I'll have 3 Saturdays a week, a side of mashed potatoes and Menu Plan Monday

Ahhhh I love weekends and I really believe that Saturdays are just as fabulous as they were when I was a kid. A little sleepin' in, make a big breakfast, lounge 'round the house, get things done...I do wish we could have 3 Saturdays a week.

Who do I contact about that?


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For more fabulous meal plans, visit orgjunkie.com!

Monday: Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken (photo to the right) - I use whole wheat pasta)
Tuesday: Bean & Veggie Burrito
Wednesday: Orange BBQ Drumsticks
Thursday: Red Wine Turkey Thighs - I'll post this recipe on Slow Cooking Thursday
Friday: Dinner at the in-laws

Question of the Day
What is your favorite thing to do on a Saturday?

Could I slack any more? Yes, yes I could. Oh and Menu Plan Monday

So, I somewhat forgot that even had a blog. The child and I got sick (again) for almost two weeks and then my brain goes to la la land. I became lazy and forgot my bargain shopping duties. How rude. I do apologize. I'm back now.


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For more fabulous meal plans, visit orgjunkie.com!

I'm flip flopping Monday & Thursday because I'm using my slow cooker on Monday and not Thursday...and I want to post the Apple Glazed Pork Roast on Slow Cooking Thursday. It's FANTASTIC and beyond easy.

Monday: Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup/Chili
Tuesday: Easy Meatloaf - You need to try this. Seriously SO good!
Wednesday: I love leftovers.
Thursday: Apple Glazed Pork Roast - I'll post this recipe on Slow Cooking Thursday
Friday: Baked Honey Mustard Chicken (photo to the right)

Question of the Day
What do you to take a 'break'?

Menu Plan Monday ... Sleep In Monday

I love 3 day weekends. We were going to sleep in, but instead, someone is coming over at 7:30am to give us a quote on doing a patio and resurfacing the pool decking. Remind me why I said he could come that early??? Maybe I'll just let the hubby take care of that appointment. I'm not a morning person...at all.

I know, don't throw rocks at me. I'm the mom who has a child who sleeps in until 9 or sometimes even 10:00! I wanted to take advantage of that with the hubby being off. I KNOW! Totally wrong, isn't it? Like I said, don't throw rocks, please. ;-)

Oh and by the way, thank you all for the condolences last Friday when my AC adapter broke. Yes, I have a Dell and yes, it's a PAIN to get a new one, BUT I found this handy dandy computer shop that had a refurbished one that saved me $40 and they DELIVERED it to me within an hour! How cool is that?!?! Oh and it includes a year warranty...which on average, I've needed a new one every year anyhow.

Well, so that was fixed in a jiffy, but then my DSL was down most the weekend. Hummphh

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For more fabulous meal plans, visit orgjunkie.com!

Monday: Three Cheese Chicken Penne Pasta Bake
Tuesday: Dixie Pork Chops (Photo to right) I sub cranberries for the raisins and use apple cider vinegar.
Wednesday: Grilled Tilapia with Mango Salsa - Great dish if fish scares you. Tilapia is extremely mild. This is one of our fave fish dishes.
Thursday: Tangy Crock Pot Roast - I'll post this recipe on Slow Cooking Thursday
Friday: Leftovers!

Question of the Day
Any plans this Presidents' Day?

Menu Plan Monday and ME Time...

Good Monday to you all! Sorry I slacked on the Friday Sale last week. I had a full week and tried to fit some 'me' time in. I picked up some amazing sushi and took it to a fabulous girlfriend's house. We chatted like teenagers. That usually does me good for at least a week or two, although I have been craving the salmon sashime like a mad dog since then.

Thank you for the thoughts and prayers for my friend Carrie. She is doing better, thankfully!!!

I'll be posting the 'green' bag giveaway soon. I'm loving mine and think you should, too. hehehe


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For more fabulous meal plans, visit orgjunkie.com!

Monday: Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf - had this planned for last Friday, but ended up not making it.
Tuesday: Fried Chicken with Creamy Gravy
Wednesday: Leftovers from Monday.
Thursday: Quick Slow Cooker Turkey Chili - (photo to the right) I'll post this recipe on Slow Cooking Thursday
Friday: Going to a friend's for dinner...he's owned a few restaurants so needless to say, we cannot wait for dinner at his place!

Question of the Day
What do you do for 'me' time?

It feels good to go green ... and Menu Plan Monday

We have always recycled our plastic grocery bags, but when you count how many a family of only 3 uses (counting double bagging for cans, milk, etc) it is ridiculous. I felt guilty every time we went shopping. Then add in trips to Target....uuggghh. I could wrap my house in plastic bags from a month's worth of shopping.

So, over the weekend we bought as many 'green' bags as we thought we'd need for a large grocery shopping trip. I ran back to the store twice, yes twice, for things I kept forgetting on my Super Bowl party list. (I know, I know...I wasn't using my SmartShopper organizer obviously.) It felt good walking in with my trusty reusable bag. Oh and SCORE on the fact that our grocery store gives you a discount for each bag every time you use it. Yeah, it's just a small amount, but paying me to go green? Why, that's just too kind of them. It's the least I could do for our planet.

I'll be looking for more ways to help become more green. We've already switched a lot of our light bulbs to compact florescents, put in low flow shower heads, replaced 1 of 3 toilets to low flow ones and will be changing out the other two toilets later.


Alright, it's late and I'm super tired from our little get together we had tonight so the discount list may be a little short, but no worries, I'll be back with more. Oh and the food is at the bottom of the list, too....


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And now for the food portion of the show...

For more fabulous meal plans, visit orgjunkie.com!

Monday: Dinner at my parents. Yaaaay!
Tuesday: One of our FAVES - Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup/Chili - I add 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp cumin & and sub a can of chicken broth for the beer if I don't have beer on hand. (photo to the right)
Wednesday: Leftovers from Tuesday.
Thursday: Cantonese Pork - I'll post this recipe on Slow Cooking Thursday
Friday: Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf - I'll be out for a Girl's Night Out, but this dish will be ready for the family.
Saturday: Pasta E Fagioli - I found this on Mari's recipe blog and she says it's FABULOUS and I believe her. ;-) I'm making this for a group of people we're having over.

Question of the Day
I think I should do a giveaway for green bags. What you think?