Free Old School House Magazine Download

This is a great downloadable magazine for ideas for the holidays. It is a homeschool magazine, but would has great ideas for any family this holiday season. Enjoy!

http://thehomeschoolmagazine.com/Digital-Supplement/Thanksgiving&Christmas.html

Menu for November Week 1

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Mon	*Pancakes *Scrambled Eggs	*Sandwiches *Chips	*Pork Loin *Mashed Potatoes *Broccoli *Fruit
Tues	*Cereal	*Soup *Grilled Cheese	*Tilapia w/ Rice *Asparagus *Orange Jello Parfait
Wed	*Smoothies *Muffins	*Ramen Noodles	*Chicken Alfredo *Green Beans *Italian Bread
Thur	*Oatmeal *Toast	*Sandwiches *Veggies w/ Dip	*Steak *Salad *Baked Potatoes
Fri	*Eggs *Sausage *Toast	*PB&J	*Pizza *Salad
Sat	*Cereal	*Leftovers	*Grilled Chicken *Rice Pilaf *Green Peas
Sun	*Pop Tarts	*15 Bean Soup *Italian Bread	*Leftovers

Trying to Plan a Menu

Well, I'm trying to plan a menu for next week. We have ALL been sick this week. It started with Abby on Monday, has worked it's way through everyone of us up to Alex (the last one of us) and he got sick today. I'm not sure if this is just a mean virus or the flu or what.  All I know is that it is really hard to plan a menu when no one wants to eat anything and just the thought of food is grossing us all out. Can you plan a menu on chicken noodle soup, saltine crackers and Gatoraide? I may just pull out an old menu and pray that we all feel better soon.

Menu for October 26-November 1

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Mon	Sausage, Egg, Cheese Casserole	Sandwiches Chips	Potatoes Green Beans Sausage
Tues	Egg in Hole	PB&J	Chicken Tetrazinni Green Peas
Wed	Eggs, Sausage & Biscuits	Soup Grilled Cheese	Baked Ziti Salad Bread
Thur	Monkey Bread	Tuna Salad	Eggs, Bacon, Toast
Fri	Oatmeal	Mac N Cheese	Hamburgers With Fixin's
Sat	French Toast	Hallow Him	Pork Roast Sweet Potatoes Green Beans
Sun	Cereal	Left overs	Soup & Salad

Menu for October Week 4

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Mon	Breakfast Burritos	Chef Salad	Chicken Noodle Soup Homemade Bread
Tues	Dutch Babies	Lunchmeat Sandwiches Chips	Hamburger Helper Green Beans
Wed	Sausage Eggs Biscuits	PB&J	Steak Fajitas
Thur	French Toast	Soup Crackers	Leftovers
Fri	Oatmeal Fruit	Tuna Salad	Chicken Parmesan Pasta Salad
Sat	Breakfast Casserole	Sandwiches Veggies /Dip	Pork Roast Potatoes Sweet Peas
Sun	Cereal	Leftovers	Fallapalooza

Gracie's Baptism

After several months of talking with her Dad and I, Gracie was baptized last Sunday morning. It is so sweet to see the faith of a little one. She truly loves Jesus and wants to please him with all her heart. To top it all off, her Daddy had the privilege of baptizing her.

The Fellows

All four of my "big guys" have joined Boy Scouts this year.  They are so excited about it. They have been working hard on memorizing everything for their first badges. I really think they are more excited about the campouts and spending more time with their Dad than anything else...and they are all so handsome!

Menu for October Week 3

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Mon	Scrambled Cheese & Sausage Eggs   Crescents	PB&J	Cheddar Chicken Spaghetti   Yellow Squash
Tues	Cereal	Tomato Soup   Cheese Quesadillas	Pork Chops Potatoes Green Peas
Wed	Pumpkin Bread or muffins	Lunchmeat Sandwiches Chips	Baked Penne Pasta Green Beans Italian Bread
Thur	Eggs Sausage Toast	PB&J	Leftovers
Fri	Oatmeal Fruit	Sandwiches	Pizza Salad
Sat	Breakfast Casserole
Sun	Cereal	Roast Beef Sandwiches Slaw	Leftovers

Free Eggs

Visit The Good Egg Project to get a coupon for buy one get one free dozen of eggs. The site will let you print 2 coupons. Just hit your back button and reprint.

October Family Feasts Giveaway at Owlhaven.net

I love reading the "Owlhaven" blog. Right now she is hosting a giveaway for her book "Family Feasts for $75 a Week." Check it out at October Family Feasts Giveaway .

Menu for October Week 1

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Mon	Scrambled Eggs Smoothies	Tuna Salad	Beef Roast with Gravy Rice Salad
Tues	Cereal	Mac N Cheese	Baked Ziti Salad
Wed	French Toast	Ham or Turkey Wraps Chips	Red Beans & Rice Green Beans French Loaf
Thur	Eggs Sausage Biscuits	PB&J	Leftovers
Fri	Oatmeal Fruit	Soup Grilled Cheese	Pizza
Sat	Eggs Hashbrowns Toast	Sandwiches Veggies /Dip	Tater Tot Casserole Corn on the Cob Cottage Cheese & Pineapple
Sun	Cereal	Seafood Gumbo Salad	Leftovers or PB&J

My First Walgreens Run

First thing I learned today... Don't take kids with you when you are trying to "do coupons!" I got so confused. I'm still not sure if I really saved that much money. I won't even go into the details, but I checked out 4 times and had to do 2 returns, all of no fault of the Walgreens staff. I used the wrong coupons for the wrong items, purchased the wrong items for the Register Rewards, etc. I guess I'll try this one more time, since I do have $24 in Register Rewards that have to be spent. I'm still certain that I got some good deals, but I'm gonna do better next time!