Menu Plan Monday - April 04

Goooood morning!!

So last week was fun. I got to work on a couple projects. I have a list of projects that I need to finish. I was able to cross one off the list, and do two others that were not on the list.

One of these projects included a little make over for our lazy susan. We got one from IKEA after we moved here. It's a blonde wood and I have never really liked it. It didn't fit with anything else in our house. I have been wanting to refinish it, but I could never decide what color I wanted it to be. After stalking Pinterest for a few minutes, I finally made a decision!! AND I got to learn how to use a new tool - a Dremel. I have used one before, but only to carve pumpkins and my husband set it all up for me. Haha. This time I used it to etch wood and got it all set up by myself. (ThanksYouTube!) ;)

Here it is! What do you think? My husband said it reminds him of the Garth Brooks logo. I think I have to agree.

I will do a full post on this soon! I am so glad I decided to stain it. Now it matches the bar stools I refinished last summer :)

I also refinished the top of our living room table! It was getting a little banged up, and I wanted a change. I originally covered it with some pretty contact paper, but I hated it because it didn't match the room at all! After a couple weeks, I pulled it off. Not a good idea! Now I really needed to redo it!
A friend let me borrow some chalk paint, and I just redid the top. It is so much better. It may not be perfect, but we're moving soon, and it's not coming with us. It's great for now! :)

Our kitchen got a little update with some fun new rugs! I am in love with the bright colors in these!

And finally...I got Amelia's mobile finished and hung up. This is the one I got to cross off my list. It really should have been done a long time ago!

All in all, it was a pretty productive week! Thank goodness we had easy dinners planned!! :D
I'm looking forward to what this week has in store!!

Here is what the menu looks like!!

 Chili mac & cheese

 Tacos

Pork chops, green bean casserole, salad

Sesame noodles with chicken and broccoli

 Pizza

I don't have Saturday and Sunday planned yet!! I'll have to work on it and update later this week!! ;)

Our breakfasts this week will include:
* eggs
* French toast
* biscuits & gravy
* muffins
* waffles

Lunches:
* chicken salad
* tuna
* mac & cheese

Snacks:
* carrots with hummus
* vegetable spinach dip
* yogurt with fruit


I would love for you to stop by my Facebook page and let me know what you are eating this week!
You can also find me on Instagram where I post throughout the week!
For more menu planning ideas, check out the Menu Plan Monday I link up with! :)

See you soon! :D

Menu Plan Monday - March 28

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a lovely Easter. We had a very fun Spring Break week here! We originally planned on leaving Tuesday morning, but decided to leave Monday night instead. We spent most of the day in Virginia Tuesday visiting some family, and then spent Wednesday and Thursday morning in North Carolina. Friday, we went into DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival.
We ended the week with Easter! We went to church in the morning, and in the afternoon, we went over to a friend's house for supper and an Easter egg hunt!


We visited the Pepsi store in New Bern, NC. The home of Pepsi!

This week's menu is a pretty easy one. We had a busy week, and I just didn't have the time to plan anything elaborate! :D

Jambalaya

Philly Cheese Steak Quesadillas - 21 Day Fix Recipe!
Black beans
Chips & Salsa

Hot dogs
Fries
Side Salad

Pork Fried Rice

Ingredients: Rice, Pork chops, veggies (I use onions, carrots, celery & bell peppers)

Pizza

Ingredients: Pizza dough, sauce, cheese, pepperoni

Grilled Chicken
Wild Rice
Green Beans


There you have it, our easy week. I would love to know what is on your menu this week!
Stop by on Facebook and let me know!

I'm also on Instagram & Pinterest

If you would like to see menus that are probably a little more detailed this week, you can head over to Menu Plan Monday with I'm an Organizing Junkie! :D

See you soon!

 

Week 7 - Master Closet - 14 Week Home Organization Challenge

I'm a little behind on posting...the challenge is on week 11 this week! Almost done! I have been doing the challenges, but just haven't had the chance to get the posts up. Because, well, life. And four kids! :D I'm working on them, though!

Today, I have the master closet. I really like our closet. It's pretty big. Much better than the one in our last house that was probably the size of a coat closet.
So, here is the before...
Unorganized clothes, items waiting to be put on hangers...A bag of things for the donation pile, and a super cute baby (Spoiler alert...She gets to stay!) ;)

I decided I wanted my hangers to look a little more grown up, since we have grown up night stands now! :D
I found these at Costco. They were only $10 for each box!

All those plastic hangers got replaced! I actually ended up selling them all for $10, so I almost kinda got a box for free! :D I kept all the white ones for our J's closet makeover.
At this point, I hadn't reorganized everything yet.

So pretty!

All finished...

My husband prefers the wood hangers for his clothes, so we have been slowly collecting those. I found a pretty good deal on Amazon, so I was able to switch all his hangers over, too. We got some at IKEA once, and he is NOT a fan! Haha

In case you haven't noticed by now, I really do love having everything organized. I love the look of all the matching hangers.
For my shoes, I got large plastic bins. I didn't want to get the smaller ones because I didn't want to have so many. I am still planning on getting the smaller ones for my heels.
In the large ones I have one for flats, flip flops, boots, and

Next week, the kids closet is being tackled!

You can see the full challenge here: (I will update as I go!)
Week 1 - Kitchen
Week 2 - Pantry
Week 3 - Dining Room
Week 4 & 5 - Launch Pad & Living Room
Week 6 - Master Bedroom
THIS IS WEEK 7 :)
Week 8 - Kid's Closet
Week 9 - Linen Closet
Week 10 - Bathrooms
Week 11 - Office
Week 12 - Playroom
Week 13 - Laundry Room
Week 14 - Garage/Car