Monday Meanderings

Bible Studies - Virtuous Woman - Vicki Courtney


Homeschool Business - We are taking this week as our spring break since my oldest who is in school is on spring break.



MUST DO'S:

• Scrap wallpaper, kilz, & paint JA room.


• Price, sort, and get ready for YARD SALE Saturday.


• Get items listed on Ebay.


• Sleep late at least once this week!

MENU:

• Monday - Salmon


• Tuesday - Spaghetti


• Wednesday - Chicken Nuggets


• Thursday - Breakfast...Biscuits, Sausage, & Eggs


• Friday - Pizza from Costco :O)

Have a blessed week!!

Spring Cleaning - Kitchen

This week has been a long one, but I did manage to complete a room for spring cleaning. My kitchen started out like this:

The cabinet by the fridge is our catch all. Everything coming into or no longer in use gets set there. Anywhoo....I dusted the ceiling & the ceiling fan, washed all the cabinets and baseboards, scrubbed all the counters and put everything away, mopped the floors and finally my kitchen now looks like this:

I did wash the curtains, but did not get them ironed and back up before the picture. Also this week I got both of our upstairs bathrooms deep cleaned, but did not take any pictures. Good luck on everyone else's spring cleaning! Have a great weekend!!

Monday Meanderings

Busy Busy Busy!! Today has been a busy day. Trying to get our home back into shape, homeschool, & menu plan! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend!

MUST DO'S:

• Continue to gather items for yard sale.
• Organize kitchen & clean out pantry.
• HOA meeting Tuesday night.
• FPU class Wednesday night.
• Plan QUIET weekend :O)

MENU

• Monday - Quiche
• Tuesday - Taco Cassarole
• Wednesday - Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
• Thursday - Chicken & Rice Cassarole
• Friday - Hamburgers
• Saturday - Quesadilla's
• Sunday - Lemon Pepper Chicken

Have a great week!!!

Have a Blessed Easter Weekend!!

See you all Monday!!

Wordless Wednesday

St Patricks Day GREEN-Blue Berry Muffin Breakfast. Y'all have a blessed week!!

Monday Meanderings

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Bible Studies - Virtuous Woman - Vicki Courtney

Homeschool Business - Hopefully finish this reader that we are dragging through. ALI is just not interested in it, but we should finish by Friday and next week we are doing Little House in the Classroom (Thanks to Paperback Swap - please see button at the bottom of the page) and really looking forward to it.

MUST DO'S -

• Gather things for yard sale (hopefully we will have one the first week in April)
  
  
• Prepare for Easter



• FPU Class @ church Wednesday night



• General house cleaning

MENU -

• Monday - Chicken Enchilatas (not sure of spelling)



• Tuesday - Cheeseburger Quiche



• Wednesday - Something Quick - still undetermined



• Thursday - Taco Cresent Bake (did not get to cook this last week)



• Friday - Homemade Pizza's



• Saturday - Chicken Pot Pie



• Sunday - Eat @ Mawmaw's YUM

Have a blessed week!

Party's Over ?

Wow!!! Blog sisters! I have so enjoyed the Blog Party....I truly hate to see it come to a close. Special THANKS to Susan & Janice of 5 minutes for Moms for the excellent job they did.

I have enjoyed meeting so many of you guys and visiting so many of your blogs. Who knew that there were so many creative folks out there. I am always amazed at what I learn from a blog. This week I have seen some amazing works of art. Found so great how to, and a wonderful pizza dough recipe (I have tried this and the recipe, credit, and picture will come in a later post).

In closing I have to admit that I was one of the lucky ones out of 1400 + blogers to win a prize. I won prize # 150 from Abundant Living & Gift - http://www.abundantlivingandgift.com/ - please visit Toby here and sample the great items for sale. A BIG Thank You so much Toby I will be watching for the mail truck!! I can not wait!!!

The Ultimate Blog Party

Please join me in The Ultimate Blog Party being hosted by 5 minutes for Moms
I dated this ahead so it would stay at the top this week!

SO let me introduce myself to you all; I am Lisa mother to 2 girls ALI 9, LU 16, & 1 boy JA 2. We have just began our trial and error approach to homeschool. It has be an adventure and honestly we are loving it!! I have been married to the most wonderful husband JON, for 12 years now, and the support and love of this man continue to empower me to be a better wife for him.


This is my blog where I record for friends and family tid bits of our daily life and happenings. I soon home to add an organizing label and a homeschool label. Homeschool for use so far has been trying to mimic school, using Abeka books. We are quickly learing that sitting for hours doing worksheet after worksheet is not working for us...thus the trial and error referenced above :O).


Anywho...I have been enjoying blog reading for about a year and just decided to venture out on my own with a blog. This is a learning experience for me, as I venture to share a little of my Wonderful World!!



God Bless!

Financial Peace University

I know I blogged about this before, but I wanted to lay out our family's plan:

• Tonight we cut up all credit cards and put away our debit cards. We are going to use cash only. (Debit cards are not credit cards I understand, but the mentality behind them is similar and makes spending too easy).


• Baby step one was effected by small emg - so we will have our $1,000 EMG fund in the bank by mid April.


• Will have smallest debt paid in full by May 1, 2008.

