Project Simplify:The Fridge

The refrigerator can go to heck fast around here. Mostly stuffed with leftovers, space disappears quick!

Monday night was a planned leftover night, so here's the pics I snapped beforehand

 The shelves

Door, ugh. Yes there are 2 open containers of milk!

Omg, this thing was packed! 2 leftover nights, some things straight to the garbage, and some to the dogs later, it's a little less stuffed. The kids managed to drink most of the milk and a few things were added after a trip to the store but everything left is not on its way to becoming a science experiment anytime soon, lol. I also found 3, yes 3 open bags of croutons, so I combined them into one and vowed to hide the unopened bags in the pantry so the crew won't open any more.

 The inside after...drinks where I can find them(I think I need a new Coke box for sodas, lol), breakfast stuff on top shelf for my half asleep mornings fixing Joseph breakfast at 5 am. All the yogurt, cheese, and sandwich meats in the middle, and large stuff on the the bottom.

A little improvement on the door...there's not really anywhere else I can put these things and condiments definitely get lost on the shelves, lol

Easy Cake Template

I'm getting a bit more bold on my cake decorating, even without having took any classes. I wanted to make Thing 1 an Angry Bird cake for her birthday and getting the shape was easy, I was worried about the details. I brainstormed on how I was going to do it without a molded pan to guide me. I looked around and then one day when Baby Girl was coloring, I realized I would try to use a coloring sheet. Searching the Internet, I found a good one of the red Angry Bird and printed it out:

It was the same size as the pans so I knew the scale would work. I cut out the eyes and beak and used toothpicks to position them in just the right spot. I did the red frosting, then the white, leaving only a blank space where the paper was

I removed the eyes and applied the white:

Then I was left with the spot for the beak:

I filled in that area then all that was left was the outlining

Easy peasey

Ta-da! An Angry Bird!

So next time you need a template for a cake, look no farther than a coloring book!

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Signs of Spring in the city

Ah, Springtime. Even here in the city we can find the signs. Birds chirping, leaves returning, and our lovely seed starters shooting up!

We started this group about 2 weeks ago and they are really taking off. Baby Girl wanted to grow some food this year so that's what we are doing. We have hot peppers, lettuce, broccoli, carrots, corn, bell peppers, beans, peas, and I've lost count of what else. Plus we still have another tray to get going with sunflowers, okra, asparagus, cauliflower, and more!

Tray #2 planted a little over a week ago. Joseph needs to get the ground tilled so all these can go in!

Easter lilies in the front yard

Our neighbor's beautiful tree

Weekly goals

Since party weekend is over, I can concentrate more the decluttering part of my routine.  I actually made it to the Y twice for myself last week...I wanted 3 times buteverything was nuts and out of whack so I considered that a victory.

Here's the plan

Ongoing

Declutter

Stay caught up with library books

Cut and organize coupons

Weekly

Clean out drawers in my bedroom

Work some on basement

Make it to the Y 3 times

Make eye appointments for the crew

Take Thing 2 to the Ortho

Take Thing 1 to get her learner's permit

Take Thing out out for dinner on her birthday

Grocery shopping and Sam's

Continue listing items for sale

Menu Plan Monday

Crazy week is over and hopefully this one will be fairly uneventful..ok, ASIDE from Thing 1's 15th birthday Tuesday :)

Here's the plan

Breakfasts

Cold cereal

Oatmeal

Eggs

all served with fruit

Dinners

Split pea and ham soup, bread

Hamburgers, tater tots

Chili with cheese and fritoes

Broccoli and bacon quiche, fruit salad

Cashew chicken with rice, asian slaw

Smoked sausage with rice, green beans

Booking it

My one hour a day reading schedule is starting to pay off...granted, some days it's hard to get the hour in, but I'm keeping up pretty good with the library books. I think I do need to up it because aside from library books, I have books I've purchased that I need to get to!

Here's the bunch I read this month:

Dead Reckoning

The Dirty Life

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

Madame Tussaud

World War Z

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Weekly goals

Crazy, crazy week here. Mostly involves a LOT of cleaning since we have a house full of people on the weekend. I'm trying to delegate more stuff to the Things. At 15 and 12, yes they have chores but I think they can handle more than usual. I'm doing everything myself and it's just making me fizzle by mid week.

Ongoing

Declutter

Stay caught up with library books

Cut and organize coupons

Weekly

Attend Thing 1's cheer banquet(Monday)

Clean living room-Thing 1

Clean bathroom-Thing 2

Clean their bedroom-Thing 1&2

Dining room and kitchen-Me

Make cake and cupcakes for Thing 1's parties

Go to Target to get cake pop pan I seen last week

Make the Things eye appointments, prob one for Baby Girl also since she starts school in the fall

Attend craft show at Thing 1's school Saturday morning

Get laundry completely away

Go to the YMCA and work out 3 times

Pretty much scrub house from top to bottom

Wash the dogs-Thing 2

Attend a Gardening on a Budget class(Wednesday)

Take Thing 1 to purchase her birthday present(she wants a pair of Tom's shoes, she def needs to try them on!)

The usual grocery shopping

Go pay Baby Girl's soccer fee

Circus!(Sunday evening!)