Week One Menu

1. Reuben Sandwiches
Green Beans

2. Pad Thai
Salad
Miso Soup

3. Chicken with Coconut & Lime
Rice
Broccoli & Cauliflower

4. kids - frozen pizza
us - Beer battered shrimp
Salad

5. Sirloin Steak w/ Chimichurri Sauce
Rice
Corn

6. French Dip Sandwiches
Chips
Green Beans

7. Take Out - because let's be honest...

Shopping List to Follow

Destressing Through Meal Planning

I started this blog to detail my efforts to declutter my home, keep things cleaner and more organized, and hopefully by doing so be less stressed out about it. I've determined that keeping the house neater I feel much more calm, and able to hang out with the kids more without feeling the nagging guilt of having so many chores to do. It's been good. Still hard work, but I'm managing.

My newest project is to go from fly by night dinner preparation to menu planning and list making and making weekly grocery trips rather than running out to get "a few things" every day or two.

The thought of making six weeks of menus all at once is daunting, but if I do it weekly for six weeks I can then compile it and have it all put together. Baby steps!

My week one menu will follow in the next post.

Weekend Progress

I got motivated this weekend and did the following...

Friday - shampooed the Family Room carpet. This wasn't in the plans, but we had a little poop issue and I had to clean that up, so I just did the whole room.

Saturday - cleaned and organized the laundry room. My dryer was piled up with junk, there were too big boxes of stuff to go to charity, and the shoe bin had lots of shoes that the kids aren't currently wearing. So, I got it all fixed up.

Before...

After...

I also got some walls wiped down, and Kevin did a little touch up painting. A productive weekend! Now when I walk in through the garage, instead of getting aggravated at the mess, I smile because everything is clean, tidy & shiny.

I'm Back

I know it may be hard to believe, but I have not given up on this endeavor. Really. I did not make my 30 day goal. I got behind on the day to day stuff so organizing, purging and deep cleaning took a back seat. I *think* I am on a good footing with that all again. Being homebound with a kid with pneumonia is good for something I guess. Heh.

So, with no further ado and the news that my parents are coming in April has me ready to get back on this project. The good news is the stuff I've already done is staying nice & organized. That's a victory!

I found a new blog called Totally Together that I am really enjoying. In fact, I am enjoying it so much I bought her book. There is nothing I'd love more than totally together. I loved the post about the daily seven and want to incorporate that into our (note not MY) daily routine. So, hopefully I'll be back to posting here regularly again.

Here's to getting it all under control!


**Just adding a note about theTotally Together book... I was so excited about it that I didn't realize until a few days ago it isn't out yet. But, when it comes out it will appear at my doorstep (thanks Amazon) and by then, I'm certain I'll need a refresher... or motivation, or just new ideas.