How often do you get in a rut and not know what to make for dinner?  If you are like me, it is all too often. 

Well, Food & Family magazine has a section called “Express Checkout” which usually has a weekly meal plan in it, complete with recipes and a grocery list.  I tried this out about six months ago and really enjoyed the ease of meal preparation and the food itself.  I found another weekly meal plan in a newer edition and have been cooking those meals this week.  (Get your free subscription by registering with KraftFoods.com.)

Being so pleased with having my weeknight recipes all figured out, I went to the website to see if they had more weekly meal plans on there.  They do!  The section is called “1 Bag 5 Dinners“.  The concept is that you get five nights worth of meals into one bag of groceries.  Totally affordable and easy!  I’m really liking it!

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NEW 2008 calendars are available!  Many of them start in the months of August/September, so you can order and start using them now.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Mom’s Plan-It 2008 Magnetic Mount Wall Calendar

Mom’s Family 2008 Wall Calendar

Mom’s Ultimate Family Fridge 2008 Deluxe Wall Calendar

I like to use different color pens on my calendars to represent the schedules for each family member.  One color for each family member, one color for a family event, one more color for anniversaries and birthdays.  Helps me keep it all straight and eliminates the need to write more information.  Makes for a prettier calendar too. 

My friend Nicole blogged about her home office and asked her readers to share pictures of their offices.  Here’s mine:

There is a bookshelf and filing cabinet behind my chair and a small child’s table and chairs to the left of my desk under the window.  (The idea behind the child’s table was to keep my children occupied and with me while I work, but it never quite worked out that way.)

What is your home office like?

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Do you remember The Jetsons?  (Or am I that much older than you?)  Well, that quote pretty much sums up how I’ve been feeling lately.  That’s how I know my life it totally OUT of balance.   I’ve been pushing full force into one thing or another for days at a time and not slowing down.  There is no balance and it’s making me feel… well… yucky.

Camp Cleanup was a huge success!  Almost everything that we planned on getting done, got done.  My kids love their self-designed t-shirts, got a great first-hand experience at how much “hard work” this cleaning business is, and are still looking around for dust bunnies.  LOL!

I just got my first affiliate sale as a result of my working with Squidoo.  I’ve also been working on a brand new website. 

My children are in Vacation Bible School at the moment.  I have a few hours of peace.  So, I’m getting off my PC, taking some me-time and heading to the tea room.  BYE!