Why I took a three week sabbatical and why I am doing it again this year!

Do you feel exhausted all of the time?  Do you feel you are always on the go, always having some commitment either work, family or personal?  When is the last time you scheduled time for you to relax and take care of yourself?  Time for you to BE?  I bet it’s been quite awhile.  I was at that point about two years.  My job is

Katie’s Weekly Goals 4/29

Last Week

Every week:

Laundry & keeping house clean

Meal Planning & Freezer items: Spaghetti sauce,

Katie’s Weekly Menu 4/28

Sunday: Family Fun Day, Dinner at the Milwaukee Bucks Game

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Stuffed Shells

Stuffed Shells is one of my family’s favorite meals. It is also requested quite frequently when we have family and friends over for dinner.

And I am totally okay with that

Katie’s Focus Words

Chanyn and Kim have let you in on their Focus Words for the year and I want to share mine as well.

Focus words give you direction

Live Like We are on Vacation (part 2)

I started by asking my kids what they enjoy about going on vacation and here are some of their responses:

• sleep in
• relaxing, lack of busy schedule
• going out to eat
• read a book
• being away from home
• no chores
• going to special places to do things
• having fun with the family
• experiencing new places and culture
• being able to not do anything

Looking at the list helps me know what my family enjoys. In reality, we can’t do all of the things on the list, all the time. But in moderation,

Katie’s Weekly Goals 4/22

Last week wasn’t too busy of a week. I was able to keep up on my weekly goals. I even finished some of my other goals and started bigger goals . I did great with freezer cooking! My freezer is quite stocked and that feels great! I work 10 hours days, so I need healthy prepared meals for those days.

Katie’s Weekly Menu 4/21

Sunday 21:

B: Waffles

What a #@&% week!

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower

The plan I had for this past week went by the wayside from the very beginning.  Sunday I was gone the entire day (for fun stuff thankfully!) and so I did not get a chance to

Time to go Shopping!

Grocery Shopping that is…

The fridge is almost empty… the cupborad is bear! So much so, that I decided to clean the fridge and reorganize the pantry. It wasn’t a hard job with the lack of food. It also gave