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Affresh is a stainless steel cleaner we recently had the opportunity to try that makes cleaning stainless steel appliances a snap. I wrote about affresh last month when I first tried it out in my kitchen and on my barbecue- here is a visual reminder: Affresh stainless steel cleaner is fragrant and effective, working by […]
Meal planning each week is a great way to save time and money on your family’s meals, as well as become more organized in the kitchen. Menu planning is simply deciding at the beginning of the week what to create for your each of you family’s meals, based on what is in your pantry stock […]
What a great idea. I think when September rolls around and the kids go back to school I need to work on some menu planning.
I fly by the seat of my pants when it comes to making dinner. As a result I spend too much at the market. I see this cutting down on my weekly grocery bill PLUS taking the stress out of “what’s for dinner?”
This sounds like a must have planner. I need one desperately. I am still sitting here trying to figure out what I am making with chicken tonight!
These books sound like they really work well together. I need to check this out because school starts back in September and will need a plan. Thanks for the review
For the first time in my life, I have a pantry, and a BIG one. Thanks for the heads up on this book, I will check it out. I appreciate your recipes as well. I hope that you have a blessed week!
Mindy~
I love this – I’ll definitely be looking into this book!
I definitely need to get this book. Sounds so useful and has so much great info and recipes!!
I see what you’re driving at here with the book and the benefits of planned shopping. But, do you ever shop for fresh ingredients based on what’s in season and what’s looking good?
Secondly, I’d be worried if the first day’s menu was:
Eggs Benedict
Chicken Caesar
Beef Enchilladas
If all of these are made in the traditional fashion, you’ve got a menu that is relatively low in nutritional value, high in fat and extremely low in fruit and vegetables.
It would be OK to eat one of these types of dishes a week, and certainly not all 3 in a day, because you’re certainly not getting your 5 fruit/veg a day with this lot, and that’s a missed opportunity.
Just food for thought.
We eat fruit throughout the day as snacks, and veggies as sides (we are super healthy here). Everything is organic, the beef is 90%, and the chicken grilled. I appreciate the concern, but I’m a super healthy mama raising a super healthy family 🙂
I would love to start doing this.
This makes such good sense to me. I really like the concept a lot!
This is such great advice! Once summer is over, I am going to put your advice into practice. I need to get more organized! I live in the NY-metro area (NJ), so I’ll be back to get more info from your recommendations.
BTW, I like your design—the header and tagline—of your blog. It’s very engaging and fun!
Great. 🙂
I just hope others do the same!
I need the enchiladas and that organizer! 🙂
You love your wife, she does it all for you, and you don’t think you could ever show her how much she means to you. You want to surprise your wife and make her happy, let her know how much she means to you and how important she is in your life. Maybe you want […]
Great tips! Thanks for posting this.
Except for the surprise one, these are all great tips! I hate surprises!
Those are some great tips!
And like Liz, I hate surprises…I know, I’m weird.
I love these! My husband had a DVD made for me once with memorable photos, it meant the world to me. He does little surprises as well. Makes me smile every time!
These are all great ideas! I love surprises but if I know a surprise is coming I always try to guess. Little things definitely make a big impact!
I’m not married but I like #3 best. Schedule a date night every week. Seems like the best idea of them all.
Very good ideas, now my hubby just has to see this post 🙂
I know I would be thrilled if my husband did any of this for me! Popped in to say hi from quirky pickings!
I love the naming a star. My cousin did that for his wife.
Love this post. My husband and I are always trying to do things to surprise each other. Our kids are 26, 23 and 20 all almost out of the house so we really want this new chapter to be sort of fresh 🙂
SUCH a great list!
Kas
So romantic…wife is very lucky if she got all of these things from her husband.
Wonderful tip, after 17 years of marriage my husband never surprises me much 🙂
You don’t look old enough to have kids those ages, lol.
My favorite etiquette guide is a very old book called A Manual Of Etiquette. It’s available online to read for free, and I recently found out it’s also available for free download on pretty much any eReader. This wonderful book offers timeless advice that puts Ms. Emily Post to shame, from how to handle embarrassing […]
This is really cool – thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this… I’ve just downloaded it and read the first few pages… it’s amazing how after all these years, there are some things that remain exactly the same!
Very interesting, thanks 🙂
Very cool – I’d love to share this with my readers. Thank you.
Very cool – thank you! I think we may use this in our homeschool.
This sounds fun for a plane ride or something. I should DL it for my ebook too. I’ll bet there’s a combo of good advice and silly old fashioned stuff!
Aren’t they just timeless? It’s incredible how much we’ve lost today when it comes to the little things that make society lovely.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
I remember taking a etiquette class when I was younger. I still remember everything I was taught. I share those tips with my kids too.
This is AWESOME
I wish I had that much patience.
Ye I don’t read them lol
That’s funny!
Hahahah I snorted my coffee a bit at “how much later?”
Too funny!
Kas
How completely vague is that?!
‘Something will happen…or not.’ 🙂
Yes, mine keep telling me great wealth will come to me. Haven’t seen it yet.
Ah, the elusive fortune. Hate those!
Your patience was put to the test…again 😛
oh so shiny!! I love Afresh, we use it a LOT around here 🙂
It looks like it works really well! I always use the wipes but this looks like it might be more economical.
Your appliances look great!
I am going to have to pick some of this up because my stainless in my kitchen look horrible! It would be nice to ave them looking new again!