Good evening peeps! I hope you all had a great day!

My day stared out right with a family brunch at Smitty's.

I had coffee and OJ:

And then the eggs, bacon, and sausage from this plate ... and only 1/2 a pancake because they were hard and bland:

I spent the afternoon trying to work on my thesis - but it was painful, and I just wasn't feeling it. I figured out how to write my stats into my results section, and then wrote a couple of pages. I will do more tomorrow and Tuesday, and then hopefully I will be able to send a draft off.

I have no problem writing once I get into it, but I just was NOT into it today.

For dinner we went to hubby's parents home and had jambalaya:

I had a glass of crystal light with it:

My FIL wanted me to take a picture of the lovely cake he bought :-)

I am not a big cake person, but I tried 1 bite. I really liked the thick layer of chocolate ganache on top. Chocolate and me love each other.

We brought a special friend with us for dinner today! Our little nephew! He will be 3 in "Feburosy" as he told us tonight:

He had fun looking at flyers with uncle Chris and showing us what he wants for Christmas:

Every day that I spend with this little guy is the best day ever!!!!!!

Here is my to-do list for the week:

Monday - Work, write thesis
Tuesday - Work, finish 1st draft of thesis
Wednesday - Work, bake cookies, Christmas shop
Thursday - Work, shop with my dad for house stuff
Friday - Set up Christmas tree!!!
Saturday - 1st Christmas party of the season!!!!

So if I can make it past Tuesday, I am going to be one happy girl!

Do you make to-do lists?
I make all kinds of lists. I am a total list writing nerd.

Today was a perfect, relaxing Sunday :-) We spent the day with family, and also did some shopping!

We went for brunch with my family, and I had this:



Southwestern Breakfast (Ground Beef, Egg, Veggies, Cheese, Hash browns).
I ate 1 slice of the toast.

After brunch the hubby and I took our little nephew shopping with us, as we picked out some things for our basement (which is SO close to being finished)!

In the afternoon I ate this:



So far I have LOVED all of the bars from Glo Bakery! Angela is a great baker!

Dinner was at the hubby's parents home ... and we had a lovely fall meal - roast beef, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and rutabaga. I put gravy on everything except the rutabaga. I also had a glass of Crystal Light Iced tea.



After dinner the hubby and I hit chapters for some tea, and some browsing.
Right now I am snacking on some yogurt and glo - nola:



The glo-nola is another one of Angela's products. This is how it comes:



I sprinkled about 1/4 of the bag on my yogurt.

This week I will be featuring 3 new vegetarian recipes on my blog! The hubby and I are trying to incorporate more vegetarian meals into our lives, and so I have decided to try 10 new veggie recipes this month. Stay tuned for the recipes, and reviews!

Words on vegetarianism - The hubby and I love ALL types of food, and that includes meat. We do however really enjoy tofu and other vegetarian proteins, and do not feel like we have to include meat in our meals everyday. We know that going veggie is better for the environment, and that is why we try to maintain a flexitarian approach to our diets - although labels are not cool, so we just eat what we want :-)