Menu Planning Monday!

I dread having to think each day about what to fix for the next meal.  So I decided to plan my menu for the week and post it.  If I have actually told people what we're having for dinner maybe I'll actually stick to it.  :) 

Monday:

Breakfast - Cereal, toast, fruit, milk
Lunch - Leftovers
Dinner - Open face pot roast sandwiches, steamed broccoli,  sweet tea
Snack - Cinnamon Toast and Milk

Tuesday:

Breakfast - Buck wheat pancakes, fruit, milk
Lunch - Egg Salad Sandwiches, celery and carrot slices, sweet tea
Dinner - Salmon patties, rice and tomatoes, crowder peas, sweet tea
Snack - Peanut butter on graham crackers, juice

Wednesday:

Breakfast - Scrambled Eggs, toast, fruit, milk
Lunch - Grilled Cheese, chips, water
Dinner - Taco Salad and sweet tea
Snack - Fruit salad, water

Thursday:

Breakfast - Oatmeal, Fruit, Milk
Lunch - Tuna Salad, Crackers, Tea
Dinner - Tropical Pork Chops,  Yellow Rice, a veggie (no clue at this point), tea
Snack - 1/2 PB and J, milk

Friday:

Breakfast - Cheese Grits, Toast, Milk, Juice
Lunch - Leftovers, Mac and cheese and green beans, tea
Dinner - Fish tacos, chips and salsa, tea
Snack - Jello, water

Saturday:

Breakfast - Breakfast Casserole, Juice
Lunch - Leftovers or sandwiches, sweet tea
Dinner - BBQ Chicken, Corn on Cob, Potato Salad, Tea
Snack - Kid's Choice :)

Sunday:

Breakfast - Pop tarts or cereal bars, milk
Lunch - Spaghetti, garlic bread, sweet tea
Dinner - Leftovers
Snack - Cinnamon Toast, Milk

My menus get kinda boring.  Do you have any ideas for future weeks?   My family eats anything and loves new dishes.

Today I'm linking up with Menu Plan Monday at Organizing Junkie.

Popcorn Fun!

I had to share a fun experience with my two little beauties tonight.

Daddy is gone out of town to a conference.  Princess and Flossy talked me into popcorn and a movie. 

I had saw a few weeks ago somewhere how to make "homemade" microwave popcorn.  The instructions sounded easy enough.  Put 1/3 cup of popcorn kernels in a paperbag.  Add 2 tsp oil to the kernels.  Roll down the top tightly and shake the kernels to cover the kernels in oil.  Microwave according to your microwave.

So, I followed the instructions exactly.  I also know that for our microwave we put the bag of popcorn in, turn it on 5 minutes and listen for the "pops" to slow down.

Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

it looked like something off of a movie.  All of a sudden I noticed popcorn flying everywhere inside my microwave.  Needless to say I have to work on the "technique" for this method of popcorn.  At the very least, I need to find the original "recipe" and read again.  Apparently there is something that I did incorrectly.  Stay tuned for correct instructions or either modifications that I make to perfect this.

It really should be a frugal alternative to pre-packaged microwave popcorn.

~Kristie

List of Freebies

I love freebies.  It is almost a goal of mine to go through life spending as little as possible.

Recently, I met a homeschooling mom online who is struggling financially and is actually thinking of putting her children into public school.

So, I decided to compile a list of free education websites.  When ever you google something like this you get  alot of junk.  I know that this will be a monumental task.  However, I really want to help struggling moms.

Can you help in some way?  Do you have a favorite freebie website? 

Please email me at quicklyahomemaker@gmail.com or post in the comment section. 

Upon completion, I'll put up a PDF file for anyone who needs it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie

The Homeschool Mother's Journal Week #1

 

This morning I sat and decided to join The Homeschool Chick for The Mother's Journal. 

I have seen this around blogs I visit and finally decided to join.


In my life this week…

I have been so completely frazzled.  I have been sleepy, cranky and unproductive.  I most definitely have not been the homemaker that I long to be.

In our homeschool this week…

I have been working on re-organizing our homeschool materials and preparing lessons.  However, with my life feeling so frazzled, it has been a hard journey this week.

I am inspired by…

Delightful Order.  Considering I am trying my hardest to get motivated and get my life in order for a new homeschool year, I have found so much inspiration in this blog.  I haven't necessarily implemented her idea but I have found refreshment in her posts.

Questions/thoughts I have…

What do other homeschooling moms do when they feel so frazzled?

Things I’m working on…

I am trying my harded to re-organized and simplify our life, home and homeschool.  I desire to place a better emphasis on God and "stuff" keeps getting in the way. 

I’m cooking…

more healthy dinners.  With my husband and myself attempting to get weight off and with a daughter on a low sodium diet, I have sought to prepare meals that are better for everyone.

I’m grateful for…

the opportunity to be at home with my children.  Despite the fact that some days I don't have the most patience, I am so grateful that I am the one teaching them and loving them throughout the day.  I am grateful that they are each others classmate. 


A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

This is our paper stash in our school supply cabinet.  I am so glad that I decided to tackle this.  Now we are ready for finding everything for our school year.

School Supply Cabinet Makeover

I decided to link up this post with one of my favorite blogs, Delightful Order.  I LOVE that blog.  I find myself drooling at some of her ideas. 

 

Being a homeschool family we have alot of school supplies. 

Considering that we are starting school back August 22nd and the fact that I have been in re-organization and cleaning mode lately, I decided to tackle the mess inside our school supply cabinet.

Here is our re-purposed computer cabinet from the outside.

We had this cabinet and I needed some place to store the large amount of school supplies that we have.   Unfortunately, with two little girls entering the cabinet and with me being so busy our cabinet ended up like this. 

So, last night I worked on cleaning it out.  I emptied every shelf of that thing.  I threw stuff away that was not going to be used.  I put stuff in other places that did not belong there and I ended up with this........

and this.....



I think it looks great.  I hope to eventually get it even more organized.  I want everything labeled.  For now though, I know exactly where everything is.

Do you have any ideas for how I can organize it further?  I am always up for ideas.

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie