Even with the leftovers from Thanksgiving, we still needed to get groceries for this week.  To be a little honest with you, I'm getting tired of turkey leftovers.  Here's my dinner plans for
It's only been within the past year that Michael has really gotten into actually wanting to sit down and play board games with us.  I love that he's finally taken an interest in
Thanksgiving is right around the corner.  I had already purchased my turkey weeks ago because I wasn't sure what our budget would like this week.  Here's what's planned for this week:

Bacon Ranch Chicken

By Lucy
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Ever get in one of those ruts where you're making the same meals over and over again?  Yeah, I seem to get them all the time.  That's when I head over to my
It's the middle of the month and I'm slowly getting tired of planning what to have for dinners.  I wish I was good enough to make a plan at the beginning of the

Bad Wolf Cafe

By Lucy
Monday, November 16, 2015
Review guidelines: 1 Fork = I would rather eat dog food. 2 Forks = I would eat there if I was starving. 3 Forks = Not bad; someplace I would occasionally consider eating.
This year has been the crappiest year of my entire life.  I think during the past 9 months, I have probably shed the same amount of, if not more, tears that I have

North Lime Coffee & Donuts

By Lucy
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Review guidelines: 1 Fork = I would rather eat dog food. 2 Forks = I would eat there if I was starving. 3 Forks = Not bad; someplace I would occasionally consider eating.

Trunk-or-Treat 2015 - Peanuts style

By Lucy
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Since last year everyone was impressed with my Toy Story trunk-or-treat theme, I had to up my game when it came to this year's trunk-or-treat at Michael's school.  I knew that whatever I
Several weeks ago we went and picked a half bushel of apples at one of our local orchards (Apple Picking at Marker-Miller Orchards).  Once we got home I started looking for ideas of
This week's grocery trip was rather simple since we had most of the items already.  Here's the meal plans for dinner this week:

Portofino's

By Lucy
Saturday, November 07, 2015
Review guidelines: 1 Fork = I would rather eat dog food. 2 Forks = I would eat there if I was starving. 3 Forks = Not bad; someplace I would occasionally consider eating.
I was really debating on doing Operation Christmas Child this year just because of our money situation.  Plus now that Michael is in school there's more spending with their Christmas project and different
A few weeks ago, we took Michael to the Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park to have some Fall time family fun.  A few years after moving here, we were taking a drive
Last week I did go grocery shopping and did have a meal plan, but we unfortunately did not follow through with the laid out plan.  I had gotten lost track of time every

Minton's

By Lucy
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Review guidelines: 1 Fork = I would rather eat dog food. 2 Forks = I would eat there if I was starving. 3 Forks = Not bad; someplace I would occasionally consider eating.

Boone Tavern

By Lucy
Monday, November 02, 2015
Review guidelines: 1 Fork = I would rather eat dog food. 2 Forks = I would eat there if I was starving. 3 Forks = Not bad; someplace I would occasionally consider eating.
Does anyone else seem to have a hard time trying to stick with the meal plans?  I was hoping that this month would be different from September and that we would make almost