Menu Plan Monday - September 8th

Well, here we are again. I don't know what is up with me, but nothing sounds good to eat and I haven't felt like cooking at all! I guess I'm just wiped out. The last time I actually prepared a real meal was Thursday night doing the hootenannies. And before that was Tuesday night and the Poppy Seed Chicken (only because I had my brother and his family over for dinner... if they hadn't come over, it would have been a cereal night - eek!). With Jim and Marji and their cute kids in town and I've been in party mode. They left this morning, so now it's back to reality (we had a great time with you guys!).

This weeks menu is boring. Nothing sounds good to me.

• Monday: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (I'll have to post this recipe someday - I love it!)
• Tuesday: Grilled Salmon (Frozen Salmon Fillets from Costco - super easy)
  
• Wednesday: Tacos
  
• Thursday: Is Megan's Birthday! I think we'll go out, it'll be a busy evening because it is parents night at the Junior High as well.
• Friday: It is our Ward Progressive Dinner - a fun annual tradition that has been going on for 25+ years (My mom and our current RS Pres started it way back when).
• Saturday: I keep putting homemade burgers or homemade pizza on the menu, but have yet to make them. I think that this isn't working for me, so I'm going to do Hootenannies instead... they're so good and easy!

So it's a very boring week. I guess I should try something new, but I'm too busy getting ready for preschool to find a new recipe. Yesterday our lesson in Relief Society was about just doing the best you can. So I'm no longer going to beat myself up about my lack of meal prep and my boring menu and just do the best I can in feeding my family - there is always back up food. For example, my friend Katie (Katie, if you had a blog, I would link to it right there!) brought me over a big bag of a yummy garlic chicken/pasta meal by Birds Eye that she picked up at Costco for me (after I had Logan). We've eaten the first half already, and the other half is just waiting for me to remember to use on a night I don't feel like cooking. Thanks Katie! Dang, I still need to get all my thank you cards out (all the other grateful mommies would have their thank you cards out by now - gee, the baby is 3 months old now!!!!)

Oh wait, did I just say that? Getting back to what I was saying... just do the best you can - and stop comparing yourself to the perfect sweet and crafty mommies whose blogs your read. Maybe we should have a "What You Really Don't Want to Know Wednesday"... ha - wouldn't that been an eye opener for all... I'm sure you all would love to keep your little happy lives! ;)

Have a great week!