Monday: cooking, laundry & ironing

 In the hopes of getting a more considerable hold on my week, I have come up with a plan that I hope will prove to work well for this season of my life. I am at home more often and with that I have found I must be more intentional for devising a general flow of getting things done to allow me to feel as if I have accomplished things at the end of the day....and week.

Mondays are now my meal planning and cooking day. I usually make a weekly soup of some sort, whether that involves using the leftovers in the refrigerator or from other ingredients on my pantry shelves, to prepare a tasty and nourishing soup. Soups are usually our lunch fare. Meats for any of the planned dishes for the week's meals are cooked and stored in the refrigerator, and lastly I will bake bread or rolls.  

Today I made a leek and potato soup, prepared the meat for burritos, chopped a head of lettuce for fermenting, and cooked a pot of pinto beans. We still had some cranberry bread left over from last week and there are also some bagels in the bread box so baking was not necessary today. There is a fresh whole chicken in the refrigerator to roast one night this week. I roast a whole chicken at least every week. 

Mondays are also designated as an "empty the clothes hamper" laundry day, which means at least three loads to wash, dry, fold and put away. I also try to set aside time for ironing. I discovered if I maintain a weekly ironing schedule then it will take less than an hour to complete. Sounds easy enough.