This Week In My Home: Settling In To The New Year

We've had a wonderfully restful Saturday.  Just what was needed.  I'm feeling more like myself and ready to tackle my home and go over my Resolutions to see where I am incorporating them a where I need to get to work.  First on my list is always planning meals.  I've been over my refrigerator and just discovered it is burgeoning with far more leftovers than I'd supposed.  I'll be putting several single serve portions of things into the freezer, far too much there to be eaten by one.

breakfast:  Banana/pineapple smoothie, toast (x2 for me)

                   Fried eggs and toast (x2 John)

                   French Toast, Bacon

                   Rice Pudding (leftovers and why not?  It's made the same as butterscotch oatmeal)

                   Biscuits (leftovers) with bacon, egg and cheese filling

                   Cheese Omelet, Hash browns, Toast

                   Bagels with Cream Cheese, Clementines

suppers:  Cheese Quesadillas, Mexican Hot Chocolate

                Cream of Tomato Soup, Peanut Butter Crackers

                Sausage Dogs, Chips

                Veg Beef Soup (x2 me)

                Turkey and gravy over toast

                 Loaded Baked Potatoes

Dinners:  Turkey, Dressing, Gravy, Sweet Potato halves, Pineapple Salad, Cranberry Sauce

on my own (x2)

I'll be out with Mama one day and have leftovers one day.

Tamale Pie, Corn with Cumin Butter, Green Lettuce Salad

leftover of last week's oops meal.  

Cranberry Chicken, Wild Rice, Green Beans with walnuts, Salad

This is the recipe that uses Catalina type dressing and leftover cranberry sauce...Good stuff.

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Pasta, Garlic Bread, Green Salad

15 Bean Soup, Apple Waldorf Salad, Cornbread

Jobs This Week

Jobs last week:

Plan 2015 Blog Work

Plan a month of menus

Plant peas  I tossed the peas and a lot of other seeds that were ages old in the deep cleaning work

Deep clean Laundry, back entry and kitchen

Christmas things stored properly in shed

Thrift store

Booth work

Grocery shopping

Pay bills and run errands

Jobs for this week:

I made good progress last week with my deep cleaning, doing it in increments of time rather than one large go.  I'm going to tackle the kitchen this week in the same way.

Put things Christmas things in shed.

Write a letter and get a package off to my oldest grand daughter.

Mop floors (if it isn't raining).

Wash and freshen napkins, tablecloths (if not raining).