The other day I was trying to plan a menu for the upcoming week and I found myself having a hard time focusing. I just wasn't into it. Further, I recognized this was a pattern I have fallen into lately...a lack of motivation. I have been focused on getting ready for school and other family events and found I lacked the brain capacity to do anything further. This ended up with lots of eating out, both fast food and regular restaurants. It has not been good.
I got to thinking of my recent organization of my homeschool...how I planned ahead. I thought back to last year when I would be faced with planning a week's lessons and lacked the motivation and how pleased I am now to have it all planned out and it came to me. I should plan a monthly menu. I have heard of others doing that and I thought they were nuts....but I just sat down and planned out through the end of August and all of September and I am satisfied with my work. Like the homeschooling schedule, I will be flexible...this is more of a guideline.
Here is what my calendars look like. I will print them and post them on my fridge.
I got to thinking of my recent organization of my homeschool...how I planned ahead. I thought back to last year when I would be faced with planning a week's lessons and lacked the motivation and how pleased I am now to have it all planned out and it came to me. I should plan a monthly menu. I have heard of others doing that and I thought they were nuts....but I just sat down and planned out through the end of August and all of September and I am satisfied with my work. Like the homeschooling schedule, I will be flexible...this is more of a guideline.
Here is what my calendars look like. I will print them and post them on my fridge.
A couple things I added to my calendars:
First of all, I added, in September, the titles of Park Day on Wednesdays and Art Class on Tuesdays. Both of these are afternoon events that have me getting home late, so I need dinners that are less complicated on these days.
Secondly, in the upper right corner on Wednesdays I have CP which means Crock Pot. Park Days, I often do not get home until 5 or later and we have to leave around 6:15 for Wednesday Night Church...add to that that Daniel works up quite a sweat and dirt, so he needs to take a shower when we get home. So, Wednesdays are Crock Pot days for my sanity.
Thirdly, you may notice an E or a P in some squares....this lets me know if the recipe is found in my Evernote or in my Pinterest. No letter equals no recipe needed.
It's all about simplifying life.
Further, I was inspired by Pinterest to create a list writing system that I can be more organized with and help eliminate missing ingredients. Here is what my version looks like:
First of all, I added, in September, the titles of Park Day on Wednesdays and Art Class on Tuesdays. Both of these are afternoon events that have me getting home late, so I need dinners that are less complicated on these days.
Secondly, in the upper right corner on Wednesdays I have CP which means Crock Pot. Park Days, I often do not get home until 5 or later and we have to leave around 6:15 for Wednesday Night Church...add to that that Daniel works up quite a sweat and dirt, so he needs to take a shower when we get home. So, Wednesdays are Crock Pot days for my sanity.
Thirdly, you may notice an E or a P in some squares....this lets me know if the recipe is found in my Evernote or in my Pinterest. No letter equals no recipe needed.
It's all about simplifying life.
Further, I was inspired by Pinterest to create a list writing system that I can be more organized with and help eliminate missing ingredients. Here is what my version looks like:
In the grey box, I will put the title of the recipe and list the ingredients needed on the lines.
So, be inspired or put me in the crazy category. I am glad to have more brain space used on other things. Let's face it...I'm a mom and a home school educator....I need as much brain space for other things as possible.
So, be inspired or put me in the crazy category. I am glad to have more brain space used on other things. Let's face it...I'm a mom and a home school educator....I need as much brain space for other things as possible.
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