The last thing I wanted to do was spend time cleaning up the kitchen
but after cooking a Sunday Roast, clean up was....
a snap! Love those liners!!!!
I really enjoyed cooking last week! Planning a menu and knowing what you are going to prepare is a comforting thought for me. When cooking I often cook extra, for instance, last week we had turkey breast so I froze the broth and left over meat and this week we are having Turkey Noodle Soup, the extra roast on Sunday is going to be used in the Beef Stew next week. This makes life so much easier. They're getting left overs but don't even know it! Each evening I simply lay out the ingredients and meat for the next day (well, the meat stays in the refrigerator). In the morning before heading out for the day, I get everything ready for the evening meal. I do as much prep work as possible. I like to do this because it always seems when its time to fix dinner time is a crunch. The more I have accomplished the easier it is to cook and clean up is a snap. I love my crock-pot and often cook several meals a week in mine. Remember to use your crock-pot liners for easy clean up. This week we're having the following:
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I went to church last week and a dear friend brought us a bag of peppers from her garden. My husband and son can't get food hot enough so this was the perfect gift for them! The next day my neighbor came over and gave us more peppers and said this was the last batch from his garden. Yummy!!!
The next day another neighbor was cooking for a large group and had some left over supplies and wanted to know if we would like them. Free produce? Sure!! There were also three gallon size zip lock bags with potatoes sliced and ready to eat (using that for potato soup next week). 
Combined with some produce that we had that was going bad I began to think what could I make? Then it came to me........
and let me just say...it is so goooooddddd!!!
So, how did you spend your Saturday? I hope it was as relaxing as my day has been. 
I was like a girl in a shoe store! I was so excited and started thinking about what to cook next! But do you know what? Its not just the liners that made me so excited as much as it was knowing my sister, as busy as she is, thought about me as she was in the store shopping. I miss having my sisters live near me and I miss the times we spent together as kids. We live about 1000 miles apart and our time together is very limited. Despite that, they are my best friends and I feel blessed that my parents did not stop with just one daughter but they had three! Thank you sissy for the gift and for thinking about me. Thank you both for being my best friends. 
Even though fall is in the air, the flowers in the yard are still in bloom and looking beautiful!
Grandpa decided the boys needed to have the outside of the tent decorated so he got out the fall decorations and helped them set up camp!
They're looking forward to having their cousins over tomorrow to spend the night and have a cookout, complete with hot dogs and smores. We love fall in our house and we work hard to take time to enjoy each day. I enjoyed listening to them laugh and make 100 trips in and out of the house getting supplies. They even ate their lunch and dinner outside today. My Dad always reminds me to enjoy the noise, enjoy the mess, enjoy the moments because one day soon they will be gone. So this little inconvience is just part of building great family memories.
Take time today to enjoy your children, build some memories they will cherish for years to come.
Because I've been busy the past few weeks I did not have a chance to clip my coupons so I just put them in a file folder (note to self, get a cuter folder!) and saved them to be clipped later. My boys would be happy to help me clip but I like to do it so I have a mental note of what coupons I have. I see them when I clip them then again when I file so I get to see them two or three times before going into the binder. This really helps put them in my memory bank.
Wow! So much better and ready to file!
Got to love progress! I've got to get a cuter folder!!
ahhhh, filed and ready for my shopping trip! 
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