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Meal Plan for the week – Eating from the cupboard

Amy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:14:30 +0000

I started oh, about a month ago doing a weekly dinner meal plan and boy does it help! Basically, on Sunday morning I get my newspaper, cut my coupons and write down my dinners for the week. I am a busy mom and I was really dreading the what’s for dinner question. Some days it would be 3pm and I would think, oh crap…what am I making? Not anymore!

With meal planning, I only have to think once a week! Aww, saved brain cells…bonus for sure! I look through my cupboards, freezer and fridge and decide what we are going to eat. Once I have the plan down I can look and see what we will need from the store. I shop ONCE a week on Monday mornings and I am D-O-N-E! So easy!

This week, I am only giving myself $20 for grocery money because it’s just one of those weeks…so this is all basically pulled together from stuff we have in the house now.

Here is the plan:

Sunday night: 7 pound Turkey Breast in crock pot with mashed potatoes (REAL!), stuffing, gravy and green beans

Monday night: Turkey Tettrazini frozen corn and pineapple

Tuesday night: (Back to school night) Chicken Tortilla Soup

Wednesday night: Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie and salad

Thursday night: Chicken Teriyaki with stir fry veggies and rice

Friday night: Tacos, black beans and rice

Saturday and Sunday…not sure yet but I do know I will have this sweet girl for the weekend… (oh, and YES, that’s a new tee for the website! Woohoo…coming this week??)

Sappy Mom Moment and Sneak Peek

Amy — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:07:25 +0000

I am really enjoying this mom gig. I am such a sap but at least once a day I realize how lucky I am to have such a great family and best of all, I get to be home everyday and be with them. This is my dream job. Planning meals, cutting coupons, grocery shopping, cooking, packing lunches, taking my girls to school, actually getting out of the car and walking them in…every single day, picking them up…every day, helping with homework, going to PTA meetings, being a Girl Scout leader..times 2, back to school night, crafting time, reading to them, tucking them in…I love every bit of it. (of course everything isn’t perfect, we all get grouchy, I get naggy but I am a glass half full gal and I will keep it that way!)

I took pics yesterday of some of my new tees, Abby is showing one and April has on the new tween/teen version…but I will have to show a peek of that later;)

Sneak Peek- Week 1

Amy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:07:37 +0000

Light Bright fun!

Amy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:16:34 +0000

Eek, so excited about my newest tee and socks set. I asked one of the sweetest gals to do pictures for me and they are just adorable! Thanks Jenn and Miss A! If you are in the Kansas City area and looking to have some amazing pictures done of your kiddos, you should check out J Cooper Photography!

Loving this shot with her newly missing tooth:)

The tee and socks are up on the site now!

Video: Abby and I tell you about our new Felt Hats!

Amy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:03:15 +0000

Oh good golly! I have some new goodies to share with you! Well, actually watch this little movie and Abby and I will tell you all about them!

These Felt Hats are great for Halloween, dress-up, imagination play or heck just cool head gear when going to the grocery store. They are only $5.99 and they are a super thing to perk up the day for your little one! Abby loves them all!

Naughty or Nice? Or maybe both?

Amy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:36:40 +0000

I am a wee bit thrilled, no I am totally thrilled to bring you my newest shirts! This year I am trying something a little bit different. Every Christmas, I do these fun Naughty and Nice tees. I applique each tee myself and while I do love my sewing machine I find that I just can’t get them done fast enough. Soo, we are going to give these a whirl this year. The tees are done in regular Tote and Tee fashion, but I had them professionally printed. Seriously, I love how they look and I think you will too! The colors just really pop off the shirt and will make super duper Christmas cards!

Oh, the best thing about these tees…the price! I used to charge $35-$40 per tee because well the words just take a lot longer. Now they are only $24!! The Naughty is here and the Nice is here.

Get your Halloween tees!

Amy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:12:31 +0000

I just added a fun sibling set for Halloween. Stripes for boys and dots for girls. I can get these out really quick so you can you them for all of October.

We have Halloween Dots for girls and Halloween Stripes for boys.

Oh, and don’t forget to grab some black/white stripe tights or knee socks to go with your Halloween attire. They are going fast…already!

Any clues on what the kiddos are going to be for Halloween yet? I need to start chatting with my girls about it. Before Abby was born, I would pride myself on making all of April’s costumes myself. Well, 2nd child comes along and that all went out the door! If you know any cool sites with Halloween costumes, leave a comment so I can go take a peek!

Last Chance Labor Day Sale

Amy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:49:03 +0000

It’s time to have a Last Chance sale here at Tote and Tee. Last chance means I am moving out some of my tees and offering them for a super duper low price, one last time! Sale lasts until Monday, Sept 2 at midnight.

And don’t forget to use coupon code “labor” to get an ADDITIONAL 20% off your order.

Just so you know, if you say want to get 2 Last Chance tees, use your coupon and choose 1st class shipping it’s only $35! What a deal!!

Start shopping now!

Oh, almost forgot to share one of my newest items. Basic White School socks, yes, it’s time!

Abby was hamming it up for the pictures, she loves it and is happy to be on “Tote and Tee dot com” as she tells me. Love that girl.

Oh, look at we have here!

Amy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:33:24 +0000

We made it through our first week of school. April is in 4th grade(when did that happen??) and Abby started Kindergarten. Both girls did excellent and they really like their teachers.

Here they are for their traditional 1st day of school pic.

I added a couple new items to my site this week, both just make me giddy! (one makes me say Giddyup! hehe) I just love this little guy and his dimples. You can find the Giddyup Cowboy tee here.

And I am super excited to bring you Skinny Headbands by Little*e*Designs. They are so cute and even I wore them with my big ol’ head for a few hours and no pinching! I think you will love them!

I added the Apple Skinny Headband, it goes perfectly with the new ABC 123 Tee.

I will be adding new things all the time, be sure to check back in! If there is something you would like to see for sale at Tote and Tee, feel free to email me or leave a comment here.

A new item, my niece and me.

Amy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:08:58 +0000

I love being an aunt. I love being an aunt to this sweet girl and I love that she just spent the week at my house. I love that I have a fresh new face to model my goods. Life is good and she is damn cute, don’t you think?

You can find that cute hoodie here. You have the choice of having just the initial on front or the initial on front and name on back. We put her last name on back, I think daddy (my bro!) will love it!

And here I am enjoying my niece…

She looks a little startled and it looks like my armpit is swallowing up my shirt but hey we are happy.