OUR MENU THIS WEEK:  1/28 - 2/4

28th - BRUNCH:  Country Gravy & Biscuits/ Crustless Quiche **GREAT** FAM FAV!
          SUPPER:  Cheesy Pots and Ham - My New Fix and Foget - pg 146  **Ok, Not Great**

29th - Swiss Chicken/Rolls/Salad **GOOD, ADD TO SITE**

30th - LEFTOVERS

31st - Hamburger Helper/Peas

1st -  Baked Penne Pasta/ Green Beans/Italian Bread 

2nd (Fam. Movie Night) - Frozen Pizza and Salad

3rd  - French Fry Casserole

4th     BRUNCH: Ham and Mozzarella Brunch Bake
          SUPPER:  White Chicken Chili/ Cornbread

Heading home...and look I am leaving the office before midnight!  Pretty good!

Gee....good thing they extended the building hours for staff as it doesn't look like I would make it out by the 10:00 deadline tonight!   Yeah for being allowed to work later! 

Tough, tough day at work....actually I am still here, just finally eating my supper.  This is all I am up to posting today.  Hopefully a real post tomorrow!

Jen's  ABC's

1. A is for age:
36

2. B is for beer of choice:
I don't care for nor drink beer...

3. C is for career right now:
Wife, Mother and Social Worker

4. D is for your dog's name?
Teddy

5. E is for essential item you use everyday:
Computer, calendar, and phone. 

6. F is for favorite TV show at the moment?
hmmm...I rarely get to watch Tv.  I like American Idol the first few episodes!   I did watch a few episodes of Gilmore Girls that I checked out form the library...I liked that alot!

7. G is for favorite game:
I enjoy Craninum

8. H is for Home town:
Redfield, SD

9. I is for instruments you play?
Trombone in High School

10. J is for favorite juice:
orange

11. K is for whose butt you'd like to kick:
hmm...no one's really.  What would have help anyways?? 

12. L is for last place you ate:
As far as eating out...we went to Olive Garden for my birthday a few weeks ago. 

13. M is for marriage:
Yep, twice   Currently married to my wonderful hubby for going on 7 years. 

14. N is for your full name:
Janeen Mae....*****

15. O is for overnight hospital stays:
A couple...numerous ones as a child.  I was pretty sickly at times.  For the birth of two children and one asthma attack that landed me in intensive care.  A few outpatient things as well......

16. P is for people you were with today:
My family, co -workers. clients.....

17. Q is for quote:
Your success and happiness lie in you.....Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.  - Helen Keller

18. R is for Biggest Regret:
Taking more time to enjoy life and my time with my family/children.  Worrying too much!

19. S is for status:
Married

20. T is for time you woke up today:
5:45 am

21. U is for underwear you have on now:
Hanes her way...

22. V is for vegetable you love:
most of them....broccoli probably my favorite!

23. W is for worst habit:
Chewing my nails/fingers

24. X is for x-rays you've had:
many....back, lungs, neck, the most recent I can remember. 

25. Y is for yummy food you ate today:
Nothing great today.  Had a smart one frozen meal for supper at the office here....

26. Z is for zodiac sign?
Capricorn 

My ambituous To Do List on Very Little Sleep.....But I am still going......so I figure I better do what I can when I am home as I will be at work the rest of the week.   I try to take one day off a week.....so I guess this is is.  

TO DO:

• Put Strings on Tommy's Mittens (lost too many this year) - Found them - need his coat to measure the string - DONE
• Renew SW License - website down, still trying - DONE
• Make Baptism Lambs
• Freezer Invent Upstairs
• Feb B-Day cards - DONE
• Thank you cards x 3 - DONE
• Scan Tom's Art
• Make PW file
• Clean out old email account
• Send noodle recipe to Liz. - DONE
• Laundry put away and more washed - DONE
• Supper started - DONE

Another day that just hasn't turned out as planned.   Of course I had very little sleep last night.  This morning I called the Vet as our siamese cat, Robbie continues to vomit numerous times a day.  He is about 10 1/2 years old.  About 3am last night he was howling and very disorientated scratching at a book in Tommy's room.  I went and got him and put him on my bed with me.   He seemed to settle down.  I call the vet and they get in him this morning.  I figure I will be able to work this afternoon, but no such luck he is still at the Vets. 

