Back from Brazil & enjoying the weekend

It was a long week (lots of travel, and connections & red eye flights), but I'm back! In exciting news, my taxi ran out of gas on the way to the airport, and I pushed it two and a half blocks while the cab driver steered. Ahhh, the memories. ;-) Would not recommend risking breaking down in the area we were in, as the crime rate was high. The good news is, I survived! :-)

We had five hours of soccer yesterday, and Nick is officially done for the season. Sam has a last game today, and Nick has a birthday party. On top of that, I'm catching up on laundry, holiday shopping, & getting ready for Thanksgiving!

I managed to sneak in a run yesterday, and went for a walk today. A headache prevented me from running again.

And, now that I'm back, I need to get organized! Here's our menu plan for the week. I'm actually going to also to try to remember what we really ate, and post that as a recap. I'll start next week!

• Saturday - Risotto with sausage & butternut squash. This was *amazing*. 
• Sunday - Beef kebabs, rice & greek yogurt. 
• Monday - Leftover risotto for the adults, & leftover tacos for the kiddos. 
• Tuesday - Leftover kebabs & rice
• Wednesday - Something fast from the freezer. Likely, chicken & pasta
• Thursday - we're having goat cheese crostini & pomegranate martinis (sparkling lemonade), and then roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, stuffing & pumpkin pie. A feast!
• Friday - Crostini & butternut squash soup
• Saturday - Thanksgiving leftovers
• Sunday - Homemade pizza

How about you? Are you ready for the holidays? Still feeling the jetlag, but SO happy to be home!!