avoiding the drive thru

We had a night of running around tonight... home from school @ 4:00, karate by 5:30, and music class by 6:15.... so I was able to make some mac n cheese in the hour we were home and steam some broccoli and add some fresh fruit and whala dinner on the go.

I'm opening my refrigerator

In the Fridge...

Top shelf you still see that huge butter. There is salad dressings, garlic, olive oil mayo, and half jar of salsa. The Gatorade is my husbands due to the sickness he wanted some emergency electrolytes. I need to stock some Smart Water for this. The pickles made there way into lunches this week but I haven't been able to ask my son if he likes them.

Second shelf - Wegman's light blends yogurt which is a new treat my son and I discovered this week while shopping. We added some granola and peaches. I think you will see these in some upcoming lunches. Left-over coleslaw, Parmesan cheese, and pasta sauce


Bottom shelf - Salad, Spinach, leftover pizza, chicken noodle, and mac n cheese. chicken stock and applesauce. The black box is my lunch from Tuesday which I couldn't eat because I was so sick. I will probably take that to school tomorrow.

Little drawer - turkey lunch meat, cheese sticks, shredded cheese

It looks like I need a leftover dinner night to clean some stuff out.

Bottom Drawers -
Left - Veggies - tomatoes, onion, carrots, cucumber
Right - Fruit - 2 types of apples, clementines, a few green grapes

Organizing moments 101

I thought I would share a system that has worked for me to stay organized with bills.

I have a binder that has a clear pocket for the cover. Inside the binder I have statements seprarated by different colors of paper. Inside the clear pocket is my 'golden nugget'. I created a chart using exel that has a colomn for bills that are due, my user name and password to pay online, the due date, and then blank boxes for each month of the year. (I posted a sample and if you click on the chart above you can see it better).

Each time I pay a bill I write the amount of the bill in the blank for that month. That way I can quickly see what bills haven't been paid each month.

Paying bills online has also been a time saver and it is more green.

Organizing Moments 101

(picture from Microsoft clipart)

Last night's dinner was one of those moments that is difficult to appreciate if your not a mom trying to pull it all together all of the time.

If you read my post about changing the menu because I forgot to pull the chicken out of the freezer you would know that my chicken was waiting for me to decide what to do with it.

Well, last night I also discovered that I had a half a container of ricotta cheese and a half jar of tomato sauce also to use. SO, I made noodles and mixed the ricotta and sauce right in the pan then served that over the chicken. I also had 3 lonely hamburger buns to use as well so VOILA garlic bread.

This meal was great AND I used up some items leftover from last week's meals. I LOVE when that happens. I wish I had a photo. I am still learning about what I want to blog so next time I will remember. Promise!