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Michelle over at Muffin Tin Mom is having a FANTABULOUS Giveaway this week! I would SOOOO love to win this! Here is the video post that she did...


I hope that works, I've never imbedded a video! If not, go check it out on her blog. (link above!)
Faith

Muffin Tin Monday - Movie theme

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday! Lots going on today but wanted to post what I did. This week theme is Movies, and I had a hard time being creative with this so I just went simple and did "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" The kids enjoyed it :)

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Happy Monday!

My September Menus completed!

I'm so super excited!! I actually got an entire month of menus made!

I use an excel spreadsheet that I normally print out a week at a time and just hand write the menu in as a worksheet. However, I've really been wanting to start posting my menus for those that need some help with planning. I know I can always use extra ideas so why not post them? It's a pretty simple menu this month, as I'm using up alot of what we have in stock, but if there is something you need a recipe for, let meknow and I'll be glad to share!

Let me know if this is something you all would like to see more of!

Download September Menu for personal use only.

Happy Cooking y'all!

Muffin Tin Monday

There is no theme this week, so I just went simple :) We are back to school at home now so my kithcen helpers have been a bit too busy to help lol

Pepperoni bagel bits

tomato slices

Peach slices

Brownies

Happy Labor Day Everyone!

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Any suggestions?

Muffin Tin Monday - ABC Theme

Short post today. Aleah was kitchen helper this week but I didn't get any pics. We've had a crazy couple of weeks but I did snap a pic of the final product. I'm afraid I wasn't very creative with the theme, but I did find some really neat tater tots :)

Clockwise from top left, sorry it's so dark. Watermelon balls, Little cheddar smokies, Alphabet tatertots, Mandarin orange "c"s, barbecue sauce, and more tater tots.

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Kids Cook Monday

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So, last week, I was a little distracted. I've been sick and really everything kind of fell by the wayside. Anyway I wanted to share this with everyone because it is something that is special to me.

My Dad is a wonderful baker. Growing up we used to have these huge pizza feasts! My dad would bake pizza from scratch, italian rolls from scratch. Then on the weekends he would make biscuits, from scratch. He made breads, sweet and savory. He made any kind of bread you could think of. There were times he even made his own pasta, but that isn't baking is it? lol

Anyway, my point is, this is something I remember fondly of my childhood. Now, I pride myself on being able to cook well. I won't even begin to claim I am a chef or anywhere NEAR a chef. My sister is the chef, Nationally recognized at that. But I think I can pretty well hold my own in the kitchen. But the one thing I DON'T do is bake. oh, yea, sure. I can open a box with the best of them. But I don't sift flour, or knead dough. It's just not something I like to do. I like to make cakes, but never from scratch.

However, it is something I want my kids to experience. And so, I ask my dad to step in...

He and Nathaniel had fun making rolls to go with some really great soup I made that night. They all got eaten before I could take a finished product pic, but I did snag this one of Nathaniel being goofy.

He loved how you can see his eye in this pic :D

I really want my kids to develop a love of cooking for what it is: creative, fun, and a way to show your loved ones you care. It's days like this that I thoroughly love being a Mom.

Happy Healthy Monday Everyone!

ps... For those looking for my Muffin Tin Monday post, it's coming....

I did it!

OK, I have decided that I have to share my success of today. I'm hoping it will help some of you out there that are having similar troubles.

This morning, I woke up to my husband in the kitchen making the usual Sunday pancakes. He does this every week. Sometimes pancakes, sometimes waffles, but always, always, always, I get to sleep in :) It is bliss. However, today, as in so many days lately, I also can hear the frustration in his movements, the little grumbles. Nothing major, he's too sweet for that. But I can tell he's frustrated. This is why....

Yes, that was my kitchen this morning.... Well, sort of.. Technically this is my kitchen AFTER I had already begun cleaning it. Now, before you go condemning me as filthy or lazy or whatever I have to say, this is really only 2 days worth of dishes. {{ The coke bottles are actually empty water bottles that needed refilling (my mother likes our well water for drinking)}} Add to that the fact I've been sick and the medicine I'm on makes me loopy.

But, no excuses. It makes me sad to see my kitchen this way. One of the main reasons we bought this house was the kitchen. So, I got out of bed determined to get this cleaned up and after I had eptied the sink and the dishwasher (as seen above) I decided to blog about it to prove that it CAN BE DONE and also to help those out there that are in the same boat, for whatever reason.

Now, first I want to tell you that I used http://www.flylady.net/ as a huge motivator here. I've been fluttering for years and might just begin flying yet. I used the 15 minute method she talks about on her site. Even though my meds make me feel really funky, I figured I could work on it for a little bit at a time. So here I go.

Set the timer....

The first thing I did was

I took everything out of my sinks and the dishwasher and loaded all the dishes I could into the dishwasher and started it. My timer went off, so I reset it and took a break.

When the timer went off I got back to work.

Next, I followed the steps to 

 Shine My Sink!!

No, this isn't the finished product, I apparently forgot to take a pic when it was completely done, but it's getting there. I really dislike having white sinks LOL

Anyway, the timer went off so.... I took a break.. are you getting the pattern here?

So, the next 15 minutes of working produced this...

And I took a break, then...

Yes, I washed ALL those dishes in 15 minutes BY HAND  LOL

It really doesn't take long.

So I took a break.

Then came this...

And after a break, finally this...

HOORAAYYYY my nice pretty kitchen is all clean again! Yes, it took a little while, but I was still able to do it even though I could only stand for about 15 minutes at a time!

So there you have it. There's my success that I want to celebrate. What's yours?? let me know! I wanna celebrate with you!

And definitely, go check out The Flylady She truly is an awesome inspiration!

Happy Housekeeping :)