Happy Birthday to Me!

Yes, today is my birthday, many have referred to it as my "special" birthday. In many ways it is a special birthday because I have gone on to the next decade but I am not sad or depressed in the least about it. I am happy to get older and wiser, I really wouldn't want to stay 39 forever, especially since my husband is getting older every year too! I would say this "special" birthday is a lot easier than my last "special" birthday 10 years ago. Ten years ago I was happy and well adjusted in life but I had no prospects of a godly man to marry and no idea if I'd ever have children. So as I finish out this first day as a 40 year old woman I can honestly say I am happy and so glad I am where I am!

Now ask me if I spent my birthday the way I had planned and I'd have to say no. We were supposed to pack up the van this morning after breakfast and head south to IL to Randy's sister's for the weekend. While we were there we were going to go to Ikea so I could spend some Christmas and birthday money on this. Unfortunatly my little girl woke with a fever during the night and our plans had to be changed. Instead I spent most of the night up with her, was tired all day and realized I didn't have many groceries in the house since we were going to be gone so I had to go shopping today. Well, even though it didn't turn out as I had hoped I got to do what I love most and be a mommy to my sweet little girl and her very active brothers (who are sweeties too!)

Scrapping Challenge

Thanks to my friend Tiffani I've been getting the scrapbooking bug again! I've actually been doing more digital scrapbooking but really need to get the baby's album caught up for her BIG first birthday next month! So here is my latest page inspired by a Scrapbooking challenge that Tiffani has been doing.



Have I mentioned yet that I'm a Creative Memories Consultant? I have been a consultant for 3 1/2 years and love it! Now I realize this challenge comes from another source but it got me going so I need to give credit where it's due! I'll try to post more about scrapbooking soon!

Menu Plan Monday

I have been sick this weekend but I am still going to try to get my menu plan done so my week will go more smoothly. I also need to do a big shopping trip this week so it's nice to already have my list ready to go ahead of time. So here goes!

Sunday - Lunch - We had soup (yes from the soup exchange!)and sandwiches. For Supper I made Homemade pizzas.

Monday - Canned Meat, mashed potatoes and corn

Tuesday - Sloppy Joes on buns and green beans. If I get going early enough I'll try to make buns from scratch. This will be the first time in a long time that we will have sloppy joes from a packet instead of homemade but I want to use up what's in the cupboard.

Wednesday - Chicken pot pie

Thursday - Chili and cornbread

Friday - Leftovers from freezer

Saturday - Breakfast for supper - pancakes or eggs or something yummy!


I've been talking about making granola and I think I found a recipe that I'm going to try this week from Tammy's Recipes. I found several recipes there but this one is called Easy Peanut Butter Granola and I'm all about doing things the easy way! I'll let you know how it turns out!

I also made bread in the bread maker twice this past week but it just doesn't seem to go over after the first day so there is part of a loaf sitting in the refrigerator uneaten. I guess I'll cut it up and put it in the freezer for meatloaf!

For more menu plan ideas head on over to Orgjunkie.com