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Menu Plan - November 24th through 28th

Monday

• Lunch: Pot Pies
• Dinner: Mexican Pile-Up*

Tuesday

• Lunch: Hot Dogs/Mac n Cheese
• Dinner: Chicken/Dressing Casserole**, Mashed potatoes, Creamed Corn, & Biscuits.

Wednesday

• Lunch: Grilled Chicken Salad
• Dinner: Spaghetti, baked potatoes, salad

Thursday

• THANKSGIVING!!!! YUM-O!!!!

Friday (It's safe to say we'll be taking it easy on the day-after-Thanksgiving.)

• Lunch: Hot Pockets or Microwave Pizza (A.K.A. a "YO-YO" meal, which means, "Your On Your Own"!)
• Dinner: Burgers & Fries

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*Mexican Pile-Up is exactly what it sounds like - a bunch of Mexican-y ingredients all piled up on a plate! We like ours with fritos on bottom, then white rice, lettuce, taco meat, salsa - top with cheese sauce, sour cream, and a few black olives. But, some people put all kinds of stuff -like peppers, nuts, and even coconut.

**Chicken/Dressing Casserole-Easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy dish and OH SO GOOD. Cook about 3 or 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts and shred 'em up. Place chicken in bottom of a casserole-type dish. Then, add a layer of StoveTop chicken flavored stuffing (after you prepare it, which is like, 5 minutes in the micro.). On top of that, smear a can of Cream of Chicken soup. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes. You'll LOVE it, I promise. Everyone always does! And they all want the recipe, too. ;)

Cast Your Vote.... For ME! (please?)

There is a big contest going on at a website called "5 Minutes for Mom". It's a photo contest with the theme of "Sleeping Angels", and the prize is a child's bedroom set (bed, dresser, chest, & nightstand). Well, I entered a photo of my dd, asleep in her "cowgirl" outfit with her cowgirl hat pulled down over her eyes. (You can view my entry on my homeschool blog, here: www.homeschoolblogger.com/homeforheavenssake/603481/.) This afternoon I got an email telling me that my photo was chosen as one of the top 20 finalists in the contest!!!

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Now that it's narrowed down to 20 finalists, it's up to "the voters" to decide who gets the bedroom set. Would you please take a minute to go by and vote, and pass this on to anyone else who might vote for us? I would be eternally grateful if you would!
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Here's what you need to do - just go here: http://www.5minutesformom.com/4521/sleeping-angel-finalists/ - and VOTE for photo #20. Mine is the only one that is black and white; it's the last one out of 20, and it's of my daughter (although you can't see her face), dressed in cowprint pants, white top, and a hat pulled down over her face. Of course, you can vote for whomever you choose .... but I really hope you'll vote for us! Here is the bedroom set that we could win:

Pretty cute, huh? My dd would LOVE it! So, would you consider popping over to www.5minutesformom.com and voting for us?

THANK YOU!!!