Daily Goals- Tuesday, August 6, 2013

I got up today and started to move. I got the wash going, feed the pets, and worked on reading. Hubby got me a new gardening book. It is about how to grow all year long. Time to plant again! 

Today’s Goals

1. Work- I work from 8am-6pm.

2.     Gardening ~ research what could be killing my squash. I’m thinking it the ants! UGH I do not like them at all. They won’t go away.

3.     Gardening ~ research what I can give my tomato plant, it is tuning yellow.

4. Workout- I am going to do light yoga today. It is time to work on getting my body in shape.

5. Write my weekly goals and post them. - Having goal help me feel like I didn't get anything done this week. 

Yesterday's Goals

 

1.     Work ~ I work from 8:45am-6pm. - I had a great day at work. 

2.     Gardening ~ research what could be killing my squash. I’m thinking it the ants! UGH I do not like them at all. They won’t go away. - didn't get to it 

3.     Gardening ~ research what I can give my tomato plant, it is tuning yellow.- didn't get to it. 

4.    Couponing ~ research more on this Giant deal. There are so may free items. I’m hoping to have the plan up before Wednesday, so you guys can do it too. I’m going to hopeful make at least $10 in gas this week! - if I do this right I will make $40 at the Gaint in gas points!

5.     Cleaning~ clean the Kitchen today. - the kitchen is clean, it so nice to come home to a clean house!

I got done a few of my goals yesterday. How did you do on your goals?

Free Kindle Gardening books

'Survival Gardening: How To Grow Your Own Food and Feed Your Family No Matter What Happens (Gardening Guidebooks)' by Will Cook 

 

'HOW-TO HYDROPONICS: GROWING ORGANIC VEGETABLES, HERBS AND HOUSE PLANTS WITHOUT SOIL' by KEITH ROBERT

 

 How-To-Grow-Tomatoes by Ed Gaynor


'Beyond Organic... Growing for Maximum Nutrition' by Dr. Jana Bogs

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Cooking ~ Meal Plan for 08/05/2013 - 08/11/2013

This week it is Hubby and I are home alone this week. It is nice after the week of having a baby. My little one will be back on Friday for lunch. I can't wait!

Our Menu 

Aug 05 -◦ Monday
Bagel With Cream Cheese (Breakfast)
Ham And Cheese Sandwich (Lunch)
Grandma Mushroom Chicken (Dinner)

Aug 06 -◦ Tuesday
Cereal (Breakfast)
Ham And Peas (Dinner)
Raviolis

Aug 07 -◦ Wednesday
Waffle (Breakfast)
Cheese Sandwich (Lunch)
Sloppy Sloppy Joes (Dinner)

Aug 08 -◦ Thursday
Cereal (Breakfast)
Mini Chicken Pot Pie (Lunch)
Steak And Pepper Foil Packet (Dinner)

Aug 09 -◦ Friday
Blueberry Muffins (Breakfast)
Pizza Bits (Lunch)
Grilled Chicken (Dinner)

Aug 10 -◦ Saturday
Leftover (Lunch)
Ribs (Dinner)
Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Risotto

Aug 11 -◦ Sunday
Cereal (Breakfast)
Leftover (Lunch)
Leftovers (Dinner)

What is on your menu this week? It helps me plan our menu when I'm checking out other blogs menus, does that help you plan yours?

Gardening Tips - Using Egg Shells in Compost

Egg Shell in compost basket

Egg shells can add lots of nutrients to the garden. Egg shells are very high in calcium. Now egg shells take time to break down and decompose. Here is my gardening tip, crush them before putting them in the compost bin. That way they break decompose faster. 

Crushed Egg Shells

Do you use eggs in your compost bin? What is you best gardening tip?

Daily Goals ~ Monday, August 5th, 2013

I had a busy weekend; I have been working really hard on getting the house picked up. I also landed this awesome cereal deal at giant. I end up getting 28 boxes of cereal (Kellogg’s), some chips (Pringles), baby food (2 containers), and garlic bread for $.50 at the Giant on Saturday. Thank you Jen for heads up of the deal. Now I have talk to hubby and we will still be eating home, breakfast at least 4-5 days a week and cereal every once in a while. Also this weekend I had my nephew he kept me on my toes. 

