Making a List and Checking it Twice!

No, I'm not Santa! On Patty's blog, she has an entry about lists and how she feels about them. While I don't make lists of everything I do, I live by lists. It could be because I'm so disorganized that I have to be ultra-organized or I don't function. It could be because without a list, I will sit at the sewing machine almost 24/7 and do nothing else. I enjoy having a list to follow. Otherwise, I'd be constantly trying to figure out what I was forgetting to do (not that I don't forget things even though I have a list!) One list that I make and pretty much live by is a weekly menu. We rarely go out to eat and I love to cook so this works great for us. We have our big meal at lunch and Vince is rarely here for dinner so I try to fix things for lunch that Vince likes and things for dinner that Chad likes. I'll eat anything so that makes it pretty easy! I think we have pretty interesting meals and it's a heck of a lot less expensive to eat at home than to eat out. I print two copies of the "menu". One goes on the fridge for everyone to see. The second one has recipes attached and it goes into a three ring binder. I don't know why I keep them . . I rarely go back and re-use a menu. I sometimes use the same recipes but haven't ever used the same menu. Here's our menu for the coming week. Judy