Lately, for some reason, I have been very uninspired to cook actual meals. Donny was off on Thursday this past week so we decided to make the drive to Lone Star to have dinner at Arnold’s. The prices are so good and everyone there is very friendly.

It’s not much to look at but the food is worth the 40 minute drive. The kids didn’t even complain because it really is a gorgeous drive.

Our neighbor across the street works for a restaurant food supply company so he brought us over some pizza dough and crumble pizza sausage. So Friday’s dinner was sausage pizza. Today I knew I had to make a grocery run which I dread doing on a Saturday. I do 95% of my grocery shopping at Aldi because it’s small, there aren’t many selections, I know what I like and I can get in and out fast. One of our favorite quick dinner meals is their asian chicken meals.

From start to finish this meal takes 20 minutes. I get both kinds because I serve the sauce on the side and it’s good to have a choice.

I serve it with rice and stir fried broccoli. It’s so good and everyone in the family likes it. There’s also almost always enough for Donny to take it for lunch the next day.

After I mowed on Friday I finally got around to doing something I had wanted to do all summer. Our front stoop (for lack of a better word) was looking so bad. The concrete, no matter how many times we power washed it, would not come clean. The pavers around it were faded and not looking their best.

This is an older picture but it’s the only one I could find. Anyway I painted the pavers the same color as the door (aqua fresco). I painted the concrete square the same color as the trim. I don’t have the color because it’s from two gallons of oops paint I got on sale. It looks so much better and just crisper.

I still need to put the plants back where they go.

We still have our little visitor and last night the raccoon came to visit and I fed it a hot dog.

The little skunk is so sweet. It doesn’t bother anyone. The cats just ignore it. Just eats and leaves. I wish I could get a picture of the raccoon.

Oh, and if you do happen to be in Aldi, these are the best cookies. I bought them on a whim and they did not disappoint.

And I did not eat three of them before dinner