Archive for June, 2009

Kids’ routines and responsibilities

June 11, 2009 by Marci  |  8 Comments

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Are you too busy to bless someone?

June 9, 2009 by Marci  |  4 Comments

How many times in our daily lives are there opportunities to be a blessing to someone, but we are too overwhelmed by our present  busyness to even attempt to do anything.  We might want to, but we just can’t.  We have to get home to mop the floor so our kids can get it dirty [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – June 8, 2009

June 8, 2009 by Marci  |  2 Comments

Menu Plan Monday - June 8, 2009

Its another new week of trying to plan our weekly menu.  I might have to change my planning date from Sunday night to Wednesday since we now get our summer share of veggies from our local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm.  We are on week #4 and the veggies have been amazing!  We eat pretty [...]

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Recipe organization

June 5, 2009 by Marci  |  12 Comments

Recipe organization

For this week’s GYCO over at The Creative Mama, I am totally stealing an idea I picked up from I’m An Organizing Junkie a few months back.   I have a file folder overflowing with recipes in the desk upstairs.  It contains clippings from magazines and newspapers, recipes I’m copied from the internet, recipes that [...]

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Setting up summer routines for kids

June 3, 2009 by Marci  |  5 Comments

One of my goals for this summer is to get the kids into a new summer routine.  During the school year, the kids have morning routines, afterschool routines and bedtime routines.  Now, it is summer vacation and things are a bit more relaxed and less scheduled, but I still want to give the kids some [...]

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Two free days!!!

June 2, 2009 by Marci  |  4 Comments

I have the next two days to do with what I please.  The kids are at my parents getting spoiled, so I have no distractions until my husband gets home tonight.  So, what am I going to do with this precious time?  Well, I made a list – of course. Actually, I made [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – June 1, 2009

June 1, 2009 by Marci  |  2 Comments

Menu Plan Monday - June 1, 2009

Summer has officially started in our house.  Kids are out of school.  The weather is great.  My tomatoes and herbs and flowers are planted.  The kids are going to my parents for 3 days.  Life is good!
I am going to use these few days to actually plan out our summer.  More on that in a [...]

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