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9.29.16

One of Those Weeks {Thinking Out Loud}

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It’s been one of those weeks.  I think you probably have them too from time to time.  Not a total disaster of a week, but rather the kind that you’re about three steps behind at all times, and nothing is turning out right.

The kind where I’m not even sure I have enough thoughts to cover an entire Thinking Out Loud post.   When am I ever short on thoughts?   Certainly not when I’m supposed to be sleeping (another issue entirely) but since I’m also short on memory, a lot if getting lost lately.

Too bad I can’t purchase more bandwidth/disc space/memory for my brain. Imagine that?  Will we be able to do that one day?  Do I sound like a complete lunatic right now?  You know it – that’s what Thursday’s ’round here are all about.  I guess I do have a few things to say.  I’ll start with the beginning.

Thursdays are For Thinking Out Loud (AKA Blog Therapy)

1.) Monday.

Monday was totally fine until I updated a plugin.  For you bloggers reading, it was W3 Total Cache and after updating it, there was some conflict with the files, and, BOOM!  White screen.  Fatal error.  Site offline { you get the picture.}   It happened about 45 minutes before I had to pick the kids up at school and do the after school activity routine.

After nearly passing out cold (no joke) I hopped on live chat with my host and within 30 minutes the site was back up, but the plugin was still a problem and I received an error message when doing anything on my dashboard.  It wasn’t resolved until 9:30 pm and my whole day was thrown off.  Ugh.

I celebrated at 9:30 pm by staying up until midnight getting some online-retail-therapy at Lululemon.  Which somehow turned out to be more enjoyable in theory than practice.   Although it’s possible probable that Donald Trump’s voice in the background ruined it for me.   Of all the things I’d guess Donald Trump could ruin.  Lululemon.

2.) Tuesday.

Two failed recipes and a failed slow-cook dinner is all I have to show for Tuesday.  You would never guess these pumpkin pecan bars were a fail…

honey-roasted-pecan-butter

…but they were.  Both layers.  I wanted to make them happen so badly, but, it was just a no-go.  Diana liked them well enough though and she and Adam will happily eat them for breakfast until they’re gone.

Fail #2 was chocolate.  I think I need to have a new rule where I limit the number of things I try to cook in one day – it usually only gets worse, not better!  I saved the chocolate by turning it into freezer fudge with raisins in it, so not a total loss.

Let’s not even discuss the slow cook dinner.  I panicked when I realized I needed to make dinner before picking the kids up, (we wouldn’t be home until 7) and literally threw random things in the slow cooker hoping for the best.  It was edible, but barely.

I celebrated this day by staying up until midnight drinking cinnamon vanilla tea and staring at my computer, forgetting approximately once per minute why I was staring at it in the first place.

3.) Wednesday.

I told myself I wouldn’t try to redo the pecan bars, but, I lied to myself.  Wednesday consisted of baking,  no-baking, and fighting terribly changeable weather/light to try to get decent photos.

honey-roasted-pecan-butter-2They are no-bake and the vote was that they’re better than the first version, phew!  Pumpkin Caramel Pecan Fudge Bars?  Will definitely have to work on that title.

At least dinner was a win – I made my very old school crispy chicken nuggets  and was pleasantly surprised that they remained tasty even hours after cooking – score 1 point for discovering a new make-ahead dinner for us.

Speaking of make-ahead dinners, I made super yummy, VERY easy bacon wrapped chicken thighs that I can’t wait to share.

bacon-wrapped-chicken

Bacon makes everything better.  Or is it butter?  Both?  Can coconut oil join?  I’m obsessed with coconut oil so it’s definitely joining my own personal “makes it better” list 🙂

I celebrated my dinner success after the kids went to bed by drinking more cinnamon vanilla tea and writing this post – BAM.

All worth it, right?  Hmm, not sure about that one – I haven’t proofread it, and haven’t yet decided if I will.  Ebay is calling!  Plus the 3 desserts in my refrigerator are vying for my attention.   I’m all about the #bloggerproblems tonight, I guess.

Your Turn!

What’s on your mind this week?  Are you on or off your game?

What’s one of your favorite make-ahead or slow cook dinners?

What do you do to “celebrate” at the end of the day?

Michele

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More than a little into running and paleo recipes (yoga now too!) but I'm not here to rain on your grains (or anything else) so come along for the ride! I do a little too much of everything (except cleaning), and I enjoy laughing at myself. As long as I'm the one making the jokes, that is. Just kidding. So bring me your angst, your appetite and your frying pan and climb aboard!

