Linda @ Linda’s Lunacy

What’s For Dinner?

November 15, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

I didn’t have time to bake the Garlic Parmesan Chicken last week, so I’m trying again this week.

Saturday – pizza night – Birthday Cook-out!

Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, grilled Cheese sandwiches

Monday – chicken – Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken , baked potatoes, green beans

Tuesday – beef – Dirty Rice, yellow squash

Wednesday – super simple – leftovers, carrot sticks

Thursday – chicken – Chicken Tacos

Friday – Friday Night Fire/Beef – Steak, Challah Bread, broccoli

For more Menu Plan Monday ideas, visit I’m an Organizing Junkie.

This Weeks Blog Hops

November 15, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

These are the blog hops I’m participating in this week. Blog hops, as well as Twitter & Facebook hops are a lot of fun, and a great way to find new blogs. It’s also a great way to increase your followers on your blog.

If your visiting Linda’s Lunacy for the first time, Welcome. I hope you can stay and visit for awhile!

Please come back on Saturday, for my new blog hop, Sunny Saturday! You can link up your blog, Twitter, Facebook & Networked blog. Hope to see you on Saturday!

MONDAY

TUESDAY

The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Fun Follow Friday

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Thanks for stopping by to visit! Hope to see you again soon!

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

November 12, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

It’s that time of year again. It’s getting cold out. Time to start making hot chocolate!

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

5 1/2 cups powdered milk
1 1/2 cup cocoa
3 cups sugar
dash of salt

I give it a whirl in the food proccessor to make the milk a finer powder. I had trouble with it not all dissolving when I used it just out of the box. And it makes the texture like store bought mix. I adapted this recipe from another one that used non fat dairy creamer, like for coffee. But when I worked on getting all the trans fat out of our diets, that had to leave. The kids couldn’t tell the difference. They like to have mini marshmallows in theirs. But I like my chocolate straight!

We use 3 – 6 teaspoons, depending on how big your mug is. And how strong you like it to be. 🙂

I keep this in a canister right next to the stove. I don’t have a microwave anymore (and don’t want one) so I use the stove to heat the water.

Here’s the original recipe that I used. It’s very good, and does make a creamier hot chocolate. I just don’t like all the trans-fats. Do they make trans-fat free creamers yet? Anyway, here’s the recipe:

Hot Chocolate Mix

3 pouches dry milk
1 1/2 cups cocoa
3 cups sugar
1 1/3 c ups non dairy creamer
dash of salt

Enjoy a nice cup of hot chocolate with your favorite kids!

For more frugal ideas, visit:
Frugal Friday at Life as Mom
Fantastic Frugal Friday

Thursday’s Giveaways

November 11, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

I love entering giveaways, and have even won a few things. I really love hosting giveaways on Linda’s Lunacy. It’s so much fun to give stuff away!

So I thought I’d start a giveaway linky to make it easier to find lots of giveaways.

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The posting of my button is not required, but help in spreading the word that Linda’s Lunacy has a giveaway linky is greatly appreciated! So thank you!

Adding your giveaway to Linda’s Lunacy Thursday’s Giveaways is very easy! Just use this format, please.

Blog name – name of item being given away – ending date

See? Easy!

Please, only link family friendly giveaways. My kids read here, and anything not family friendly, will be promptly deleted. Sorry, but it’s for my kids. 🙂

Have fun, and I hope you win something!

How to Make a Housecleaning List

November 9, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

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You can see my Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Lists, in case you missed them.

Your welcome to copy my lists if you want, changing and adding chores to make the lists your own.

The best way to make your lists, is to walk through your home, room by room, making a list of everything that needs to be done, and how often you think it needs to be done in your house. Frequency will be different for every home, depending upon the number of people living there, and if any are little kids.

Don’t worry about making your list perfect. You can adjust it as you go along. If you’ve forgotten a chore, just add it in. As you start working your lists, you may find that some chores need to be done more often, or less often (always good, lol), you can easily adjust that also.

Here are a few resources to help you in your list making:

Flylady has a lot of great information about setting up your lists. You can also sign up for her reminder emails. When I was on her email list a few years ago, she sent out a lot of emails every day.

Organized Home has lots of help. They use a 3×5 card system, instead of lists. I started using the card system way back before my kids where born. So it’s been about 25 years. I still prefer to keep the monthly chores on cards. But at this time in my life, with kids and homeschooling, I find lists easier to use for daily and weekly chores. There’s even an Index Card Christmas Planner. Organized Home also has the Holiday Grand Plan with printable lists to get you ready for the holidays.

HouseCleaning Tips.com has information on how to set up a house cleaning schedule.

I hope you have found these posts about my cleaning lists helpful. If you have any questions, just ask!

For more homemaking ideas, visit
Homemaker Monday
Tackle it Tuesday
Homemaking Link-up at Raising Homemakers
Works For Me Wednesday

What’s For Dinner?

November 8, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

Saturday – pizza night – Pizza, carrot sticks

Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Bean soup & grilled Cheese sandwiches

Monday – chicken – Baked chicken, baked potatoes, green beans

Tuesday – beef – Beef strogonoff