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I took a little break from this series last Friday since we were busy enjoying our Thanksgiving break. But let’s get back to it this week! I love this series, because it stretches me a bit and it reminds me that we are making baby steps towards our goals of paying off debt.
So here are the 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week! (And if you missed any previous weeks, you can catch them here.)
It’s 5:00 and, once again, you wish dinner would magically appear.
It’s been a long day, and you don’t feel like making a decision about what to eat (again), let alone standing over a stove for 30 minutes.
Some frozen chicken nuggets would be great. But you feel guilty about serving junk food to the family all the time.
What you really need is a healthy alternative.
What if you had some healthy homemade chicken nuggets at the ready?
Let’s say you spent some time over a more relaxing weekend putting together some frozen chicken nuggets. That way, you have food at the ready.
And you know what’s in it.
This recipe for Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets is so yummy and filling. It’s got simple ingredients, and isn’t complicated to make.
I even put some of them in sandwich bags so the kids can thaw them in the freezer and pack them in a lunch. Yum!
December is a month that can be overwhelming for many of us. There’s the rush of the holidays, with the new year looming. School is wrapping up for a long break (that usually means extra tests and projects). There are concerts and plays to attend, parties that require gifts and goodies, family traditions to celebrate, and in our home a few birthdays to pay special attention to (lest they be lost in the madness!).
It’s easy to feel defeated by the load. It’s tempting to spend your time napping since you can never get it all done anyway!
But before you pull the covers over your head, let’s put together a plan.
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I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a nice relaxing weekend!
We had a great Thanksgiving day. Then I was able to find some good deals and get a good start to my Christmas shopping over the weekend.
Here’s how we did on the goals last week:
Home and Barn
Family Goals
Blog Goals
Personal Goals
New goals for the week:
Home/Barn
Family Goals
Blog Goals
Personal Goals
That’s where we are this week! How will you spend your hours this week? Is there anything you still want to accomplish in 2015?
Today is Thanksgiving, and my list of blessings is long.
I am most grateful for the Lord for giving me the gift of life and blessing me every single day. I am grateful for my family, the reasons that I do every thing that I do! I am grateful for my friends who have shared so many things with me and helped me out when I needed it with an ear to talk to, a ride for a child, and so much more.
I’m grateful for all of my readers! I would have no reason to blog without you.
I truly hope you have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day today.
~Jamie
I admire the fact that my nieces and nephews don’t actually roll their eyes in annoyance when they’re asked “How’s school?” by adults for the 20th time. If you ask a kid that question and expect anything other than “Good” for an answer, you’re fooling yourself!
Meanwhile, the dinner conversation is turning into a precarious area. You just know there will be a brawl at the first mention of Donald Clinton.
There’s only one thing that can fix these problems.
A good laugh!
Keep these up your sleeve to bring a festive mood to your Thanksgiving meal!
Happy Thanksgiving Week, everyone! Hope you have a blessed time spent with family and friends.
If you are still putting together Thanksgiving ideas, be sure to check out these 10 Amazing Side Dishes for Your Thanksgiving Pot Luck.
You also might enjoy seeing our family’s Thanksgiving menu with a great recipe for a super moist turkey.
I had great plans for last week. However, lurking germs had totally different plans! Not much you can do when your little ones are fighting a stomach bug. So several of our plans had to be laid aside.
I’m just thankful that it was only a minor stomach bug since there are so many parents out there worried about far worse things happening in their children’s lives!
So not a whole lot of things got checked off of my list. And since it’s going to be a short holiday kind of week, I’m not even going to move all of those things to this week. We’re going to focus on food, family, and gratitude!
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