Wrangler & the Kitty Krew

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Project Life Tuesday: Week 1

I'll be linking of with the Mom Creative so if you want to learn more about Project Life and get lots of ideas check her out.

I got the Project Life kits last year, one for each child, with this grand plan to use them as their own personal albums. The plan would be to include not only photos but also use it for their school work too. I didn't get very far. I was probably be too ambitious since I had a new child and was trying to figure out how to be a mom of two. I've decided to link up with Jessica so that I can stay motivated. Hopefully at some point I'll get caught up but for now I'll just post about wherever I am in the process and also show some layouts (even if they are a year old).

I have done my scrapbooking in just about every room of our house (with some rooms being specifically set aside for that purpose). But I finally figured out that I prefer to scrapbook in the great room. So a few years ago I moved my scrapbook stuff to my dining room hutch and just use the dning table when I work. I do keep some stuff in the spare room but it's the larger items that I just pull out when I need them.

The problem with this setup comes during the holidays when I want my hutch for Christmas decorations.

I pull all the scrapbook stuff out and store it in the spare one. Unfortunately, this is what the hutch looks like right now and it will probably be a couple of weeks before I get everything back in.

So, come back next week and we'll see if the hutch looks any different, plus I'll post a couple of layouts from last year.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Meal Plan January 9

Check out more menus at Organizing Junkie.

I got a couple of pictures and changed a couple of days but mostly stuck with the plan.
Monday: Harvest Soup with Chicken

Tuesday: Eckrich Sausage with mac & cheese
Wednesday: Crockpot Lasagna
Thursday: Homemade Pizza

Friday: Taste of Asia for Paul and I, kids were at Grandma's
Saturday: Pork Tenderloin
Sunday: Chili

I have decided to try and do 2 weeks of meals at a time. I think that will make shopping easier. With Paul working some late nights, I'm trying to make the meals a little more routine so I don't have to think about it as much. Here's the plan for the next 2 weeks.

Monday: Chicken Boxed Meal

Tuesday: Fish and Veggies

Wednesday: Sessler Salads

Thursday: Meatloaf and Potatoes

Friday: Crockpot Pot Roast

Saturday: Dinner Out at Chinese New Year Celebration

Sunday: Kids and I are out-of-town so hopefully my sister will make us salmon patties

Monday: Beef Boxed Meal (See the pattern, Monday's are probably my most stressful day, so something very easy is planned. All I have to do is remember to thaw the meat the night before.)

Tuesday: Chicken Alfredo Pasta

Wednesday: Pizza and Salad or Wings if we get delivery (Also part of a pattern, sessler salad one week, pizza the next)

Thursday: Tacos and Burritos with Rice (I had to add burritos since the kids have been boycotting tacos lately)

Friday: Crockpot something or other (I'll see what ingredients we have on hand earlier in the week and decide. Although this may change because we have plans in the evening, so we may decide to get something while we're out.)

Saturday: Chinese Chicken Stir-Fry

Sunday: Dinner out or Friday's crockpot meal

Monday, January 2, 2012

Meal Plan January 2

I didn't get pictures from last week. Let's face it the week after the holidays, we were eating lots of leftovers and using up stuff from the pantry. Of course, this week doesn't look much better. I'm still off work (until Friday) and once Paul starts back on Tuesday, he'll be working late most days. But here's the menu:

Monday: Harvest Soup with Chicken
Tuesday: Eckrich Sausage with mac & cheese
Wednesday: Crockpot Lasagna
Thursday: Tacos and rice
Friday: probably dinner out
Saturday: something from the Chinese cookbook
Sunday: CORN