What I'm Reading...

Meal Plan Primer: Shopping the Refrigerator. (Home Ec 101)

How to Freeze Food in Glass Jars. (Life Your Way)

Big Living in a Small Space. (Unclutterer)

Hutch Transformation. (Tracy's Trinkets & Treasures via I'm an Organizing Junkie)

Crafty Link-Up

Chips and Salsa Cookies. (Sweet Sugar Belle via Dollar Store Crafts)

Jean Studded Bracelet. (Mich L. in L.A. via Dollar Store Crafts)

Make Recycled Jar Lid Coasters. (Dollar Store Crafts)

Make Interchangeable Flip-Flop Back Straps. (Make It Love It via Dollar Store Crafts)

Individual Oreo Cheesecakes. (Deglazing via Life Your Way)

Make a Wildflower Seed Packet Card. (Dollar Store Crafts)

Menu Plan Monday

Monday: Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
Tuesday: Lasagna Casserole
Wednesday: Seminary Picnic
Thursday: Dinner out with my parents as we celebrate finding out where we'll be moving for the next year!
Friday: Loaded Baked Potatoes
Saturday: TBD
Sunday: TBD

What I'm Reading...

Organizing and Uncluttering as Entertainment. Life is like a game of Tetris - things are constantly coming into our lives, and we have to fit them in and get rid of some for it to work. (Unclutterer)

Sara's Heavenly Laundry Room Makeover. I would love this laundry space. (Offbeat Home)

Top 6 Clutter Excuses and How to Banish Them Forever. I definitely use most of these, (Life Your Way)

The Myth of Doing It All: Modern Moms and Hiring Help. There are times I've considered hiring a baby-sitter for a few hours a week so I could go get a coffee and read a book in peace. (The Happiest Mom)

Crafty Link-Up

• Make Recycled Cardboard Tube Farm Animals. How adorable are these? (Dollar Store Crafts)
• Fridge Pocket for Small Storage. I think one of these would be perfect to hold our dry erase markers for our fridge board. (The Idea Room)
• Toilet Paper Roll Boxes. Perfect for small gifts. (Crissy's Crafts)
• Travel Shadow Box. I can think of at least three trips I want to do this for. (Kat Knits)
• Cross Stitch Caption Maker. Choose a font, type your text, and it makes a pattern. I do mine in small sections to do the free version, but you can pay for the larger version.
• Embroidered Mother's Day Card. I already had cards taken care of when I found this, but cute idea! (Mandipidy)

I'm Back! Kind of...

Matthew is 5 weeks old (already!), and things are starting to fall into more of a routine. And I miss blogging. So...I'm going to start with my standard weekly posts - Menu Plan Mondays, Crafty Link-Ups on Wednesdays, and What I'm Reading... on Sundays. And that might be all you get for awhile, although I am working on a couple craft projects for upcoming weddings, so I will share those as well.

And in case anyone who blogs ran into this issue, Blogger isn't compatible with Internet Explorer 9 yet and the Publish Post button will not work, so you have to use another browser to post.

Meal Plan Monday

• Monday: Homemade Calzones - they were delicious!
• Tuesday: Tortilla Pizzas or Burritos (same basic ingredients)
• Wednesday: Beef Stew
• Thursday: Tacos
• Friday: Mexi Turkey Skillet
• Saturday: Topper's Pizza to celebrate Jesse's graduation from MSU!
• Sunday: Sloppy Joes

Extras, or to be carried over to next week:

• Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
• Lasagna Casserole
• Loaded Baked Potatoes

I am forever changing my meal planning tactics. So now we're doing a new dinner pretty much every night instead of each meal lasting two nights. We were finding that what worked for two adults doesn't work as well for two adults and one growing toddler.