Copperswife

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  • There’s a Method To My Madness – Finding A Menu Plan Method That Will Work For You

    It seems that there are as many ways to menu plan as there are women planning meals. To insure menu planning success, though,  it’s vital that you find a method that works for you. One size menu planning does not fit all families! Most of us will start with a method that appeals to us…

  • Books Read in May

    I finished four books during the month of May. My reading goal for the year is to read at least three books in each of thirteen different categories. To date, I’ve read twenty-two books toward my goal of thirty-nine. Here are the books I read and a brief review of each. I reviewed The Immortal…

  • Running The Wheels Off – On Copper’s Non Day Off

    Well before dawn, the phone rang with a Sergeant calling to offer my husband an overtime shift. Copper took the shift. We are both thankful for the overtime, and I’m especially thankful for a husband who works his days off so frequently when overtime is available. However, the day was going to be busy. In…

  • This Week’s Menu

    I’ve been so busy working on the Menu Planning Series, I left planning my own menu for the week until the very last minute! I was away at my weekly planning time at Starbuck’s on Saturday afternoon and realized I had only a few meals planned. I sent Dani a quick email for a couple…

  • Think About It – Things To Consider Before Menu Planning

    I don’t want to make menu planning complicated. Once you get the hang of it, it really is easy and you’ll be able to write up your plans in short order. For those just starting out, though, I want to be thorough. There are a lot of different ways to menu plan, but you need…

  • Gracious Living

    “Most of all, someone has taken the trouble to make things nice – to fluff up the pillows, fill a vase with flowers, put down freshly laundered throw rugs, or set a pot of potpourri to simmer. These little grace notes of sight and scent do more to make a home feel gracious and expansive…

  • You Can Count On It! (An Introduction to Menu Planning)

    When my mother-in-love passed away, Copper’s brother read a moving tribute to her at the funeral service. In that beautiful ode to his mother, everyone remembered with him that we could always count on Lola “just like chicken on Sunday”. Copper and his brother grew up knowing that chicken would be served for dinner on…

  • Need Help For the Six O’Clock Scramble?

    Six o’clock in the evening can cause near panic in some homes. Dinner isn’t ready, it’s not even started, and you might not even have a clue what you will put on the table for dinner. Sound familiar? Enter SOS! The Six O’Clock Scramble to the Rescue, by Aviva Goldfarb! I stumbled across this book…

  • Copper’s Day Off, Or Not

    Copper worked an overtime shift today. We are so thankful to God for providing so much overtime for us in the last few weeks. We are in a season of home repairs, unfinished home projects and tractor breakdowns. The overtime is a huge blessing that is providing us with not only the extra cash we…

  • Menu For The Week

    We have been on the go lately. It’s not usual for us to be out and about and in town several days each week, but that’s what the last couple of weeks have looked like. I’m happy to be home and pulling things back toward normalcy this week. I’ve had quite a few questions about…

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