June 2nd - Saturday Fried Chicken Potato Salad and Corn on Cob  - CHICKEN VERY GOOD - Add to Site!

Sunday - 3rd -Lemon Pepper Fish/Wild Rice/Seasoned Green Beans/Apple Turnovers  Fish was OK- Beans and Turnovers VERY GOOD - Add to Site!

Monday - 4th - Slow Cooker Ham and Swiss Chicken 

Tuesday - 5th -  Pizza Loaf  - *Very Big Hit!   Would need to make two to feed our family.  VERY GOOD - Add to Site!

Wednesday - 6th - Santa Fe Chicken Salad  - SO - SO rest of Family would not like. 

Thursday - 7th - COYAN CAFE (LEFTOVERS)

Friday  8th -Mushroom Bacon Burgers  & Tater Tots

Saturday - 9th Lime Grilled Chicken/Corn on Cob/Salad  VERY GOOD - Add to Site!

Sunday - 10th - Grilled Chicken Pecan Salad  GOOD - Add to Site!  Tommy Even Ate It.  I was Surprised and yes, it is chicken, nuts and fruit! 

Monday - 11th - Hamburger Helper and Peas (mom working late)

Tuesday  -12th - Brats and Pasta Salad

Wednesday - 13th - Cheesy Keilbasa Bake VERY GOOD - Add to Site! Tommy really Liked this!

Thursday - 14th - COYAN CAFE (LEFOTVERS)

Friday - 15th - Baked Ham and Cheddar Sandwiches

Saturday - 16th - Spaghetti Pie/Garlic Cheese Toast 

Garden Fresh Pasta Salad 

I am excited to list my book I plan on reading for the Book Awards Challenge.  They are actually all book that are currently on my book shelf that I have been meaning to read.  What great motivation to get them read and lighten my bookload a bit!

BOOK AWARDS READING CHALLENGE

1.  The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy (Man Booker - 1997)

2.  Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle (Booker - 1993)

3.  Captain Corelli's Mandolin - de Bernieres (CommonWealth - 1995)

4.  Gilead - Marilynne Robinson - (National Book Critics' Circle - 2004)

5.  Stone Diaries - Carol Shields (NBCC - 1994)

6.  Kate Vaiden - Reynolds Price (NBCC-1986)

7. Kristin Lavransdatter: The Mistress of Husaby - Sigrid Undset (Nobel Prize -1928)

8.  Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross - Sigrid Undset (Nobel Prize -1928)

9.  Bel Canto - Patchett  (Orange -2002)

10.  Larry's Party - Carol Sheilds (Orange - 1998)

11.  Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon (Pulitzer - 2001)

12.  Empire Falls - Richard Russo - (Pulitzer -2002)

Challenge Runs From July 1, 2007 to  June 30, 2008.

I am just getting ready to head home for the night.  I have been thinking today and I really need to get back to making some goals for the month.   I have been doing terrible at taking care of myself.

The first thing, I really need to start eating three meals a day.  I am lucky if I eat once a day right now.  I finally had a sandwich at about 3:00 today before heading to my 4:30 appointment.   It sure would be nice to not be eating meals on the road.  

I have been doing better about making time for myself and reading,  etc.  

I am hoping to participate in the Book Awards Reading Challenge I found posted on a blog I like to read.    I hope to find 12 books on my shelves at home to meet the requirements of the Challenge.   I need some motivation to read my books on my shelf.  I am always either getting stuff from the library or buying books.  I will list my books late for the challenge.   Anyone want to join me in the challenge???

Well time to head home.............have a great night!!!

The Space Between Us: A Novel - Thrity Umrigar - (4/5)

I am unsure what I will read next..hmmm..  I will listen to a book on CD while I clean Tommy's room.   I didn't sleep much last night.  I was up until about 3:00am unable to sleep.   I hope I sleep better tonight. 

I can't wait for this weekend to be over!!  I am ready to get back to work and finish up a number of things.

Next to Read.....

Hello everyone....Hope you are having a wonderful day.  It has been raining off and on here in MN.  We tried to get some yard work done in between the showers.   I woke up around 8:00 this morning and started working on my Menus and shopping list.   My menu for the next two weeks is below.   It was a big shopping day!!!   I have everything we need for the next two weeks of meals.  Considering I needed to buy some meat, I stayed within budget pretty well.   I bought a few extra treats for the kids too, since we are pretty bare around here.  

I first went to Aldi for the majority of my shopping .  I picked up the remaining groceries at Festival as it is close to Aldi.  Then on the way home I grabbed snacks and bread from the Bread Thrift Store. 

Aldi                $120.52 - About $20.00 were extras not on my list - Treats for the kids!!
Festival           $  23.03 - only things on the the list, no extras !!
Bread Thrift    $  10.23- Alots of treats for the Treat Box - at least 5.00 Extra!

Grand Total    $ 153.78 - for two weeks of food - about $75.00 a week for 5 people.  Had I not bought any snack food I could of saved $25.00, but I didn't need to. 

After I got the groceries put away I took Tommy over to the neighbors for Noah's birthday party.  He has been there all day.  He came home only to eat supper and he is back there again. 

In the afternoon I did a few loads of laundry and cleaned my oven and stove.   A friend of mine came over from work to get some hostas for her garden.  She took about 12 or so out of my hosta garden.  You can hardly tell she took any!  

I was hungry for the real bad for ya Fried Chicken tonight, so that is what I made for supper.   It was GREAT!!  I found the recipe on the Diary of SAHM blog....YUMMY!!  We also had corn on the cob and potato salad a real summer meal!!  

Well I am going to read for a bit before doing the dishes and heading to bed.  Have a great night!!!!

My Family

My parents and siblings at my Parent's Anniversay Party
I am the youngest of 5 children.

Now with the spouses, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
We were only missing 3 members of the family. 

My son, Erik was at his mothers for the weekend.
My nephew, Mike is in Iraq. 
My nephew, Jesse was home with his new baby, who has many medical needs.