| Everyone has said this more than once in their | | | | together a Tuna and Noodle Casserole that you |
| lives! It could be that we become so engrossed in | | | | can throw in the Microwave anytime. That should |
| what we are doing that we loose track of time. | | | | take care of a weeks worth of cooking. |
| We get so far behind that we never seem to | | | | Monday-Roast, Tuesday -Sloppy Joe, |
| catch up or that we actually enjoy what we are | | | | Wednesday-Barbecued Ribs and Baked potatoes, |
| doing that time goes by so quickly. | | | | Thursday- left over roast, Hot Beef sandwiches, |
| Did you ever wonder where all of the time went? | | | | Friday-Tuna and Noodle Casserole, Saturday-left |
| We have heard the saying 'Time Flys' and it | | | | overs clean out the fridge day or Pizza and |
| always seems to at the least opportune times of | | | | Sunday-eat out. |
| our lives. | | | | I throw a load of wash in as soon as I get up, |
| There are so many articles on time management, | | | | that way by the time the kids are dressed and |
| giving us ways to correct it, ways to save it, | | | | eating breakfast, I can throw it in the dryer. |
| ways to manage it and even ways to use it | | | | Presto, one load of clothes done. |
| wisely. It is not so hard to understand how we | | | | Keep a box of Glass Wipes in the bathroom |
| run into this problem. There is work, household | | | | closet. When I am finished combing my hair (after |
| chores, the kids to raise, the yard work, bowling, | | | | everyone else is gone) I use a wipe to wipe the |
| going to kids practices and doctor appointments, | | | | counter, faucet, mirror, sink, back of the toilet, |
| grocery shopping, and many more things that we | | | | under the toilet seat and flush. Nice and clean and |
| have to schedule for. It is no wonder that we | | | | it took 5 minutes. I use this method in the kitchen |
| loose track of time, there just doesn't seem to | | | | on the cupboards, stove, refrigerator and sink too! |
| be enough to go around. | | | | When you go to pick up the kids from school, |
| Through the years of raising kids, owning a | | | | wait for them after practice, before you get in |
| business or two and joining the P.T.A.. among | | | | your car after work or as soon as you pull into |
| umpteen other organizations, I have managed to | | | | the garage at home; throw all of the trash in the |
| come up with my own system that works for | | | | car into a plastic bag, use a tissue from a leather |
| me. It is hard to follow someone else's system | | | | cleaner to wipe off the dash and the seats and |
| when they don't live the same type of life that | | | | shake out the floor mats. It smells and looks |
| you do, but maybe some of the things that work | | | | great and took 5 minutes. |
| for me may help you out too. | | | | I always keep a calendar in my purse and one in |
| Write a 30 day calendar of menu's. No, its not as | | | | the kitchen that has all of our appointments, |
| hard as you may think! You will have left overs in | | | | meetings and practices on it. This way I never |
| between to use on those nights when you have | | | | forget, always have a reference no matter |
| meetings or places to go to that will help cut | | | | where I am and know when I have free time. |
| down on expensive eating out and cooking. Then | | | | There are more hours in a day than you might |
| follow this closely and you can make your | | | | think if you just work Smarter-Not Harder. |
| shopping list from this. | | | | The old saying is still true, Time Stops For No Man |
| I try to cook most of my meals on my day off. | | | | (or Woman); but with a little help we can slow it |
| It doesn't take much to throw a Beef Roast in | | | | down a little and give ourselves the chance to |
| the oven and maybe a Chicken or Barbecued Ribs | | | | enjoy life. |
| too, make a skillet full of Sloppy Joe and put | | | | |