Tuesday

Chicken Spaghetti Casserole
Garlic Bread
Brownie Sundaes to celebrate my oldest grandson's birthday


Wednesday
Barbeque Beef and Beans
Cornbread

Thursday
Country Fried Chicken
Rice/Gravy
Corn
Rolls
Pound Cake from a Cake Mix

Friday
Fish Sticks
Cole Slaw
Hush Puppies

Saturday
Honey Mustard Grilled Pork Chops
Salad
Baked Potatoes...white for honey, sweet for me

Sunday: 
Meatloaf
Green Bean Casserole
Roasted Potatoes
Cherry Delight

Monday Menu 2/11-2/14

Monday
Tacos (my honey's all time favorite)

Tuesday
Beef Stew over rice
Rolls


Wednesday
Fish Sticks
Macaroni and Cheese w/broccoli
French fries

***Thursday: Valentine's Day Dinner
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Salad
Cheesy Bread
Assorted Dessert Tray: Cherry Cookies, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Brownie Glazed Hearts, Petit Fours...will link all these up later...Pinterest was taking a break!

Friday-Monday...I am going on a girl's getaway weekend! Sooooo cannot wait! Will see you on Tuesday next week for a late version of Monday Menu!

A Late Monday Menu!

Monday
Hubby wanted to grocery shop with me and we went out

Tuesday
Hamburgers
Baked Beans
Fries





Wednesday
Honey Glazed Pork Chops
Macaroni and Cheese
Green Beans
Rolls


Thursday
Smothered Steak
Rice
Rolls

Friday
Sausage Skillet Dinner (I use bowtie pasta instead of lasagna noodles)
Salad
Garlic Toast

Saturday
Fried Chicken
Potato Salad
Fried Okra
Rolls
Cherry Cobbler

Sunday: 
Shrimp Scampi
Coconut Shrimp 
Hush Puppies
Cole Slaw

Monday Menu 1/14-1/20

Meals this week are a bit on the simple side...not a lot of recipes required...just needed to have a week where there were not a whole lot of new and different things. 


Monday
leftovers of Meatloaf and Pork Chop dinner

Tuesday
Lasagna
Ceasar Salad
Garlic Toast
Apple Pie Bars


Wednesday
Taco Soup 
Cornbread

Thursday
Country Fried Steak
Rice/Gravy
Peas
Rolls

Friday
none

Saturday
Roast w/potatoes and carrots
Green Beans
Rolls

Sunday: 
Fried Chicken
Potato Salad
Fried Okra
Rolls
Cherry Cobbler

Status of My Weekly Menu Posts and other changes to regularly scheduled blog posts

I have really fallen down on putting up my Weekly Menu posts. One of the things I plan to do over this first month of the year is to try to do some different things regarding my weekly menu post. Monday Menus just goes so well alliteratively speaking but it is sometimes very difficult to get it up on Mondays. I am going to really try. I also am going to begin linking up the recipes when I post the menu cause it got to be too time consuming to return and link up and give a critique of each meal. So anyhow, here is this week's Monday Menus but a couple days late.
 

Monday:
Ate a very yummy dinner at my daughter's with her family and my son's family.

Tuesday: New Year's Day
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham w/Pineapple
Hoppin John (Black-Eyed Peas) 
White Rice
Collard Greens
Cornbread Muffins

Wednesday:
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Garlic Bread
Salad
Peanut Butter Brownies

Thursday:
Steak w/Blackberry Sauce
Loaded Mashed Potatoes
Salad
Rolls

Friday:
Fried Pork Chops
French Fries
Succotash
Key Lime Pie

Saturday:
Cracker Barrel Chicken Tenderloins
Roasted Potatoes
Leftover Veggies from Week

Sunday: 
Macaroni Cheesy Ham Bake (original recipe) I will link this up when I create it.
Rolls
Salad



Also, I am going to share Thursday Thrifty Tips with you but that will not be every week. Well, mainly because sometimes I just plain don't have a thrifty tip every single week! haha...Baking Days with my daughter is only going to happen every other week...in her busy schedule as a SAHM of 3 children she found it just too much to do it every week...so I will have a baking day every other week with her and then the alternate week will be by myself.

I want to really bring some regularness of posts to my blog this year and share both my domestic and my crafty sides of life with you. Hope you enjoy the freshness and renewed happenings around here!!

