menu planning

i have got to cut back on our food spending the price of food is just outrageous here. I’m also trying to get less red meat and more veggies into our diet. So this evening I printed out a monthly calender for August and wrote into every square the meal for dinner. Then I hope to buy the staples for the month in the beginning as well as the breakfast and some lunch stuff every week as well as whatever I need to. My goal is too spend about $80 ~ $100 a week. I would love to spend less if I can we will see how it goes with this plan for 2 months and see where we are then. August Menu

Michielle’s dailies

Prayer and Bible reading
Dishes, Counters~ need to be done before going to bed.
Check email 2x daily, update checkbook daily
School with Children
Attend college classes
Study for my college courses
Read to children
Remember to take vitamins
Clean designated room
Declutter something
Get children to do their chores/routines

I need to work on a dailies for the kids.

Household boot camp.

I really need to get a cleaning schedule going again. So for the rest of this week I will be working on putting one together as well as cleaning one room a day without rushing to get it as clean as possible so that we can maintain the room for a week at a time. So I cleaned the little bathroom except for the floor as I need some really strong cleaner to get it clean and I need my husband to scrub it for me as I can’t do the smell of a really strong cleaner but I’m thinking if we get it scrubbed really good then maybe I can wash them once a week with something I can tolerate. We will see. Will post the schedule when it is done.