Last week we followed our menu perfectly and no one is complaining about what is cooked, because they helped choose it. YAY!!

Here is the menu for this week

Sunday - tacos
Monday - soup and grilled cheese
Tuesday - fish, rice and veggies
Wednesday - ham casserole
Thursday - spaghetti
Friday - crepes
Saturday - sheperds pie

Ok the first week of menu planning went really well. I forgot to post the second week but we did plan all our meals and followed the plan except for 2 days. We had some sick kids for a few days which meant that less people were eating, which in turn meant more leftovers. So all in all I think we are doing pretty great.

Here is the menu for this week

Sunday - chili
Monday - leftovers
Tuesday - stuffed meatballs, mashed potatoes, caulifower
Wednesday - ham and broccoli casserole
Thursday - hasbrowns and sausage(We love breakfast for supper)
Friday - spaghetti
Saturday - stir fry

I planned leftovers for Monday because that is the night the twins have cadets so it is a bit more rushed. So I just made a big pot of chili yesterday so we would have enough for today too.

We have been looking at ways to cut costs in order to be able to put more money towards our debt. One of the things we have decided to focus on is meal planning. I use to plan all our meals and shop once a month but had stopped doing it faithfully a while ago. I won't be going back to once a month shopping because we want to still be able to shop the sales still, but we will be planning better.

Rob doesn't care what we eat he just likes to eat anything and everything, so the kids and I will be planning our menus. Every Sunday we are going to plan the meals for the next week, based on what we have in the house. Before when I was planning I always thought I should do it a month at a time, but would then get frustrated when something  came up and we had to change things. I figure by only doing a week at a time less should come up because I should already know what is happening one week in advance. If something does come up at least it won't be alot of changes.

So here is our menu for the next week:

Sunday - vegetable soup
Monday - tacos
Tuesday - pumpkin pancakes
Wednesday - tuna melts and soup
Thursday - spaghetti
Friday - pizza

A New Year, Another Attempt at Blogging

Last year even though I intended to keep this blog up to date I somehow managed to not post AT ALL!!

This year I am going to try to do better, starting with today.

We had a great Christmas and visit with my mom who came to visit over the holidays.
Then a quiet New Years playing cards with some friends.

We never make resolutions but we do set goals. So for this year we have decided to focus on getting rid of the rest of our debt. With a little luck and a lot of hard work by the end of the year we should be able to say that we are COMPLETELY DEBT FREE!