Happy Monday! Last week I shared my excitement of our new pantry being installed. I’m happy to report it’s *almost* completed! All of the shelves are in and we’ve started organizing it. The door still needs to be added and the trim done. It’s pretty exciting to have a functioning pantry. And I love that …
Happy Monday! It’s an exciting day here on the farm! Today my pantry is being installed. We’ve been living in our unfinished cabin for over two years now. We’ve done most of the finished work on our own but recently decided to hire out some of the things. Truthfully, we’ve stalled on our progress. With …
Happy Monday! Last week I didn’t put a menu together. It was a busy weekend and when Monday morning rolled we started on a busy week. I thought it would be no big deal. I was wrong. Since the first of the year I’d been making, and mostly following, a weekly menu based on Trim …
Happy Monday! We had an exciting weekend. On Saturday we went skiing at a nearby downhill resort. Joe had a birthday a few weeks ago and this is what he wanted to do to celebrate. It had been over ten years since I skied. I thought it would come back to me easily. I was …
Happy Monday! It’s cold and snowy at my Wyoming home. The new snow makes me excited for our upcoming ski day on Saturday. There’s more snow forecast for the week with Saturday clear and warmer. Woot-woot! I haven’t skied for several years. Since before our son, now age 9, was born. As a young adult …
I’m back home, after my work trip, and making yummy meals in my own kitchen. 🙂 I did okay staying on plan for Trim Healthy Mama while I was gone, following the plan shared last week. I had dinner with my friends which were not THM but still nutritious. My downfall was the evening time. …
I’ve dubbed this my traveling menu. 🙂 Last night, I arrived in Oregon for work. I’m here until I fly home Thursday afternoon. I’m staying at my bosses house in their (very nice) guest room. I’ve stayed with them a few times before and it’s always fun. I join them for their family dinner and …
I’m very much enjoying having a menu plan. I’d forgot just how much help spending a little time planning early saves me in the end. Joe has commented many times about how great the meals have been. Since we’re following Trim Healthy Mama right now I’ve been experimenting with recipes I find in the THM …
The second week of January and my second menu plan for 2018. I’m on a roll! I loved having a well-thought out plan last week for our food. It really made things so much easier. I’d forgot just how much I enjoyed knowing what I would be making from day to day. My husband and …
For the first several years of my blogging journey I shared our menu plan almost every week. Those weekly menu plans were a very important part of our life at the time. Our food budget was very tight and stretching those food dollars was a necessity. Planning, and sticking to, a menu was critical to …
I am a huge fan of menu planning. I truly believe that planning a weekly menu is the best way for us to keep our food budget under control. For a long time I posted our menu each week which helped even more with the accountability of sticking to the plan. In my mind if …
Hello, Hello! Spring is definitely here! We had our first baby goats of the year yesterday. I haven’t seen them live and in person yet since my daughter’s still have the goats at our old house while we get things set up here. Both are males. We have 3 more mama’s that are expecting. I …
Hello from Texas! We are so happy to have a few days to rest and recuperate enjoying each other’s company before heading west. We’ve had a nice visit with some friends who live part of the year in Wyoming near where we are building our cabin. We were pretty excited to find out they live …
I often find myself singing or humming part of a tune that fits the circumstances. We’ve been in Oklahoma for the last several months and many times the song “Oklahoma!” comes out of my mouth. My husband is often singing “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma” or “Living on Tulsa Time“. This week the song …
Menu Plan Monday ~ It’s back! In my early days of blogging I posted a menu almost every Monday. This menu served two purposes: ideas for you and a great way to keep me on track. When I stopped posting the menu I would *sometimes* type one out in a word document or write …