Schedule

` Now that I made it through my sons 1st Holy Communion and party. which I hosted at my house, it's time to develop a schedule. I've been debating doing this, because part of me is overwhelmed by the whole idea, but I think things will go more smoothly if I bite the bullet here.

` I am going to start out with a weekly schedule that I will put together on Sunday's. I am going to add church, which I hate to say we have not been doing, and batch cooking. I would love to do the OAMC but with a weekly budget of $65.00/week and 4 adults and 3 kids there is just no way. I have also come to the conclusion that I am going to have to up my food budget until I get my pantry built up.

` Part of my weekly schedule is going to include my weekly budget. I messed up last week by not taking the cash out of the bank for his party, so now I have no real idea of how much I spent since I added the food to my grocery bill, etc. From now on cash it will be.

` As far as cleaning goes, I have been trying to do flylady. I had started it before so I kinda fast forwarded the baby steps and jumped in where I left off. I have also started picking one additional chore a day that I can complete in 15-30 minutes time.

` For cooking, which I am finding out, is taking up the majority of my time, I decided on Batch cooking. I am going to get some index cards and a box to put them in. As I add things to my freezer I will put it down on an index card. When it is time to menu plan for the week I will be able to go through my index cards of what I have made already and put them in the front of the box.

`I plan on posting my entire weekly schedule on Sunday nights for the following week. Hopefully this process is like the budget and will get easier as time goes on.