Menu Planning Monday
Monday
Tossed salad, pasta and marinara sauce
Tuesday
chicken quesadillas & tacos
w/ sour cream, shredded lettuce, cheddar, guacamole
Wednesday
crudite
black bean or beef burgers w/ all the fixings
chips
Thursday
BFD: french toast, syrup, bacon, veg sausage, scrambled eggs
Friday
Order out: pizza, garlic knots, zepoles
Saturday
leftovers or a BBQ if’n we can get invited somewheres 
Sunday
summer soup and chicken or tuna salad sandwhiches
Filed under Domesticity | Comments (4)Menu Planning Monday
I’ve actually just sat and planned out the next 2 weeks because we are going to give this whole crazy “budgeting” idea a try. Wild, eh?
Monday
hot dogs
green beans
tater tots
Tuesday
tossed salad
pasta with marinara sauce
fried ravioli
Wednesday
grilled cheese
tomato or tortilla soup
Thursday
bean or chicken tacos with all the fixin’s
Friday
Raw veggies and ranch dip
English muffin pizzas
Saturday
Sunday
leftovers or burgers on the grill
And next week:
Monday
Tuna, egg or chicken salad
corn bread
veggies & dip
Tuesday
BFD (breakfast for dinner):
pancakes
veggies sausage or turkey bacon
eggs
Wednesday
potato, zucchini and carrot pancakes
Thursday
chicken or black bean quesadillas
Friday
crudite
garlic knots
pizza
zeppoles
Saturday
chips, salsa and guacamole
Burrito pie (with beans where the beef is)
Sunday
Tofu stir fry
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Monday
Tossed salad, garlic bread, cheese ravioli and sauce
Tuesday
Tomato soup and cheese or cucumber sandwiches
Wednesday
New Potatoes, green beans and ham
Thursday
Mexican night: chips & salsa, refried bean tacos & burritos
Friday
Veggies & dip, pizza
Saturday
leftovers
Sunday
Breakfast for dinner!
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Monday
tofu stir fry with rice noodles
Tuesday
crudite
Rotini and meat sauce
Wednesday
Out for dinner for Mama’s Birthday!!
Thursday
leftovers or sandwiches and soup
Friday
salad
pizza
Saturday
black bean burgers
hot dogs
corn on the cob
grilled veggies
Sunday
chicken salad, egg salad
pita chips, veggies and hummus
Filed under Domesticity | Comments (3)Tackle it Tuesday
Yeah for a Tuesday that feels like a Monday but is still only 4 days from the weekend! 
Today’s list is just bunch of small things. Nearly all of these will be done in under 5 minutes:
- cancel OBGYN appointment (don’t ask)
- complete online juror survey
- call about insulin pump replacement (well, I left a message for a cust. svc. rep to call me back)
- make LIGHT membership calls
- tidy craft room
- make list of books to get at library
- update Goodreads
- make cleaning spray to bring to work
Ok, the doctor thing: this is a follow up appointment to my annual. I was directed to get blood work and a mammogram done and this appointment was made to go over those results. I have not gone to get the bloodwork done. I have a whole host of excuses but I suppose the bottom line is that I don’t want to deal with what the results might be. I’m mainly fearing the results of my A1C and cholesterol. I keep thinking I’ll work on the issues that affect those numbers and *then* go get the bloodwork done. Yeah, well. I am toying with going back off wheat and dairy after my birthday. I’m curious as to what my test results will be after a month of treating myself well.
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Menu Planning Monday
Monday
tofu stir fry
vegetable egg rolls
wonton soup
Tuesday
chips, salsa & guacamole
tacos & burritos
Wednesday
salad
pasta and meatballs
Thursday
potato & carrot pancakes
chicken & egg salad sandwhiches
Friday
veggies & dip
pizza
Saturday
leftovers/BBQ
Sunday
Breakfast for dinner:
veggies sausage
turkey bacon
frittata
These days may get switched around, but that’s the basics.
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Home Alone
I’m home alone tonight! The kids are all spending the night at their friends. I’m making potato, zucchini and carrot pancakes. It’s a new recipe so wish me luck!
I’ll probably work on this site some more as well. I am gaining confidence with the code involved, but still having issue finding just the images and backgrounds I want. I may end up having to teach myself photoshop anyway to make my own. lolz
I did manage to add tweet suite and a follow me on twitter button. However, now I’m rethinking that as my twitter is not always kid/work safe. Hrmmm.
Filed under Blogism, Domesticity | Comment (0)How I Spent My Mother’s Day Weekend
Crafting!
I bought a bunch of cheap wooden frames from Ikea to make jewelry holds, memory boards, etc.
Emma and Charlotte joined in the fun!
Charlotte used white and blue paint and some cup hooks. She framed a pic of herself and her cousins at Cape May from a couple of summers ago.
Emma used paint, stickers, some fabric she had, ribbon and the cup hooks to maker her memory board and necklace holder.
I painted my frame and used some leftover mesh we had from fixing some window screens last year. Oh, and those handy cup hooks!
I also made a memory board. I used fabric from an old shirt and ribbons and buttons from my scrapbook stuff.
That’s my husband, on the bottom right, by the way. Wasn’t he adorable?
We had SO much fun doing these!!
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It’s tech week and we’ve got lots of homeschool group stuff planned. Gotta get a schedule and to-do list going.
Monday
- quarterlies with grades
- paint wall in girls room
- fold laundry
- clean bedroom
- deal with extra furniture pieces from girls’ room
- organize bookshelf in girls’ room
- hang hooks in girls’ room
- preliminary garage clean up
- shoe reorg
Tuesday
- take kids to Alli’s
- Ikea: return chipped bowl; get chair for girls’ room,
- get bloodwork done
Wednesday
- Poetry in the park @ Speno
- clean bathroom, hallway
- watch kitchen floor, organize cook books
Thursday
- side yard & garage tidy
- tidy kids’ rooms
- Apple class
Friday
- laundry
- paperwork
- general clean-up
Sunday dinner schedule
Boring post ahoy!
12:30 ham in oven
1:45 make ham glaze, put together cheese platter, set out veggies & crackers
2:00 glaze ham, prep asparagus and hollandaise sauce, start potatoes
2:30 take ham out of oven, temp to 450
2:30 roast asparagus for 10 min, warm corn bread
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