Everyday Life and Menu Plan 11.27.16

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Like many people, it's our tradition to put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving.

We had a lovely meal and a relaxing day, followed by a trip to the Y and a nice walk to opt outside on Black Friday.

I spent a good chunk of my Saturday talking to runner peeps while helping out with the Hot Chocolate 15K/5K booth at the Seattle Marathon expo! So much fun!

And today we continued our tradition of hitting up our local gardening store to pick out ornaments, eat kringle, and take a family picture for our holiday card. We couldn't see our usual Santa at the store, so we went to a Santa just down the street at our local Windermere office and it was perfect!

By our standards, it was a pretty busy week, so I'm anticipating a low key one this week...

• Monday - Pizza
• Tuesday - Last of the Thanksgiving Leftovers and Moroccan Butternut Squash Soup (I just put the ingredients for this soup from Half Baked Harvest in the crockpot on high for 4+ hours and hit it with the immersion blender)
• Wednesday - Buffalo Chicken Burgers (recipe from How Sweet Eats)
• Thursday - Thai Ground Beef with Veggies and Brown Rice (a favorite Cooking Light recipe)
• Friday - Tequila Lime Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos (tasty recipe from The Cookie Rookie)
• Saturday - Rigatoni Arrabiatta 
• Sunday - Spinach Salad with Chicken Avocado and Goat Cheese (from The Recipe Girl)

As always, I'm linking up with Org Junkie - be sure to check out all the great weekly menus!