Ashley's Goals for 7/31

1. Wash dishes
2. Clean fish tank
3. Clean out fridge; throw away old food
4. Work on freelance work for RIRTL
   

Goals for 7/31

1.)wash dishes
2.)fold and put away clothes
3.)look for a place to hang a clothes line
4.) hang sheets and make bed
5.)hang up pictures and put away little stuff around the house
6.) finish my list...
7.)put things on ebay

Meatloaf

I think I might add meatloaf to my 2 week menu. I never did add a 10th recipe for that...

http://recipes.bhg.com/recipes/recipedetail.jsp?recipeId=R090203

Menu 7/30-8/4

Monday: Tacos
Tuesday: Easy Chicken Crock Pot
Wednesday: Hamburgers
Thursday: Mexican Corn Bread
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Tuna Noodle Casserole

Goals for 7/18

1. Hang up signs about apartment Playgroup
2. Wash Diapers
3. Put away clothes on racks
4. Finish adding and cutting coupons (during naptime)
5. Make a dessert. Fudge? Grasshopper bars? Blueberry pie?
6. Call CVS about Lamisilk

Goals for 7/12

1. Bake Banana bread
2. Bake Granola
3. Bag some bread mixes
4. Wash Diapers
5. Olivia's Dr. Appt
6. PUT AWAY PAPERS THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED ON TOP OF OLIVIA'S PLAY KITCHEN - IT'S GETTING RIDICULOUS!!! :-P
   

Not long now!!!

I am bouncing off the walls with excitement, for TODAY is the day we leave!! We drive to Nashville and then tomorrow we will continue our journey to Indiana/Wheaton. Should be fun!!!

Things to do before we leave (we have about 2 hours):

1. Finish laundry (I think at this point, all we have to do is make sure everything is dry, then fold & put away)
   
2. Pull out and pack clothes, toiletries, etc. for the trip
3. Make sure we have everything collected in the living room
   
4. Pack car
5. Clean out cat box, put new litter in (pull out bags for Ann)
   
6. Finish washing dishes (a few pots & pans I didn't get to yesterday)
7. Ashley needs to shave her legs :-p
   

Think we'll be able to do it all?

Edit

The Balsamic & Onion Roast Chicken has now been illustrated.

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake!

Okay I really want to try this recipe for Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake that I came across on Laura's blog today. Mmmm.... it looks sooo good....

Things to do 7/11

Things to do before leaving to Indiana tomorrow evening:

1. Do laundry
2. Empty out car
   
3. Jera to the dog park (if it stops raining)
4. Drop housekey off at Ann's
5. Pack! Collect camping stuff, make sure we have enough room for everything including Bethany's stuff
6. Wrap present for Carrie & Curtis, sign card
7. Straighten living room (15 min. timer)
8. Make banana bread (if I don't get to it, do something with rotten bananas)
9. Wash dishes, straighten kitchen (30 min. timer)
10. Call Beth B. about getting together for lunch/dinner next weekend
11. Do something with peppers in the "garden"
12. Shave legs :-p
    

Oooh that's a lot of stuff I need to do... *wondering how it's all going to get done*

Edit

I added a picture to the Calzone recipe. Just in case you needed inspiration.

Goals for 7/11

1. Wash a load of laundry
   
2. Buy coconut
3. Bake German Chocolate Cake
4. Bake Granola
5. Order/buy Josh's b-day present
6. Vacuum

Also went above and beyond the call of duty by:

1. Depositing checks
2. Returning movie
3. WALKING (with both kids) to the bank, CVS, Walgreens, Krogers, and the Movie store.
   

Balsamic & Onion Roast Chicken

Yet another Pampered Chef recipe. Don't say I didn't warn you...

Ingredients:
1 large sweet onion, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1/4 c water
1 package (2.6 ounces) golden onion soup mix (2 envelopes)
1/4 c white balsamic or white wine vinegar
1 tbs olive oil
2 tsp paprika
4 garlic cloves, pressed
1 roasting chicken (4 1/2 - 5 1/2 lbs)

