my girlfriends in my bible study group decided to do a food swap.
it took us awhile to get it organized but we did it!
i was so excited about it.
some of us are kind of picky and i love that we were honest about that too.
i have a bunch of picky eaters here so it wouldn't save me anytime if i did this
and all the meals were yucky to my kids.
my meal was lasagna.
that's really is MY meal.
i make it for anyone who has a baby…family in the hospital….lost a loved one….company coming…
everyone!
and everyone tells me it's so good.
so i believe them.
i made seven.
all in my jammies, slippers and apron.
with christmas music on and all the kids at school and an entire pot of coffee by my side.
it really was such a nice morning.
it took me 3 hours exactly.
that was twice as long as i thought it would take but all the stirring and layering takes time.
after you make your meal you cover them with plenty of foil
("no air in there"….name that line)
label it with instructions and freeze them.
then you bring them to the swap already frozen.
we all opened our trunks and swapped out our casseroles for five different ones.
the different meals were:
chicken enchiladas
turkey tetrazzini
manicotti
chicken and stuffing
bierock casserole (small town german favorite)
and my lasgana
my freezer is so happy. i think it smiled and winked at me….
now for december…the busiest month…i have six meals already made!
AWESOME.
i think all of you should do this with your girlfriends.
(or with your co-workers or neighbors?)
set your rules of money, ingredients, recipes and GO FOR IT!
it was so fun.
Sarah @ Thriftydecorchick - Oh good Lord, I am with you. I am the Pile Queen — especially mail…paper, coupons, whatever. And the pile moves about five times till I finally deal with it. Love your site!
Sarah @ Thriftydecorchick - Oh good Lord, I am with you. I am the Pile Queen — especially mail…paper, coupons, whatever. And the pile moves about five times till I finally deal with it. Love your site!
Jamie Sampson - I am not alone, said with a huge sigh of relief.
a thorn among roses - so my hubs is the king of piles…no horizontal space for him bc he will fill it up! laundry…does it ever ever get done???
Trina - Well I have to say.. your piles are quite pretty!!!!! Can’t wait to see the craft.. I haven’t been very crafty lately!! Looking for some inspiration 🙂
michelle allen - how can you make your piles even look good!
did you build your gingerbread house from scratch? i can’t wait to see the pictures! that is one of the projects i promised my kids this year too. it’s a good way to get rid of all the old candy sitting around : )
are those teacher gifts with the marshmellows? hope your headache disappeared. from the looks of the time i will probably be having one in the morning myself!
Ashley - I think you must be SuperMom with all you accomplish in one day. I feel like I do alot, then I visit your blog and am tired (and jealous) looking at your day! I am curious what the tins are being used for?
traci - only you could make all those piles look so inviting. love the magazines – i have piles of those here too. and lemonheads are my all time favorite. yum!!
Gini - I like pile number 3….oh, wait, I mean pile number 4…no make that pile number 5. I hear ya’, girl!
carissa - my laundry pile is BIGGER than your laundry pile!
wait a minute… that’s not good! 🙂
you are doing GREAT…
well on your way to the finish line!
regina - I see piles but I see very pretty and fun piles!!!!
jennifer - The colors in your piles are so pretty. Even the laundry pile. There’s way too much brown and black in my mountain of a laundry pile.
I’m another one that really wants to know the how to on the cocoa baggies. They look too cute but I’m craft impaired so there’s no way I can figure out on my own what you’ve got going on there.
Can’t wait to see the rest of crafting addictions!
Lee Ann - But your piles are so pretty! 🙂 Does your craft obesession involve the bottle caps?
Rach - Are you sure you aren’t the Energizer Bunny because you continue to amaze me with your daily projects. Maybe there are 30 hours in your day instead of 24. 😉
Aubrey - You make piles look pretty. I love those little tins. I’ve never seen them before (why am I so ignorant?) but I bet you’re doing something fun with them. We did gingerbread houses from kits I bought after christmas on sale. Lazy, I know–but they don’t eat the gingerbread anyway.
I have the same laundry basket–only less full. Only because I haven’t washed it all yet and my husband folded some of it already. Maybe he’ll do all the Christams baking, too.
Tami - Wow r u kiddin me lol. I havent even put the tree up yet! Yikes!
sarah - At lest they are pretty piles, right?!
kasey - what happened to you taking a breaK?
adrienneK - i recently discovered your blog(through ohdeedoh, i was recently featured on the site as well) and i am in love with all your color!! i too would like to know more about the neat coa coa kits, they seem like a great idea:)
Laura - I, too, would like to know about the packages with the hot cocoa mix. I need Sunday School teacher gifts. I was thinking about baking; but, maybe you have a better idea there. If you get a chance, please share. And thanks for always making me smile and for being real. Gotta love that!
Queenie Bee - Looks like piles of FUN to me!…except that last one, of course. And you must (!) show us a better photo of what all is inside those hot chocolate bags! I think I need to steal that idea. 🙂
Hey, any cute ideas for small gifts for 13 year-old cheerleaders? I just know you’re the right person tho ask!
Mary-Liz Shaw - Hi! I’m working on a Milwaukee newspaper story about designing and decorating children’s rooms. I saw your guest room/play room featured on Ohdeedoh and thought you might be willing to discuss your style for my article? Please email me. Thanks.
sara's art house - even your piles are cute!
Alyssa - if my piles looked like your beautiful piles, I would kiss the ground. Your piles kick my piles butt in a beauty contest.
The laundry piles is the kind of piles I have ALL over my house.
Can not wait to see your new project.
Jess - my washer and dryer are humming as I type….you MUST tell us about all those piles….now that you have teased us with this post…they do look fun! -jess
Shannan - Those piles (well, most) look mighty fun! Reminds me that I do actually need to go wrap the presents. It probably wouldn’t be as fun if I led the kids into our closet on Christmas morning and let them have a free-for-all with the giant Target bag of goodies.
Can’t wait to see those Christmas crafts!
Ali - Ditto, you have such pretty, pretty piles of stuff. 🙂
ForeverFoldingLaundry - Oh, bless you for posting that picture of your laundry pile…it is the identical twin of mine. And I don’t want to touch it. I’m hoping some magical Christmas elf will come and make it all go away. It could happen, right?
April - Meg….what magazine says Come Home To Comfort on its spine ??
Oooh I love Mary’s Home Companion !!!
Good luck with your piles…..
have a happy day
julie - Okay, so it sort of doesn’t count if your piles are so pretty. Well, I suppose the last pic counts…. less pretty.
Looks like fun things are happening at your house!
I am mean and always send the gingerbread house kit over to the grandparents….
Fun memory for them. Less mess for me.
Jenn Thomas - I feel the same way but I don’t have as many piles as you do. Some of those piles look awful yummy and crafty. I guess many of us will be burning the midnight oil in the
next couple weeks. Hey my mom is coming maybe I could send her down to help 🙂 but I think I will keep her for myself. Hang in there Meg!
meaghan easterhaus - oohhh…laundry for that many people…ouch!
Jen - I am right there with ya! Thanks for the laundry pic, just reminds us we are all in the same boat!
Hilarious on the cheer voice. I could hear you without even ever meeting you!
♥Jen
Liz - Yes, but your piles are pretty piles. 🙂
Mandi - Christmas presents…wrapped…already?
I haven’t even begun shopping. shesh.
traci - Normally, Im not a big “piles” kinda gal, but I even LOVE your piles..lol…well, except for the last one…LOL
PLEASE, dont tease us with telling us about your latest craft addiction and then showing us NIPPO!!!!