Getting ready

     I feel that I'm always getting ready for something.  So much for living in the moment.  Whether it's clean clothes for the week, canning for the winter, getting the doll's  Christmas ready, there's always something I need to do to get ready.  In fact, I don't think I'm exactly sane when I don't have something to work toward.  I like having a plan.  Even in so little a thing as what to fix for dinner in the evening.  And I have heard countless women complain that they can't think of a thing, that they're tired of inventing something every day!  So I am happy to have that decided for me, either by events or by plan.  Sometimes I make menus far into the month.  That doesn't always work.  What sounded good two weeks ago may not be suited to the taste today.  Other times there are reasons, like we have to eat the last of the lettuce before it spoils.  Sometimes I just get going and fix things ahead.  That is what happened this week.  I got out a pound of ground beef and thawed it to make spaghetti, Hubby's favorite food, and used 1/4 of it for that, then made some tiny meatloaves in mini-pans, (slice it the long way, it's 3 regular size slices).  We didn't eat all the spaghetti so there was enough to make another meal, (baked spaghetti with cheese).  I also made whole wheat bread.  So here are the menus:  

Monday        Spaghetti and tossed salad
Tuesday        Meatloaf, Potatoes au gratin,  green beans, fresh baked bread
Wednesday   Baked spaghetti, Frozen broccoli, canteloup
Thursday       Soup and Roast beef sandwiches  (we need to use the deli meat up)
Friday is up for grabs but I'm thinking of grilling chicken breasts and corn on cob
Saturday night for company, Pizza with bread dough I saved back in the fridge.  Brownies.

     Now as to getting ready for the doll's Christmas, well, we haven't told the dolls yet but I think they suspect something.  They just seem a little restless.  I'm sure we will tell them soon.  I'd like to get them  distributed around the house nicely first.  And clothed.  I know that anticipation is a doll's greatest pleasure!
The Christmas cards are coming along nicely.  They measure about 1 1/2" by 1" and the envelopes are a little larger.  Some are square, they have a different envelope:

    Note the tiny stamp made out of stickers sent to us in the mail.  I see I should have put a quarter in to give some idea of gauge, you'll just have to take my word for it.  The print on the back of the card reads, very tiny, Doll House Christmas Productions, 2010