Monday's Menu

Here is our menu for the week:

Monday: tonight we had sandwiches, chips, watermelon, blueberries, and raspberries
(the Reverend was at a meeting late, so I went for easy!)
Tuesday: tacos, homemade guacamole
Wednesday: Domino's (3.99 pizzas + I work on Wed. nights at the library right now so
it's easy for the Reverend)
Thursday: grilled shrimp, thai pasta, steamed broccoli
Friday: Mexican lasagna, garlic bread, apple dumplings
Saturday/Sunday: taking an assorted collection of vegetables, chips, desserts, and condiments to a family get together for July 4th weekend

Also, last night (Sunday night), Abi planned our meal. We had salad, rotisserie chicken, and watermelon, blueberries, and raspberries. The Ave chose all the fruit. We carved up the chicken and the kids and I ate it in our salads, while the Reverend ate his plain. Very yummy and healthy too. Good job, kids!

Can't wait for this month to end, so I can post my shopping totals after I shop on Wednesday! Got my Publix list and coupons almost together already!

Monday's Menu

Menu for the week includes:

Monday--chicken fajitas with my new Pampered Chef stone bakeware! Hooray! Can't wait to make this recipe. I'll let you know how it goes...
Tuesday--Crockpot roast, mashed potatoes, broccoli, macaroni and cheese
Wednesday--Domino's
Thursday--Sloppy Joes

Last week I only spent about $30 for my week's worth of groceries. This week, looks like I'll be spending about $60. I had some great deals at CVS last week too, where I even made some money. I'm loving this couponing!

Africa--Part 2

I am sorry I have been so remiss in posting about Africa. It has just been hard to get into words and to relay to others about the trip.

I wrote several weeks ago about Uganda. About the little boy I fell in love with, Alan, who lives at Canaan's Children's Home.
Another great ministry that we got to be a part of was Amazima Ministries. Amazima means truth. Katie Davis, from Brentwood, Tn, moved to Uganda several years ago, after a short term mission trip. She has now adopted 14 girls and also started a feeding program which feeds hundreds of children every Saturday through a sponsorship program. Oh, and did I mention that she is 21 years old.
We were privileged to be a part of this day one Saturday. The children have a Bible story, sing songs and play for hours. We took soccer balls, parachutes, face paint, crafts, stickers, etc. to play with them. They braided our hair, and just sat and talked with us too.
We were able to help serve a meal to the children. Rice, beans, and one piece of chicken. We also had helped fill 300 bags of rice, 300 bags of flour, and 300 bags of beans, for them to take home. It was amazing, watching them walk off the field, in a row, with those turquoise bags of food balanced on their heads. Most of these children walk 1 or 2 miles home by themselves, little children too. Here is a brief recap through pictures:

Katie's monkey. I have a few pictures of Katie, at her house and with her girls, but she had asked us not to post them on the internet. She is very protective of those girls of hers and loves them so very much!



The kids during the Bible story


one of my favorites, the kids praying after the story!



I was a face painter, and boy did I paint me a lot of brown faces all week. I loved it!


the girls who braided my hair...


this is a sweet girl named Dora. I held her, we talked, we sang, we played, she napped on me. I loved her!



passing out bags of food.



the children walking away with their bags of food. Uganda is a very beautiful country, so lush and green.


That's it for Uganda. Now on to Ethiopia in the next post (where I lost my heart to those Korah kids from the dump!)


www.kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com
www.amazima.org

Monday's Menu (on Tuesday, almost Wednesday)

Well, I am going to try to start re-posting my menus for the week. I have had pretty good success with the coupons lately so now back to planning the meals for the week.

Monday--grilled chicken salad, watermelon
Tuesday--crockpot pork tenderloin, corn, broccoli, cresent rolls
Wednesday--Domino's $3.99 pizzas (our family usually eats 3 of these, with leftover for lunch)
Thursday--Tacos, guacamole
Friday--dress rehearsal for dance recital, so probably sandwiches or McD's.

Also, I'm excited to report my totals for the month of May. I tracked every shopping trip and kept my receipts to show my spending/saving for the entire month.

I spent: $312.45
I saved: $245.73

Now this includes everything: diapers, 2 baby shower presents, 1 birthday party, clothing, regular groceries, etc. so I thought I did pretty good. I also had just returned from Africa and was a little unsettled for most of the month. (to put it nicely!)

I'm tracking June as well, to see if I can beat my total. I'll keep you posted.

More about Africa soon, I promise.