This Week In My Home

Hello!  Did you survive the first holiday of the holiday season?  There's plenty more ahead.  I was amazed at all that happened here in a week's time, all because I had a list of sorts to help me think. Guess who found Christmas cards as soon as all the newly purchased ones were addressed and stamped?  Yep.  That rule about 'A place for everything and every thing in it's place.'  I fudged a bit on it and stuck them in an odd spot.  So odd that I did a stumble upon after I was done.   Guess who has cards in the card file ready for next year? That would be me.

This week in my home, I:

Continue the freezer challenge.  

I didn't get into the big freezer last week very much.  I did pull out two items that had been there awhile.  And I'm going to go ahead and declare a bit of A Pantry Challenge for myself as well. Mama is always giving me an item she'd seen a TV chef use or that she's found in a store.  She buys two, one for her and one for me.  One of those items was currants.  I'd never used currants, never had a recipe that called for them.  I happened across one the other day and so I pulled out the currants...and they expired in 2013, which I think is about when she gave them to me.  Now I have no troubles using expired foods but these were no good anymore.  I took one look and dumped the entire box in the trash. 

I planned a meal from the leftover turkey last week, then we decided to have our Thanksgiving meal on Friday.  So Turkey Fried Rice never happened last week.  I have another idea for this week.

Plan meals for the week:

I have two days alone this week.  One of those will be spent out with Mama.  I've got leftovers for the other day.  

Crock Pot Beef Roast with Vegetables, Green Salad, Pumpkin Pie
We're hopeful we get to go to church.   A meal ready to eat when we come in that is not related to turkey will be most appreciated about now.

Turkey a la King, Brown Rice, Steamed Green Beans, Oranges

Barbecued Chicken, Creamed Corn, Coleslaw, Pumpkin Pie

Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Corn Muffins

Panbroiled Steaks, Oven Fries, Tossed Salad


Plan extra tasks for the week ahead:

Lab work

day out with Mama

Mop kitchen and baths

Deep clean showers

Decorate house for Christmas

Plan order of Channukah surprises and print out games

Defrost and clear out freezers of expired items