Meal Planning Made Easy
In the house of the wise are stores of choice foods and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has... Proverbs 21:20
*Weekly Meal Plan
-Breakfast: Have a daily schedule. Fruit and/or yogurt with:Monday...............MuffinsTuesday............ Toast, Bagels, English MuffinsWednesday........WafflesThursday............CerealFriday.................Pop-Tarts- Dinner: Plan out the dinner menu for the week on Sunday. Pick up all ingredients at the beginning of the week.
-Breakfast: Have a daily schedule. Fruit and/or yogurt with:Monday...............MuffinsTuesday............ Toast, Bagels, English MuffinsWednesday........WafflesThursday............CerealFriday.................Pop-Tarts
- Dinner: Plan out the dinner menu for the week on Sunday. Pick up all ingredients at the beginning of the week.
*Once a Month Cooking: Planning and preparing a month's worth of dinners. Can be done individually or in a Cooking Club. (do a search online for 'freezer recipes' for more sites).
Websites for Once a Month Cooking Tips:http://www.frugalmom.net/once_a_month_cooking.htmhttp://busycooks.about.com/od/makeaheadrecipes/a/cookOAMC.htmhttp://www.momsbudget.com/freezerrecipes/index.htmlhttp://www.realfood4realpeople.com/oamc.html
*Nutritious Snacks
"The Tunnel of Love"How to really love your husband
First, strive to live in a state of fellowship (conflicts resolved) with your husband.
Phase 1: Everything is good between the two of youPhase 2: One of you feels hurt by the otherPhase 3: The one who feels hurt gets angry & the other gets defensivePhase 4: Distancing & coldness (the sun goes down on your anger - Eph 4:26)
A. BE HIS HELPER - Gen 2:18 (Husband is the head - Eph 5:23) (if men feel respected they feel loved)
1. To "help" means assist him2. To "help" means encourage him3. To "help" means to support him
B. BE SUBMISSIVE TO HIM - Eph. 5:34 (Husband is to love Eph 5:25-29; Col 3:19); Col 3:18; 1 Peter 3:1-2
1. To "submit" means arrange under (activities, plans, schedules, means - express your thoughts, bring all your thoughts to him on everything)2. To "submit" means respect 3. To "submit" means obey (we trust God when we obey; the rare times when you just can't agree; Example - Sarah continued to obey even though Abraham was out of God's will. God protected and blessed Sarah)
C. BE QUICK TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS - Eph 4:26
Phase 2 is inevitable; phase 3 & 4 are not! The goal is to STOP the degeneration of the bond between husband and wife before you get to Phase 3.
Talk the following exercise over with your husband at a time when neither of you is upset with the other (during a Phase 1):
CONFLICT RESOLUTION EXERCISE
First, agree that you will both follow these steps when one of you feels hurt by the other:
THE OFFENDED PARTY SHOULD BEGIN THIS EXERCISE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER HE/SHE REALIZES THEY ARE FEELING HURT
1. Go to your spouse adn cover the left side of your head (to let him know you are functioning temporarily from the right side of your brain, the "feelings" side.
2. Camly say, "I felt ________ when you did/said, __________." (do NOT say, "You made me upset..." or "You make me so mad when you..." Own your own feelings while also acknowledging that something he did triggered those feelings.)
3. Ask him to take a minute in silence & try to imagine he is you and empathize with your feelings (if necessary, cover the left side of your head again to remind him it is hard for you to think logically at that moment ); then he should say something like: "I can understand how my doing/saying, ____________ could have made you feel _________. I am sorry. Would you forgive me?"
4. Actually forgive him! Tell him you forgive him and actually do it! Don't hol da grudge. Let it go!
5. THEN he can cover the RIGHT side of his head and ask you to try to think logically for a moment; he can then explain himself and it sometimes will actually help you understand that his motive was not as rotten as you had "felt" it was!*
*However, this step may have to wait a few minutes..., or an hour..., or more before you can put the hurt behind you, forgive him and think with both sides of your brain again.
Watercolor walls - Great color washes!!!
Paintideas.com
Faux Like A Pro - One of the best sites on faux finishing
Dutch Boy Paints - A good primer on basic paint techniques, choices and prep
Benjamin Moore Paints - More great paint info, with some faux finish guidelines
Home Depot - Good instructions for heavier projects … blinds, wallpaper, paint, etc.
Plaid - Site for decorative paint projects, instructions and ideas
Discovery Daytime - and the Christopher Lowell Show
Better Home and Gardens - the website is full of great inspirational photos in the gallery, and some good projects and articles
Painted House - From the TV series
Home-Decorating.com - Good directory of resource sites and articles
Drexelheritage.com - Great inspiration for many styles of rooms and furnishings
Ballarddesigns.com - View what’s hot in accessories and furnishings
Wisteria.com - More accessorizing inspiration
Kraftmaid.com - The best place on the web for planning your dream kitchen. Great ideas that can be interpreted into faux finishes, accessorizing, and embellishing with molding. Even patterns to paint your floors and counters!
Countrycurtains.com - Good ideas for curtains to either make or buy
Crateandbarrel.com - Good inspiration for just about everything, including kid rooms. Lot’s of ideas that can be made at home. Some one-of-a-kind things that might be worth the price!
Calicocorners.com - Fabric supplier with ideas for things to sew or hang!
Waverly.com - Fabrics, projects, great rooms to view
Wood-mode.com - Kitchen and furniture photo gallery
Homeportfolio.com - One of those sites with everything … inspirational and great planning tools
Renovatorssupply.com - Great source for hardware, and many other decorative items. Prices are very reasonable.
Surefit.com - Slipcover ideas and photos
Abwf.com - the discount house for blinds and wallpaper
Linenspot.com - The only place online to look for linens and the like, this site is a directory for all the major linen suppliers online, from Kmart to Eddie Bauer. Outlet links, too!
Amazon.com - You can order things for the home from Target through Amazon.com
Minwax.com - Ideas, projects, and instruction on wood finishing
Thebudgetdecorator.com - This is the website where many of the decorating ideas came from today
Simple Decorating Tricks To Get That High End Look:
Clear the space, Room identities, Large oversized wall hangings and groupings, Area rugs, Color scheme, Traffic flow, and Mood lighting