Lightening Online

I’ve been trying to think of a clever and catchy title for “Menu PlanTuesday” and I just can’t come up with anything beginning with a “T”.

Until now.

I think “Torture Tuesday” explains well how I feel about menu planning.  LOL.

Not that I can really complain this week.

Here’s how things look so far:

Wednesday - Out

Thursday - Out

Friday - Sun - Away

Mon -Fried Rice

Tues -Lamb Fillets

Could be a rather expensive week though!  Fortunately there is a small supermarket where we are staying over the weekend so hopefully I’ll be able to buy something not too expensive for at least some of our meals.  I’d take food but a) we don’t have all that much on hand anymore and b) I’m not sure what meals we’ll be around for and we’re sharing with family so it’ll be “work it out as we go” type meals I think.

Must try and bake some snacky stuff before then though to take with us.  And a Birthday Cake given it’s “Cousins Birthday Party” this weekend.  I’m in charge of the Birthday Cake and the party bags.  Yah - I get the fun stuff!!!  LOL.

Time seems to be flying by.  I have no doubt that before we know it, it’ll be time to leave.

Of course, for the kids, it’s dragging on.  Trailer Boy keeps asking how many more sleeps.  When I tried to explain to him 30 more sleeps, he thought I meant 3 and got all excited.  LOL.  The poor kid must feel like it’s taking forever to get here.

I’m now up to week 6 of my week “get the house sorted before we go” rotation.

Last Week

I didn’t really achieve much at all.  We did finish getting the seed in the ground so that’s one thing to tick off the list.

By the time I drove the tractor Monday and Tuesday and went out almost every day this past week for one reason or another, it was hard enough to keep up with the basics, let alone any extra stuff.

Plus, sickness has entered our home again.  I came down with a cold on Thursday.  Farmboy came down with it Friday.  Saturday the 2 boys came down with their own varieties (one with croup and the other with tonsilitis).

I did, however, manage to get rid of a large bag of books and toys early in the week.  The toy cupboard hasn’t been completely sorted but it’s better than it was.  I have done the book cupboard but whether or not it remains “done” until we go is another matter entirely.

This Week

The focus this week is the office.

Our most feral room in the house.

For a couple of reasons:

1.  There’s no need for visitors to go in there.  I can shut the door and not have to worry too much about it.

2.  The amount of paperwork that comes through this house is phenomenal.  The post office has indicated that farmers get more mail than most of the businesses in town.

Plus, the fact that I HATE sorting paperwork and sometimes use it as a dumping ground for stuff I don’t know where to put certainly doesn’t help either!!!!

I’m not too worried if I don’t get it looking wonderful but I would like to get it somewhat “presentable”.

So, my goal this week is to spend 2×15 minute sessions a day in there Mon-Thurs.

We have a big family weekend coming up over the long weekend so I suspect that Friday I’ll be busy with everything I need to get done for that.

Surely, though, 2 hours (which is 30 mins times 4 days) should put a reasonable dent into it.

Keep an eye out for my post next Monday which goes on about how busy my week was, how I had sick kids and a party to plan for and didn’t get anything done!