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  1. meredith (The Cookie ChRUNicles) says

    September 29, 2016 at 5:24 am

    omg I just added that plug in back and now I am afraid! I cannot have site issues anymore, I went too many weeks with problems! ugh. I had to add it to fix why jet pack wasn’t working and it’s still not working and I am working on not caring. I just don’t have time or energy anymore for the tech stuff with blogging.

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  2. Susie @ Suzlyfe says

    September 29, 2016 at 6:50 am

    That was my last week. Everything that could go wrong? Pretty much did. But the good news is that just means that things can get better! Or so I keep telling myself.

    Reply
  3. Megan @ Skinny Fitalicious says

    September 29, 2016 at 7:56 am

    I had to laugh at your Trump comment. I can’t stand listening to him either. He has no specific strategy and all he does is attack people. As for recipes, two recipes a day is my max but I try to keep it to one. I do better work when I’m only making and shooting one recipe in a day.

    Reply
  4. Sara @ Oats & Rows says

    September 29, 2016 at 9:38 am

    Nothing hasn’t been necessarily going wrong, but I have just been feeling so off and my to-do list keeps getting longer and longer and I am feeling super overwhelmed. I am so ready for a weekend with nothing on the schedule to help me get things done so I can feel better. Those kinds of weeks are the worst, but usually they are followed by a good week 🙂

    Reply
  5. Patricia @Sweet and Strong says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:08 am

    I think retail therapy solves a lot of my bad weeks, hehe. It’s nice to know others have the same moments I do with recipe fails and nothing working out. I have definitely been there. Wishing the rest of your week goes much more smoothly!

    Reply
  6. Emily says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:17 am

    Hmm…. I know what you mean by those ‘off’ weeks. They happen to me at least every couple weeks; it’s okay! Your family ate. Your children had clothes to wear, and you made so much good looking food despite a few fails. Seriously though, those pecan bars do look good. What happened that made them a fail?

    And bacon wrapped chicken thighs? YUM!

    Reply
  7. Ellen @ My Uncommon Everyday says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Ummm all I have are chicken breasts, but I’m 100% sure I could wrap them in bacon and be very happy. That’s happening soon.
    I’m the same way with baking/recipe testing. I limit myself to three a day, but two is more my standard. And if I have major fails, I tend to just stop because, of all the frustrations you can have with blogging, recipe fails make me crabbiest. No idea why. 😛
    I celebrate the end of the day in cozy clothes with a snack and some blog reading and/or Netflix. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Amanda @ .running with spoons. says

    September 29, 2016 at 11:17 am

    I’m still not ready to revisit all the fails I had with my bars.. that was seriously 3 days of misery. And this week was super short on thoughts for me too. It was just one of those off weeks 😛

    Reply
  9. tara says

    September 29, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    LOL my week sorta sucks too. but not as bad as last week. which i guess is good ?
    i’m currently eating leftover chicken paprikash in the slow cooker for lunch with steamed cauliflower (though i super miss the egg noodles that went with it in my youth). certainly not as good as my moms/grandma’s stove top version but it sorta works and is sorta easy. saute onion, cubanelle pepper and garlic in pan.. once soft coat nicely in paprika (regular and smoked), pepper, salt, etc. put this overtop a few chicken breasts in the crockpot. add some stock and more spices (depending how much spice you like) and some bay leaves. let go on low most of the day. shred up chicken with tongs then add (if you like) some sour cream or other substitute and mix in and let bubble a few mins and serve. my grandma served with homemade dumplings or noodles on the side. she would probably die at my crockpot hack but its the best i can do and at least i try !!!

    Reply
  10. Lisa @ Running Out of Wine says

    October 1, 2016 at 7:48 am

    Blog issues that like are so frustrating because it feels like they are completely out of our control! I feel thrown off this week but mostly because Ive been away at a conference and am losing half the weekend. Im also completely behind on blogging and have no clue when I will get to catch up!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 2, 2016 at 5:35 pm

      You’ll definitely catch up and be back to schedule soon enough. I know that thrown-off feeling well though. It doesn’t take much!

      Reply
  11. Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets says

    October 1, 2016 at 9:47 am

    This post made me laugh. Not at you of course. More like with you. I’ve had a roughish week too. Nothing terrible or earth shattering, but I swear Ave is getting the best of me every day. Every morning we start off hopeful and happy and by five o’clock, I’m exhausted and she’s picking up steam. 🙂

    I would eat all the recipe failures and my Hubby would lap up those bacon wrapped chicken thighs.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 2, 2016 at 5:33 pm

      We actually got through all the failed recipes 🙂 I hear you on the 5pm, that’s me with my kids 9 years later too!

      Reply

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