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2 Week Meal Plan 6/21 – 7/4

2 Week Meal Plan 6/21 – 7/4

Su 6/21 – (Father’s Day) Standing Rib Roast, Garlic mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, veggies M 6/22 – Kiev & Rice Tu 6/23 – Homemade Pizza W 6/24 – Brats Th 6/25 – Burritos F 6/26 – Polish Sausages S 6/27 – Pot Pies Su 6/28 

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

The girls & I love butternut squash soup. It is very hard to cut butternut squash when it isn’t cooked (my wrist still bothers me a lot, especially when cutting), so I like to cook it a bit before dicing it up, it makes it 

Instant Pot Potatoes

Instant Pot Potatoes

Something we’ve been doing a lot lately is baked potatoes in the instant pot. You can do white potatoes or sweet potatoes. I’ve even mixed both in the same pot with no problems. It doesn’t even matter if they are all different sizes, or if 

Lizzy’s New Kitten

Lizzy’s New Kitten

For Lizzy’s birthday, we gave her a new pet collar so she could have a new kitten. Her cat died last year & unfortunately since the cats have to be on a pet collar (it’s like an invisible fence that keeps them within a certain 

Weekly Gratitude Post 6/14/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 6/14/20

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by Xanna. “I’m thankful for the GREEN in growing things. Now go back & read that again. I can pontificate for hours about why I’m thankful, but I won’t be able to reiterate just how much it means, 

The Gift of a Day at Home

The Gift of a Day at Home

Sometimes we can take things for granted, not realizing how much we appreciate a certain thing until it’s gone. Sound familiar? This week has been incredibly busy, I was on the go a lot; a lot of driving, shopping, errands, etc. For some reason, that 

Favorite Children’s Songs

Favorite Children’s Songs

Ellie’s 2 favorite children’s songs right now are “Ho Ho Ho Hosanna” & “A Great Gray Elephant.” Every time I put her to bed she demands we sing “Ho ho” & “Elephant”. She knows the words & sings along with me for most of it. 

Kittens 2.0

Kittens 2.0

We have 11 cuddly little kittens who will be looking for forever homes in a couple months (1 is reserved, so 10 are needing good homes). Next post we do we’ll have individual pictures of each kitten. 😊 We have 2 orange ones, 2 calico,