A Great Giveaway

Mommies With Cents is giving away a $100 gift card to Home Depot. It's easy to enter and wouldn't it be great to win?

http://www.mommieswithcents.com/2008/12/giveaway-in-honor-of-our-1000th-post.html

Good Luck!

~C

A Slushie Surprise

So, the meal plan this week will be a bit different. We got some unexpected weather here. It NEVER ices or snows here. Maybe every few years. Well, guess what? It's icey! And will be for the next couple of days, so no trip to the store for me!

So, Monday and Tuesday are all going to be leftovers.

Wed
Bean and Kale soup and rolls

Thurs
Spaghetti

Fri
Roast and veggies (breaking our vegetarian streak)

Sat
Remake roast and veggies into Shepard's Pie

Sun
Leftover city or eating out somewhere

This week's goals are of course to clean the house and sweep up the pine needles from the tree. I'm also going to get out my Christmas cards and finish my online shopping today and tomorrow. And, hopefully, I will be finishing up the rest of it later this week.

Have a great week everyone!

~C

When Doves Cry

I was looking around and reading some new blogs that I discovered recently and came across http://joanoh2.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-would-june-cleaver-do.html

This is my new idol. So funny and so right!

~C

A Day Late....

So, I'm late getting started this week. Imagine that...the Queen of Procrastinationland being late!

This past weekend my husband and I bought our first real live Christmas tree. After lugging it home and being SO PROUD to get it up in the stand, we were pooped! We decided to put the decorations on it the next day. Then things got exciting....

Rufus, our beloved little orange cat, decided to pull his annual trick and dump the tree over! This, of course, included the full GALLON of sticky tree perservative solution. After many towels and mopping and much cussing, I was putting the mop away when I heard the noise again! So after the second time to cleaning all that up, I was DEFINITELY done for the day maybe the week.

Here are his antics last year




I'm going to tell everyone that we are minimalists this year.

Meal plan and ToDos are out the window this week. We are eating massive amounts of leftovers and easy things so that the decorations will actually get put up and maybe, just maybe, the cards will go out.

I found out that my lateatude is going to pay off this year as many online retailers are offering free shipping with guaranteed delivery by Christmas on the 18th! Whoopie! I can put it all off for a few more days!

Life's good.

~C

Gearing up for the rest of the week

I've been surfing around lately and looking at this great group of people who are undertaking a HUGE project of planning their meals and todos by the week. Surely, I can do this....at least once, right? I get to cheat and do a half week the first time though.

I promise that if this goes well, I will be posting recipes and many pictures!

Wed
Breakfast - Kefir Smoothie
Lunch - Leftovers
Dinner - Vegetarian Chili and maybe cornbread

To-Dos
Vacuum
Mop
Dust
Laundry, Laundry, Laundry

Thurs
Breakfast - Kefir Smoothie
Lunch - Freezer Soup
Dinner - Spaghetti

To-Dos
Rent truck
Pick up Sean's Drums
Vacuum
Start Christmas Cards
Clean bathrooms
Water plants

Fri
Breakfast - Smoosh
Lunch - Leftovers
Dinner - Pizza

To-Dos
Get rooms ready for Christmas decorations
Laundry
Dust
Vacuum
Drs appt

Weekend
To-Dos
Decorate for Christmas
Relax!
Move some more into the storage unit


Ok that does it! What are you going to do with the rest of your week?

~C