Menu Plan Monday 1/10/11

Well, this is our son’s last week at home before he goes back to college.  We’re sure going to miss him!   You’ll probably see a difference in our menu items once he’s gone, but this week will still have some of the things he likes, but only easy-to-fix things!  Now that I’m teaching, “easy” is what’s on our menu.  (You may have noticed the absence of rotisserie chicken since he’s been home.  He’s not a big fan of rotisserie chicken!)

Monday:   Creamy Chicken & Noodles with peas & carrots

Tuesday:   Christi’s Chicken Taco Soup & cornbread

Wednesday:   Leftover soup & cornbread

Thursday:  Salmon patties, cauliflower, green peas, fresh baked rolls

Friday:  Barbecue sandwiches & Ranch Beans

New Year’s Resolutions?

How are your New Year’s resolutions going?  I’ve read different statistics on what percentage of people actually make resolutions, but it’s probably 45-50%.  And apparently a lot of people don’t keep all their resolutions.  This year, I’m keeping it simple with just one resolution which is to read my Daily Bible through in one year.  Our daughter gave each of us The Daily Bible when she was a freshman in college over ten years ago.  I’ve read the majority of it through several different years, but I’ve never read it completely through in one year.  So, that’s my only resolution.

So far, I’m not keeping up with exactly what I’m supposed to read each day, but that’s OK.  I catch up on other days that aren’t as busy.  The main thing is that I’m reading some every day.  For example, today I’m reading for Jan. 7th, 8th, & 9th, and then I’ll be back on track.

My main goal through reading the Bible is to have an even deeper relationship with God and to deepen my faith!  For any of you wanting to read the Bible in one year, I highly recommend “The Daily Bible.”  The devotional thoughts and historical backdrops are great and help to have a better understanding of the context of the Bible.

Friendly Friday 1/7/11


Welcome to Friendly Friday!

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog too! Just click “Get the code here…” at the bottom of the list. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way for everyone to get even more traffic to their blog.

Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

When people comment on your blog and let you know they’re a part of Friendly Friday, return the favor and follow them back. This way everyone gets traffic and followers out of participating, and it’s a win-win situation. We would love for you to also grab our Friendly Friday button and post it on your blog and/or in a post – the more bloggers that find out about Friendly Friday and participate, the better!

Spotlight on Friendly Friday Followers! We love your participation and want to show it! In addition to gaining followers, each week we’ll select three blogs at random and will feature links and a write-up for those blogs in the content of next week’s Friendly Friday post. There are so many seriously wonderful blogs out there, and this will be a great way to highlight some of those each week. Say hello to the lucky chosen 3 for this week (and feel free to stop by and give them a little extra love):

Fair warning: If you have never visited Twinsomnia before, I almost guarantee that you will spend the majority of your afternoon going from post to post and nodding in agreement and/or cracking up. From hilarious or moving stories about her three kids aged five and under (including adorable identical twin boys) to photographs that look like they’re straight out of a magazine, Megan takes precious time that should be spent sleeping and writes a blog that you won’t want to miss.

When you hear the title Grandma, you might picture a sweet old lady in a rocking chair knitting… but that’s not what you’ll find at Grandma’s Guide to Life. Carli writes about working out, shopping and her love for couponing, bargains and saving money. Whether you’re looking for freebies (she has great Mailbox Mondays posts), store deals, giveaways, family talk, craft ideas she has come across and more, this Grandma is blogging her way through it all.

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Journaling their daily adventures, Holly’s posts at Popsicles and Pigtails range from visits with family to shopping trips to fun blog hops (present company included) and more and feature her warm personality and great photos of her gorgeous daughter, Darbee. A sweet compilation of reasons why Holly is blessed to stay home and watch her daughter grow up, these memories are ones that she will have captured online forever.

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Menu Plan Monday 1-3-11

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend celebrating the new year with family and friends.  We had a nice New Year’s Eve at home with family.  Our menu consisted of a couple of DiGiorno pizzas, one of which was a Spicy Chicken pizza and so delicious!  Then there was chocolate mint cake, queso & salsa & chips, and chocolate & peanut butter covered pretzels to snack on the rest of the evening.  We played Mario Cart Racing on the Wii which was so much fun.  It doesn’t take much to entertain us!  And of course, we watched the count-down in NYC to bring in the new year, followed by hugs!

I am so excited and thankful!  Tomorrow, I’m supposed to start a new job teaching special ed, but that means this will be a super busy week so here’s a super easy menu:

Monday:  Scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, & toast

Tuesday:  Fish sticks, corn, & green beans

Wednesday: Chicken Broccoli Alfredo (easy recipe)

Thursday:  Bring in barbecue  sandwiches (6 for $5 and they’re really good!)

Friday:  DiGiorno Pizza

Hope you have a great week!

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From Val's Kitchen

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Question of the week: What four teas do you like (or dislike)? I’m a big tea drinker, so here are some of my favorites:

* Lipton Tea, freshly brewed

* Green Tea:  regular, decaf, & Lipton’s Green Tea with Lemon (&) Ginseng

* Celestial Seasonings Peppermint Tea

* La Madeleine’s Mango Iced Tea

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