Work in Progress Wednesday: Monthly Menu Planning

I was so excited this morning to find out that we have food money.  I don't think I've ever been so excited about something so seemingly small, but we've really been struggling, and I am so thankful that we can finally put food on the table without worrying about eating the same thing every day or if there will be enough for all of us. I was so excited, in fact, I wasted no time in setting up our menu for the next month.  The money will last us about a month, so I planned from today's date for about…

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Week in Review: Week of February 1, 2015

Well it's another busy week here at the Making the Mosthousehold.  To illustrate how I'm feeling right now, imagine making waffles for 4 girls (and me!  Prince Charming is eating breakfast with the men's group) and writing a blog post at the same time.  Yep.  That's about how things are going.  Hectic and multi-faceted.  (Does that word fit?  It feels like it fits.)  Well, regardless, here's what I accomplished this week: Spiritual: Devotions (4/7) Mental: Read 30 minutes Spend 1 hour to myself Physical: Exercise 2 days (Darn snow) No seconds (hey--slow and steady wins the race!) Serving sizes Family: Devotions with Prince…

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Reading List Review: February 2015

January was a busy month!  Nevertheless, I got far more reading accomplished than I originally imagined...which is fine by me! Here's what I read during the month of January: Speak by Nish Weiseth Restless by Jennie Allen How to Understand the Will of God for Your Life by Adam Houge 2 Words That Will Change Your Life Forever by Adam Houge Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Next Door Savior by Max Lucado What I'm Reading Now: The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers by Gary Chapman Stepmonster by Wednesday Martin One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp Managing the Blended Family by Kathie…

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Work in Progress Wednesday: Summer Activity Calendar

It's cold outside!  If you live up North, you know what I mean. And for some reason, even though my family is from the northern part of the country, I've never gotten used to the cold weather.  I could spend the rest of my life in the south. Brrrrrr! So today, I'm thinking happy, warm thoughts.  In other words...summer... I know it's a bit early, but as I say every year it's never to early to start planning for summer! And even though we don't have any funds right now, I'm going to go ahead and plan for the best; hopefully…

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Chaos.

This is our second week without a full-time income. And I'm a planner. I like everything layed out in nice, neat lines. I'm going to come right out and say that I don't know how we're going to pay the bills. Prince Charming is starting a business, and it's a slow start, though he did get some side work the other day. The income we thought we'd have this month...well it hasn't come through and now we don't know when it will. My Etsy shop has been slow, and my hours were cut in half at work. Earning money with…

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