A great book

It is so hard to believe that at the end of this summer (I know it's still Spring) we will be starting Kindergarten with Big C! I think I am more excited than he is. He has an amazing memory and asks about a million questions a day. He is ready for some formal learning although he is learning so much already without formal education. The curriculum we have decided on for Kindergarten is My Father's World. We've already ordered it and received it. Now I just need to find some time to do a bit or organizing and we'll be ready to go in August!

We've been reading a great book for family worship that I wanted to mention on here too. It's called Egermeier's Bible Story book. We started reading it about a year and a half ago and are on Esther. We do really well with family worship during the winter but once Randy is in the fields it gets harder. This book covers most of the stories in the Bible but they are written in a way that kids can understand. This is not a watered down kids devotional by any means. Our 5yo asks a lot of questions as we read and he remembers the stories very well.

I'm looking for recommendations for a good USA map and world map that we could hang on the wall. Please leave a comment if you have any good suggestions. Should I look online or just go to Wal Mart???

Overwhelmed

Do you ever feel so overwhelmed with all you need to get done that you don't know where to start? Add to that a lack of motivation. I have so much I feel like I need to do and I don't want to do anything right now so here I sit and type! Here are a few of the things on my To Do list:

1.) Put the dining room back together (I painted it on Saturday) Ok kudos to me for getting that done!
2.) Stain the new windows that were just put in the dining room and bathroom. Plus the two in my baby's room from last year that I've never gotten to.
3.) fold laundry...again
4.) make supper....again wish I had done a menu plan this week!
5.) sort kids clothes and get rid of the small or old ones
6.) excercise, well I actually did that already today but need to do more!
7.) paint the kitchen (I did half of it in November but need to finish. I painted a wall red and wanted to make sure I loved it, which I do so I need to do the walls behind the cabinets now.
8.) Clean my house, the bathroom especially
9.) pick out a song to sing (and practice)at church this Sunday (Easter)
10) Get ready for my National Scrapbook Day
11.) Get a host packet ready for a CM event I'm doing on the 18th
Well, you get the idea! What things are you putting off today?

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

A New Recipe!

I have really enjoyed taking a break from cooking a lot this week but today I dove in and cooked lunch and supper. I thought I'd post the recipe for what we had for lunch. I had some bananas that weren't looking so good and I wasn't in the mood for banana bread so I went to allrecipes and typed in bananas and found this. So, I decided we'd have pancakes for lunch. Unfortunately we were out of chocolate chips but we still made them with the bananas and they were good! I tripled the recipe so we have some for leftovers. I also put one cup of whole wheat flour instead of all white to make it a little better for us!

I'm looking for a recipe for Homemade Enchilada Sauce so if you have one please share! I can't find it without msg in it!

I'm so glad I finally figured out the how to link too!

Menu Plan Monday

In an attempt to support my last post of spending less each week on groceries, especially from WM I am creating my weekly menu from things I already have in the house. I do need to shop this week for fruit and milk but I want to use what I have before I buy more.

Sunday - Lunch - Beef Veggie soup, grilled cheese, Supper - pancakes. My family doesn't know it yet but I am going to slowly try to get them to eat pancakes with applesauce instead of syrup. I had one taker tonight and he loved it! Too much high fructose corn syrup!

Monday - We have a viewing to go to at suppertime and I am also babysitting all day for two other children so it will have to be leftovers tonight!

Tuesday - Beef Enchiladas (I already have all of these ingr. in the freezer and pantry!)

Wednesday - Homemade hot pockets and chimi's - Also from the freezer. It's time to use up all that good freezer cooking and have a cooking day to stock up again.

Thursday - Scrambled eggs and pork links

Friday - Steak, corn, potatoes and green veggie

Saturday - Leftover or freezer food again.

I know it will feel good to empty things out and start fresh again. I hope to also bake bread a couple of times this week as well as something for snacks, maybe granola bars. For more menu plan ideas check out orgjunkie.com