I've been reading lots of information on how to "get organized." Of course, I do this every January. I should be an expert at it by now. I truly admire those people that are organized. They amaze me. So, once again, I am jumping on the organization band wagon except this time my goal is to make it past January. I'm going to be somewhat organized for one month. I'll set a new goal at the end of the month.
After school today, I was thinking about what I needed to get done and was writing my "to do" list in my cute shoe journal. Remember the one I bought a few weeks ago--"A girl can do anything in the right pair of shoes." Well, let's say that today I must have had on the wrong pair. "Right" just wasn't happening for me today. I just became overwhelmed with what I needed to do and how and where to even begin. I decided to do some research. (Yes, more reading.) Actually, I am a research fanatic. I love researching things in which I'm interested. Okay, back to the research I decided to do. Laina, my Type-A, OCD friend, shared a website with me that has some really good ideas on how to get started in the crazy world of organization. I decided to look around the website and see if anything "spoke" to me. I decided to try two new things. (I know, I know. Two is probably biting off more than this ADD brain can handle, but I am sort of doing one already.) Here is what I found...
No, not a cat. This is the cover of my cute notebook I decided to start.
I ordered this packet from "Clean Mama's" Etsy store. Go ahead and laugh. What 46 year old woman needs a mini manual to tell her how to clean? Um, me. I know how to clean. I just hate doing it all in one day which is what I do. I "try" to get the house cleaned on Thursday nights so it is clean for the weekend. That means it only lasts until about Saturday night. It also means that Friday I am worn out. I definitely needed a new system. This is the one I am trying. (I will say that I am scratching a few chores off the weekly list. I'm sorry, but I am just not dusting my house once a week. I have a life and cleaning "ain't" it. Ha! I'm just being real.)
This is a daily planning sheet that divides the weekly chores up into given days. There are a few things that are to be done everyday. (Yeah, right)
Then I ordered this meal planning kit since I was kinda-sorta already doing this. I think I can handle this one.
And while I'm on meal planning, I must share my "new" recipe experience from tonight. Yes, tonight was the first night for breaking out a new meal. I did a beef brisket with cabbage, remember. It was a crockpot meal. I opened the backdoor this afternoon and took a deep breath expecting to be met with wonderful smells from my kitchen. OMG! I about gagged. It smelled horrid. I had no idea how I was going to eat the meal with the way it smelled. Then Blake comes in from wrestling practice and the first thing he said was, "Mom! Did the cat die?!" I couldn't wait to hear what the Colonel was going to say. He walks in, puts his keys down, starts unfastening his wrist bands (or whatever they are called on a military uniform) and says, "Something is rotten in this kitchen! What is that smell?!" I howled (literally) and answered, "Your supper." Since he was home, I could now serve our new meal for the week. I fixed every one's plates (I have always done that b/c I was raised in a house where my grandmother and mom fixed every one's plate and when you were called to the table, everyone was ready to eat. You get your own seconds around here though. I only fix the plate once. If you want more, help yourself to the pots on the stove.) Okay, so I fixed every one's plates and slowly picked my way around the mush until I speared something that looked like actual food. Blah. The cabbage was horrible, and I love cabbage. The sweet potatoes were dull. I'm used to sugar, cinnamon and butter on mine. The brisket was okay, but I have just decided that I don't like that cut of beef. It tastes too cowy (You know--like a cow, cow). I watched the Colonel pick around his plate and then look at me and ask, "What exactly am I eating?" LOL! Something told me since I disliked the meal that he was going to like it. Guess what? He liked it. He isn't a big fan of cabbage, but he actually ate this and really liked the meat. I will say that this is one meal that I will not cook again. I'll stick to my cabbage and sausage when I crave cabbage again.
John Ryan fell asleep about seven o'clock tonight. He got out his shower and laid down on the sofa and was gone. I can tell he still isn't back to normal b/c of the dark circles under his eyes. But look at those lips. I just love his "wittle whips."
Since my salmon unit was such a hit with the kids in ELA, I decided to write a two week unit on penguins. We have done a little with it b/c I didn't get my ELA class for two days b/c of the delayed starts we had this week. Today we watched a short film to build some background knowledge before we started reading our novel. I can't wait to share the movie "March of the Penguins" with the class at the end of our study. That was one of the best movies I have seen. God has truly created some amazingly wonderful animals.
Oh, and I must add that after this video, the students started comparing how the penguins were like the salmon. They started that discussion on their own. I hope they enjoy the unit as much as I enjoyed putting it together for them.
The Roosters and I are praying for a young boy and his family who is homeless. There are six children and the mother is single. We are praying that she will see God's grace working in her life and that it will cause a change in her for the sake of herself and her children. If you will, I hope you'll add this child and his family to your prayer list. Thank you.
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