Two posts in one day? That's right. Five on Friday has become my attempt to update you on our week, what we've been up to or what we're loving this week. I couldn't pass up a chance to add a little random to your day. Once again, I'm linking up with Darci and friends (and you can too). Swim Lessons I am seriously in shock at how she is progressing. I had zero expectations when it came to swim lessons this year. I just had no clue what to expect, so I didn't want to set them too high and walk away feeling like it was a waste. Most of all, I wanted it to be fun for her. We never did any mommy and me-type classes when she was younger. I didn't feel like she needed any water … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2013
Freezer Meals
I'm linking up with Kelly for Show Us Your Life, and it's all about Freezer Meals today. When I started teaching again, I used freezer meals to shave off some prep time when it came to dinner each night. I've actually made batches of meals to freeze. I'm going to link to the freezer meal posts below and a few other recipes that would freeze really well. You can click on any of the large headings to go to that specific page on the blog. Freezer Meals Round 1 In this post I made 8 different recipes at once for a total of 16 meals. I like to double the recipes (or some recipes are already big enough and I just split them), since I'm doing all of the prep work already, it works well … [Read more...]
DIY drawer organizers
I know I've expressed my deep love for organization on here before. It's a real, legitimate love that makes my heart all sorts of happy. On the flip side, the opposite of organization, (would that be chaos?) is enough to make me crazy. I'm a straight lines person, everything in a place, in neat little rows. It's something I really have to work on, because we all know life can't be like that, all of the time. Or so I've been told. Multiple times. You can only imagine my level of frustration when I opened the drawer in my kitchen to find this disaster. Here's the thing, I've organized this drawer (and the one below), the random kitchen utensils and gadgets drawers. But, then they … [Read more...]