The Weekly Plan {Jan 23rd}

If you make a weekly plan, how did yours go last week? I was just looking over my weekly plan from last week (which I made and promptly forgot..just keeping it real, folks) and I think I got about 50% of mine accomplished. I guess that's not too bad, especially since I forgot to look at it once I made it.

How things really went: we didn't make it to the library until today, I didn't get the sheets changed, I took The Princess to sell Girl Scout cookies on Wednesday instead of Thursday because I found out at her meeting on Wednesday that her orders were due THAT day (oops!), Wednesday's dinner never happened (thank goodness for those Christmas gift cards for Subway), I blew my special Saturday morning breakfast because I ran out of eggs and working in the garage or cleaning my car never even entered my mind after I typed those words. Oh, and I did get caught up on the laundry and the kitchen got cleaned...but of course that all needs to happen again now. {sigh}

But this week is off to a good start and I'm determined to just keep building on that! {thinking positive thoughts, thinking positive thoughts}

Monday:

-Co-op classes with our homeschool group

-Lunch at home

-Trip to the library

-Dinner: Pinto Beans & Cornbread

Tuesday:

-School

-Lunch: Butternut Squash Soup (didn't get made last week..ahem..)

-Hang valances on windows

-Work at the church

-Dinner: Hamburgers Diane, Roasted Carrots, Baked Potatoes

Wednesday:

-School

-Finish preparing for church class

-Housework

-Dinner: French Dips (crockpot)

-Church (teaching children's class)

Thursday:

-School

-Sit around eating bon bons (haha...just seeing if you're still reading this!)

-Dinner: Tacos

Friday:

-School

-Something fun in the afternoon, to be decided

-Dinner: Stromboli

Saturday:

-Breakfast: Baked Egg Boats (this week I have plenty of eggs!)

-Family time!

-Dinner: probably leftover buffet

I would imagine that this plan may morph and change a bit, but it's a good start!

This post is linked to Menu Plan Monday at I'm an Organizing Junkie.

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