“It pays to plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.”
Today…ugg. I’ve dreaded this day for several weeks. The first day of school. I hate it. Always have. I like the kids being home and the lazy days of summer.
Today I have to get back to being my control-planning-think-everything thru- self.
The school start/end times for the middle school SUCKS. No other word for it. SUCKS. The brilliant minds that run things changed us to a 9-4 school. And the bus ride of course is a long one, because there are stupid people making these decisions….The bus comes at 7:50am and drops them off at 5:02pm. (That’s for Crash and Lola. Pootie is on the same NORMAL schedule of 7:15-2:15.) It is just not possible or economical for me to pick them up everyday.
Add in the extra curricular activities (soccer) and I’ve got to be a NOAH. Plan plan plan.
Or we’d starve.
Or go broke eating out
Here is the meal plan and kid shuffle for this week.
Monday- (tonight)
Chicken Parmesan with side of spaghetti and broccoli. Pootie has practice from 5-6:30. Hubby is reffing game at 7:00 up the road. I’m sure I’ll have to have a beer to get thru all the ridiculous paperwork that I know is going to descend on me tonight.
Bubba helped me get dinner ready this morning. He loves to help cook!!! He says “I’m a great helper and stirrer mommy.” Yes you are Bubba! And so dang cute!!!
I pounded out the chicken breasts really thin. Then lightly breaded with Italian breadcrumbs and garlic (we love garlic).
Sautéed a little – to brown…
Put into pryex dish. I’ll pour sauce and cheese over before putting in the oven!! Yummy yummy!!!
Tuesday
Roast with rice and bourbon carrots. Crash has practice on Tuesdays from 4:45 til 6:15 (yeah, go back and look at his bus schedule) but the coach is giving them this Tuesday off because he knows it’s a hot mess with the bus schedule for so many of us. Pootie has practice from 6:15-7:45. I’m also helping out my friend, Suzanne, and watching her two boys on Tuesday evening. Love her boys!
Wednesday
PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps – a family favorite. Crash has practice from 6:00-7:30 and Pootie is 8:00-9:30. On Wednesday afternoons at 3:50 I pick up my neighbors son from his bus drop off – he attends a private school and they do community drop offs.
Thursday
MeatLoaf with mashed taters and baby peas. Pootie practice from 6:00-7:30 and Crash 7:30-9:00
Friday
Leftovers. Hubby goes to take care of Robb now on Friday nights. (He is our friend with Lou Gehrig’s) No one has practice this Friday. Pootie has a game on Saturday and Sunday. Friday will be a recovery day for all of us! 
I haven’t even been able to THINK about when Lola starts with her afterschool activities (she is dying for Drama to start)….
So from here on out – it’s cooking in the morning. Having a game plan. Knowing what we are going to eat for dinner makes my afternoons so much easier to handle.
So- if you have any good easy recipes to share – since I’m having to be creative with casseroles and crockpots – let me know!!!
And just remember..
It’s not the plan that’s important…it’s the planning!
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