Often I felt that I couldn't please anyone no matter what I served for dinner. However, constantly making out menu plans was time consuming and sometimes daunting because everyone likes to eat different things. I've always planned menus weekly or bi-weekly shopping accordingly. I, too, have tried different "pre-packaged" plans and found that none of them are quite what my family likes. Lately there has been a lot of discussion at Thrifty Homeschooler about menu planning. I am so blessed on this Eve of the Feast of the Holy Family to be given my family to care for and to love. The writer asked her if she wished Christmas was as simple as in 1968 and her response was, "No, sometimes you don't realize that the good times are the ones you're in right now." That comment had such an impact that I actually saved the article and have read that quote everyday since it was published on December 23. Then she forwarded and talked of this year's Christmas and the craziness of it all. It was a hard year, yet simple in so many ways. I recently read an article in our local newspaper this woman in her 60's was reminiscing about Christmas of 1968. Reading over this entry sounds to good to be true, but it isn't. Together we have eight children who play together marvelously. Our plans for today include: make homemade cocoa brownies, snowmobile, pack up snow clothes and equipment and head over to Jeremy and Dawn's for a New Year's get together. Dad and Lou played horses and I practiced the piano. We all took a chance at playing darts Lee got an electronic dart board from Grandma for Christmas. Grace has been curtsying and having tea parties, Lou named all her horses Penny and Patriot, and I even caught Lee tip his hat and bow when talking with Grace. I can always pick out a good movie because my children will imitate the characters. The kids watched Felicity again this morning. Today is New Year's Eve and the Eve of the Feast of the Holy Family.
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