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut onion into 1/2 inch thick slices; arrange evenly over bottom of Deep Dish Baker and add water. Combine soup mix, vinegar, oil, paprika, and garlic.
2. Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken cavity. Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry. Trim excess fat if necessary. Using pastry brush, brush soup mixture evenly over back side of chicken. Place chicken in baker, breast side up. Brush inside cavity of chicken with soup mixture. Tie ends of legs together with with cotton string. Lift wing tips up toward neck then tuck under back of chicken. Brush remaining soup mixture evenly over outside of chicken.
3. Cover chicken loosely with aluminum foil. Bake 1 hour, 40 minutes to 2 hours or until thermometer registers 180 degrees in the meaty part of the thigh and juices run clear. Remove foil during last 5-10 minutes of baking. Remove chicken from oven; transfer to carving board. Tent with foil and let stand 10 minutes before carving.
4. Remove half of the onion slices (about 1/2 cup) from baker. Remove meat from half of chicken. Wrap and refrigerate chicken and onion slices up to 4 days to be used for Chinese Chicken Pizza or Chicken & Broccoli Ring. (This step, of course, is completely optional)
5. Skim fat from juices and discard. Carve remaining half of chicken into thin slices. Serve chicken with remaining onions and pan juices.
   

Yield: 4 servings.

Goals for 7/10

1. Wash Diapers
   
2. Playgroup from 10-11:30
3. Library - exchange movies 11:30-12Actually forgot movies at home, but will renew and return next week.
4. Lunch with Daddy 12-1
   
5. Bake Banana bread
6. Krogers - need coconut

Menu 7/9-7/15

Monday - Tuna Noodle Casserole
Tuesday - Balsamic and Onion Roast Chicken
Wednesday - Chili Bread Bowls
Thursday - Chicken Broccoli Ring
Friday - Leftovers
Saturday - Gone
Sunday - Ham and Lentil Soup

Menu 7/8-7/14

Sunday: Hamburgers
Monday: Tuna Noodle Casserole
Tuesday: Mexican Corn Bread
Wednesday: Easy Chicken Crock Pot
Thursday: On the road
Friday: On the road
Saturday: On the road

Goals for 7/5 & 7/6

I am doing two days because I am not sure that I will get anything done today, due to being extremely tired.

Dinner for tonight:
Thursday: Busy-Day Baked Fish, salad
Friday: Hamburgers, french fries, corn

Goals for today:

1. Go to the library and get a new book
2. Laundry, including washing guest room sheets
3. Finish cleaning out the office and sorting papers
4. Clean up the kitchen, do dishes
5. THANK YOU NOTES!!! (buy stamps... that's what I get for procrastinating; postage went up)

Rewards:

• The simple pleasure of seeing my house more organized and clean... also, having clothes to wear.
  

Goals for 7/4

Holiday today! Hooray! And since Paul's working, that means I have no excuse but to clean. ;-)

Dinner for tonight:
Easy Chicken Crock-Pot, Green Bean Casserole

Goals for today:

1. Move old computer desk to its new location (did it... looks great there... even managed to injure my big toe in the process)
   
2. Go through the papers that are being displaced when I move the desk (threw a BUNCH of stuff away... hooray!)
   
3. Clean up the guest room (nope, pulled a muscle in my leg which made climbing stairs very difficult... so I stayed downstairs working on the office)
   
4. Do at least one load of laundry (sigh... no didn't do this either)
   

Goals for 7/3

Dinner for tonight:
Tacos, refried beans

Goals for today:
• Go grocery shopping (hooray! finally!)
• Pack lunch for tomorrow (oops forgot that I don't work tomorrow)
• Take Jera to the dog park (yes, and she ran to her heart's content)
• Continue to organize/sort through office (we had unexpected guests stop by so I didn't get to do this... although I did clean up the living room)

Rewards:
• 2 episodes of Mary Tyler Moore

Menu for July 2-7

For a great post on how to Menu Plan, check out "I'm an Organizing Junkie!"

Monday: Ikea hot dogs/leftovers
Tuesday: Tacos, refried beans
Wednesday: Easy Chicken Crock-Pot, Green Bean Casserole
Thursday: Busy-Day Baked Fish, salad
Friday: Hamburgers, french fries, corn
Saturday: **Wedding**

Goals for 7/2

1. Bake Graham Squares
2. Bake Cinnamon Granola
3. Bake Banana Bread
4. Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies
   

In case you were wondering, I plan on baking up a gift package for a friend back in Illinois who is sending up a Moby Wrap with my mom who is visiting the next couple days.

I also plan on keeping half of all of the above except #3.

Oh, and it's Tuesday, so Library Day as well.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Goals for 7/2

• Return chairs to Ikea (did this! got to Ikea... realized we forgot the receipt... returned home, then back to Ikea... it was a long day)
• Make menu for this week (check! see it here)
• Go shopping (was exhausted yesterday; will do this tonight)
• Pack lunch for tomorrow (couldn't because of not going shopping)
• Continue to put away things in the office (got the computer up and running! we need to get an extension cord... and I have tons and tons of papers that need going through)