Dave Ramsey's plan is a very simple one. His advise is great and I hope that my family and I can stick to a true budget, and get out of debt.

Please pray for us as we begin this financial quest.

I hope EVERYONE has enjoyed the blog party as much as me!!! Have a blessed Friday!

Obama an Indian ?

As I was quizzing ALI over our history lesson today, Ben Franklin:

MOM: What was the book Franklin wrote that was a calendar with other info in it?

ALI: Poor Obama's Almanac?

MOM: (laughing) ~ Not Obama - Richard

ALI: Oh that's right Obama was the Indian we studied last week..

MOM: (laughing harder) ~ No Obama is one of the candidates in the democratic race for president.

ALI: (dead serious) Well I know that mom! I just thought he had an Indian relative.


My husband will wonder what I am teaching our children!!! :O)

Off for a little shoe shopping for JA & ALI!! Have a blessed Thursday!

Wordless Wednesday

The pic with the orange chew toy CHARLIE 7 wks 5 days - 9.5 pounds. Other 2 pics are CHARLIE now 5 mths, 35 ish pounds. At this rate he will meet his top growth before his first year - 75 pounds.

Big Sisters

I should save this picture for WW but I just love moments like this. ALI reading to JA just before his bathtime and bed. After all the mine, stop touching me, get out of my room I hear, it is heart warming to see them snuggled on the couch like this.



Have a great heart warming day blog sisters!!

Monday Meanderings

Bible Studies - Working in Virtuous Woman - Shattering the Supermom Myth by Vicki Courtney.

Homeschool Business - This week we will continue our studies - We are not enjoying our reader that is made of short stories so we are going to fight thru to finish it this week then move out side of the box and work on a novel. ALI and I both enjoy reading and a good novel is just what we need.

MUST DO:

• Bath Charlie (this is truely a weekly chorse since he has reached 40 pounds - whew)
• Clean out storage room
• Assemble 2 bookcases.
• FPU class Wednesday night at church.

Menu:

• Monday - Taco Cresent Bake
• Tuesday - Chicken Parm
• Wednesday - Chicken Nuggets & Fries
• Thursday - Penne Pasta Cassarole
• Friday - Homemade Pizza
• Saturday - Baked Chicken & Rice
• Sunday - Meatloaf

Monday, Friday...Oh Thursday

We are all so confused on the day. This week has been busy busy busy, and it is taking its effects on my family. This morning no one wanted to get up and now those of us at home are dragging. At this rate we may not even get to homeschool stuff until lunch. Yawn Yawn .. Stretch. I feel a little better.



I wanted to share some of what we learned last night in Financial Peace University. This is a program at our church to help us get on a budget and get out of debt. It really is basic truths, but some of us have forgotten or changed those truths to our advantage. Have you ever heard "money is the root of all evil" this is how I always heard this statement. I never even new it was scripture. The true verse reads "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil" 1 Timothy 6:10 NIV. Funny how the truth gives a completly different spin on my view. No not a spin but shows me the truth. Please visit http://www.daveramsey.com/ to learn more or to find a program in your area.



First things first are the baby steps.

1. $1,000 emergency fund (not a pizza, movie, new shoes fund) - JON and I are fortunate that we have our $1,000 fund in place already.

2. Pay off all debt except the house - using the debt snowball - This is where JON and I will begin our journey. This meaning that we must STOP using all credit cards, lines of credit, small loans, etc.

3. 3-6 mths of expenses saved.

4. Invest 15% of our income for retirement.

5. College Funding

6. Pay off home early

7. Build wealth and give!



So JON and I have to look at our lives and decide where we can cut the most and start our debt snowball rolling. Any extra money we recieve or JON is able to make we must make it a priority to put it toward our debt. We listed our debts smallest to largest and will attack the smallest one first ... then apply the amount we were paying that one to our snowball to attack the next so that our snowball grows. Please pray for us. This is a challenge we must as a family complete, for our own peace of mind and hearts.

God Bless!

Monday Meanderings

Bible Studies - I have just begun Virtuous Woman - Shattering the Supermom Myth by Vicki Courtney.


Homeschool Business - This week we will continue our studies - Division seems to be a challenge so that is where our focus will be.


MUST DO LIST:

• Bath Charlie - Take to vet for 2nd part of rabies shot.


• Scrub Carpets - Upstairs


• Layout cleaning zones that work for my family.


• Take LU to set up checking & savings accounts for her new earnings.


• FPU class at church Wednesday night


• Homeowners Meeting Tuesday night


• Church Vision Meeting Thursday night
• Gather items for consignment sale at church and drop off by TUESDAY!!
• Send in attendance forms!!

Menu:

• Monday - Lasgna


• Tuesday - Chicken Parm


• Wednesday - Taco's


• Thursday - Homemade Pizza's


• Friday - Cheeseburger Quiche

First Payday

LU has gotten her first paycheck. She is and should be proud of herself. We are so proud of her and all she does. SUBWAY has an excellent employee if you ask me. Anyway today is a busy Saturday but I wanted to share our joy. FYI: She is saving to buy a car at 18 (we will not let her have one until then), and paying her insurance at a whopping $40 bucks a month.

Have a great Saturday! God Bless!!