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Peek inside my reading planner updates for April!

Peek inside my reading planner updates for April! I am using an @erincondren monthly. I used the monthly calendar for tracking what I’m reading and listening to, the dashboard page for reading stats and quotes and the notes pages in between months for my book reviews. This was so fun to setup and I’ve got more to show you too! Are you a reader? The @boutofbooks readathon started this morning and lasts all week if you want catch up on some reading time!!

Yesterday my focus was keeping my task list realis

Yesterday my focus was keeping my task list realistic and I time blocked how I planned to use my time and how I actually spent it. I think it worked pretty well, I got most of my tasks started or finished. Happy Saturday!! What are you focusing on today?

Yesterday I was really scatterbrained and had trou

Yesterday I was really scatterbrained and had trouble focusing. I brain dumped every little thing that came through my head on to my daily pages and I got about half of it done. So last night I was reading my @franklin.planner guide notes and it said when planning your day to carve out the time for your appointment and then make a REALISTIC list of what you can get done.

So I’m back to color coding and time blocking my day with the highlighted sections and what I hope to get done in those blocks given that it’s rainy out which means my energy is lower than my normal. Then I fill in my schedule with how my time is actually spent.

Got my big sticky note reminder to on how I plan to treat those random tasks and thoughts that come up throughout the day to get them in the right place depending on the timeline of when it needs to be done.

I’m hoping this method too will help prevent me from carrying forward half my list of tasks every day.

How do you keep your task list realistic? Happy Friday, all!!

Poppyseed chicken casserole recipe from @passionat

Poppyseed chicken casserole recipe from @passionatepennypincher freezer meals. I made it fresh and it was pretty tasty. Used rotisserie chicken so mixed it up in about 10 to 15 minutes and it cooked for 25. Simple, easy meal for the win! What’s for dinner tonight at your house? What are your favorite super easy meals? I’m always looking for ideas!

Making some lined notes paper for my @franklin.pla

Making some lined notes paper for my @franklin.planner. I go through these things like water cause I write a lot down. Anxiously awaiting my order which has more notes pages and my new binder!

Happy Friday!! I love waking up early and having a

Happy Friday!! I love waking up early and having a couple hours of time to myself. This morning I was sending a Freebie Friday newsletter to my blog email subscribers with the 3rd installment of Lists to Keep in Your Planner and my 3 favorite planners for managing home and finances.

Writing and encouraging others is so rewarding and fulfilling to me on my blog and here and I hope you find encouragement in my content, even just one thing to help in your daily life. I have about 35+ free printables in my subscriber library so far and I’m hoping to feature and create a freebie every Friday. You can sign up for my blog newsletter at the link in my bio so you can check out and grab my free printables for planning, cooking, reading and living with chronic illness. Hope to talk with you there too!!

My goal for today is to get our house clean and in order so I can relax with my family and enjoy the nice weather this weekend. What are you looking forward to this weekend?

Dinners done and time for some me time with this c

Dinners done and time for some me time with this challenging @buffalogamesinc Quiet Fire puzzle. How was your day? How are you unwinding tonight?

Last week I spent 3 hours coming up with a menu pl

Last week I spent 3 hours coming up with a menu plan and placing my orders for grocery and sams pickup. Ugh, it was so frustrating.

So this week I vowed to get back to the done for you menu plans from @passionatepennypincher that I bought . It will still take time to place my online orders but at least the hunting down recipes, and making grocery list time will be cut down. Summers coming so going to try out week 2 in the summer menu plan from @passionatepennypincher. The recipes in the menu plans have been delicious and easy so far. Nothing too complicated. Lots of grilling in this menu and I use my Pampered Chef grill and griddle instead of battling the heat, pollen, and wasps of the outdoor grill (yep, last time I used it over a year ago wasps had built a nest underneath the grill and they swarmed around me when I was trying to get burgers off the grill). Still kinda traumatized by it and thankful no one recorded me during it.

I make a copy of the grocery list and then mark up the copy so I don’t have to print a new list each time I use it. And then I put a ✅ or an ❌ next to the recipe once we’ve tried it. These menu plans are great for breathing some new flavors into what we eat. And I still throw in family favorite recipes too.

Check out the summer menu plan pdf or recipe box set (affiliate link in my bio) if you want some grab and go menu ideas.

Tell me what’s your favorite grilling recipe? What foods do you like to eat over the summer?

Good morning!! I so could have used some freezer m

Good morning!! I so could have used some freezer meals earlier this week when I had no desire to cook after working on taxes. But we ate everything I had prepped before.

So Yesterday I spent some time prepping another round of freezer meals using @passionatepennypincher freezer menu plans. I have the pdf printed up in a binder. I prepped the Asian beef, Hawaiian chicken and individually wrapped plain uncooked burger patties for those burger cravings these guys get every once in awhile 😂
Today I think we will have the ranch and Parmesan chicken tenders for dinner and I’ll prep the hash brown and ham casserole for the freezer.

I gotta say I was skeptical with trying freezer meals again but @passionatepennypincher recipes are really good. Some of these I made fresh and didn’t put in the freezer. Our favorites that I’ll be making again have been checked off on the index:
* incredible baked oatmeal (love these warm! I cooked them in a brownie pan so we had individual serving sizes. We are this fresh but I’d like to make it again to freeze
* slow cooker salsa verde pork (I used chicken breast instead)
* cheesy baked spaghetti
* taco spaghetti (sounds strange but it was good!!)
* chicken barrel tenderloin sandwich

I bought the slow cooker menu plan pdf, the freezer menu plan pdf and the summer menu plan pdf. The menus plans come with 12 weeks worth of recipes (5 meals and a dessert) and a done for you shopping checklist (time saver!) The slow cooker menu plan has some great recipes in it too.

Check out the 12 week menu plans (available on pdf or cute recipe cards) at the affiliate link in my bio if you’re interested in adding some recipes to your rotation. Our family has enjoyed trying these new to us recipes. Do you like freezer meals? What are your family’s favorites?

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