Awesome Week 9

It's week 9! Can you believe we are already 9 weeks into this year?!? Awesome week 9 of our 52 weeks of Awesome.  Is this year going as great for you as it is for us? So far we've had a great 9 weeks and are looking forward to each week for the rest of the year.  This week's tasks are outlined below
Here's the mini list to print off as a reminder-

Now let's look at this week in detail:

Week 9:

Meal Planning & Grocery Lists

• When you plan out your meals you actually save money by buying only the things you need at the store
• I've found that if I plan 10 meals each week and shop to make sure we have what's needed to make those 10 meals we'll still have options by the end of the week, and left over ingredients can be added to food storage, made into lunches on the weekend, or carried over to the next weeks meals

Weekly Meal Chart

• With this week's meal planning it's a good time to work on making a weekly meal chart.  
• I've seen these done as chalkboard signs, picture frames (write on with dry-erase markers) and even fridge decor.

Set aside $5-20

• Each week set aside $5-20 depending on your financial situation.  Put the money in a safe place where you wont be tempted to dip into it.
• You should have a pretty good stash building up! Don't let yourself dip into it! Think of the end result you want.

Aussie Chicken

• Each week I will give you a new recipe to try out.
• This week's recipe can be found here
• I first tried this recipe when living in Australia, it's one of my family's favorites!

Pamper yourself

• Take time this week to do something nice for yourself.
• Get your hair or nails done, buy yourself a new outfit, get a massage, or even just take a nice bubble bath

Write a list of 10 things you love about someone

• Giving them the list is up to you.
• This is also a good idea to do when you're struggling with a relationship- it helps you focus on the positive about the person instead of the negative.

Buy 6lbs of Yeast

• your food storage will be adding up!

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