Menu Planning.

In order for me to feel like I am a good mom and wife I try and cook dinner every night. (because we think we have to eat every night.) Seems pretty simple. WRONG. Maybe I am the only one that has this issue, but just like going to the store, my brain comes up short when it is time for dinner. Unless it is screaming at me or it is planned, I really have no idea what we are having for dinner. Then I am lost. When this happens we have cereal for dinner...True Story.

When I decided to stay home I needed an easy way to plan for dinners, without it taking me hours upon hours to plan. --It has taken me up to 5 hours to meal plan before--I over complicate EVERYTHING.

So I made a template.

Sundays--Crockpot

Monday--Meatless

Tuesday--Toss it!

Wednesday--Pizza

Thursday--Chicken

Friday--Meat

Saturday--Pasta

Oh the possibilities are endless, however, this gives me a great foundation to meal plan. Also its helpful so I don't have pasta three times in one week, or chicken more than one time a week. Gives me variety and is easy if I have to make a run to the grocery store without a list.

 (I don't recommend it)

This was brilliant on my part. I don't have many brilliant moments, but I think this one is my favorite.

Here are a few printables I use to help me out.

Menu

Menu Planner

These are not my originals. They have the owners name on them. These are just the ones I use. xoxo enjoy.

That darn list!

Yesterday we had company and I had to run to the store and get a few things for dinner. Nothing fancy just spaghetti. I didn't have Caden so I knew I had this...without the list.

--The lies I tell myself--

First stop. I thought I did great. Until I started driving off and making dinner in my head and thought "CRAP I forgot the spaghetti noodles!!" So the entire time on the way to the next store I said.. "spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti-Don't forget the spaghetti!"

I even attempted to write it on my hand while I was driving. I didn't feel safe doing that and driving so I just told myself. "I wont forget"

LIES 

I arrive at my next destination. I don't know what it is about getting to the store and forgetting your name. Seriously. Is it the overwhelming task of finding what you need? Finding what you came for? Or not wanting to be seen by those you possibly may know? OR is it that you spend way to much time looking at the lady with the tight pants on, wondering how she squeezed into the size 3 jeggings when she CLEARLY was a size 22....no idea. Maybe it is all of it. But how does one forget the spaghetti TWICE and then not remember until you are half way home? "I wont forget it"

LIES 

What WAS suppose to be a 30 minutes trip out of the house turned into an hour! What has happened to my brain? Needless to say I continue to leave the house without a list. WHY!?

Are you one of those list bound people? I wanna hear your story.

I thought I would add my first printable just incase you are like me and NEED one. Its not an original. Give me time. You are welcome.

Life Hack

I listen to A LOT of talk radio. Probably to much. We have a local radio station called SuperStation 101.1 I am probably borderline obsessed, HOWEVER, I think it is important to stay in touch with local news and topics. (and lets be honest I like listening to the "goodens" call in.)

This morning as I was listening I heard a truck driver call in and say "If ya'll would put some bleach on them there tires. Them folks wouldn't slip down them hills." This is a DIRECT QUOTE. (SMH this is yet ANOTHER reason we get made fun of.) Sometimes I hear things and I just think, "Yup, you blew off an arm as a kid", but this one seemed pretty legit. So today I HAD to get out of the house. I was going stir crazy. I should NOT have left the house. After trying to get out of my community I was met with this: do you see the ice!

That should have been my CLUE to turn around and go home...But NO...this girl is on a mission. I turn around and go another way.

Then there is this one:

So no big deal. I am seeing it starting to melt. I will be good to go. Its 40 degrees the ice will melt. Not so much.

So folks. This is what you need to do if you live in the south use some BLEACH and get on over "them there hills"

xoxo