1.) My “Must-Do”s for today:

• School: Math & Science.
• Play date/ business planning for Saturday’s science fair.
• Some necessary chores before we go to the playdate.

2.) My Week:

• Princess’ Bday Wednesday!! – Girls’ day out with MIL (&Lil Prince)
• School: Math & science only.
• Work on science projects for Saturday.
• Plant seeds.
• Planning & prep for upcoming science/art fair

3.) This Month:

• Finalize new menu planning system (details coming soon.)
• Purge & organize filing system.
• Have a trial run Baking Day – something I’ve been wanting to incorporate into our routine.
• School a friend’s son along with our kids while she’s on a cruise with my mother in law for a week!

4.) Online To-Do:

• Finish blog customization for Hollie @ Groovewoman
• Finish re-design for Classic Housewife (sooo gonna be worth it!)
• Design graphics for my UBP winners.

5.) Menu Planning

• Sign up for the coupon sites Erin @ 5 Dollar Dinners recommended
• Research the stores in the nearest town, which days they have their sales, if they double/triple coupons, etc.
• Begin a chart for food expenses, coupon savings etc (so I can track how much I’m really saving and other details.)

This month is slipping away quickly – faster than I’m getting stuff on our to-do lists done! I think I always try to tackle too  much and then rollover things to the next week and the next. I guess that’s not so bad if I get the most important things done first… This week is still going to be busy with a playdate today (so us mom’s can finalize science fair plans), a playdate tomorrow (with some friends who are moving VERY soon!) and spending all day with my mother-in-law on Wednesday to celebrate my eldest’s birthday. That only gives us the 2nd half of the week to finish our science fair projects – aaahhh!!! We don’t normally plan so many things. April just crammed itself full of things faster than I could blink – and I couldn’t really turn any of them down. We just gotta keep moving and keep chip-chip-chipping away at things. What gets done gets done and what doesn’t will still be there for next week. Or next month.

My meandering thoughts, captured in print and somewhat organized. 5 things or areas, any areas I want to focus on. This week I’m still working down my never-ending, always running “To Do” lists. I did get some of it last week. Let’s see what needs to get done this week, shall we?

1.) My “Must-Do”s for today:

• Get school done.
• Recover from the time change!

Really those are my two main objectives for the day. I’m not fretting about anything else!

2.) My Week:

• Get taxes ready to give to accountant (didn’t get this done last week.)
• Regular chores & school
• Sort, purge, organize box of papers on the piano (didn’t get this done last week, either – what DID I do? Hmm.)
• Exercise daily, creating the habit and building stamina, at least 30 minutes, working up to an hour.

3.) This Month:

• Purge, reorganize filing cabinet
• Purge, organize and store away “pile o stuff” in Big Daddy’s office to make room for the exercise machine.
• Prep and turn in medical forms
• Drama Queen turns 6!!

4.) Online To-Do:

• Finish blog customization for Hollie @ Groovewoman
• Finish setting up the page for my graphic design portfolio (almost done!)
• Finish new blog design (almost done!)
• Fix blog design for Classic Housewife
• Submit posts for Digital Bliss. (almost done!)
• Write post(s) for Inspired Bliss.

Hmmm… a lot of almosts here. I should fix that.

5.) Menu Planning

• Buy Sunday papers each week – I FORGOT yesterday! Darn, darn, darn.
• Check into getting a subscription for the paper?
• Sign up for the coupon sites Erin @ 5 Dollar Dinners recommended
• Research the stores in the nearest town, which days they have their sales, if they double/triple coupons, etc.
• Grocery shop this week for additional meat and produce to go along with all the pantry stuff we still have from last week’s shopping trip.

Gee, looking at this really makes it look like I didn’t get much accomplished last week. I didn’t accomplish as much as I wanted to, but we did have a very good week with schooling and I’m looking to build on that even further this week. Maybe at the end of this week, I can cross a few more things off. Slow and steady wins the race, after all.

My meandering thoughts, captured in print and somewhat organized. 5 things or areas, any areas I want to focus on. My thoughts today are mostly To Do lists. If I can clear some of this stuff off my plate, well, I’ll have a lot less to do. =P

In addition to having some housework to catch up on, needing to re-focus in regards to school, having a lot of paperwork and bills type stuff to catch up on and a “bloggy” to do list as well,.. I’m trying to get into the habit of exercising – HA! We’ll see how it goes.

