Going to Florida

I'm headed down to Florida tomorrow so I won't be here for the rest of the week.  I'll be back on Monday.

My mother, sister, and niece are flying down tonight.  My grandparents don't know that I'll be coming tomorrow.  Hopefully, it's a happy surprise!  I think it'll be nice to have just the ladies for a few days and I haven't seen my grandparents since the summer so I'm really looking forward to that.

Unfortunately, my grandfather is getting up there in age and my grandmother also may not be doing too well.  She was supposed to go in for cataracts surgery in the middle of February but they "found something" when she was doing her preliminary testing.  They did a bunch more tests but have supposedly found nothing. 

My sister and I were talking and we're really hoping that that is the actual truth and not just our grandmother lying so we don't all get worried.  The women in the family have a known history of doing this (lying about medical issues so people don't worry).  When I was 16, my grandmother went in for heart surgery.  No one told my sister or me because it was my prom weekend and she had a work cruise that weekend.  We both yelled at them that we need to know these things and not be left in the dark because, really, what if something had happened?

Anyway, I'm hoping for the best and just looking forward to seeing my family.  The nice weather and no chance whatsoever of snow really do just add a nice little bonus to this trip.  I'm not looking forward to flying home on a 7am flight, but, it saved $150 over going at 10am, so it just made sense. 

Hope you have a good week!

Meal Plan Monday

There's no meal plan today.  I'm flying down to Florida to visit my grandparents on Wednesday evening and not getting back until Sunday so it would just be two days of meals.  More about my visit tomorrow.  For some reason, when my husband is alone he doesn't stick to a meal plan.  He doesn't cook too much so, knowing him, he'll probably end up at a friends house for a day or two or his parents and then make mac and cheese one night. 

For some reason, I did end up going food shopping this weekend to pick up some fruit and ended up spending $40 on random fruits and veggies.  Of course, while shopping, I completely forgot about my trip.  So, it looks like I'll be cooking with a lot of vegetables either tonight and tomorrow or chopping and freezing stuff.  No big deal.  The stuff will probably last until I'm home anyway.