Domestically Challenged

Menu Plan Monday - You MUST do this!!

OK, this is my number one tip of all time. For this week anyways. LOL

When school started back up, I decided to plan out my menu for the week. We are notarious for grabbing take out on the way home and are trying to curb the habit. So, I found some great recipes and decided this was the week. And you know what? It worked perfectly.We had a nice meal on the table everyday, despite starting school.

Then the next week came.

I was tired and didn't plan out the menus, even though I knew darn well that it worked. And, big surprise, we had takeout most of the week.

Now, I am back to planning. Hubby is giving me some static about using the crockpot (he doesn't like the idea of it being on all day while we aren't home - I told him that was the point. He wants me to put it in the garage (!)) but I love, love, love it!

I have determined that I can't plan out the daily menu - it works better for me to have a list to draw from. So, I am now in the process of compiling a list of recipes that I know I can cook, without too much trouble.

If I were smart motivated, I would do this on computer, so I could also keep lists of teh ingredients I need. Hmmm. Maybe one day!

Things I may be too old to do

Even though I am still 26 in my mind (which is all that counts, right?) here are a few things I may be too old to do.

1. Drive around with my music bumpin'. Especially when pulling into work. I always wonder what people think when they look at me when my music is loud and then see the booster seats in the back seat.

2. Go to a party, stay out until 3 A.M. and then try to get up with my kids at 6:30 A.M.

3. Scream and run when I try to kill a cricket and it jumps at me. And yes, they do jump AT me.

Friday Feast

I am working desperately to get back into writing...again. Here is one for ya - have a wonderful weekend!!

*Appetizer: Describe your laundry routine. Do you have a certain day when you do it all, or do you just wash whatever you need for the next day?* Saturday is laundry day. I. Hate. Laundry. It's a simple task, but I hate it nonetheless.

*Soup: In your opinion, what age will you be when you'll consider yourself to truly be old?* I think I will be old when I 1. act my age and 2. stop being so immature all the time. Which is really the same thing and may NEVER happen. Besides, in my mind, I am really 26.

*Salad: What is one of your goals? Is it short-term, long-term, or both?* To improve my health. I am still having issues after losing my mom, so I just want to take care of myself.

*Main Course: Name something unbelievable you've seen or read lately.* I saw my kids sit next to each other on the couch without hitting each other. In my house, this is truly unbelieveable.

*Dessert: On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how happy are you today? 9. It's Friday!! How can you NOT be happy on a Friday?*

My biggest fear

I have a loud family. When I talk, I am loud. When my kids talk, it's even louder. When they scream or cry (which my daughter is a pro at) it is at ear splitting levels. I have always been worried that I would be in the bathroom, combing through my daughters hair (which is crazy curly) which incites screaming fits every single time and I would have a knock at the door...

*Toddler's tantrum brings three cops knocking *
** ** Can you imagine? Here's a quote -

*"The police who responded said they had to check everything as quickly as possible, given the number of children who suffered harm.*

*Police made no apologies yesterday for responding to an emergency call to the Titirangi property from a neighbour who told them: "I can hear a child screaming ... and I've heard it before."*

So, the neighbor said they had heard it before? In my neighbor, the person at the end of the block has heard my kids screaming before. I just can't get over it.