OMG I am such a nut!

it starts with me telling Ali that we need to start planning a weekly menu so that we can actually know what we're going to eat instead of flying by the seats of our pants. Yes me the planning queen of the family, the organizational guru of the county was finally done with this laid back style of household life. I just couldn't take it anymore.... So what did I do you ask... We I started by looking at what was in the freezer and the food pantry. Then I look at the little frig and fresh produce. I come up with a somewhat good idea of what we can do. Now I look at Ali and ask what she thinks.... I'm not cooking tonight so it's whatever you and A-man want to do.... OK switch gears.... How about pizza tonight.... We have to use up the apples.... pie? No... Homemade applesauce? Yes... now to find the recipe.

She's got lots of great stuff in the freezer and pantry but since I can't make heads or tails of most of the German language I can't really make a full plan here..... OK, give this idea up for now... We'll just continue to work on a day to day basis.... Oh all right my heart just isn't into it since I know I have the menu and recipes at home and I'm willing to just wait for J-man to email them to me!

On to organizing.... I've been doing this little by little every day really. Of course it's right back to the way it was about 5 minutes later with all the kids running around. At least we've gotten to the point that the boys will clean up their toys before going to something else. On a good note I've been able to make my bed each day since there's never anyone else sleeping in it by the time I'm up and dressed in the morning. I even keep the cloths put away and such.... even with all little man's legos everywhere. I do have the boys keeping their room clean too with them even putting the toys into the right bins, something that little man is still learning at home.