February Eval

My goals for February were "start food storage" and "scrapbook 20 pages"
Ok, the scrapbooking.  I used to be so good at keeing up.  I was caught up for years and years.  But now I am almost 2 years behind.  I just have not been able to get back into it (even though it is one of my favorite things to do.)  I just DONT HAVE TIME!!  So with a few days left of the months I whipped out a ton of pages- exactly 20.  Hopefully doing some scrapbooking will get me back into enjoying it.  But I'll be honest, it is so hard to find the time.  I need another goal that I will do a few pages a month.

And....the food storage.  This is something I have NEVER done.  I mentioned it before, it is so intimidating to me.  Where to start?  How to do it?  Instead of focusing on having a 1 year supply, I shrunk that down to a 1 month supply of food and 3 day supply of water.  Only 3 days for water because that is still a lot of water.  Once I got over that first initial question "How the heck do I do this?" it became so much easier.  When I filled up the first 2 pop bottle with water, I felt so good.  It felt great to know that if worse comes to worst, my kids will have clean water to drink.  And that is why I am doing this.

Before and after pictures of my storage shelves.  Ok, I told you I was awful at this.  The before shelves are so bare.  The afters are not much better, but it's a start and that was my goal.

This website is awsome!  I filled out the excel sheet (under 10 baby steps) to figure out what food to buy for storage and it helped me out so much.
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/

January Eval

At the beginning of the year I made 1 or 2 goals for each month.  My one and only goal for January was to read the Book of Mormon every single day.  And I did it.  I know how important it is to read from this book daily but for some reason it is hard.  This was a very important goal for me because it got me into the habit of daily reading.  It has allowed me to remember just why this book should be a part of my life.  My days go more smoothly, I am happier and it is a reminder that I have a loving Heavenly Father and that my Savior lives.


If you do not know what the Book of Mormon is:  Click on this link:
 http://mormon.org/book-of-mormon/

The rest of the Hunger Games

As I said before I was ONLY going to read book 1 again.  But as soon as I finished 1, I picked up 2 and 3 and read them both again.  This series is awesome.  I actually enjoyed them more the second time.  I was not racing through to figure out the ending.  I was more attached to the characters this time.  After the 3rd book, Mockinjay, I was actually sad for the characters.  I did not get that involved the first time.  These books are a must read!

Minnie the Mouse

I threw the kid her first friend birthday party.  It was So.Much.Fun!!!  I did a Minnie Mouse theme.  From the invitations to the treats to the games.  This is why I LOVE pinterest so much.  They had so many cute minnie ideas.  The party was a complete success!  You know how I know?  Because the kid was so happy!

Bathroom

My very least favorite, ok- hate is a better word- chore to do is clean the bathroom.  To make it worse, our shower has little rivets/grooves all over the floor that all the gross residue nestles into.  I have kneeled on my knees and scrubbed until my arms hurt, but I cannot get the shower floor all the way clean.  My husband actually found this idea and he went ahead and tried it.  He sprayed the shower walls down, left it for an hour and then rinsed it off.  He did not scrub.  Voila, the walls were sparking clean.  He did not even put any of this on the floor, but as the walls were rinsed off and this went down the drain, it cleaned the floor on its way. Cleaner than I can get by scrubbing my brains out.  I will be using this once a month for a good shower cleaning!

http://lifecraftsandwhatever.blogspot.com/2012/01/dawn-vinegar-soap-scum-killa.html

Minnie the Mouse

The kid had her first ever birthday party.  We did a Minnie Mouse theme. This is why I LOVE pinterest.  So many ideas came from there.

Balsamic Basil Mayo on Caprese Grilled Cheese

A big fancy name for a super easy meal.  This is definately a busy day dinner. 

Our favorite thing to eat in the summer are what we call "good tomatoes."  Sliced fresh garden tomatoes, topped with mozerella cheese, balsamic vinegar, basil and italian dressing.  Broil until cheese is melted and golden brown.  We will eat just like this, or broil on top of thick french bread.  This recipe is just like these good tomotoes, just grilled.  So of course it was yummy to us.

http://www.sweettreatsmore.com/2012/01/caprese-grilled.html