Category Archives: organize

basket carnival

Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie is hosting a basket carnival, an event where her readers can share their favorite baskets and containers for organizing their homes. I have a few favorites of my own… Under the window seat in the library, we have baskets of toys to occupy guests’ children. These baskets fit perfectly […]

Menu Plan Monday

The week is off to a late start as yesterday was Memorial Day (US), so my regular schedule is a bit off kilter. Here’s the menu for this week. Monday DD#1 is home for two weeks. We ate out with her and DD#3. Tuesday tacos Wednesday DH and I are going out to celebrate my […]

menu monday ~ may 19

Time for Menu Monday already. The week flew by! We have a busy week ahead of us, preparing for our church’s annual spring picnic at our house. So easy meals this week to leave lots of time for cleaning in the house and in the garden. Monday sloppy joes / buns veggies / chips / […]

Menu Monday

I have been gone for two days, so am getting a late start on Menu Plan Monday. Here’s our dinner menu for the week. Tues. turkey sandwiches veggies / dip Wed. sloppy joes chips / dip corn on the cob asparagus Thurs. salmon with honey-dijon sauce peas corn green salad Fri. chicken and noodles asparagus […]

Menu Monday

One of the first things I do on Mondays is make a menu and a grocery list. It’s a helpful habit to get into and I encourage you to do the same if you don’t currently plan a weekly menu. It doesn’t have to be a Monday. Pick the day of the week that works […]

have some corn

We eat a lot of popcorn at our house. I was watching “Good Eats” one evening and saw Alton Brown cook his corn in a brown bag. I tried it myself and it works great. I am sure not all microwaves will work the same, but here’s how I do it. I use brown lunch […]

wanna be…clutter free

Today I worked on some of the kitchen cabinets, “decluttering” and sorting and putting away. I didn’t take a before picture of the cabinet over the stove, but here are some of the things that came out of it. They are now wrapped and in a box for charity. If my kids want any of […]