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Monday, February 13, 2012

Menu Plan Monday ~ Week of February 13, 2012

For some reason I didn’t pull out my monthly calendar ahead of time when filling out my monthly meal plan ~ which was super obvious when I sat down to write down our meals and realized that I would be out of town from Wednesday through Sunday leaving no one to make the meals I had planned.

Oops!

So a little adjusting the meals, some pre-cooking and freezing and everything should hopefully be set for the rest of the week. While Daddy is home with the kids at the end of the week, I’ll be at a conference {with some WONDERFUL ladies}, and back in time to enjoy popcorn and a movie next Sunday!

Monday

Breakfast ~ Bagels
Dinner ~ Chicken Gyros {trying out a new recipe this week!}
Extra ~ 4 loaves of homemade whole wheat bread
Extra ~ make ahead Chicken Taquitos & freeze for later this week

Tuesday

Breakfast ~ Baked oatmeal
Dinner ~ Chili in crockpot and homemade cornbread
Extra ~ Homemade granola bars

Wednesday

Breakfast ~ Eggs & toast
Dinner ~ @ church

Thursday

Breakfast ~ Whole wheat pancakes {frozen batch}
Dinner ~ Leftovers!

Friday

Breakfast ~ Cereal
Dinner ~ Homemade pizza & veggies

Saturday

Breakfast ~ Scrambled eggs, bacon & toast
Dinner ~ Chicken Taquitos {really need to post this recipe since I altered one I found and it is truly AMAZING!!}

Sunday

Breakfast ~ Cinnamon rolls
Dinner ~ Popcorn & chocolate milk

As Always: I’ve linked to any recipes that I’ve already posted. That’s it for the week ~ what on your menu?

Don’t miss my Main Dish Menu Planner and go-along Monthly Menu Planner that you can fill in with your own text and save on your own computer ~ go on and try! I have examples on how I use it to help sort and plan my meals.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Battery Storage and Organization ~ #PinterestChallenge

I’ve officially documented my first Pinterest challenge ~ well, aside from the various recipes that I’ve been trying. Our battery storage was one of the first areas that I wanted to tackle. While this doesn’t include our rechargeable batteries {those are organized in a kitchen drawer}, I did want to get our other batteries out of sight from certain children who feel the need to swipe any and every battery.

Thanks to this lovely Pinterest idea from BHG, I picked up a craft box at Walmart {couldn’t find a tackle or bait box that was deep enough}, and sorted all of our batteries.

The box was deep enough that I was also able to hide a few of our extra flashlights and a headlamp inside {in case of emergency}.

Now the batteries are all organized and stored up in our pantry {a.k.a. away from the eyes of children} and I am moving on to another Pinterest project that I’ll share with you next week!!

I’m linking up with Julie from Dutch Being Me and her Pinterest Challenge ~ and trying to accomplish all those fun ideas from pinning!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Come Out to Support Compassion International

Does your family sponsor a child through Compassion International? If you would like to learn more about the ministry of Compassion International, singer Shaun Groves will be in concert representing Compassion on the evening of Wednesday, February 15th at Eastern Mennonite University {Martin Chapel}.

Compassion's mission is releasing children from poverty across the world. Join Shaun for an evening of songs and stories inspired by his travels with Compassion. Although the concert is free, they are accepting the donations at the door. There will also be an opportunity to sponsor a child ~ something we as a family truly enjoy!

I would HIGHLY recommend attending and spreading the word to your friends and family that may be in the area. Not only is Shaun’s music wonderful, he will be sharing his heart {and humor} with everyone. It will be an evening that will bless you on so many levels, so be sure to mark your calendar to attend!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Menu Plan Monday ~ Week of February 6th

Company is coming and we’re finishing up Superbowl leftovers too this week. Later this week, I’m also going to attempt making pitas and trying out a new recipe for Chicken Gyros…if they taste half as amazing as they look, we’ll be in great shape! :)

Monday

Breakfast ~ Bagels
Dinner ~ Mushroom Chicken Bake with Wild Rice
Extra ~ make bread

Tuesday

Breakfast ~ Baked oatmeal
Dinner ~ Tater Tot Casserole

Wednesday

Breakfast ~ Eggs & toast
Dinner ~ leftovers
Extra ~ 4 loaves of homemade whole wheat bread

Thursday

Breakfast ~ Whole wheat pancakes
Dinner ~ Zippy Beef & Ziti Skillet

Friday

Breakfast ~ Cereal
Dinner ~ Homemade pizza & veggies

Saturday

Breakfast ~ Scrambled eggs, bacon & toast
Dinner ~ Chicken Gyros {new recipe we’re trying this week}

Sunday

Breakfast ~ Cinnamon rolls
Dinner ~ Popcorn & chocolate milk

As Always: I’ve linked to any recipes that I’ve already posted. That’s it for the week ~ what on your menu?

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Putting Pinterest to Work…

Pinterest has become one of my favorite resources and ‘go-to’ places for getting ideas. The biggest bonus to me is the visual aspect ~ I can SEE an idea and check it out in more detail. I tend to remember images and Pinterest lets me sort things onto different virtual bulletin boards. My boards have everything from teaching ideas to organization ideas and things that just make me giggle.

BUT…as much as I love to ‘pin’ ideas all the time, it’s even nicer if I actually USE the ideas in my own house. In my mind I may be all organized, but it would be nice if some of the marvelous ideas actually transferred over to real life {and not my imagination}.

My goal is to try to do one thing a week this year from my Pinterest boards. That may be trying a new recipe, putting an organization tip to work in my house, using an idea during our school time…but following through on the things that catch my eye.

Here are a few things that I have planned to work on in the next few weeks ~ and I’m going to join up with a friend’s Pinterest challenge and share my success/failures with them and maybe even some ideas with you all.

Battery storage, freezer organization, and random storage ideas…

If you aren’t on Pinterest already, leave a comment and I will send you an invite via email. And if you are ~ leave a comment with your Pinterest user name so that I can follow you as well. My user name is jolanthe {shocking, eh?}.