Taking a 2 week Vacation Break....

Just wanted to let all my readers know that I am going to take a 2 week vacation break from Monday Menus. Hubby is on vacation for 2 weeks and we are going to be in and out and also going out of town to NC to visit family for a few days. So check back on Monday, November 26 for a weekly menu.

Late Monday Menu Post!

Well, I am late with this week's Monday Menu post. I was gone or taking care of some important matters most of the day yesterday. So, here is this week's menu and a little critique for you.










*Monday
Tacos
Refried Beans w/Cheese

*My critique of Monday's dinner: I tried a different brand of taco shells, a different brand of sauce, and had made my own homemade taco seasoning...all failures! My hubby hated it all. Which made for a very tenseful (is that a word?) dinner last night. :(


Tuesday
Italian Sausage Sandwiches w/ Carmelized Onions
French Fries

Wednesday
*Alice Springs Chicken (like Outback's)
Broccoli
Roasted Potatoes
*Pea Salad (my hubby loves this)
Rolls

Thursday
Pizza!! Yippeee..

And we are going out of town for 3 days. A nice get away just to be together.

Baking 101

Last week on our baking day we got busy and made two different pumpkin desserts. We decided that our baking days needed to just be about being together. I made this pumpkin streusel coffee cake for my hubby to take to work with him. They loved it!!! Amanda made pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting. We had a grand day together.

Click on each picture to go to the recipe link.

Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake

Pumpkin Bars
*this is before we put the cream cheese frosting on 

Monday Menus 10/22-10/28

Well, another week has dawned and it is a glorious Monday here in sunny Central Florida! I am off on the right foot for this week. Hope it stays that way!! I hope you enjoy my weekly menus. 









Monday
Meatloaf 
*Roasted Potatoes
Boiled Cabbage
Yeast Rolls
*Chocolate Cherry Shortcake


Tuesday
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham Steak
Fried Okra
Noodles
*Layered Spinach Salad

Wednesday
*Shepherd's Pie
Crescent Rolls

Thursday
*Ham and Macaroni and Cheese Casserole
Peas
*Pumpkin Angel Food Cake with Ginger Cream Icing

Friday
Hubby has to be on his own....I am away with my son watching my grandson swim in the district swim meet!!

Saturday
*Chicken Tamale Pie 
*Mozzarella Cheese Sticks w/ Marinara Sauce
*Autumn Chopped Salad

Sunday: 
*Crock Pot BarBQue Chicken
*Vegetable Casserole
*Parmesan Potatoes
Rolls
some kind of apple dessert...still looking

Baking 101

Well our baking bread is going so so. We discovered after talking to each other that the bread eating is kind of one-sided. So for most of this morning we had a planning session instead of baking. Wish I had thought to take pictures of us planning. We made quite a long list both baking and crafting projects. We decided it was more than baking bread,  it was all about spending the time together. So, that is one of the reasons the title change and another reason well just because. This week's post is all about pumpkin bread and AmishWhite bread. And for the life of me I cannot find those pictures...so I will leave you with a link and the recipes used.

*neither of these are my pictures...mine are hopelessly lost where ever I saved them!

Monday Menus 10/15-10/21

UPDATE: Recipes and links are listed below. Although I did not get back on track with things last week...this is a new week 10/22 and it is headed to be a great one!!! Loving my life!

I am so hoping that this week gets back on track. Last week was such a busy week. My regular chores did not get done, my blog posts did not get put up. I am so a creature that craves structure. However, I did have a wonderful week though with my family. Taking care of one precious little 3 year old, and 3 different sporting events keep this grandma busy. But, this is another week and I am determined things will get back to normal around here!!!

Monday
*Beef Stew  this was very tasty
Rice
Corn Bread Muffins
*Pumpkin Angel Food Cake with Ginger Cream Icing  did not make due to time constraints

Tuesday
Fried Chicken
Potato Salad
Broccoli w/ Cheese sauce
Rolls

Wednesday
Chef's Salad

Thursday
Steak Fingers  we ate out after the swim meet
Noodle Dish
Salad
Rolls

Friday
Meatloaf  I fixed hubby some burgers...I had a late lunch at Olive Garden to celebrate my daughter's      birthday and was stuffed 
*Roasted Potatoes
Boiled Cabbage
Yeast Rolls

