themselves!

So what is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?  I am willing to bet that Nutrisystem has something that you will absolutely love.  There are so many great options I could go on all day but you should really just go check out the menu for yourself!  As always, if you have any questions about my experience with Nutrisystem or how the food tastes just ask me, I am glad to help you in your weight loss journey.  Let's lose the weight together!






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Yes, this month our family is MOVING!  It's bittersweet to say the least.  For the last four years my husband has been working towards his goal of promoting out of his Assistant Manager position and becoming Manager.  On the Wednesday before Christmas he was told that he got the job and that he was being immediately transferred to his new store to take command.  We were so excited about the news of his promotion but at the same time this transfer - is an out of state one.

I have been a Washington native my entire life, I have never lived in another state.  Hopefully with some luck and a little help our family will be living in Oregon by the beginning of February.  All though its out of state and not as close as we had hoped for his new store is only 4 hours from our current home.  Which still makes it driveable for visiting friends and family.  Plus he is only contracted to be at that store for the next two years and after that we can apply for any store we wish and hopefully, fingers crossed, move back home.  

Don't get me wrong, I am excited about this promotion, but I hate to leave the neighborhood that we live in.  Four and half years ago we moved here when my husband was promoted to the Assistant Manager position and believe me, I wasn't looking forward to the move that time either.  It was exciting being able to purchase our first home and this home is one that I will never ever forget.  Beyond the fact that it is our first home I had no idea how much this neighborhood, the kids and my neighbors would grow on me.  I LOVE where I live and I hate that we are moving so far away, in fact I am tearing up right now as I think about the inevitable. 



This is a picture of our new home, in our new neighborhood.  I can only hope that our new home and neighbors will be as welcoming and friendly as the ones in my current neighborhood.  Did I mention that I am a city girl?  Born and raised in the Seattle area.  I love shopping and if I live near a mall I feel more at home.  Our new home is far, far from city life.  The town is very small with a population of about 9,000.  The nearest mall is about an hour away and I wouldn't even call it a mall.  The major department stores in this teeny tiny mall are Target, Sears and Ross.  Kill me now.  To get to a real mall its about an hour and a half away!

I plan to just enjoy our new uncluttered, organized and smaller home.  We had to downsize to get a house in our desired neighborhood but the compromise in size is worth what we gained in the neighbors that we know of and the school that we want the kids to go to.  On the bright side of things having a smaller house means less house to clean and when Emilio wanders off to another part of the house I will be able to hear him from any vantage point in the house.

The VERY BEST thing about this move and this promotion is that my husband will be able to spend more time with us.  He will be home about two hours earlier every night and since he will be the manager he can adjust his schedule as needed and he will have first pick of vacation time.  It will be a big change for our family but we are all looking forward to connecting more as a family and having that much needed quality family time that has been lacking in our home for the last four years. 

My Posting Schedule

My husband starts living at our new home tomorrow and we will follow him there as soon as I can get this house packed up and ready to go.  Which means I will have to focus much of my time on packing and not blogging.  Right now my plan is to pack during the day and blog at night, which will hopefully help me take my mind off of the fact that I will be alone with the kids (and my mom) at night. 

I have some things lined up up for January that are all ready in place but I will be slowing down how much I post this month.  The posts will be in spurts and I will try to regularly post on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and whenever else I can in between.  So if it seems that I have dwindled off this month and probably part of next you know why.  I am not abandoning my blog just living life and tending to the needs of my family during this process.

Thanks for all your love and support friends!