Menu Plan Monday

I continue to read the Back To Basics over at Simple Mom. Today is about menu planning. I have to admit that I haven't been doing that great of a job on this lately. I have been flying by the seat of my pants. We have been eating out of our pantry/freezer but I have not been very organized about it.

So today I sat down and made our menu plan for the week.

Monday- Chicken tacos
Tuesday- Pork roast/mashed potatoes
Wednesday- Corn chowder with cornbread muffins
Thursday- Chicken legs and potato fries
Friday- Homemade cheese pizza

You can see more menu plans at Organized Junkie and you can also go over to Simple Mom and read a great post on menu planning.

Peace...

I have recently begun reading a blog called Simple Mom (I know, many of you have probably been reading this one for a while).

Yesterday they started a series called Back to the Basics. The first post was about developing a family mission statement.

She had a list of questions to ask yourselves to get started on your statement. One of the questions was Name three adjectives we would like people to use to describe our home environment.

The first adjective that came to my mind was peaceful. I would like our home to be peaceful. I would like it to be relaxing, calm, and peaceful.

I find our house to be loud and chaotic. I would love some serenity.

I shared this information with my husband last night when he got home. So now instead of asking our children to "quit that" or "leave your brother alone" we are going to ask them if they are being peaceful. Quite honestly, it seemed to work.

We ask them this, we don't yell it at them; well, because that wouldn't be peaceful would it?

I can't wait to get started on the rest of our family mission statement.

Sarah and I are co-hosting another swap.

Here are the details:

1. To participate, we ask that you are either a reader and frequent commenter on one of our blogs or you have participated in our Pink&Green Swap.

2. You may sign up by leaving a comment here or on Sarah's blog.

3. The swap will remain open for 1 week (closing on 6 July 2009) or until we have filled our quota of 15 swappers.

4. After the swap is closed, we will pair you up with another swapper and send you an email with information so you can contact and get to know your swap partner.

5. You will have 2 weeks to put together a swap box filled with various items that you think your swap partner will enjoy. This may include, but is not limited to: handmade items and thrifted items. We recommend a value of about $10-$15 for your box.

6. Your box will have to be mailed NO LATER than Tuesday 21 July 2009.

7. If, at any time, and for any reason, you are not able to complete the swap, you must contact your swap partner and also let us know so I can make other arrangements.

8. International swappers are welcome, as long as we can match you up with a swap partner who is willing to ship internationally. If you are not in the continental United States, please note that in your comment and we will do my best to make sure you are able to join the swap. Also, if you are willing to swap with an international partner, please let me know in your comment.

9. Once the swap is completed, we will be hosting a link-up party on Sarah's blog for everyone to "show and tell" about your boxes.

By leaving a comment on this post and signing up for this swap, you are agreeing to the above "rules".

Let the swap begin!

I am the best mom EVER!

We had C's birthday party at the local ballpark and he got to throw out one of the first pitches. That makes me a candidate for the best mom ever award.

Here is a picture of him on the pitcher's mound.

Wordless Wednesday- Vacation

New Blog Design

I have a new blog design. If you are starring at this page wondering what is different; well, nothing. My new blog design is on my cupcake blog, Delightful Cupcakes.

It was done by Sarah at Blue Castle.

Go on over and check it out and if you want, you can grab the button for your own blog.

Wow

I can't believe it has been about three weeks since I posted last. We have been pretty busy with graduations, baseball games, a trip over Memorial Day weekend, scrapbooking, and a lot of cupcake making.

I definitely need to work on that blogging schedule, huh?

And what did you do last weekend?

Last weekend I agreed to make 2 dozen soccer cupcakes for my friend's daughter's birthday party. I was trying to decide between frosting and fondant and I decided frosting would probably be easier.

Apparently, I was wrong. It took me 6 HOURS to decorate 24 CUPCAKES. Yes, I had to individually draw, outline, and color in 24 cupcakes. My friend is now the only person on earth who will ever receive a frosted soccer ball cupcake from me.

I am still trying to figure out a more efficient way to make them because I am sure I will need some soccer balls in my future.

In the meantime head on over to my other blog, Delightful Cupcakes, for a look at my wonderful creations.

Pink & Green Swap

Sarah asked me if I wanted to co-host a swap with her on her blog. I, of course, answered yes. She had a great idea to do a color theme swap. This time it was Pink & Green.

My swap partner was Heather and I love the stuff she sent me.

She got me some boxes for cupcakes, cupcake liners, a cupcake writing pad, a cupcake stamp, notecards, pretty ribbon, a bookmark, a coupon holder, a daisy cookie cutter, a cute wooden "Home", and she made me a cool bookmark and pad of paper.

Thanks Heather for being my swap partner and thanks Sarah for hosting this wonderful swap!

Take me out to the ball game

The local minor league team in our area is having Dollar Days this year. There are 7 different games where it is just $1 for a general admission ticket.

Because we are cheap frugal, these are more than likely the games we will be attending this year.

So on Monday evening hubby and I headed to the ball park with the C and AD. It was a wonderful night. We stayed until about 8 because you know those boys need to go to bed. But I wasn't worried about not staying for the entire game, I mean we did only pay $1 each to get in.



The boys had a great time and we only ran off a couple of guys at the end of our row. Apparently they got tired of us having to go the bathroom every two minutes.