We made it! The month of traveling, visiting friends and family, and vacation is now over and boy oh boy are we tired. We started off the month with a reunion of sorts with friends from college, followed a week later by a week long trip that also involved visiting four different couples from college. A week later we had a family reunion on Saturday and a special church celebration at the church I grew up attending.
At the church pot luck (pitch-in) I saw people I had not seen since high school or even my elementary years. Later I told my husband that it is very frustrating to have my shyness reappear when I go to events like this. I would so love to go up and talk to people, but suddenly I feel shy. Me. An adult woman. And I know these people! So why do I feel shy? It can be very frustrating.
To make things easier at the family reunion and church pitch-in, I took the same thing to both – a veggie tray. My thinking was that not all the veggies would be eaten the first day and I could reuse the leftovers the second day. What ever was still left remained with my parents when we traveled back home. This morning my husband said, “Enough! We are NOT going anywhere for the next month!” Good thing the calendar agrees with him. 
Last week’s menu sort of unfolded all by itself. There were two days the kids and I were out of the house and another day my husband had lunch at work. Add in the traveling and there were not a whole lot of meals I had to make from scratch for everyone all at once. There were only so many choices in the freezer/pantry and they all fit together without any planning. That does not happen often, which is why I usually meal plan.
This week, yeah, this week needs a meal plan. And a maid. And a drywall installer. And a private gardener. And … well, for now I will focus on the meal planning.
I stopped by the grocer in Small Town to pick up a few items, but will do a larger trip on Wednesday in Big Town. Because of this, I am limited on a few item. For example, I do not feel like paying close to $3 per dozen for eggs, when I can wait another 2 days an pay less than $1.50. Same goes for milk, though I did pick up a half gallon as the individualized containers of shelf stable milk I had at home apparently were way too far past their best use by date. Yeah, my husband had to inform me of that this morning, poor guy.
Breakfast:
- Visiting Family
- Cream of Wheat
- Oatmeal
- ???
- Shakes
- Muffins
- Eggs, toast, fruit, bacon
Lunch:
- Visiting Family
- Spaghetti with meat sauce
- Ribs, lemon potatoes, beets, corn on the cob
- Sandwiches
- Beef curry and rice
- Pork loin, potatoes, left over vegetables
- TBD
Supper:
- Visiting Family
- Watermelon, sandwiches, leftovers/what-not-from-pantry
- Tomato soup
- Pizza
- French onion soup, cheese sandwiches
- Sandwiches, chips
- Leftovers
And there we have it, the menu I have been trying to create between other activities today. It really does go a lot faster if you just sit and focus for a few minutes. What is on your plan for this week? Anything new or exciting? 
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