June 9th- 5th grade graduation was the most important thing on the schedule, however this did\u00a0not occur until 1pm so there were a few more things to accomplish today. Today is the last full day of school and my last day off while school is in session. We have big plans for the summer including using our season passes for the water park and enjoying the pool as much as possible.\u00a0 I am also really trying to get a good handle on our finances and eliminate\/reduce significantly our spending.\u00a0 Finally, we are schedule to pick up 120# of chicken breast next Tuesday, an hour prior to the beginning of our first swim meet.<\/p>\n
Given that information,\u00a0 my plan for today\u00a0was to\u00a0 prepping as much stuff for the summer and next week as possible. We made a trip to both Food Lion and Aldi this morning to gather needed ingredients for our chicken. I am planning a separate post with the specific details of what we are doing differently this time when we pick up the chicken. I did cook 36 cups of rice.\u00a0 I separated most of this into 3 cup portions to use with the chicken next week. I also made a double batch of taco rice<\/a>, of which one meal is for the beach, which \u00a0went in the freezer\u00a0but the rest is fast easy meals. I made a huge batch of egg salad and started 6 mini loaves of bread for some real good sandwiches. Our garden is starting to produce so I was able to cook up 3 containers of carrot, squash and onions to use in casseroles this winter. In addition I was able to freeze another bag of dill and basil.<\/p>\n I am pleased with the progress today and hope next week will not be as hetic and busy as I am afraid!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 9th- 5th grade graduation was the most important thing on the schedule, however this did\u00a0not occur until 1pm so there were a few more things to accomplish today. Today is the last full day of school and my last … Continue reading