Freezer talk

Well hello out there blogging world.  Finally not so sick, everyone in the house is much better as well.   What a great morning, got up feeling great.  So I thought it would be a great time to blog, smelling the chicken cooking for soup later, and having a nice cup of tea.  A few days ago I was talking with my mom and she told me this would be a great blog idea, and it is.  Was going to do it later, but I got thinking winter is coming up, so that might mean some of us are filling the freezers.  But how many of us now what is all in the freezers?  As I asked my mom have you ate from your freezer?  now what I mean is have you stop buying things to fill your freezer so you can clean it out and start new?  buy nothing for it just eat what you have in there?  Well her answer was no but most people do not do this, they just keep filling up the freezer.  Here is my idea for some people ( I do this as well, plus one more) I go throw my freezers ( I have 3) every month.  Only takes me 30-50 mins so less then an hour.  Now by going throw it every month not only do I now what is in but nothing get freezer burnt, this is why when i go throw it I look for holes or tares in the bags and if there are they go in the fridge and get cooked for dinner for how ever many bag I find.   Then there is eating though the freezer.  Now I don't mean eating everything out of it, I just mean eating enough out of it that you can clean it and start new.  Now this is easier me due to having 3 freezers, I have one for meat and pre-made meals, then one for veggies, grains and cheeses. Then the small one above the fridge this one I use for pre-made breakfast foods, pre-made lunch snacks and odds and ends to make in to things. So when I eat from the freezer we never clean them right out but they are empty enough that i can move things in to one freezer and clean the others ones out.  It may seem like allot of work but once you get the hang of it, it takes no time at all to get it done.  The money yo save as well makes it worth well.  No more freezer burn food, or things in the bottom and your not to sure what or when they are from?  Well I hope this blog makes up for me missing so many. 

Any questions please let me know

 Till next time.  Have a great day.

family update

Sorry it has taking a bit to write a post.  I have been under the weather lately.  so this will not be a long post,  The kids are getting over there colds, sick kids are always fun.  So i have been making notes on what will be come up on the blog,  there will be soap making with pictures.  I remember to take some.  There will be pantry organization for better use of space.  Stock piling food to save money and time.  These will all be coming in next few weeks but need to get feeling better first.  Sorry everyone


Till next time.  Have a great day

The kitchen is Done

Oh I am so happy its finally done, other then a few little things I am done.  Going to take some time off of working on it then I will get to the cupboards.

So here is the before.  The broken dishwasher that has not worked in two years.  Still have the cupboard knob plates on.

Another view.

 Half way there.  The dishwasher gone, the microwave stand moved and the pegboard painted.  Also have the cupboard knob plates gone. no more hitting them and braking nails.

Another view



And now the finished kitchen.

Okay so the pegboard is up and running.  Love it No more bending to get them.

All the main bowls are in out in the open and the sugar and tea are moved for more room.

As you see some shelves have been added
All I have left is cleaning the inside of the cupboards.  Not looking forward to that.  But now since I have moved everything making meals takes half the time.

You might want to look at your own kitchen to see if you need to make some changes.

Have a great day, till next time.

Planning is the Key to organization

Planning is the Key to organization

I posted a question on the blog and facebook page, what would you like to see on the blog?  I got answers of dinner ideas and cleaning tips organizing, but first you need to be able organize.  Dinner ideas for the busy mom are easy for me( got three kids) but do you want easy or good?  I am going to start with some helpful hints on dinner ideas, can't use them all in the first go.  The first hint I can give you is plan, I know that sounds funny but its true when you know what your making, you have won half the battle.  The other half is the kids, how can you make dinner when you have kids under your feet?  Once again easy plan, plan and plan some more.  Think of making like getting ready to go somewhere ,  you need to make sure you have everything before you can leave, same goes for dinner.  you plan outing around nap and play time, do the same with dinner when the kids go for a nap wash and peel cut and put in water.  Then when they are older when they are playing they don't always want to with you, so there is a good time to go.  Now all the prep work is done.  Time to cook.   Highchairs are good for more then eating in, they are great for colouring, painting and playing with blocks.  They are at eye level so you can see where they are and they can see you so they spend more time playing then crying.  Or there are there swings or jumpers.  Most of they time they just want to see and talk to you and we all now woman can do more then one thing at once, cook and talk oh I think we can do that.  There are so many more tips and hints for topic but I cant use them all at once.

