Hey y'all! I haven't posted in awhile so here's what has been going on. Things have just been crazy! The rest of my summer flew by and I started back last week. July was full of conferences, trainings, and working in my classroom. (Reveal is coming soon!)
I met my mom for lunch and shopping today. While we were walking around a store I threw out the idea to her about some new blog posts. I've decided to share with everyone some simple things I do to stay sane during the craziness of school. Now some of you have been doing this for years but I'm just getting started with it all.
I have a full week of professional development ahead of me which also means 10 hour+ work days. Because of this I know I will want to get as much sleep as possible, not do a lot of thinking about cooking, and will need tons of snacks (and caffeine)!! I have quite a few goals this school year. They are: 1) no frozen dinners!, 2) eating out only once a week, 3) precooking some meals on Sunday, and 4) have snacks prepard
Some of these ideas I've seen on Pinterest and some I came up with on my own. Here we go...
One thing I did a lot last year was pick up dinner on the way home from school. I was too tired to cook and most of the time I never left any meat out to thaw. I seriously spent a lot of money doing all that and I put so much junk inside me! In order to solve this problem I am going to start planning my meals out for a whole month. I will still only grocery shop once a week, but I'll know in advance what I may need more of. I posted this on IG a few days ago...
Don't follow me on IG? Go for it HERE. :)
It's only been one week but so far the calendar has really helped. It's also held me accountable to what I'm eating and what I bought at the grocery store.
We are very lucky that during our week before school starts we are able to take long lunch breaks. We use this time to go out to eat. It's a fun time to bond with the other teachers. So this week I won't be premaking any lunches, but I am working on snacks. I make sure to always load my bag up with tons of snacks. One problem I ran into last year is that I didn't have much time in the morning to bag things up or I didn't have enough for the week. How am I planning on fixing it? A snack bucket and a snack drawer!
I am using one of the bottom drawers of my fridge for various snacks. When I am packing my lunch in the morning I can just grab from this drawer and be done! This week I have strawberries, blackberries, grapes, apples, carrots, and string cheese.
This is the snack bucket I put together. It's sitting on my kitchen counter so I can easily grab a few things out of here and throw them in my bag.
Have you seen these amazing bags at Target?
I love them! I was able to quickly portion out a serving of Cheerios and didn't even have to think about it.
That's it! There's a few things I'm trying out this school year to help keep things a little calm. Do you do any of these? Is there anything you do that works well for you? I want to know! :)
Have a great week everyone!
Live, love, learn
Rachel :)
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