Monday, I sat down and wrote out a menu plan for the week for the first time in months. Yesterday, I went grocery shopping* for more than just staples. This week, we will have home-cooked meals every night (unless we take my mother out to eat one evening). And I feel pretty good about these steps. (But I think I spent too much at the grocery store. I need to start shopping sales and clipping coupons again.)
Of course, I cleaned the house before we moved in, but now I need to come up with a schedule for keeping it clean. I have to admit that having a smaller house is a good thing right now. Cleaning a smaller house takes less time, obviously, than a larger one. And since I have no maid to fall back on, it's all up to me.
Adding to my new (but in actuality old) daily and weekly routines is school. Sarah Beth is five, so we're going to start kindergarten. I ordered her curriculum this past weekend, and I think we're going to start each subject as the books appear. We've enjoyed five years of playing and learning without any sort of plan, and I think it may be a little difficult when we have to actually sit down and study.
Have you started any new routines lately? Does this time of year, back-to-school, seem like a good time to start them? What about right after a move?
*I know that I haven't done much grocery shopping lately, but I cannot believe how much the prices have increased lately. Goodness!
4 comments:
Structure is great but when the vrazy harvest season (summer) hits for us....everything is kind of out the door. I do much better with meal plans, lists and lots of ORDER!!! Glad things are getting back to a routine for you. I am lost without mine.......... Just a few more weeks of the super crazy though! ;)
Blessings on homeschooling. The boys started kindergarten this week too!
Glad you are getting settled! Do you like the location?
I am a huge planner for everything - meals included! We spend much less on meals out and groceries now that I know what is really in the house!
We are waiting to start school until hubby does - so Sept is for me!
School is back here in Rome as well. Sophie is also starting kindergarten which means we have 3 in school now. Since I was let go at the church I was on staff in December (budget reasons) and Katherine is having to work that means I get to be the one to figure out the new schedule and routines with the 2 year old.
It's back to reality here too! I'm going to sit down and make out a new routine/schedule once we have another week or so of school under our belts. I like to give it a few weeks with a very loose schedule and then make needed changes and write down something a little more concrete to follow. Oh, by the way, today is officially my "catch up on Nikki's blog day"!!
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