1.) My “Must-Do”s for today:

• Make sure the girls get their school done & their room clean
• Pay rent
• Dishes, mop kitchen, wash two loads of laundry, fold that plus the already washed laundry
• Grocery shopping
• Exercise

2.) My Week:

• Set up payments for upcoming bills
• Get taxes ready to give to accountant
• Regular chores & school
• Sort, purge, organize box of papers on the piano
• Exercise daily, creating the habit and building stamina, at least 30 minutes, working up to an hour.

3.) This Month:

• Purge, reorganize filing cabinet
• Purge, organize and store away “pile o stuff” in Big Daddy’s office to make room for the exercise machine.
• Prep and turn in medical forms
• Drama Queen turns 6!!

4.) Online To-Do:

• Finish blog customization for Hollie @ Groovewoman
• Finish setting up the page for my graphic design portfolio
• Finish new blog design
• Fix blog design for Classic Housewife
• Submit posts for Digital Bliss.
• Write post(s) for Inspired Bliss.

5.) Menu Planning

• Buy Sunday papers each week (did this yesterday!)
• Check into getting a subscription for the paper?
• Sign up for the coupon sites Erin @ 5 Dollar Dinners recommended
• Research the stores in the nearest town, which days they have their sales, if they double/triple coupons, etc.
• Grocery shop this week as normal, gearing up for sale/coupon shopping in a few weeks.

Dizzy? I am! But with lists we can conquer – right? Right??

1.) Menu Plan Monday

I’m still working on my new menu planning system in which I basically create 6 individual weekly plans, complete with shopping lists and then I mix and match. I’m hoping to move to a system of grocery shopping for 3 or 4 weeks at a time but if I do, I’ll probably have to shop for that in the middle of the month. In the meantime, here’s the menu for this week.

• Monday -Bagles & Cream Cheese; Lunch w/Friends; Cereal; Super Nachos
• Tuesday – Bacon Sandwiches, Grapes; Chicken Tenders & Mac N Cheese; Yogurt & Fruit Cocktail; Spaghetti & Salad
• Wednesday – Cereal & Orange Wedges, Sandwiches & Chips; Apples & Peanut Butter Dip; Chicken & Pasta
• Thursday – Sausage Egg Biscuits; Mini Cheeze Pizzas; Carrots & Dip; Rice, Beans & Cornbread
• Friday – French Toast, Sandwiches & Carrots, Yogurt & Granola, Salisbury Steaks & Veggies
  
• Saturday – Breakfast Casserole, Orange Wedges;  Granola Bars;  Beef Enchiladas, Spanish Rice
• Sunday – Cereal; Grilled Cheese & Chicken Noodle; Homemade lunchables; Biscuits, Gravy & Turkey bacon

Menu Plan Monday is hosted by Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie!

2.) Bible Study: Reading through my chronological bible in the mornings. Still working on GETTING UP EARLY in the mornings to do this! Other Study: Reading through my book of the month, The Excellent Wife throughout the day as I can. I’m about a third of the way through the book. GOOD BOOK.

3.) “MUST Do” List:

• Stick to my daily schedule (as God allows) for morning devotions, taking care of the home and home-schooling.
• Get copies of bank statements from bank and enter into Quickbooks.
• Begin purging and organizing papers and filing system (Collecting 08 papers together and creating places for 09 papers.)
• Work a little more on updating the Home Management Binder.

4.) Taking Care of My Home:

Same as last week! “This week we mainly need to focus on scheduling. Making sure we eat breakfast on time, get our morning chores done on time, begin school on time, eat lunch and have naptime on time. Time Management is key to a more smoothly running home.” Only this week it looks like a Mess Monster puked all over my house (how did THAT happen?!) so you can better believe chores are going to be kicked up a notch to make sure it doesn’t get any worse and hopefully actually gets better.

5.) Training My Children:

Also same as last week:

• Training their habits by focusing on time management this week.
• Training their work ethic by involving them in chores and teaching them to do their work agreeably and well.
• Training their minds by getting the school work done.
• Training their hearts by spending time with them, loving them, reading to them.
• Training their souls by praying with them, exemplifying Christ to them, and disciplining them in truth and love.

{Please note, this is my aim – I’m not yet claiming to hit the mark on each of these targets all of the time.}

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