1/27 - 2/2 Goals

Got a little more done this week.  A very little.  I did have some sick wee ones so my time was very much needed for cuddling and soothing.   

Family / Wifery / Friends 

• Sign and prep birthday cards for sending
• Send January and February birthday card

Feed my Soul

• Continue to work on Paul's hat
• Start spinning the remaining fiber for James jacket

Homesteading / Sunday Yumday

• Decide on theme for lunches - this seems to really help with lunch planning
• prep lunch stuff

I have no intention of trying to can Sunday, it is Superbowl Sunday after all and I'll have a Puppybowl to watch and comercials to enjoy. 

As a note: I didn't mark off that I prepped a weeks worth of lunches from last week's goals but I didn't get a bit done.  I did prep veggies and roast some chicken breast.  Tonight I'll roast some corn and bell pepers. 

Salad week

Theme for a week of lunches? Why not.

This is going to be Salad week. No...I'm not trying to loose weight, I've just seen so many yummy looking salads lately that I want to try. Maybe it will be easier to prep for lunch when I have a theme? Let's see.

Here are my salad inspirations.
BBQ Chicken Salad
BBQ Chicken Cobb Salad
BBQ Chicken Spring Rolls - deconstructed on a bed of rice noodles

Also thinking tacos salad type thing.

Prepping:
Roast frozen corn
Rinse black beans
Chop lettuce
Grill and cook chicken
Chop veggies
Prep dressings
Boil eggs

Now...to take a nap. Been up with sick kids all night. Then I'll start prepping and cooking dinner. We are having tacos, then I'll be using the leftovers for my taco salad lunch.

Snotty week

Sick kids sure do have a way of putting a stop to all productivity. They also have a way of sucking all the energy out of parents to where not even simple daily chores get done. So it's now Sunday and before I could even think about pressure canning some chicken I have to clean the kitchen, go to the farmers market and prep food for lunches. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever be a productive person.

1/20 - 126 Goals

This is getting a bit ridiculous.  I can not seem to get motivated to do anything.  I did purchase all the birthday cards but that is it.  I didn't even get laundry done this weekend.  I barely spun anything, not even an ounce.  I didn't pressure can on Sunday nor did I prep anything.  Not sure what is up with my slacking behind but I've got to get this corrected.  I did start Paul's peradiddle hat but didn't do a project bag or anything. 

Family / Wife / Friends

• Sign and prep birthday cards for sending.
• Send January birthday cards

Feed my Soul

• General spinning and knitting
• Take purge yarn to store to give away

Homesteading / Sunday Yumday

• Sunday Yumday - pressure can chicken
• Prep week's worth of lunch stuff for me and the kids

I'm going to put a little pressure on myself to get some Sunday Yumday task completed this week. 

1/13 - 1/19 Goals

I didn't accomplish most of the goals I set for myself last week.  I totally lost the wind from my sails.  Let's see I can do this week.  I did get our family vacation to Walt Disney reserved and I got a little crazy planning for that.  But can ya blame me?! 

Family / Wife / Friends

• Sign and prep birthday cards for sending.
• Send January birthday cards

Feed my Soul

• Sew another project bag
• Fill that project bag with a kit for Paul's Peradiddle hat which includes needles that I might need to buy
• General spinning and knitting

Homesteading / Sunday Yumday

• Sunday Yumday - pressure can chicken

As planning relates to our vacay I did plan all the meals that we will have for our trip.  We will be gone 4 nights but staying in an RV so most meals will be had at "home".  I made a list of all the planned meals and ingredients for those meals.  I marked the meals that I can start stocking up on so the cost of food will not hit all at once.  I purchased a bin to store our trip stockpile of food items.  More about trip planning in a later post. 

1/6 - 1/12 Goals

This week I'll be getting back into the swing of things as the first full work week of the new year.  I'm going to go easy on myself.

Family / Wife / Friends

• Purchase birthday cards for everyone. Sign and prep for sending.
• Send January birthday cards

Feed my Soul

• Sew another project bag
• Fill that project bag with a kit for Paul's Peradiddle hat which includes needles that I might need to buy
• General spinning and knitting

Homesteading / Sunday Yumday

• Sunday Yumday - pressure can chicken

Sunday Yumday

Today was very productive and I'm feeling real proud of myself. I was able to put together 8 meals, 1 of which we had for dinner.I made 3 of this Baked Teriyaki Chicken.  I also made 3 of this Salisbury Steak recipe. And I made 2 meatloaves which is from my own recipe.

I did not however get to the farmers market and I know I'll be regretting that this week but the first part of the day was spent sleeping in which never happens for me anymore. But Scooter Bug was with the grandparents and hubby took Pea Pod to the coffee shop with him so mommy enjoyed some extra zzz's.