Happy Monday

Hey look... it's the return of Motivation Monday! Happy Monday, party people!! :)

We had a really productive weekend considering the massive list we set out to accomplish. Household chores... unfortunately really didn't get touched. BUT! We made some major progress with little C's room and I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that one more weekend will do the trick to be... um... FINISHED!

Little C's Room
-set up crib
-move the dresser from upstairs into the "mancave"
-disassemble and bring up bookshelf from mancave
-go to storage and measure futon (decide if that is going in his room.) (n/a not going in his room)

-order and pick up dressers at Ikea (Halfway done... only one dresser was available at Ikea... boo!)
-finish mobile and hang (need ribbon and more paper from Michaels) (got more paper, started wrapping, just need to finish and hang)
-hang wall clings (if we decide where the crib is going) (We did decide where the crib was going, just needed to let the clings straighten out before we hang them... maybe tonight?)
-print prints for frames
-pick up rocker from Julies (def. next weekend... forgot to ask Ms. Julie if we could stop by this weekend... oops)
-unpack clothes and sheets, etc and put away in drawers
-need to figure out how many sheets, teething rails, diaper pad covers, etc we have and/or need

Other Stuff
-ship 3 hoodies (5 to go until I'm caught up to date on those...)
-update Cliff's Resume
-got some much needed girlie time with Lindsey :)
-updated my work logs since this is the last month I'm eligible for incentives before baby is here and I REALLY need to make it.
-grocery shopping
-print, write and send thank yous for both showers (seriously NEED to sit down and do this THIS WEEK!) 
-install car seat and bring to firehouse to be checked (this one was kind of silly considering we need to pick up furniture still)
-buy a new crockpot
-pick and buy a diaper bag (forgot my coupons... :( I'm getting the Skip Hop one from BuyBuyBaby since they have it in store and will take coupons)
-pick up onesie from Hobby Lobby (whoops! forgot they were closed on sundays...)
-start packing hospital bag (Well, the bag is empty, now I just need to start filling it with the necessary items) 

And so another week begins... This week I'm trying to stick to a new grocery budget to help reign in spending in that category. So many times, we get to dinner time and neither one of us has any ideas for dinner. I'm hoping that a guideline might help us narrow down our choices. Also, I'm hoping this will help me actually USE my "dinner on the table" Pinterest board and get me to 12 new recipies this year with my 30 before Thirty project! Here's what I've got so far:

Monday - Chicken or other meat
Tuesday - Pasta
Wednesday - Salad (Not this week though... we have BFing class and will need to grab something on the run)
Thursday - Chicken or other meat
Friday - Pizza (the homemade kind more often than not... I'll pick up some dough from Trader Joe's)
Saturdays/Sundays are kind of up for grabs since this would be more likely a time when we'd go out or pick up something and just relax.

Have a great week!