Ugh Meal Planning Week One

I am not one of those people that can set a meal plan for each day and stick to it so I made a different way that was convenient for my family.  

First, I sat down and searched for new recipes via http://www.kraftfoods.com...then/ , then I made a list of meals and sides from 1 to 7, then a grocery list of all the items I needed(even if I had them already), and then I went shopping.

Instead of listing meals on a specific day from Monday to Sunday I did 1 to 7 so it would allow me to be able to change the meals to which ever sounded good that night and then when I used that meal I cross it out for the week.


Week one (Don't judge me on the food I decided at the last minute to do weekly grocery shopping!)
 I always shopped monthly to avoid unnecessary trips to the store but I ended up wasting more food then saving money!

1- Homemade Pizza & Chips
2- Stuffed Pork chops & Gilled Veggies
3-Meatloaf, Baked Potatoes, & Salad
4-Slacked and went out to eat
5-Beef Stew and Bacon Tomato Salad
6-??
7-Chicken Quesadillas ( crazy bday party day no time for a good dinner)

I PROMISE Week 2 is a hundred times better and I will be leaving the URL's so you can check out the food we are trying!

Crazy 2011 to Hopeful 2012

Our family has been looking forward to bringing in 2012 for so many reasons. 2011 was crazy, painful, and an exhausting year.

It began by finding out early on in 2011 that I had Arnold Chiari Malformation, On Feb 16th 2011...I underwent decompression(brain and neck surgery) to which I ended up fighting for control of my body(this literally was the most horrifying, painful, scariest thing I have ever experienced in my life which has continued to be not only the most rewarding decision I have made but a very painful one as well.

Then, my husband Tyler got a new job and worked for literally weeks before getting laid off and then started working again only to get laid off weeks later...this has been going on most of 2011 we are hoping 2012 will be more consistent!

On August 5th, 2011 we lost our baby at 14 weeks gestation...on the day we were supposed to be rejoicing we were grieving the lose of our miracle baby. God has continued to be with us throughout all of our ups and downs and stressful situations without him we would be lost! To end the year out we sold our house and moved into a rental to get away from the old and in with the new! HERE'S to a hopeful 2012!!


Beginning a blog is sort of a way of sticking to my guns and doing all that I want to change to make life easier for 2012.

2012 is the year I start weekly meal planning for my family (instead of monthly)!! 2012 is also a year for many other things I plan to post on facebook once my crafty butt gets to it!

Make sure to check back for posts about our family!