Well here we are in the 2nd full week of 2010, and I thought I’d let you know how it’s going.  The menu plan is working wonderfully.  Although I’m not strictly following what is supposed to be on each day, having a list of menu options helps tremendously.  I’m also following along with Money Saving Mom’s eating out of the pantry challenge, and I’m working on getting my freezer cleaned out so I can defrost it. 

The routines are not going quite so well.  We’ve had a wrench thrown into the works by way of a cold that has sidelined me and now Boo.  I’m a big baby when I don’t feel well, so the kids are being fed and I’m assigning schoolwork, but not much else gets done.  Schoolwork actually went really well last week so I’m rather bummed about Boo being sick because it delays us all since I have the girls doing science together. 

This week’s big goal is to get the Christmas stuff put away.  It was too cold last week for me to pull all the stuff down on the outside, and somehow the tree got half undecorated but not finished, but when those 2 things are done, I am done.  I even went through some of the boxes I have put away and purged some Christmas decorations I will never use.

Speaking of which, why is it that I feel guilty about throwing away (donating) things I have been given that I can’t stand.  I don’t like them, I won’t use them, and they take up precious space in my house.  I know in my mind I am fully justified in getting rid of them, but somehow I feel guilty. 

Well I’m off to be productive!  I have blueberry muffins baking at the moment (an experiment with dried blueberries), and I need to go pull my meat out of the freezer for dinner.