Where the people laugh and children play,
Oh I'm in love with Chick-Fil-A."
~Tim Hawkins
Y'all! I do love Chick-Fil-A!!! And, love it just about as much as I love college football, which that glorious season has started!!! GO CLEMSON TIGERS!!!! I have always loved Chick-Fil-A. My kids love it, too, and we don't get tired of eating there. I mean it's pretty much the most healthy fast food, right?!? Oh, and those wonderful waffle fries! I love them! For the most part, we eat fairly healthy, but there are weeks we eat out almost every night.
People can tell me "Oh, you should do crockpot meals." Or, "you should do meal prep on the weekends." Sometimes, I do that, but there are weekends where I flat don't feel like it, or we are busy, and I am just tired. Remember, I teach school, so I leave the house before seven in the morning to get to daycare to drop Luke off, then, to my school and don't leave until 4, sometimes 4:30. Then, there's soccer practices, church, piano, gymnastics, and for me, working out. Add my four year old little boy into the mix, too, because he is a little wild and crazy, and we are building a house. And crockpot meals would be fantastic, except, when we are getting home around 7:30 or 8, it takes more time to fix the sides that go with it. We wouldn't actually get to eat the meal until around 9. And, I really do love to cook, especially, bake, but at this phase of our lives, time isn't on my side. There needs to be a couple of more hours in a day. So, in saying all of this, we end up picking something up for supper. But, one place I refuse to eat is McDonald's. I won't eat there. I'll only drink their coffee. That's a discussion for another post altogether.
(Red Velvet Cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory!It was glorious!)
I'm also madly in love with sweets!! My girls are too! Luke likes some sweets but prefers chips or popcorn to any sweets. If I hadn't seen him be born from my body, I would question if he was mine. My grandmother was and my mama is an amazing cook! It helped to lead me down this path of dessert righteousness. We can eat a meal where I'm completely stuffed, but if there's a dessert, I'm going to have some. There was an instance where I went with a group of teachers to a leadership conference in Dallas, so we went to The Cheesecake Factory. I had a meal and was completely full, so I ordered a piece of cheesecake "to go". Well, we sat there talking for a little while, and before I know it, the cheesecake is gone. Yep! I had eaten every single bite! And eating desserts is worth every extra sprint and ab workout that I have to do to balance it out. (Side note: I do work out as many days of the weeks as I can. It gives me a good transition between my school kids and my own kids. It releases endorphins, is a stress reliever, my clothes continue to fit, and everyone else is happier because I'm happier.)
Also, sometimes, I let my kids have dessert first. There are days, every once in a blue moon, that we have junk food night. The kids can pick what they want to eat, and we watch a movie. And my kids get to have one, and only one, soft drink on the weekends. They can pick the day, but once they have it, that's it. They can't have another one until the next weekend. There has to be some kind of balance, right?!? :)
So, if you are having one of those weeks, just know you are not alone! I actually took left over Little Cesar's pizza for lunch yesterday because that was our Tuesday night meal, but my friend, Brittany, went to pick up Chick-Fil-A for us, instead. So, I had my usual #1 with extra pickles and an unsweet tea. Y'all have a great weekend, enjoy some college football, and maybe, I'll be able to cook a few meals this next week.
"So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun." ~Ecclesiastes 8:15
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