Today’s Goals

1.     Work ~ I work from 8:45am-6pm.

2.     Gardening ~ research what could be killing my squash. I’m thinking it the ants! UGH I do not like them at all. They won’t go away.

3.     Gardening ~ research what I can give my tomato plant, it is tuning yellow.

4.    Couponing ~ research more on this Giant deal. There are so may free items. I’m hoping to have the plan up before Wednesday, so you guys can do it too. I’m going to hopeful make at least $10 in gas this week!

5.     Cleaning~ clean the Kitchen today.

I am working so today is a great day to research stuff. What are you doing today?

Saving Seeds - Zucchini Researching How to Save Seeds

Mmm freshly grown Zucchini 

This is goal is to save my seeds so next years garden isn't costly. Hubby and I discussed over the winter that we would buy non-GMO seeds save them throughout the year. This will provide our family with a low costing organic, healthy, and non-GMO. We found this awesome site that had the seeds we wanted, you can check out the site here 55 Variety Non-GMO Heirloom Emergency Survival Garden Seed Bank. I have one huge problem! I don't know how to save seeds and never done it before. 

While looking up ways to save zucchini seed I came across this awesome video. This video is really informative and I'm so thankful that this gentleman took the time to make this video for us to watch. While watching this video I found out that you do not have to ferment the zucchini seeds.

Thank you eHow for the picture

Then I searched the web for some website to help me confirm the new knowledge that I found . I went to one of my favorite sites eHow And found the article How to Save Zucchini Seeds. Linda Mitchell Has a well-written article about saving zucchini seeds. The best part about this article is it tells you how to know which zucchinis to save the seeds from. 

I love watching them grow

Now that I've done on my research savings Zucchini seeds not seem to be that hard. This weekend I am going to make my seed saving tray and then start to save my Zucchini seeds! Are you saving seeds this year? If so what kind?

Daily Goals- Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Good morning! The baby got up 2 times last night. Hubby tried the first, but couldn't figure out how to help him. At least I premade the bottles this time, so I didn't do that half a sleep. He did also sleep in longer than yesterday, giving me time to walk to the dog, check the garden, feed the pets and let the chicks out. I also got a chance to pull our dinner Mini chicken pot pies. I also got wash in the washer and dryer.

He want to greet me this morning!

Today’s Goals

1. Drop baby off- today my dad is watching Lukas during the day. I have 3 kids I watch today and my little one. I'm out of beds at work. That means I have to be at my Dad's at 6:45am, that is so early!

2. Work- I work today from 8am- 6pm. I have to drop the littles off at a friends tonight. 

3. Gardening- walk around garden and see what is going on. 

4. Gardening- research how to save zucchini seeds. I have 2 nice zuchini and I want to save their seeds for next year. 

5. Cleaning- post new clean routine and clean bathroom. I hope to get some down time to get to blog about my cleaning. I have been trying but have gotten time yet. 

My first peach Ever!!

Yesterday's Goals

1. Work-  I am working today from 8am-6pm. - I had a great day with the littles! They were prefect yesterday and even got a comment on how good they are! 

2. Art Class- today the little ones have art class! Then weare going to go on a picnic. I think today is a prefect park day! - We had a great time at library! - We meet up with friends. Then we head to the park for a great day! The kids loved the picinc and play time. 

3. Cleaning- post new clean routine and work on cleaning our room. - I got some of the room picked up and cleaned. A little at a time until it is the way I want the house to be! 

4. Stay awake- last night I was up 3 times with the baby. It's harder than I remember. - ok having a baby full is harder then I remember, coffee is my best friend again! He is so cute though. As of now I can't wait to have one of my own again! 

5. Reading - read the rest of "Accidental Farmer" - the baby didn't take a good afternoon nap, so I didn't get any time to read. 

The pears are now facing down 

I have a busy day and hoping to get a few minutes at nap to have time to work on blogging. What are you doing today?