Jan. 12, 2008 - Meal Organization for 2008

This morning I was listening to an mp3 by Donna Otto that was talking about organization.  She offered the best tip that will save you the most time and keep you most organized.  It was simply to make a market list and weekly menu.  It got me thinking about how I do my food at our house and how many times it really does SAVE me!

How does this relate to homeschooling?  Well, as you know, homeschooling isn’t just really about school, it’s a lifestyle.  When I first started homeschooling about 8 years ago I was working out of my home pretty much full-time and had 3 under the age of 5 with one on the way.  My job and school were going pretty well but my house suffered! 

People would often ask me how I did everything I did.  Truly, I don’t know, I just did what I had to do, however, I know it was God who allowed me to accomplish a lot.  One of the things that made it possible was the way I cooked.  During that time I learned to freezer cook.

Since then I’ve cooked that way pretty much all the time.  If you’ve never tried it I encourage you to try it.  I’m going to be taking a talk that I did for a women’s conference and breaking it into several blogs along with recipes, websites and resource recommendations.  So if you’ve ever wanted to try and needed a little coaching to make it happen tune in.  Invite your friends.

If you have no interest and never want freezer cook (though you should at least check the reasons why blog coming next to make sure you REALLY don’t want to try) check back in a week or so and I’ll be back to my regular variety of more “school” related stuff.

So stay tuned.  Get your notebooks and printers ready!

Gina

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