The vet called and they just got Robbie's blood work back.   They are 99% sure he is diabetic.  YIKES!!  They are going to do a urinalysis to be sure and check for a bladder infection as well.  So how do they treat diabetes in cats??  The same as humans.  I will be giving him a insulin shot two times a day!  Yikes...I can't believe it.  Not something I am looking forward to at all. 

I called them and asked if I could bring Teddy in for his puppy shots since I was home today.  So when I pick up Robbie I will take Teddy in for some shots.  That only leaves Molly who needs to get her shots updated.  They have a Discount Vaccination Clinic at Petco that I am going to take her to this weekend and get her updated.  Then later this month we are getting her groomed for the first time.  She is a very very fat Maine Coone cat and long hair everywhere!   So we are going to have her get a Lion Cut and see if that helps on the cat hair problem in our house.  YUCKY!!!

So that is what in going on with our four legged babies. 

TEDDY 

MOLLY

She is on this chair 24 hours a day.  It is a mine field of cat hair. 
So that is why we are going to try getting her groomed too. 

So you might be looking at the time this was posted and think,  "WOW, Jen did great on getting up early today".  Well, that is not the case.  I haven't been to sleep yet.  I went back on prednisone for this dumb cough/cold that has been messing with my asthma.  A side effect of the med......insomnia!   So I am up, but I think I will lay on the couch and read to see if I get sleepy. It could be a very long day.  YIKES!!   I did get up and made a long list of all the to do things running through my head.  Later!!

OUR MENU THIS WEEK:  1/28 - 2/4

28th - BRUNCH:  Country Gravy & Biscuits/ Crustless Quiche
          SUPPER:  Cheesy Pots and Ham - My New Fix and Foget - pg 146  **Ok, Not Great**

29th - Swiss Chicken/Rolls/Salad

30th - LEFTOVERS

31st - Hamburger Helper/Peas

1st -  Baked Penne Pasta/ Green Beans/Italian Bread 

2nd (Fam. Movie Night) - Frozen Pizza and Salad

3rd  - French Fry Casserole

4th     BRUNCH: Ham and Mozzarella Brunch Bake
          SUPPER:  White Chicken Chili/ Cornbread

I am glad so many of you liked the Menus4Moms website.  You will have to let me know which recipes your family likes.   I don't follow their menus exclusively, but do a few things a week from there. 

MY WEEKEND PROJECT

My dining room is he dump all for everything.  We rarely eat in there and eat at the kitchen table unless we have company.  One end of the table is my laptop and the other is where I fold clothes.   I bought a new filing cabinet on Friday to put in my dining room.  Hopefully this will give me a place to all the paperwork that comes into this house each week.    I had to clean out the corner where the cabinet was going and I ended up piling all that junk on the table.  YIKES!!  What a mess!!!   I have been so inspired by CoolMomofeight.  She has been posting before and after pictures as she has been decluttering her home. 

I didn't get to clean out the entire shelf, but the one shelf that
I had my binders and papers needed organizing!!

Yep, that is my table. Doesn't look like we will be eating there this weekend!

This is the cherrywood file cabinet that Josh put together for me.  It is
right next to where I have my laptop.  This is my little office area to organize
our lives and home. 

I put alot of things in binders.  I have a binder for each child to keep
their things in.  Erik has numerous binders!  I have one to keep my
in-laws paperwork.  I have one to keep my personal things, booklists,
patterns, etc.  I have a home management binder and a recipe binder
as well.  I really find that binders work well for me to keep me organized. 
I do a similiar thing at work as well. 
 

This is my landing spot of daily paperwork.  I have my notebook
and other daily things here.  I plug my cell phone here so I remeber
to grab it each morning. 

WOW!!  There is my table.  I will have to take a picture in a few
days to see how I have done on keeping it this wasy.  I plan on
cleaning it each night before goign to bed.  We will see how that goes. 
I feel like things have a place in that area now, so I will be able to
put them away. 

