Stuck on Food

Y'all may remember my menu planning sheet.

Menu Plan

	Supper	Tomorrow's Prep
M
Tu
W
Th
F
S
S

While I loved it, I was limited by a few things about it;

• needing to print a new one each week
• not laminated (on purpose, I change my mind after all!)
• not wanting to post the printed one on the fridge
• I was STILL hearing "what's for dinner"
• still forgetting what to take out because it was hidden away

Then when I was party hopping (LOVE crafty/decor blog parties, even if they do increase my project list each week) and stumbled across this.  Creative Momma D made hers out of dry erase paper with scrap booking rub on letters. "AHA!" I said as I pulled all my rub ons out and was nearly smothered.

After a quick trip to Dollarama ($2!), I now have this stuck to the front of the fridge.

Never enough tea in my kitchen!

When I finished putting the lettering on and put the menu up for the first time Hubs saw it.  Then said "I like this menu board, it's nice and simple!"

HA! Well done I say.

Well done indeed.



Eventually, I will get all the bags unpacked. Until then I'll have at least a weekly project to share!

Anyone else getting props for organizing/simplifying their lives this week?

For Fridge's Sake

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, mine needs a pacemaker. With a toddler, a 2nd grader and a husband who works evenings, more often than not, my poor kitchen is a wasteland of recycling, dirty dishes and a trail of toys.

The worst offender in the kitchen is the stove with the fridge a close second. Spills, unlined crisper drawers, it can get a bit gross in there! Friday is the day I set aside to tackle my kitchen, then Hubs doesn't need to spend all weekend restoring it. This week I really need to give the fridge a detail cleaning as well as organize what we have in the freezer.

So! While I scour, scrub and snarl here's some links for you.

Tanna also cleaned her fridge this week.

Laura has this guest post from August of last year on organizing your fridge/freezer.

I'm making this to display our menu each week. Hubs and Turtle are ALWAYS asking 'what's for dinner?'. With this, I just need to point to the board.

Here's a few pantry and freezer inventory printables for you.

Little Birdhouse has a really cute Chillin' In the Freezer one.
About.com's is cute as well.
If you're using Organized Home to make a home management binder, here's their freezer printable.

Do any of you use freezer inventories? Or can you remember what you have in there all by your lonesome?