Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Menu plan for Week of February 6 - February 11

Monday:  Baked Ziti and garden salad.
Tuesday:  I had a coupon so we had Boston Market Chicken pot pie, Rotisserie Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn bread (at home I made frozen peas)
Wednesday:  Indian Chicken salad pockets; this recipe came from my "biggest loser" cook book and I will make a separate batch minus the curry for my kids.  I find that if my food is flavorful I will eat less. 
Thursday:  Ground turkey tacos, my husband and I will eat them on romaine lettuce instead of the taco shell.  Can you tell we are trying to go low simple carb???
Friday:  Pizza for the kids and grilled chicken salad for mommy and daddy....
Saturday:  Cheesy Eggplant Lasagna, recipe again from my "biggest loser" cookbook and only 196 cal.
Sunday:  Chicken and dumplings.... what can I say but YUM!!!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Let the fun begin, Basement closet project


Here is what I started with, Oy!!!  where to begin.  I decided the easiest thing was to just bring it all out, filling up my basement family room.  I placed things in like piles and ended up trowing out 1/4 of if.  Relief sets in, as it starts to come together.  After 2 days......







I have the beginnings of an organized closet.  But don't let the bare shelves fool you.  There is still several items on the floor of my family room.




I had boxes and bags of ribbon and gift wrapping adornments.  I took plastic containers and shallow boxes to organize according to either color group, season or holiday.  It fits neatly on a newly cleaned shelf.

I now see happiness over my husbands face, which surprisingly makes me happy too.  Happy Family :-)

I'll post a photo of the final project, but give me until the end of the weekend.......