Once again, it’s Monday. I wish I could drag out the weekend just a touch. Yesterday was our first small group since May. We had it at our house and kept it simple with pancakes and waffles. The nice thing about hosting is the extra motivation to get things picked up around the house. 🙂 It was a fun evening for a few nice families from church.
The need to declutter has been coming on strong. The plan is to keep on chipping away at it. First up was our bedroom. A bit more to do, especially in the closet, but sizable progress was made. This next week appears to be fairly uneventful so I’m hoping to tackle another project or two.
On the baby front, we now have 4 teeth. Two on the top and two on the bottom. He’s pretty cute, but is still working on his two other bottom teeth. Ugh. I wish they’d hurry up and come it so he’ll sleep longer than a 2 1/2 hour stretch. Soon. (I hope.) It’s crazy waking up in the morning feeling more tired than you did going to bed.
Starting back eating big salads for lunch last week was fabulous. I’ve missed it, even though sweet potatoes were pretty tasty too. Something about lots of fresh veggies that makes me happy.
Menu:
Suppers:
- Crockpot pinto bean and chicken tostadas
- Small Groups at our house (I’m making pancakes and waffles)
- Homemade pizza
- Leftovers: tostadas, skillet lasagna, pizza
Lunches:
- Salads
- Skillet Lasagna (recipe coming in a few weeks)
- Leftovers
Breakfasts:
- Leftover pancakes and waffles
- Sweet potato hashbrowns
Snacks:
- Fruit
- Don’t have this planned well. We’ll figure something out though, my daughter loves her snacks (and actually if I don’t eat between meals I end up starving too)
Goals (affiliate links used):
- Read the last 4 chapters in Primal, 8 chapters in Pride and Prejudice, and start a new book.
- Type up the last layer dip recipe (didn’t happen last week) and 1 more recipe
- Finish Christmas thank you cards
- Continue memory verse with my daughter and make verse cards
- Go through clothes in our closet
Linking up to Menu Plan Monday
I feel like I am constantly decluttering. I’ve always been a little of a packrat, but our house seems to be getting smaller and smaller lately. I’ve found that if I keep a box or garbage bag out where I regularly add stuff we no longer use/need/want, then the clutter minimizes. Then, at the end of the week, I’ll take it to Goodwill. Of course, you have to be careful that your kids don’t find it and go through it. Most of the items are usually theirs 🙂
By the way, those tostadas look ah-maz-ing!
Me too! Decluttering must just be a never ending job. Love your idea of keeping a box in the garage. Right now it’s in our closet and Kenna has happened across it. Oops. But it’s been there too long. You do good getting rid of it every week – that would help me a lot.