Mom's Home Manager

I started a home management binder last year and never finished it. Recently, Jessi reminded me about it and I want to finish it and learn to use it daily. Other than the date on the cover, I really like the pictures I found.

In the kitchen section, I have blue colored tabs for menus, grocery lists and pantry stock.

In the household section I have orange tabs for each room and chore charts.

In the academics section there is a red tab for textbooks, field trips, tests, attendance and reading lists.

Personal section includes a purple tab for bible reading.

Farm and garden includes green tabs for garden, chickens and dogs.

Foster care section is yellow with tabs for each child we've kept and other information.

I want to add a gift section for inventory of what I've bought and ideas for gifts. Also, I'd like to keep a list of blessings and great deals we've found to remind us how good God is to us.

A calendar would be nice and a place for quotes ,verses and poems.

Grocery success!!! WooHoo!!

To catch up you'll need to read the post below.

Today, I went to Aldi's and purchased everything on my list plus apple juice for the girls and rice.
My total was 109.00 plus I bought 4.00 worth of tomatoes at a farm stand! Now, to be honest, that didn't include any meat. I had stocked up on hamburger at 1.19 a pound and had a large turkey breast for .99 a pound, so I have about 14.00 in this weeks meat, plus I already had tuna.
Still, less than 130.00. Very good.
I can remember the days when I was excited to be under 100.00 a week, but I can't get there anymore.
For fresh fruit, I bought apples, bananas, and watermelon. Later this week, we're going to pick blueberries at a friends house. I'm hoping to get enough for the year.

Grocery Shopping Challenge

Okay, here's the plan.
I need to spend 150.00 or less on my groceries this week, if I want to be able to buy the paint for the kid's bathroom.
Last night I made up my menu with these goals in mind... I need to have
1 Sunday dinner for 10 people that costs 12.00 or less
6 dinners for 7 for 7.00 or less
7 lunches for 6/7 for 4.00 or less
7 breakfasts for 6/7 for 3.00 or less
7 days snacks for 1.00 a day
paper products, cleaning products, dog food
If I come in under 150.00 I can buy some stock up items.

Here is my menu:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal 2x
Grits an eggs 1x
toast with honey or jelly 1x
danishes 1x
pancakes and sausage 1x
(also 1/2 cup of OJ on 3 days and 1/2 grapefruit on 1 day)

Lunches:
Sandwiches and chips 2x
Mac n cheese and beinie weinies 1x
frozen burritos 1x
frozen pizza 1x
leftovers 1x
hot dogs and chips 1x
(not very healthy but...)

Dinner:
Chicken, broccoli and rice casserole

Hamburger and potatoes/ peas and carrots

Chili macaroni/ salad

Tuna pot pie

Pancakes/ sausage and fruit (or whatever else I can think of )

Meatloaf muffins/ cabbage/ corn bread

BBQ chicken/ green beans/ homemade mac and cheese
(also canned fruit on 3 days)

Snacks:
pop corn
jello 2x
pudding with topping 2x
choc. milk
ice cream
homemade cookies 2x

So I'm off to aldis, to see what I can do. I'll be back soon....