Weekend Recap {March 27-29}

My weekend was busy but super productive, how about yours?

We started the weekend with our second to last No-Meat Lent meal of Fish and Asparagus.  Who knew so many people on IG would like a photo of asparagus ready to be roasted?  But they sure did!

Something I am loving lately is making my fish in coconut oil. So light and fresh, none of that heavy greasy taste, you should try it!

Friday night also included a mini marathon on Netflix of Criminal Minds, which is currently our binge show. We started at episode one and are at the finish line of season 2. That is 45 episodes, or 31.5 hours of viewing… And seeing as we don’t watch until 9 or 10 pm, we are slightly sleep deprived lately too.

I know we can’t be the only ones with this addiction…

Saturday was Spring Cleaning day! I was able to work through one heck of crowded guest room, which took me a majority of the day.  Since last fall, our guest room has turned into a dumping ground for just about anything.  When I painted the living room, all the decor went in there, and still hasn’t seemed to make it back on to the walls. {Add that to the to-do list for the coming weeks.}

I am just going to show the before, as I am working on some projects for the room that I plan to share in upcoming posts. You can see now why it took a large portion of the day.  But know that now, the bed in  a new place, the clutter is either put back in their proper home or purged from the house. .

I did purge about 1/4 of this whole room. That really felt great!

I almost forgot, I did clean out the linen closet that had turned into a jungle recently too. It was a very productive day.

Saturday night we met up with some friends at our local pizza place,  Carbone’s.  We have become such regulars with them sponsoring our Softball teams and by living only a few blocks away that they know us by name. And by order.

We are notorious for ordering the Bacon Cheese Burger Pizza with the pickles on the side.  We don’t even have to ask for them on the side anymore, they just know. And they know that a small soup cup of pickles isn’t going to be enough. They normally just bring out a whole bowl for us.

See “Lotsa Pickles on the Side”. We are those people.

Also if you have never put pickles on your pizza, you should go out and order one right now and pile on the dill pickles. It is life changing.

And then Sundays are for brunching of course! I met up with my college girl friends for an early brunch at Freehouse.  I was so looking forward to brunch because of this one dish they have on the menu.  Yes, I was also looking forward to brunch because I was able to see my friends, but I have been craving this dish for the last 3 months. Priorities.

Their Breakfast Gnocchi, I would recommend it to anyone.  The gnocchi is fried, placed on a bowl of creamy pesto, then topped with portabello mushrooms, arugula and bacon. Drizzled with balsamic, and finished with 2 poached eggs.

I ate the whole thing. And then didn’t eat again until 6:30pm… so stuffed.

We also played “pass the baby” with the newest member of our group, Miss Evelyn.

Everyone need to get their photo with the peanut. And of course she made her IG appearance too.

I was last in line in our passing game of little Miss Ev, so her and I were able to snap one good photo before she started crying for mom. Next time I will try to lead the baby passing train so I can get some good cry-less snuggles!

Post brunch I need to get out and move to prevent a food coma.

I spent about 1 hour each at both Home Depot and Target.

I looked at about 101 things from my project list at Home Depot, and started plotting my summer house plans. I picked up 5 different back splash tiles to compare to my cabinets and counter top, 10 different shades of yellow for my guest room {someday baby room ;)}, looked at wood for a headboard project, then more wood for some shelves I want to put in the kitchen, and finally bought some supplies to finish my bathroom project that I started forever ago.

For all the browsing and plotting I did, I am surprised I walked out of there spending less than $100 {with a majority of that able to be returned when I decide on tile}!

Once I got home I was in need of a nap.  And so was Dewey, so we squeezed a 30 minute in on the couch together, before I started on dinner. Love my snuggle bug!

Dinner was also a recipe testing meal. I like to test out a recipe a few times normally before I share it out, especially when it is one I am creating on my own. I want to make sure that I get all the flavors right before throwing it out there for you guys to try.  That means you can expect a Gouda Sweet Corn Risotto recipe coming your way some time soon.

Post dinner, I did all our meal prep for lunch and breakfast for the week. Leftovers, salads, cut up fruit and some over night oats.

Finally before settling into a few episodes of Criminal Minds with the Hubby, I put some coats of paint on these guys.  Just you wait to see where they go 😉

 Phew… that was a packed weekend!

What did you do this weekend? Any spring cleaning or house projects?