Helping Busy Moms Take Back Their Lives!
Once you get to know me, you will see that I like to do things the fast way. Partly because of the season I’m in with a young, needy baby. (He doesn’t look like much work does he?) But also partly because I have a large family and a lot of things to do! So when I find a good recipe that my family loves AND it’s easy, I feel
Do you get behind in your laundry like I do? I was starting to get all caught up with my laundry, when one of the kids cleaned their room and dumped all their dirty laundry into the laundry room. That got me thinking about starting the chore cards I showed you last week. I gave every child a switch out laundry card. We’ve taught the kids to keep like colors
Chore Cards, Good to Keep Your Life on Track!! Once upon a time, there was a mother who had 4 children. She wondered why her house was always trashed and she always felt behind! She decided that it was because she and her children were not doing their work in a routine. They would wait until one room got so bad that it would take all day to clean it!
(This post contains affiliate links) If you remember correctly, it’s been a couple weeks and I was telling you how I was about to start my T-tapp Bootcamp. And remember how I said I’m good at making excuses? Well, I did good for 4 days….did it for 4 days straight and then the weekend came. (Wow are we ever busy on the weekends!!) After I missed the weekend, I didn’t
With the falling of the leaves, comes the falling of the temperatures. The kids and I wore long sleeves and jeans all day today because it was so cold! At one point in our house it was only 59 degrees. Can you say brrrr! Mr. Sidetracked and I are stubborn though and refuse to turn on the furnace until at least November! We did break out one space heater to
Our family enjoys going to our town’s fair each year, but being a one income, large family with 6 kids, we rarely let everyone indulge in the food that they sell. If we did, we could easily spend A LOT of money in one evening. Instead, we figured out how to make funnel cakes at home. Since we’ve done that, I can’t even imagine paying $4 or more for a funnel
Being the mother of 6 children, I have to think about food A LOT! My kids can eat and eat and eat. Everyone has always been impressed with what good little eaters I have. Now that I have a teenage boy, I am shocked at what that can mean and how many times a person can go back for more food, sometimes long after the rest of the family was finished eating.
Having a large family, one of my main goals in order for my week to go smoothly is to plan my meals ahead….and to make them easy for me to complete without a lot of time and effort! I need to work on the rest of my weekly goals, but for now, meal planning it is!! That is why I came up with a weekly meal plan where I can
Slow Cooker Pizza is one of those dishes that is easy to throw together and it doesn’t have to cook very long either. It is very versatile and cook on low for several hours or all day. We love using ground beef recipes in our slow cooker, including Crock Pot Sloppy Joes and Easy Crockpot Chili. Slow Cooker Pizza Ingredients: 1.5 pounds ground beef 1 med onion
French Stew is by far one of my husband’s favorite recipes! The meat always tastes so amazing! When it is a good soup kind of day, my husband routinely requests that we make this stew. The red wine vinegar gives it a bit of a zing, that gives the meat a great taste. French Stew 3 pounds beef stew meat 1 10.75 oz can beef consommé 3 large
Freezer Meat Loaf Meat loaf is another husband favorite. I may just have to call this week 2, “husband favorites week”! I grew up not liking meat loaf very much, so it was always hard for me to include it as a regular dinner. However, this recipe seems to be an exception. I really enjoy it. Either it’s growing on me or I just have a great recipe.
Chicken Pot Pie Freezer Recipe This Chicken Pot Pie is a Freezer recipe and not a slow cooker recipe. This is one of the only ones that I use that does not use the slow cooker. Try it though! It’s yummy! 3 Chicken Breasts (boiled and chopped) 1 large Onion (chopped) 2 9” deep dish Pie Crusts 2 9” Pie Crusts (refrigerator section, for top) 2 16
