Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Week of July 27th- August 3rd

So, I am a couple days late.... Again. Ain't y'all surprised????

So, for last week, I didn't start school on Monday as planned. Folding a ton of laundry and getting things together seemed like it took FOREVER on Monday... and I had to spend Tuesday getting schoolwork all set up to begin. We began school on Wednesday, so we are running a couple days behind schedule... not the end of the world, though. We did not get to go school shopping like we planned, but there is enough around the house that we could get started on a new school year without a new trip to the store.

I didn't make hardly any true Trim Healthy Mama recipes, although all my meals that I make are made with that system in mind. My new favorite is Curried Sausage and Veggies.. Tre YUMMY!!!!
I did use my "Brain" for most of the days, at least to write out what needed to be done that day, and to check what didn't get done that night. I did not practice the piano hardly at all. I am really frustrated right now with it all. I need to get back on it again, though.

SO my list of things to do this week are:

1) Keep School work on track... be finished with Day 8
2) Keep the Backyard neat and enjoyable... wash the dogs!!
3) Plan a shopping list and go shopping for school supplies and groceries
4) Start looking for ideas for the Fifth Family Fellowship
5) Research Cable/ Phone/ Internet options and choose the best one
6) Check for ideas to honor Senior Saints
7) Organize the Coupon Binder!!

If these things all get done, it will be a miracle!!! Thanks for keeping me semi- accountable!!

Becky

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Week of July 20-26th

Okay, so blogging isn't going so well for me... I would really like to change that, though. Every Sunday afternoon is mine to do as I please, and I would like to start making it more productive. I have been gone for so long that it is hard to know where to begin.

Last blog post, I mentioned God having to do a miracle... well, things are tight here... we are making two house payments, and that means there is not a lot of money for things. But I have watched God provide enough groceries for our family of five for two weeks with only $25... and when I mentioned a miracle, I needed God to provide paper to print schoolwork on. What is amazing, is that He kept pointing out paper around the house.... colored  paper that I had for scrapbooking, resume paper that we had bought for Prince Charming when he was applying for jobs. I did not run out of paper until Christmas, when my mom bought me some as a Christmas present. That paper lasted until the end of the school year!! God is SO GOOD!!! Sometimes, I forget the "little things" that he supplies, so I am happy to look back and remember these.

We are on our summer break.... actually, school is supposed to start on Monday so that we can have a holiday from Thanksgiving until New Years.... That may be delayed by one day, I am not sure. Since we finished school on May 31st, we have had company all but two weeks in our home. It has non-stop. That is okay, since we love each person who has come through our home.... just really looking forward to being "our family" again.

So, here is the list of what needs to be done this week:

1) Fold and put away Mount Washmore, and catch up the remaining laundry
2) Find the house that is buried
3) Organize coupons, plan for sales, buy school supplies and groceries
4) Do Week 1 of school
5) Make at least 4 Trim Healthy Mama recipes to get back on track
6) Use my "Brain" to keep up with things needing to be done
7) Practice the piano every day!!!

If I can get these accomplished this week, I will add extra projects back next week.

One more blessing, lest I forget. I mentioned that money is tight, but my boys earned the money last year to buy their own swimming pool, and our landlord told us to move it this year.... because of that, the pool was sitting at an awful angle, and we needed fill dirt to make it level so the boys could really enjoy it. As it happened, my husband earned a $50 gift card to Lowes by his hard work at his work, and God used that to be enough money to buy the dirt we needed... plus a net to clean out the large things from the pool, and a tarp to keep the entry to the pool clean. He is always the God of More than Enough!!!!

Counting my Blessings!!

Becky