So far all the work on the kitchen is starting to pay off, thanks to a great husband.  Got the dishwasher gone, cupboards washed and the knobs cleaned.  Here are some pictures please don't mind the mess.

Here is a before

Here is a half done after.  Slowly everything is moving to where I need it to be.


Have a great day everyone!

Working

Working on the blog today. So no posting today but I will leave you some funny pictures of my Daughter.

 The last one is the other daughter Popcorn our family piggie.

Have a great day and weekend everyone.

Looks like a rain day.

Good morning everyone!  hope you all are having a great week, I know sure am. 
Well today looks like its going to be a indoor day for us, but you never know the rain may stop.  Well I will be taking a day brake from working on the kitchen to working in the kitchen.  Got all the knobs and cupboards washed, that was a chore in it's own, but it is done.  I am just waiting on my husband to cap off the dishwasher and move it, then I can finish it all up from there.  Got the pegboard yesterday, just have to paint it.  Oh things are going along just nicely.  
Today is a bread making day for me.  Will be doing french bread and sub buns and thinking i might do hamburger buns to just to get them out of the way?  we'll see where the day take us.  There is one thing I might do today that is pizza pockets.  A couple months back I was reading one of my favourite blogs, and she was making them to freeze cuz she was about to have her baby and wanted to have some things in the freeze before her new one came.  They looked so good it makes me want to try to make them.
http://frugalandsimple.com/2009/05/05/pizza-pockets/  Here is the blog with the pizza pockets.  Well your there you should look around its a lovely site.

I have posted a question on the facebook page and will post it here as well,  What would you like to see on this blog?  I already have lots of ideas but I would like to hear from you. 

 Well I am off  to start the bread making.  Have a great day!

Busy Busy

Hello everyone,  sorry it has taken me so long to blog again.  It has been a busy few weeks for me.  My mother came to stay with us after her surgery, to make sure she was okay.  Everything went well with her and she is recovering nicely at home now.  I almost have all the canning done for the year, just a few more tomatoes and I will be done.  All the kids are great, Jonathan is doing good in school as far this year no trouble yet.  Nathan is doing great talking up a storm these no stopping that boy, and hes not doing to bad in school this year too.  Katie Miss Katie well she is being herself the diva queen, but doing well.  They kids have all picked out there costumes for Halloween night, Katie will be Tinker bell, Nathan will be a Pirate and Jonathan will be a Ninja.  Just need to get the candy now then i will be done.

With me they have put me on a new Drug called Lyrica, and so far it is working I feel next to no pain.  It is a very nice change, I am able to do things with little to no pain.  Also take a class to help me learn to live my life with this.  The class is filled with some of the nicest woman so it makes it so much more easier to be there.  Also I will be off of work for the next weeks due to my hand. She thinks I have carpal tunnel in my right hand,  just one thing to add to the list.  So I will be using this time wisely and fixing the kitchen to fit my new needs.  Will be posting pictures of it as a go.  hopefully it will help some else who is having the same troubles.

Well till next time.  Have a great day!!!

My first blog

Hello everyone!  I thought I would start out by inducing myself a bit.  I am a stay at home mom with three kids, two bay and a girl.  I am married to a lovely man, we have been together for 7 years but only got married 2 years ago.  Now just like every other woman out there I try to make everything run smoothly thought the day, but things don't always go the way we want them to but those are the bumps and turns the life will put onto the road.  A few months ago I got a turn put in to my road.  I was told I had Fibromyalgia   chronic  ( a chronic pain disorder.  So now I am some what limited as to what I can do, until I better learn to live with it.  Now that being said, I am a mother who likes knowing what is going to my kids tummies so I try my best to make all food items here and limit the amount for store bought.  I will do my best to share everything on here.  So this blog will be me talking about my kids, cooking, cleaning, daily life, living with Fibromyalgia and sometimes me just talking about nothing.  I will always love to hear your input so please fell free to leave comments.  In till next time.  have a great day!