Menu Plan Monday - Garlic Corn on the Cob - Yum!

This week is our last week of school for this school year - yay! We are thankful for having had a great year and glad to be wrapping things up. Here's what's on our menu this week - looking forward to grilling out this summer! Speaking of . . . we need some new grill tools. Where did you purchase yours and do you like them? I don't want to spend a fortune . . .

Monday - Pool/Poker Party with friends - out of town
Tuesday - Grilled barbecue chicken, red potatoes
Wednesday - Chicken Tacos, corn, chips & salsa
Thursday - Grilled steak, garlic corn on the cob (shown here!)
Friday - Homemade pizza to celebrate the last day of school!

Thanks!

Thanks for voting in my poll regarding what you'd like to see here! Starting Monday, here's what you'll find:

Mondays: Menu Plan Monday and/or Recipes

Tuesdays: Family Life/Photos

Wednesdays: Money Saving Tips/Finance Info

Thursdays: Parenting Potpourri

Fridays: Friday Fill-Ins

Saturdays: Homeschooling Info/Thoughts

Hope you'll join me and come back to visit often!

Friday Fill-Ins

Time for this week's Friday Fill-In! I can't believe it is ALREADY Friday! My week has flown by - how about yours? And I'm really, really ready for a long, holiday weekend! Starting my Friday morning with a trip to the dentist is not my idea of a good start to the weekend, though! Fortunately, I don't have to go often.


1. Watermelon -- the best food to take on a picnic.
2. Summer is great - but when it ends, I am more than ready for fall!
3. I can't wear flip flops (the whole strap-between-my-toes drives me nuts!).
4. To love someone is to care for them in physical, practical, hands-on ways.
5. The walk from my old dorm freshman year to my 8:30am music class was a long hike.
6. When I crave food, it's usually something crunchy and salty.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to celebrating my mom's birthday and my husband's birthday, tomorrow my plans include absolutely nothing(!) and Sunday, I want to win when I play in a poker tournament! :)

I need your opinions!

I'm starting to get back to blogging and want to follow a more regular schedule. So while I've already got a working day-by-day plan in my head, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

What do you enjoy reading on my blog? My meal-planning info? Homeschooling tips/ideas? Finance tips? Tidbits from our everyday life? Viewing photos? Please vote in my little poll in the upper right-hand corner - thanks! :)

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Quinn's laughter never fails to make me smile. It's contagious!

2. I'm looking forward to the end of the school year and start of our summer activities! We'll be busy - that's for sure!

3. Dave Ramsey on the radio, Lady GaGA on my ipod . . . is what I'm listening to right now.

4. Potato salad must have nothing in it! Really, I just don't like it no matter how it's made!

5. Pizza Hut pizza was the best thing I ate today.

6. Today was productive and uneventful. (That's a good thing!) :)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching our kids' drama performance , tomorrow my plans include hanging out with my good friend, Joy (dinner, scrapbooking, talking, and just having fun together!) and Sunday, I want to play games with my family and digi scrapbook!