Right now the table does have one load of clothes on it.  I will put
those away before I head to bed.

A GLANCE AT JEN'S WEEK

MONDAY - Tom to preschool.  Working 9:30 to 5

TUESDAY - Working Late  9 to 7:30

WEDNESDAY - Bible Study - Working 9:30 to 5

THURSDAY - Working 9:00 to 5:00

FRIDAY - Family Movie Night - Working 9:00 to 5:00

SATURDAY - Hubby and I are going to a play at the local playhouse.  The Criminal Mind.

I am so happy it really is a easy week coming up this week.  The house is in pretty good shape and I am not terribly far behind in laundry.   That is the best way for me to start my week.  I hope to start getting up earlier again so I can get a load or two of laundry done before I go to work.   We will see how tomorrow goes. 

Hope everyone has a great week!!   I will try to stop by and visit! 

Hey everyone....I have worked a couple of hours and now I think I will take a little lunch break and read or sleep.    LOL!!    I need to start working on my Menu for next week.  I am getting a bit unmotivated about that as well.  This week has been going as planned menuwise.  I do have to put the beans in to rinse tonight for the soup tomorrow.   I hope you are having a great day!!

My favorite website for menu planning???   Menus 4 Moms: Free weekly Menus for Busy Cooks - What a life saver!!    

MY MENU THIS WEEK:  1/21 - 1/28

21st - BRUNCH: Brunch Bake
          SUPPER:  Favorite MeatLoaf/ Mashed Potatoes and Corn ** Good Add To Webpage **

22nd - LEFTOVERS

23rd - Thanksgiving in A Pan

24th - Chicken Enchiladas - Spanish Rice

25th - 15 - Bean Soup - Crockpot 8-10 hrs (Rinse Beans Overnight)  ** Not a Winner**

26th (Fam. Movie Night) - Tacos (Hard and Soft)
       Easy Mexican Dip / Corn Chips ** Good Add To Webpage **

27th - Cheesy Pots and Ham - Crockpot 7 to 9 Hrs - My New Fix and Foget - pg 146  **Ok, Not Great**

Hello - First I wanted to thank all of you for the birthday wishes!!   Thanks very much.   It is greatly appreciated.  Well it is Wednesday morning and I have already worked 33 hours this week.   I worked 9 on Sunday, 11 hours on Monday and 13 on Tuesday.   I am a bit tired and unmotivated today, but will try and work a few hours from home this afternoon.   I will not be working tonight since I have bible study.   I am really looking forward to going. 

I am really trying to get all caught up at work as the next budget season is just about to hit and I am not caught up from the end of year budgets yet!!  I am sure I sound like such a workaholic, which to some regards is probably true.  I just always want to do my best at whatever I am doing.   My employer is making it easier for me to work more of course.  They have now extended the hours I can be in the building at night.  The alarm system is turned on later.   So some nights I can work until midnight even!!  Sad...but true..I have done it.   The other thing that is happening that I am really excited about.  I will have VPN access to my computer at work.  I can currently access my email, but now I will be able to actually log onto my work computer from home!  I will have access to my entire computer and the drives!   Hopefully that will mean I can work at home in the evening vs. being at the office until so late at night.   I really do love what I do....and there are moments like last night that make it all worth it.  I have to transfer the children I work with to the adult unit when they turn 18..which has become more and more difficult for me.  I had my last meeting with a family last night.  I have been working with them for almost 10 years.  Luckily I still have other children in this particular home that I started a few years ago so I will be around there some still.   I will miss this family........it feels good to know that I have worked well for this family and made a difference for them.  

Today I hoped to sleep in since I was working from home...NOPE...I was up by 6:00 and showered and dressed by 6:30.   I dropped Tommy off at Preschool and had to run home again to get a swimsuit for him since they were having a beach party.  His auntie will pick him up so I can work from home. 

Well this that said...I guess I better get to work.  I will have worked alot of extra hours this week, so I will be saving them up to hopefully take a week off in February before the next budget season.   Have a great day and I will check in with you all later!!

BTW - is anyone else having trouble with xanga???  Mine is so slow!  ARGH!!