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  • Weekend Bites 2016

    Weekend Bites 2016

    Welcome to Weekend Bites 2016!
    Weekend Bites

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      2016 Weekend Bites
    How was everyone’s first week of 2016!! It’s been fairly tame around here. The kids went back to school Monday, and little Prince and I are getting back into a daily routine. He’s missing his sisters, but also seems more content to play by himself in the quiet. Today I tried packing him a lunch at the same time I did the girls, in hopes he’d forgo spending the day looking for snacks. It was only semi successful. We’ll keep trying though, and see if I put more in he likes if he’ll stick with it better. This week I’m looking for lunch recipes – for me and the kids! Share with me what you have. 
     
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    Pot Roast with Coffee Gravy
     
    Guava Pinwheels from Silver Foodie
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    Chocolate Meyer Lemon Thumbprint Cookies
     
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  • Word of the Year for 2016: Tidy

    Word of the Year for 2016: Tidy

    This years one word motto is to create a more Tidy life for myself and those in my home. Tidy house. Tidy clothes. Tidy schedules. If I can tidy it up, I will make an effort to this year. I want to enjoy doing things this year that I feel we can’t because of the chaos we surround ourselves with. 

    2016 Word of the Year -Tidy. The why behind my word

    Every year we move, and each time I get rid of more stuff. In fact I get rid of so much, that my husband probably wonders how we even have stuff in our house these days! I wonder myself frequently how we can get rid of so much but still have so. much. stuff. The cleaning and purging is followed up with trying to make a home work out of a modge podge of stuff that really doesn’t go together. So the result is a house filled with chaos, that doesn’t entice any of us to want to keep it tidy.

    I want to go to bed knowing this feeling. Truth be told I have before, but I’d like it to not take all my energy to make it that way every night. I want to wake up in the morning with a Tidy house, because nothing energizes you more than knowing there aren’t leftover chores from yesterday, or the day before, or even the week before!

    Shortly before Christmas I was gifted the book (affiliate link) The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. I haven’t actually read it yet, but I knew as soon as I read the introduction my word for 2016 would be Tidy. Shortly after Christmas I rejoined the Mess to Success facebook group, and then a friend shared a Konmari Challenge group (based of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up) with me. If you’d like to join any of these groups, just let me know!

    My plan for the year is to not purge, or minimalize what we have. This year, it’s about tidying up. Finding systems that truly work for our home and lifestyle. I’ll share my progress with you, and invite you to share any tips and/or progress with me!

     

    Looking for more inspiration on your word of the year? Read about last years word Marriage, and my first word of the year Joy.