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Why wait until January to make a new resolution? My most recent resolution is to get back into meal planning – both for budgeting and for time management.  I’ve always liked the idea of meal planning, and I absolutely love having a Meal Plan Menu to work from, but, without fail, I run out of meal ideas for my meal ... Read More »

Good Monday morning! I hope that your day started off better than mine – it was just ‘one of those mornings’ with 4 meltdowns split between 2 kids – we did manage to make record time to school, though, in spite of the fact that 2 of the melt downs occurred on the way to school.  Things have since calmed ... Read More »

While I’ve taken about a month break from POSTING my meal plans, I actually have continued to plan on a weekly basis. So, although this isn’t actually ‘week 3’ of my meal planning, for the sake of continuity with this series, I’m just going to go ahead and call this Week 3.  Have you ever had Boerenkool before? Have any clue what ... Read More »

With week 1 of meal planning finished, I have to say that it made a huge difference in my life. I took things out of the freezer the night before, I prepped ingredients in the morning, and finished up supper in the afternoon. There was no stress about what to make, no extra trips to the grocery store.  I think ... Read More »

 With all the hype everywhere about “Back to School” and getting organized, I sometimes get a little annoyed.  There are so many lists and ideas and ways to stay organized (just do a search at www.pinterest.com ), but I don’t have the time for all that effort. If you haven’t noticed yet, this blog is about how to simplify the things you ... Read More »

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Well, after a luxurious 13 months of maternity leave (well, ok, 11 months of luxury and 2 months of babysitting craziness), I returned to work this week.  I leave the house with the little guy at 8am, and we get home at 5:15pm.  He goes to bed at 6:30pm (right now, at least – we’re gearing up for that upcoming ... Read More »