1 week, 5 days!!

My due date is in one week and five days. It's so close but also seems so far away. The house has been cleaned, bassinet is clean and ready to go. Now if i could just get over this icky sinus/ear infection I'll be ready to deliver. I've been pretty sick and in no shape to deliver a baby. 

 

While I sit back and wait for this little girl to make her appearance, I'm going to spend extra cuddle time with my sweet little boy.

 

Frugal Accomplishments.

I:

 

Redeemed a few coupons for free products. Free body wash from CVS, another Carique coupon, and another Pepsi Next coupon.

 

Made a menu plan to keep down the grocery bill.

 

Received a few samples in the mail.

 

Had several no drive days. I was home all day and did not go anywhere, saving gas and money.

 

I spent 55$ for the week for groceries, including all the ingredients to make cake with homemade icing and dinner for my mother's birthday. Also included toilet paper.

 

Used a Lowe's gift card to buy a new ceiling fan for our bedroom because the motor blew in ours. I need a fan to sleep!

 

 

Saturday was my baby shower that my mother and mother-in-law hosted for me. We were so blessed with how many people came to celebrate with us and with how many wonderful things we received for our daughter. We won't need to buy diapers or wipes for a loooong time. I'm just about ready for her arrival. All that's left to do is get our the bassinet and wash the bedding for it.

Menu Plan.

I've learned that I NEED a menu plan or at 4 o'clock I'm trying to figure out what to cook and realizing I'm missing ingredients, etc. I've learned that I like having what we're eating planned out and it helps going to the grocery store with a list of EXACTLY what you need to finish off meals for the week. I don't really plan which day is which meal but I do know the 5-6 meals we will be having. I also look at the week and see if there's a day we won't be here, or if we have appointments and we need a crockpot meal.

Wednesdays are my night off, we teach at church and we eat a fast food meal. Not the healthiest but it's fun to look forward to each week. And there's no time to eat before church and it would be about 9 is we waited until we got home.

 

This week includes:

1. BLT's, chips(left over from a bbq, I don't normally buy chips), watermelon
2. Breakfast- pancakes, bacon, juice
3. Crockpot Italian chicken, salad, watermelon
4. Sausage and Onions, mac&cheese, watermelon/grapes/pineapple, depends on which fruit we have left
5. Chicken strips, fries, veggies
6. Leftover Night/ or possibly pasta.

 

 

 

 

 

Children.

Some would gather money

Along the path of life;

Some would gather roses,

And rest from worldly strife.

But I would gather children

From among the thorns of sin;

I would seek a golden curl,

And a freckled, toothless grin.

For money cannot enter

In that land of endless day;

And roses that are gathered

Soon will wilt along the way.

But, oh, the laughing children,

As I cross the sunset sea,

And the gates swing wide to heaven 

I can take them in with me.

-Author Unknown