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Read all about it.....TOMMY'S ROOM IS CLEAN!!! Since I was unexpectedly off of work yesterday, I put my afternoon to good use. I As you can see I am still not done with painting in Tommy's room. I finished his pirate blanket for his bed and gave that to him for Christmas. But the last mural on the wall has not been worked on in a while. It is my plan to have it all done before school starts!! The only other thing left is to sew some curtains The shelves are still a bit messy, but they are better. I need to go through the books and donate some more to the school library! Trust me this is a vast improvement to what it was looking like. You can now even open the closet without an avalanche. Such small improvements make me happy! I am trying to get things pretty clean around here before we leave on vacation. I hate to come home to a messy house after a nice relaxing vacation!!! Have a Great Day!!! Nothing makes a book better than to receive it for free!!! LOL! I wanted to let you know I posted two book contests over on my Book Blog that I found on Booking Mama's book blog! Stop by and enter to win. Both books look like great beach reads. There is no better way to spend a summer afternoon. A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand - details to enter to this giveaway can be found on my book blog, ReadinginWBL.com Good Luck!!! Black Bean Salsa Well I didn't stay within my budget today very well. Hubby and everyone have been complaining that there is no snack food in the house and I also bought pop. But since I only buy pop once a month, my next shopping trip should be less. Taking Tommy shopping with me sure didn't help out much either. Pop, Snack and few groceries at Walmart = 41.82 (scrip cards used) Aldi - $94.40 Festival - $39.55 (scrip card used) Total Spent = $175.77 or $87.88 per week for a family of 5 My goal is to stay within $80.00 per week for our grocery. I genreally budget $100 a week and I use the extra for things I need during the week or if we happen to eat out once. We will be moving to a family of 6 full time starting in August. I hope to keep the budget the same. We will see how that goes. Right now I am buying stuff for my BIL to make lunches to take to work. These are convenience foods I would not normally buy so that has increased our food expenditures. WHAT WE ARE EATING THIS WEEK..... Menu Plan For Thanks to Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday. Go and check out more great menus! Menu planning will help you have more time with your family and enjoy your summer. Sunday, 21st - Grilled Honey Balsamic Chicken, Corn, Rice A Roni (add to Website) Monday - 22nd - Sloppy Joes (crockpot) chip and dip Tues - 23rd - Lasagna Roll Ups/ Garlic Bread (Add to Website) Wed - 24th - Crockpot Cowboy Stew, Savory Mexican Cornbread ( not great) Thurs - 25th - (book Group) Frozen Meal - Chicken Alfredo Fri - 26th - Hamburgers, Curly Fries Sat - 27th - Grilled Honey Mustard Pork Chops, Pasta Salad, Carrots. Sun - 28th - Two Sticky Chicken, Mashed Potato, Veggie Mon - 29th- Tater Tot Hot Dish Tues - 30th - Chicken Parmesan Burgers,(double for my family) Fries, Veggie Wed - July 1st - Frozen Meal - Spaghetti Thursday - July 2nd - Teriyaki Chicken Over Rice (Crock Pot 4 to 5 hrs) *Taste of Home Simple & Delicious July/August 2009 - pg 19 Friday - Leaving on Vacation!!!! Vacation Menu plan to follow. We rented a house so I will be making all our meals to save a bit of money. I will be cooking for at least 8 of us each day, plus guests that stop by. Blessings !! |
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