Category: Tired Mommy’s Tales

Menu Plan Monday – Two in a Row

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

Menu Plan Monday

Two weeks in a row – and they said it couldn’t be done. Actually, I said it could go either way but who’s keeping track?

It was a busy, hot weekend but after calling myself out last week I felt committed to taking time to make a plan for the week and share it here.

Breakfast

Mom – chocolate granola & greek yogurt, pumpkin pie steel cut oats, peanut butter toast, PB&J waffle sandwich
Brooke – PB&J waffle sandwich, french toast bites, peanut butter toast
Dad – protein shake after the gym

Lunch

Mom – homemade “lunchable”, leftovers, Grand Event at Brooke’s school Friday
Brooke – turkey or PB&J sandwiches, Grand Event on Friday
Dad – salad

Dinner

Pasta of some sort (Brooke’s request)
Homemade Pizza
Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole from the freezer
Grilled Cheese/Popcorn (standing Thursday night dinner)
Burgers & Fries

I used the Plan To Eat menu planning service to help create my plan and I’m linking this post up with Org Junkie’s Menu Plan Monday.

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Menu Plan for the Week – Here We Go Again

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

Menu Plan Monday
I’m linking up with Menu Plan Monday at I’m an Organizing Junkie.

Let’s not count how many times I’ve posted a meal plan and spewed on about how I’m back on the wagon and its going to be different from here on out. I’m just gonna be thankful that I got a plan done for this week and let’s see how next goes – because there is no doubt, life is much nicer when there’s a plan. Even if you change it 14 times by Wednesday. (Who me?)

My go-to tool for menu planning for the longest time has been Ziplist. It’s free, it has an easy recipe clipper for my favorites bar, it organizes my recipes into a nice little shopping list…it worked great for me. But recently they did some work to their site and I don’t like it. It’s not intuitive to me and although I’d probably be just fine after awhile of using it, I have no desire to. Weird but oh well.

So I decided to get on board with Plan To Eat. I’ve seen lots of bloggers rave about them and did the trial once but blew it and let it lapse without really giving it a good try. So I decided to get just a one month subscription and give it a really good effort this time. I’ve been adding some of our favorite recipes, playing with the menu planner and shopping list features. So far I like it quite a bit. I’ve got a week left on my month subscription and I see giving it another month or two before I make a final decision. If you want to try it out, go here.

So our plan for this week:

Breakfast
For Mom – I made a big batch of Pumpkin Pie Steel Cut Oats last week so I’m still working my way through them
For Brooke – French toast bites & waffles, need to come up with some healthier, make-ahead options she’ll eat
For Dad – Protein shakes after the gym

Lunch
For Mom – I will probably get stuck with leftovers again, days that I don’t turkey or PB&J sandwiches
For Brooke – turkey or PB&J sandwiches, popcorn, grapes, blueberries, carrot sticks, cheese crackers,
For Dad – salad

Dinner-
Slow Cooker Meatballs & Noodles
Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole
Grilled Cheese & Popcorn (our standing Thursday night dinner)

We’re hoping the weather and everyone’s immune systems hold out for a third attempt to go to King’s Island in Ohio this weekend. We’re hoping to save some money on food by bringing a cooler and avoiding eating out much. So we’ll have lots of sandwiches and snacky lunches and dinners over the weekend and hoping breakfast will be provided Saturday morning at whatever hotel we stay in.

Just Freakin’ Do It

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

It’s painfully obvious that this blog has been abandoned lately.  I’ve wanted to get back into it for so long though.  I have so many ideas in my head that I’ve wanted to get out there and I think I need some kind of outlet right now.

But all the blogging gurus out there tout the importance of having a good focus for your blog, decide what you want people to get from it, don’t be all over the place.  And I haven’t figured out exactly what the focus of this blog will be and so I’ve hesitated to get started until I could address all those things.

During my commute to and from work, my new thing is listening to podcasts.  The topics range from parenting, blogging, organizing, fitness…kinda like me, they’re all over the place.  But twice lately, I’ve listened to episodes where the underlying message was that you can’t sit and wait.  You’ll always wish you started sooner.

Just Freakin' Do It

So I’m getting it rolling again.  I had intended to start with an inventory of finished posts just waiting for me in my editorial calendar, all scheduled out and ready to go.  But I’ve been waiting for that for months now.  No more.  I’m just gonna write about what I want to write about.  I might jump all over for a bit because I like a lot of things.  I hope that as time goes on it will become clearer what I’m really meant to focus on.  Seasons will change and so will my interests and the things taking priority in my life.

But I’m not going to sit and wait until its all pretty and perfect.  That doesn’t exist.  I’m just gonna freakin’ do it.