Feb. 10, 2009 - Tackle it Tuesday

My tackle it Tuesday this week is a two-parter because it is going to take me the two Tuesdays to get it all back together.  I have been in kind of a slump lately and have had a hard time getting motivated and fully back on track since Christmas.  I finally figured out what was causing all this and I am getting myself back on track.  Part of the problem affecting me was Jay's work schedule.  For about 3 months he wasn't getting home before 9:00 or 10:00pm and then was gone the next morning between 8:00 and 10:00am.  So I felt like I had the whole day dragging before us and I let our schedule slip.  This is the main thing.  I am a scheduler and my kids like a routine and schedule but I let others influence me.  I would hear comments like "we sleep in and do things at our leisure".  "Do you really follow a schedule and have snack at the same time everyday?" So we started floundering and doing things whenever during the day and only the basics were getting done.

  We are back to our routines and schedules and getting things accomplished.  When we do this we find we actually have more time in our day for the fun things.  It has also helped that Jay's schedule has changed back and he is home by 4:00 each day now.

So the thing I am actually "tackling" is my household notebook.  I am getting it back in order and back to following it.  Next week I will post pictures of it.

I am praying that sharing all of this will help others of you as well and seeing it in print will keep me accountable! 

Feb. 3, 2009 - Tackle It Tuesday- Baby Food

For this Tackle it Tuesday I thought I would share about how I make baby food.  With this baby it has been quite the adventure.  I have always made my own baby food.  I made some for Tasha for the first time a couple of months ago well she gaged and spit and practically had convulsions (not seriously).  So after two days of this I decided to buy her some baby food.  She gobbled it up no problem!!!  I couldn't belive it because it the taste did not compare to homemade.  It was quick, easy and convienent.  But then I figured out what it would cost per month!!!!  Over $30-45.  So back to the making of the baby food.  She is doing better but still spitting it out some.

So here is a quick, easy way to make baby food.

We have excellent water-less cookware so I cook vegetables together with just a tad bit of water.

Once cooked I put it in my bamix cup

Mash till pureed

Put in ice cube trays to freeze.  Once frozen place in a quart size freezer bag and take out one as needed.

I then heat it on the stove in a pan in an egg cup.  (I didn't get a picture of this)

Less than 45 minutes I was able to make a tray of green beans, peas, carrots, and summer squash.  A bag of frozen green beans is only .96 cents and will feed her for 14 meals.  ( I still buy fruit baby food and feed one or half of one of those with a veggie).  It is a pretty big savings!

Jan. 27, 2009 - Tackle it Tuesday

Okay here is yet another thing I am doing to help me get organized.  You can click on the banner above to find out more.  For this Tackle it Tuesday I decided to organize my pantry.  This took a lot longer than I thought but it is so nice and clean now.  I even bought new containers.  We really needed some as the ones I had were very old and starting to crack.  I love my pantry it is so nice and big.  One side is food and the other side is cookbooks and arts and crafts. (I had already organized the arts and craft side before so I just needed to straighten it up.

With out further ado here are some before and after pictures:

The new containers

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