Joanna's outside to-dos.

- Clean out flower garden beds
- Plant peas in garden
- Move herbs to new spot
- Try to turn over the compost pile & see what we've got
- Plan out where everything's going to go in the garden

Theoretically the last thing on this list ought to go first, but it may or may not happen that way.

Other to-do's:
- Tonight: Small group. Read Jonah. Make dessert?
- Tomorrow: First day of obedience class, 7:00.
- Vacuum
- Read Omnivore's Dilemma
- Fix my blog layout. Someone's complaining about an IE bug.

Joanna's projects for today through this weekend

Little projects:

• Put away clean dishes
• Put away clean clothes
• Take out trash (kitchen & bathrooms)
  
• Call about obedience classes - we have a "consultation" Tuesday, with classes starting the following Tues.
• Take picture of/blog about yoga DVD
  

Bigger projects:

• Make laundry detergent
• Start seeds
  

Joanna's To-do's

- Put away clean dishes
- Straighten TV room
- Straighten living room
- Monday- dinner w/ the small group
- Tuesday - meeting at church
- Wednesday - straighten library at church
- Saturday - church/Josh helping on tech team
- Sunday - friends over for dinner (need to plan meal)

Borrego menu for 2/3 - 2/9

Well back to the meals-after-work menu!

Meal #1: Hamburgers & Fries
Meal #2: Beans & Rice with side of Veggies
Meal #3: Chicken Crock Pot
Meal #4: Baked Potatoes & Green Bean Casserole
Meal #5: Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli

Borrego menu 1/22-1/28

Meal #1: Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes
Meal #2: Chicken Crockpot and Green bean casserole
Meal #3: Kalamata Lemon Chicken
Meal #4: Tacos & Cornbread
Meal #5: Mexican Bean Soup (Crock pot)

Weekend Goals

• Blog about mustard
  
• Laundry - put away clean Coloreds
• Dishes, Empty Dishwasher
• Grocery shopping
  
• Plan garden based on seeds I have or have been offered to me, plus vegetables we really want to grow. Mostly done.
• Order seeds?!
• Stay inside as much as possible to avoid the High-of-ten,-Low-of-negative-five weather
• Start knitting Swiffer cover
  

Should be a quiet week.

Here's my list so far:

- Put away clean dishes
- Ensure the back room is clean for the kids
- Fold/Put away clean laundry
- Small group over tonight (cookies and ice cream! Need to make more ice cream!)
- Meeting at church tomorrow
- Sweep

Ashley's goals 1/4

1. Package up the stuff I sold on ebay.
2. Go to post office.
3. Hang towel rods in our bathroom.
4. Create a proposed budget based on what the budget coach told us.
5. Apply for a job at Aquent.
6. Spend 30 minutes cleaning up and organizing.
7. Make dinner (start at 5pm).
8. Figure out voting stuff so we can vote next month. (I should also add, "figure out who I'm voting for".)
9. Do a load of laundry.
10. Go over proposed budget with Paul.

Home for a day

Yesterday Josh had to work, and I was left home without a car.

• I got the meat off of leftover cornish hens, froze it
• I made broth with the bones.
• I took down the Christmas decorations.
• I rearranged furniture.
• I blogged.
• I put 2 baskets of laundry away
  
• I didn't cook dinner because my parents were taking us out for my birthday, and our fridge & freezer are too full for cooking & saving anything, with holiday leftovers
  
• And I was totally bored by about 2:30 in the afternoon.

What do you guys DO with yourselves?! I suppose its different having other people (kids) at home with you. As it is, (controversial statement of the day) I'm glad I'm working at this stage in life. I'd go nuts.

Borrego menu 1/2-1/6

I'm a bit behind on my menu planning. :-p I am going grocery shopping today though!!

Meal #1: Mexican Beef Stew (this recipe is January's feature on my new Betty Crocker calendar - thanks Beth for the link to get a free calendar!) (Joanna, this would be a good throw-in-before-work recipe)
Meal #2: Hamburgers & Green Beans
Meal #3: Tuna Noodle Casserole
Meal #4: Ham and Swiss Cheese Potato Bake

Ashley's Goals for 12/20

Christmas is coming!!

1. Package up the M*A*S*H DVD set.
2. Package up Paul's grandparents Christmas present.
3. Wrap Paul's family's gifts.
4. Talk to Jeremiah about him taking the gifts with him.
5. Make menu for the next week or so.
6. Get money from the bank.
7. Take car for emissions check.
8. Renew car registration for both cars.
9. Grocery shopping.
10. Go to UPS.
11. Go to the post office.
12. Write to Marea.

Joanna's holiday to-do's

I need to write this all down before I forget.

Today:

• make dinner
• Bake Macaroni Grill bread for sister's party tomorrow
• Knit

Tomorrow:

• Birthday party
• Get couches

Things that need to be done before Sunday:

• finish knitting scarf (or 2?)
• finish Christmas shopping.
• get everything needed for dinner the 23rd & 25th.
• Wrap presents - mostly done
• make cookies, fill tins, & figure out where they are going. Mail them or give away.
• Make treats for work?
• get cards for upcoming birthdays/Christmas cards to put gift cards in
• make-ahead as much as possible for dinners
• figure out what I'm bringing to Christmas Eve get-together
• Clean house for guests

Ashley's To-Do list

Things to do before I leave for Orlando: (next Tuesday)

Housework
1. Clean off the guest bed for my sister.
2. Make banana bread.
3. Pack for Orlando.
4. Do necessary laundry.
5. Pay bills.

Christmas stuff
1. Finish wrapping all presents for my side of the family.
2. Finish Christmas letter. Figure out best way to print them. Bring Christmas cards with us?
3. Mail Zoey's present.
4. Buy present for grandparents.
5. Finish making all Jesse Tree ornaments. Take pictures.
6. Set Jesse Tree posts to auto-post while I'm gone.
7. Take pictures & write post for the Holiday Home tour.

Misc.
1. Mail JAG dvd.
2. Buy more cat food.
3. Contact Amazon about replacing damaged M*A*S*H dvd.
4. Renew registration for both cars BEFORE DECEMBER 26th.
5. Pick up jewelry from Monica's house.
6. Bring Greece books to Orlando.
7. Mail check to bank to be deposited.
8. Take Jeremiah's mail to his apartment.
9. Write payu2blog posts for next week.

Quick & Easy Key Lime Pie

I am posting this here because someone IMed it to me and I don't want to lose it. :-)

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Quick & Easy Key Lime Pie

INGREDIENTS

* 1 (10 inch) prepared graham cracker pie crust
* 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
* 1/2 cup key lime juice (Nellie and Joe's from Publix is the best)
* 1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped cream for topping, thawed

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, whip condensed milk and lime juice. Pour mixture into graham cracker crust. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Top with whipped cream.

Borrego menu 12/3-12/9

Meal #1: Mexican Corn Bread
Meal #2: Busy Day Baked Fish
Meal #3: Kalamata Lemon Chicken
Meal #4: Pepper Steak
Meal #5: Chicken Cordon Bleu