Saturday
*Chicken Tamale Pie   time was short due to running errands in the morning so I picked up Fried Chicken...we had to be at an away football game at 5pm
*Mozzarella Cheese Sticks w/ Marinara Sauce
*Layered Spinach Salad

Sunday: Birthday Celebration (my contributions)
Smoked London Broil
*Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes  *note: I did not add the espresso granules and it was just fine

Monday Menu: A day late! 10/8-10/14

I am back!!! Well a day late...I was still recovering yesterday from West Coast time. And, on top of having to do all my Monday chores...that is a heavy day for me....I had to grocery shop...which I do not normally do on Monday. So, I am back ready to get into my routines. I will have an Oregon post with lots of pictures later this week.







Tuesday
*Shrimp Scampi
*Cole Slaw
Yeast Rolls

Wednesday
BLT Sandwiches
French Fries

Thursday
Chili Slaw Dogs (a good 'ole Southern classic)
Home Fries

Friday
*Crock Pot Beef Stew
Rice
Corn Muffins
*Pumpkin Angel Food Cake

Saturday
Fried Chicken
Potato Salad
Broccoli w/ Cheese sauce

Sunday
Oven Baked Pork Chops
Macaroni and Cheese
Corn
*Biscuits  (this is the week's bread making adventure)

Monday Menus: 9/24-9/25*

This is a very shortened week's menu cause I leave for Oregon bright and early on Wednesday morning. I will be gone for 10 days so I may not be updating my blog...but then again I may pop in and put up some things. I will not be however posting any of my regular postings while I am gone. Thanks for always taking the time to read what I post! I sure am appreciative of you giving of your time to read and follow my blog!






Monday: Pinterest Cooking Day!!
*Salisbury Steak w/Caramelized Onion Gravy
*Butter Herb Mashed Potatoes
*Broccoli Casserole
*Pea Salad
*Peach Crisp w/ Maple Cream

Tuesday
Homemade Beanie Weanies
Corn
Rolls

Thursday's Thrifty Tips

Oh I have nothing really profound today. But wanted to post something about thrifty shopping and buying things you do not usually buy. Recently I bought a very large package of chicken legs and chicken thighs see post here to see the amazing results of my cost cutting, thrifty shopping, sale shopping grocery trip that week. Well it  turns out that try as I might to save some money my hubby and I plain do not like dark meat chicken...thighs and legs are just not our thing. So lesson learned, when you are buying and trying to save money don't sacrifice what you know you love just to save some money because...well because that ends up just wasting it!

How can you save some money today?

Bread Making 101

First off a little about me...I was never totally a SAHM when my kids were little....I worked when the two oldest were little. Then, after my 3rd child came along I really wanted to be home with her and was but pretty soon the need for a little extra income took over and I went to work part-time 2 days a week. I never got into all the things that homemaking is all about...cooking, baking, spotless cleaning, organization. Oh and I did have girlfriends that I envied. I did manage to keep the house manageable, laundry done, take care of the kids, and put dinner on the table every night. I tell you this to say I have not ever really been to homemaker type...but God does work on a person's heart and change the desires of a person. I am so into being a homemaker with all of the aspects that go with it now! So with it comes new adventures. I recently talked to my daughter and suggested we have a bread making day a week. So, last week we had our first! I have never in my life made bread from scratch! I have made banana bread and such but never made bread using yeast. I was very excited for this adventure. So last week we made Cinnamon Raisin Bread  and yeast rolls... recipe for those my daughter had. The only critique I would say about the Cinnamon Raisin Bread is that it definitely needed more cinnamon. We had a really great time making bread together and I am so glad that it will become a weekly adventure.

                                       

                                                   Lane helping with the mixing
                                                    of the Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Helping with the yeast 

Enough yeast rolls for 6 meals!!

Kneading the dough

I realize I should have taken pictures of the finished product but, I will remember to today. This week we are baking Pumpkin Bread and White Amish Bread. Look for next Wednesday's post about this week's adventures...we are not using the bread machine at all this week so this should be interesting.

Monday Menus 9/17-9/23

I am very excited about this week's menu!! It is a good one!!












