Sunday, 29 May 2011

Week One.... Mission......Lets get this house a little more organized

Right Now where do i start maybe from the start. Im a mum and have 4 little kidlets running around, i also work , coach the step sons under 8 footy team and help out at the kids school when i can. So as u can guess i dont have much time at home. So meal planning is a must lately ive got really slack and out diet has suffered (yes hello to 3 new kgs well not new i had lost 12 but 3 found me again)
So maybe with my week schedule for this week so i can plan around it


  • Tuesday : Football training 4.30pm to 6.30pm, work 8pm midnight
  • Wednesday: Work 6pm to midnight
  • Thursday: Football training 4.30pm to 6.30pm, work 8pm midnight
  • Friday : Cairns 8am
  • Saturday : Football 8am to 1pm
  • Sunday : FREE DAY
  • Monday : Bays Birthday, Martial Art Training (for me) 5pm to 6pm


So as you can see most afternoons are full of sports. I also work casually so can be called in at any time i haven't had a Sunday off in 4 weeks now even though im never rostered on for them.
So now for the menu plan (and ill try to link any recipes i grab off the net for easier searching later on.)


TUESDAY

  •  Breakfast - Weetbix, Toast, Fruit
  •  School Lunches - Ham and salad sandwich, fruit, cheese sticks, yogurt, popcorn, veggie sticks and dip. Bottle water
  •  Tea - Asian style chicken and noodle soup (slow cooker)
WEDNESDAY
  •  Breakfast - Weetbix, Toast, Fruit
  •  School Lunch - Ham and cheese sandwich, fruit, cheese sticks, yogurt, popcorn, Veggie sticks and dip. Bottle water
  •   Tea - Chicken snitzel burgers lots of salad
THURSDAY
  • Breakfast  - Weetbix, Toast, Fruit
  • School Lunch -Chicken and salad wraps, fruit, cheese sticks, yogurt, popcorn, veggie sticks and dip. Bottle water                                                  
  •  Tea  Curry beef on rice(slow cooker and rice cooker lots of veggies in the curry)
FRIDAY

  •   Breakfast-Weetbix, Toast, Fruit 
  •   School Lunch - Egg sandwiches, fruit, cheese sticks, yogurt, popcorn, veggie sticks and dip. bottle water
  • Tea - Steak and mushroom sauce(adults) sausages and onion gravy(kids), and veggies                                               
SATURDAY
  •  Breakfast-Weetbix, Toast, Fruit 
  •  Lunch -Assorted Sandwiches
  •  Tea  Takeaway
SUNDAY
  •   Breakfast -Bacon and Eggs
  •    Lunch-Nibbles platter (cheese, meats, dips , biscuits)
  •    Tea-Marinated chicken legs and fried rice
MONDAY

  • Breakfast - Weetbix, Toast, Fruit 
  • School Lunch - Chicken legs, fruit, cheese sticks, yogurt, popcorn, veggie sticks and dip. Bottle water                                                
  •  Tea - Rissole's, mash spuds, gravy assorted greens

So thats the meals planned now to plan the housework
EVERYDAY
  • Clean kitchen
  • Take out Bins
  • Make Beds
  • General tidy
TUESDAY 
  • Food shopping
  • Put away shopping
  • Give kitchen a really good scrub 
  • vacuum and mop floors
WEDNESDAY
  • Clean toilet
  • Clean bathroom
  • Washing, folding etc
THURSDAY
  • General all over house tidy
  • vacuum and mop floors

FRIDAY
  • no time for housework lol

SATURDAY
  • Strip beds and remake beds
  • washing folding etc
SUNDAY
  • day of rest
MONDAY
  • washing, folding etc
  • clean out fridge
  • scrub out fridge
  • vacuum and mop floors


    So thats my week lets see if i can stick to it and if i do will it make our life a little easier to live in or do i just need to go find a rich husband and hire a cook and cleaner?