As keeper of my home, I feel it’s my place to create beautiful healthy meals for my family. Falling down on this job is not pretty when it comes to feeding a growing family. They resort to all manner of snacking and grazing.
In the quiet of this morning, I sat down with a cup of green tea and planned out menus for the next seven days. I do my shopping on Thursdays since Friday marks the beginning of my work week. It helps to have groceries in the house before I sit down at my desk on Friday mornings.
Menu planning, as you know, also saves lots of money in the way of cutting out impulse buys in the grocery store.
Thursday: Tacos with all the fixin’s, Black beans & Cold iced tea 
Friday: London Broil in the crock pot, Wild rice, Butter beans, Greens
Saturday: Eating at a get-together with friends, just prepare a salad for that
Sunday: Lunch: BLT sandwiches & Chips with a dessert called Sad Pudding; Supper: Chile N Cheese Breakfast Casserole and Grits
Monday: Pintos in small crock pot, BBQ chicken in large crockpot, Cornbread
Tuesday: Salmon patties with lemon pepper seasoning, Corn on the cob, Black eyed peas
Wedneday: Beans & franks, Slaw
So off I go and will have the chance to visit a fun place today. Hopefully will bring back pictures. 
Lynn
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Lynn, I love reading your blog. I was wondering were you find all the cute long skirts you have on in your pictures. I want to start dressing more “girly” but I always see skirts that are short & unflattering for a 30+ mom of 4. Also, how do you find the thrift stores in your area. All we have is 1 goodwill that I have seen around & it is in really bad shape & hard to find anything nice in. Thank you, Deb
Yummmm… your menu looks great!
We’ll be over on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday for dinner..and Monday looks good, too!
I’ll bring dessert!
Ha-ha! Your pal, Michele
Deb, thank you!
A lot of the skirts I buy do come from the thrift stores. I buy some from new retail stores, but only if they are on sale. I just cannot make myself pay 50 or 100 dollars for a skirt. Most of my skirts are 3 dollar skirts. I also make some of my skirts.
As far as finding stores, I would first check my phone book and then call any store before you visit. Hours may be odd, or they may not even be open any more. Some larger thrift stores like American Way, Salvation Army, Goodwill, or PTA might have a website with the location of their stores. I don’t mind driving 20-30 minutes to get to a thrift store, though that would be a special, planned-out trip and I would arrange other errands around it so as not to waste gas.
I think the key to going thrift shopping is going regularly, taking the time to really look, and having key things you look for. I always check white blouses and white shirts. I always look at the sweaters, particularly cardigans. I walk the clothing rows looking for linen — it may be something I’d want, it may not be. I always look at the skirts, scanning the lower section of the rack to pick out long fabric, and hence a long skirt, and to see if there’s anything that jumps out at me. I always look for camisoles and T-shirts.
I look specifically for the things I want to find! It’s easy to just wander around and spend an hour and then be too tired to look at the skirts or whatever.
Other than that, I cannot think of any other good tips. If I do, I’ll post them!
Lynn
Michele, you can come over every day!!! I would be so excited to think that you’d be bringing dessert. You make the most yummy-looking desserts!!
Hugs,
Lynn