Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Excited for a new month

When I started the meal planning I was afraid it was going to be this huge, daunting thing. I was pleasantly surprised! It was a good month to start because we are leaving for Florida Friday so I had 1 less week that we needed to cook for. If I can do it for 3 weeks, why can't I do it for 4! I'm so happy that it went well.

I've been talking a lot about doing things to get less possessed food in our home. I'm really excited about this! I have been searching for things that we can make here at home like taco seasoning, cream of 'whatever' soup, ketchup, bread, granola bars etc. I'm slowly going to be rotating these things into our house - I don't want to take on too much too fast and the cost of ingredients can add up. I've really been doing a lot of homemade bread and I'm slowly getting the hang of it - any tips would be helpful! Part of my problem I think was using expired yeast, but it's all I had on hand this month. LUCKILY my hubby loves a good dense bread :) My attempt at pie crust was a success at least! I'll be making a homemade chicken pot pie this month for one night of dinner, and I'll be attempting homemade granola bars this month too.

Another thing I've decided to do it to make homemade cleaning supplies. Not only is it WAY cheaper, but way better for the home and the people in it. Store bought cleaners are very harsh and very dangerous if not properly stored when children are around. My husband is especially excited about this - he wants to be as natural as possible with the cleaners.
I'm also going to be making homemade laundry detergent! The website I found says you get 577 loads for $6.00 which is REALLY good! It's liquid (you can do dry instead if you want, but I like the liquid) and it supposedly cleans really well. I'm picky about detergent, so we will see.

In my kitchen, I am running out of storage when we go shopping all at once. My cupboards get REALLY full and I try to organize, but stuff still gets hidden. SO, with part of our tax return, we went to IKEA and got some really awesome shelves. We don't have room for them in the kitchen, so we put them in the guest bedroom, but they are going to be used to store excess food.

I know it may seem really weird to some people, but THIS; being a stay at home mom, is my dream job. I LOVE DOING THIS! I find myself being very excited about how I can help our family out. I get fulfillment cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, and especially with watching our son! I hope you all are able to find your dream job too :) (And I hope I can keep doing this!)