Monday
Grilled Cheeseburger Quesadillas
*Cucumber/Tomato Salad

Tuesday
*Toasted Ravioli w/marinara sauce
*Roasted Corn Salad
Rolls
*Lemon Brownies

Wednesday
*Salt/Pepper Pork Chops
*3 Cheese Pasta w/Broccoli
*Autumn Chopped Salad

Thursday
Hamburgers
Steak Fries w/Parmesan
*Baked Beans
Friday
*Shrimp &Grits w/Roasted Corn
Fried Cornbread
*Peach Dessert

Saturday
Grilled Sirloin Steak
Steak Seasoned Potatoes
Salad
Squash w/Sauteed Onions
Rolls

Sunday
*Busy Day Lasagna
Garlic Bread
Salad
Rocky Road Brownies

Monday Menus 9/10-9/16

Time for another weekly menu post! I am loving sharing these with you. Please take time to leave a comment and let me know if you are interested in seeing anything specific on my blog...either menu wise, craft wise, or otherwise!!









Monday
Country Fried Steak
Mashed Potatoes
Sauteed Squash and Onions

Tuesday
Meatball Subs
Chips

Wednesday
*Glazed Pork Chops
*Smashed Sweet Potatoes
Salad
*Yeast Dinner Rolls
This was the best meal by far all week!! Those glazed pork chops were absolutely delicious...and the sweet potatoes were wonderful! The yeast roll recipe is at my daughter's house. I will post it next week when I get it this week.

Thursday
Due to a grandchild sporting event we will be eating out tonight!

Friday
*Deep Dish Pizza Casserole
I was totally wiped out today after the events of the day. So we ordered pizza.

Saturday
Birthday dinner for Granddaughter

Sunday
*Honey Teriyaki Chicken Legs
I used Ken's Honey Teriyaki marinade sauce to marinate the chicken legs for about 30 minutes. Then, I baked them for about 40 minutes. Sadly, the legs did not have much of a teriyaki flavor.
*Roasted Potatoes
Cut up red potatoes in chunks, sprinkle on some salt and pepper and some garlic seasoning salt. Then, put in oven along with the chicken legs and bake for about 40 minutes. Both of these were on 400 degrees.
Salad
*Lemon Brownies we had leftover birthday cake instead...look for these next week!

Fridge Organization Part I

Welcome to our Pinterest Inspired Blog Hop.

Are you addicted to Pinterest?  Do you have several boards with pins that you said "I've got to try that!"?  Well here is your inspiration to create those awesome projects you want to try but have not yet done so.

If you arrived here from Jamie's blog then you are in the right place.  If not please start at the beginning with our fabulous hostess Ashley.

Here is my Pinterest inspiration:

And here is my take on said inspiration:

Before Pictures are on the left...the other 3 are the after pictures.

These are the details of my project:

1. I bought 3 rolls of  vinyl shelfing liner at Big Lots...score... only $2 each so total cost of this project was $6.
2. Other than that I bought nothing else.
3. I rolled out the liner and because it was a checked pattern I used the lines as my cutting guide.

This project from emptying and cleaning all the shelves in the fridge to the finished project took less than an hour.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I've made that was inspired by Pinterest.  Your next stop is Jennifer's blog to see what inspired her.

Make sure you stop by on Tuesday to see Part II of my Fridge reorganization project!

Here is the blog lineup should you need it. You may want to start at the beginning if you arrived here first.

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Maria = http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com

Jamie -  http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com/

Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com

Tonya - http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

Madge- http://www.thescrappinlounge.com

Claire S. -http://www.scrapmyway.blogspot.com

Robin - http://www.scrapandchat.blogspot.com/

Cicily - http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/

Jamie - http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com

Teresa-http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/ <--- you are here

Jennifer - www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com

Liz Mullen- http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/

If you Love Pinterest...

you don't want to miss the blog hop I am in tomorrow. Check it out!

Hope to see some new followers...exciting blog candy announcement coming next week!!

Thursday's Thrifty Tips

Hey Readers!!

And just how are all of you this wonderful day in early September? I have been busy, busy taking care of the home front and being involved in my grandchildren's activities! What a wonderful feeling!

This is going to be short and sweet today...my frugal tip for today is quite simple.

Save those glass jars that sauces, cheeses, and such come in.

I use them when:

•  I make homemade salad dressings
• we had soup last night and I needed to put the leftovers in the freezer for another meal so that alfredo sauce jar came in handy
• they are also great for home decor crafts
• to take milk in your lunch

Can you think of any other uses?