Menu Plan Monday

Be sure to go to Orgjunkie.com for more menu ideas and get organizing tips. She does giveaways and links up to other giveaways all the time, too.

This is my menu for Feb. 1 - Feb. 7

Mon. - Homemade Gourmet Homemade In a Hurry Chicken Fajitas (done in a micro-steamer

bag)

Tues. - Homemade Gourmet Garlic Basil Chicken on Spaghetti, HG Three Cheese Garlic Biscuits

Wed. - Meatball Subs (make extra meatballs to freeze for later), veggie,

Thurs. - Chicken and Veggie Stew in Crockpot (using leftover veggies and chicken that I froze)

Fri. - Chili

Sat. - Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, dinner rolls

* I bought two turkeys during Thanksgiving and Christmas time that were .79/lb. I

couldn't pass up that price for meat.

Sun. - Turkey & Stuffing Casserole (using leftover turkey) *recipe from 30 Day Gourmet

Snow Angel

I shared this with some of my friends last year when I did this page. This picture was a happy accident of Laurana. She just wouldn't be still for a pic. Once Scott got the picture, we were impressed we got such a great picture. I just had to get a 5x7 for my page. On this page, I used silver cord, embossed w/ glitter on some stamped snowflakes, added Cuttlebug embossed silver paper, a Word Window punch for a little added detail to the corner of the picture, some snowflake brads. This page was so much fun to put together. I just love it and hope you enjoy it, too.

Homemade Gourmet Special - Last Chance

I am ordering the Homemade Gourmet tomorrow. If you want to get a Pantry Staple of Spiced Dip Mix or Basic Cheesecake Mix, you have to do it now. They will not have them in this size again, since they were only available this month.

There are a lot of recipes for both mixes in the Key to the Kitchen recipe search engine on the Homemade Gourmet website.

Snow Fun

These photos are from yesterday in our back yard. Hubby wasn't able to go to work, so he got to stay home and play. After he cooked a nice brunch (we slept in), we went out sledding, making snowballs, and snow angels. Hubby didn't tell me he couldn't see their eyes for the photo. Their hats are a little big. LOL The snow wasn't able to be packed enough to roll into a snowman, unfortunately. We had a layer of ice in the middle of all the snow. We saved a snowball in the freezer. I am going to pull it out in the heat of summer and let the kids feel it and play with it. They will think it is so fun to have a snowball in the summer! We had a lot of fun!

Menu Plan

I admit it, I decided I like the giveaway for the menu plan posters on orgjunkie.com, so I decided to post my menu for this week.

Mon. - Homemade Gourmet Taco Soup Mix seasoned ground turkey for taco salad, Silky Avocado Dip (also using Taco Soup Mix), tortilla chips

Tues. - Smoked Sausage, bell pepper, onions, green beans, oven roasted potatoes

Wed. - Orange BBQ Chicken, carrots (save some chicken to freeze for a BBQ chicken pizza next week) Dessert - Homemade Gourmet Chocolate Chip Pie

Thurs. - waffles (use a pancake mix), cheesy eggs, turkey breakfast sausage links

Fri. - Homemade Sausage, Pepperoni, & Veggie Pizza (cheat a little and use a premade crust)

Sat. - Homemade Gourmet Enchilada Chicken, Spanish rice

Sun. - chicken and dumplings in crockpot

Go to http://www.orgjunkie.com/ for about 500 different menu plans just this week. Organizing Junkie has so many useful tips. You're going to love her site.

Children's Museum

This page is of pics of Laurana playing in a fun Curious George area and a TV area w/ Pebbles and Bam-Bam. She had so much fun at the museum. I used SU Kraft, SU Marigold Morning, and patterned paper from a stack of paper I got at Hobby Lobby (forgot the maker). I also used alien brads, a space ship brad, square brads, and a swirl clip. The letters were cut with my friend's Cricut.

Christmas Day at Our House

This was made from a kit I got from the crop I went to at Archiver's in Nov. I don't know who made any of the items, except the stamps were Close to My Heart and not in the kit. Sadly, my camera batteries weren't charged and ready for the big day, so I had to get pics of DH later.