It’s Monday and that means Meal Plan time!  I’m trying to make sure you guys get some content while still keeping focus for a while on really plowing through the rest of the downstairs.  I really, really, really want to actually COMPLETE the decluttering and organization of my first floor. . . Here’s what I’ve… Keep Reading

Ok, I took a couple of weeks off to work intensively on the house–and although I’m not done, I’m going to slow it down a bit and make time for my writing and online work as well as the continuing home projects.  As in continuing to try to get the downstairs under control.  Meals were,… Keep Reading

Welcome to “Winter Break” week here at the Frugal Upstate Village Homestead.  Yes-that’s right, the kids have a full 3 days of school off this week (they don’t get the full week anymore).  You can bet that throws a few monkey wrenches in the week’s plans around here. Here’s what’s going on: 1.  Our heavy… Keep Reading

Welcome to Valentines week!  Do you have any special plans?  We’ve got a few little fun things to do 🙂 Here’s what I’ve got to plan around this week: 1.  We’ve got the regular stuff–dance 2x, Boy Scouts, Odyssey of the Mind practices, Pool League. . . but we are adding in to it an… Keep Reading

Welcome to February everyone!  I hope folks aren’t too worn out from the Superbowl last night.  We had my brother over, made a few snacks and watched the game.  Well, the guys watched the game, the kiddos played Minecraft and Pocket God on our phones and I watched commercials and eventually fell asleep on the… Keep Reading

Did you wonder what happened to my meal plan last week?  Well so did I!  I tell ya-it’s always much more chaotic around here when I don’t sit down and make one. I’ve got several things to consider this week: 1.  There is family in town until Wednesday.  Although no one is staying at our… Keep Reading

This week I’m helping Buddy work on the “Fitness” badge for his Webelos (that’s cub scouts folks!).  Part of the requirement is to learn about nutrition both via reading and through activities.  Believe it or not, part of that is to help plan a weekly menu and then at the end of the week discuss… Keep Reading

Can I tell you how glad I am to have a regular, back to normal week?  Sure, we always have a fairly busy schedule. . . but it’s so nice to have a routine.  I really do better with a routine!  And of course part of that routine is making my weekly meal plan.  It… Keep Reading

I know the week is half done–but I’ve been back on track with meal planning, even if I didn’t get the post up 🙂  Of course the first half of the week was holiday and the second half is going to be spent trying to get back into our routine! So this is what I’m… Keep Reading

Christmas is almost here!  Woohoo!  But that doesn’t mean that meal planning goes out the door.  It actually means that it is even more important to think ahead and make sure that amidst all the fun and chaos everyone gets fed without Mama turning into a wreck. These are the considerations for this week: 1. … Keep Reading