This blog started off as a reply to the House of the Missing Sock after I called to whine that I didn't have a menu plan for the week. While I was working out the menu to share with her, I figured out why it wasn't coming together. We don't have time to eat this week! My monetary and health related goal is to eat out with the kids no more than once a week. (These goals go down the drain on non-kid weeks but I'm working on that too.) If I didn't plan ahead, we would be eating out every night!
The good news is there's a :10 minute maximum travel time between school/gym/tutor. The bad news is there's a :20 minute MINIMUM travel time ONE WAY between school/gym/tutor and home. The worse news is that the fancy new minivan gets not-so-great gas mileage and gas here is $3.35 per gallon so a round trip between the house and the world is ~$3.50.
Here's the schedule...
Sunday-gym meet, ran late
Monday-B practice, 4-6 / regular dinner, regular time
Tuesday-H skipping practice / B tutor 4:30-5:45 / H School Musical 6:15-7:30 / dinner in the car between tutor & musical
Wednesday-PT conferences for grown ups 4-5:00 / practice for kiddos 4-6:30 / dinner at home, regular time, maybe even time to cook if we make two trips (cost = ~$4 in extra gas for better food).
Thursday-H practice 4-7:30 / B tutor 4:15 - 5:30 / D & J drawing straws on who attends parenting class 6:30-8:30
Friday-both kids practice until 7 / regular Friday dinner, regular time.
Here's the menu
Saturday--homemade pizza
Sunday--was going to be slow cooker ham, Izzy's instead
Monday--slow cooker ham, cooked on Sunday :)
Tuesday--picnic, ham sandwiches
Wednesday--pasta primavera with (you guessed it) ham & peas [or beef lo main if the ham doesn't hold out]
Thursday--sandwiches again?
Friday--breakfast (pancakes, eggs & toast)
Saturday--kids go to mom's, grown ups go to bed early
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