Catching up on "life"...

I'm still alive.  Don't worry.  I was just gone for 6 days out of the last 8, and I'm still trying to get caught up, without neglecting my family too much - especially J, since we got back as he ended his work week.

It's amazing what six days away can do to mess up your sense of "normalcy".  We (the kids and I) headed to my mom and dad's in MI last Friday afternoon, and we got back about 4:15pm on Wednesday afternoon.  We enjoyed our time away - seeing family and friends and just relaxing at "Grandma's" - but we were glad to see J again!

I'm thinking about taking up Freezer Cooking.  I already do it to some extent - make more than we need of dishes and then freezing the leftovers in meal-sized portions - but I'd like to extend the number and variety of meals I have available in my freezer at any given time.  I'll probably wait til after the first of the year to do any major Freezer Cooking, but I want to start building a list of recipes that will work, and planning my shopping/cooking day(s) so I'm ready when I'm ready!

I'm excited about some Christmas-y books I got in the mail this week!  I can't wait to read and review them. I'm a big fan of the Christmas season!

I think I've finally found a "happy" way to coupon.  I just file each week's coupons all together and input them into my database with the date of the inserts.  It saves space and time.  Then I can easily locate the ones I need when planning my lists or while at the store, and I can just clip the ones I need.  It's become MUCH less time consuming.  I just keep my list and coupons (in pocket folders) in my "life binder".  My loose coupons (from samples, blinkies, etc) are just kept in a envelope by month in my binder.

This post has been pretty random, but so has my life lately.  I'll try to get back to "normalcy" starting tomorrow... we'll see how well that works!

Q4U: What's one thing you "can't" survive a week without?