Author Archives: anorris81

Everyone should have one of these….

A house? Nope. A car? Nope. A cell phone? Nope. A daily shower? Yes…but that’s not what I’m getting at here (it is summer after all!) A BUDGET! I know, I know…. it’s a horrible word.  The kind of word … Continue reading

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July 2017 Pantry Challenge Week 2 (and a new menu idea for McDonalds)

This past Saturday I managed to do the meal planning for this week and next week, weeks 2 and 3 of the pantry challenge.  Meal planning is probably one of the most important things I do to keep costs down. … Continue reading

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July 2017 Pantry Challenge: Week 1

So I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I am going to do a modified pantry challenge this month in order to get back on track with grocery spending while using up what we may have accumulated over the past few … Continue reading

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July 2017 Pantry Challenge

Life. It has been nothing short of chaotic here for the past few months.  We’ve gone through pregnancy, a crazy delivery and NICU stay, summer school, T-ball, surgery, and more.    I tried to plan ahead of time with some freezer … Continue reading

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Meal plan for the week of 3/12/17

Almost half way through the month already!  It’s crazy how fast time is moving for me right now.  Anyone else feel like their life is on fast-forward? Let’s review last week.  I made a batch (9 1/2 half pint jars) … Continue reading

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Meal plan for the week of 3/5/2017

Welcome to March!  I don’t know if its this pregnancy or just busy mom life, but this year is FLYING by.  I think as I get older, time seems to speed up exponentially. Not sure how I fell about this. … Continue reading

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Meal plan for the week of 2/26/2017

Would you believe me if I said I STILL haven’t made the gosh darn crockpot beef and noodles that has been on my meal plan for the last 2 weeks?!  Because I haven’t.  Seriously.  Why not?  Pregnancy brain.  It’s a … Continue reading

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Meal plan for the week of 2/19/17

  Last week we had a couple changes in the menu, mainly due to pregnancy exhaustion.  One night resulted in a frozen pizza for dinner and cereal for the other.  So, tacos and the baked honey mustard chicken moved to … Continue reading

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Meal plan for week of 2/12/17

This past week has been busier than normal and of course, I had to throw in some other things to make it more complicated.  Like defrosting the deep freezer, reorganizing the deep and stand up freezers, and now cleaning the … Continue reading

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Meal plan for the week of 2/5/2017

Two meals are getting carried over from last week.  One night we had leftovers again and another was a frozen pizza kind of night.  You all know those.  It’s when you are just too dang tired to cook anything, but … Continue reading

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