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1:17 Pasta with Veggies & Sausage
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7:15 Brats with baked rice and veggies
10:30 Twisted Beef Roast
11:55 What about breakfast?
13:26 Lasagna
17:10 How did I do?
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Wait did you say garden? I'm so curious if you have your own garden? I'm thinking about starting one for me and my boys so they can help and it's another food source for us to make it easy.
Personally, I’d leave Hailey’s room for a few years. As a young adult, I found it easier to take ‘safe risks’ (go off to college, try a new job, etc.) knowing I could always go home. There was nothing quite like the feeling of my own bed, too.
I would agree with this, especially since you have the room and due to the pandemic, my son had to finish his college career at home! Just food for thought.
Also, my adult children rent small spaces in our very expensive state, so we are their storage units - lol! My daughter, who rents a small house with a roommate, lives 30 mins away and will soon bring back her summer clothes to switch out for winter clothes.
Lastly, it may not work out for Hailey at her college. Then she’ll want to come home to regroup before launching out again.
I agree with this too - my daughter appreciated it so very much.
Absolutely agree 💯 We kept our boys rooms the same until they were married and out of the family nest 🪺 Then we had fun taking all of their stuff over to their new marital houses 😆😅🎉🥳 Life changes make us stronger ❤🌷🍀🏋️♀️
@@lulamamie8524 we kept up their rooms until marriage also. Twas fun indeed to move the stuff to marital home!
My parents left my room as it was until I graduated and moved back home for a year, then left for good. Now it’s my dad’s bedroom because he snores 😂
Christine, although Hayley will be going to college, she will be home at Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter break, spring break and every summer for the next 4 years. We didn't make any changes to our 2 kids' rooms until they moved after college to their current homes. One of ours lives in San Francisco and the other moved to London. We are still in the same house in NH, just the two of us. You may not want to change anything for a while, just so that she has a place that's familiar and comfortable when she returns. They really do come home more than you think.
My mom did this. It allowed my college-aged siblings who left to still feel like home is home, not like they’re getting kicked out.
My daughter started college a month ago and she has been home every weekend except for one! She is only 40 minutes away so it's easy for her to drive home on weekends. 🚙
Absolutely!!!
@@carmarasmussen8118 my daughter is in college and lives 15 minutes away and comes home every weekend.
@@carmarasmussen8118 I love it. I love to see she is doing well.
My room was my room until I officially moved out at 25. I came back from college and paid rent that was charged less than the going rate and proportional to my income. Parents used it to teach me how to budget and pay bills on time. They saved that cash in a bank account and it was my budget for when I got married. They told me it was there AFTER I moved out.
That’s pretty amazing ❤
I've kept my kid's rooms as their rooms while they were in college because they came home often and were home all summer. Once they make the transition into their own home/apartment I cleared their rooms. I made one room into an office, another room into a home gym, another option could be a guest room.
A guest room is always good to have for out-of-town relatives and friends to stay in when they come visit.
I completely agree. She will come home for Holidays and vacations. She still lives with her. Christine needs to wait. It's crushing to find out you no longer have a room.
When I moved out at 17 for school, my parents moved my 7 yr old sister to my room and made her former room into a sewing room for my mom (She kept the nursery wallpaper though) 😂. I didn’t feel upset about my little sister upgrading to my (larger) room, but when I had a tonsillectomy at age 19, I got really ill and I needed my dad to take care of me. He didn’t have a bed for me to sleep on since my sister had a twin - no room for sharing. Instead I slept on the couch and he slept there with me head to toe to keep an eye on me for about a week.
I would leave the room the way it is I think it's so important to have a safe space to return to at least in those first few years of college and so on...
We were a large-ish family, but parents kept my room as it was whilst I was in uni. It was the same for my siblings. I'm glad, as we would have felt pushed out if our rooms weren't there when we came home for the Uni holidays.
It only stopped being my room when I got my own place after I graduated
We kept our college kiddo's bedroom as it was while he was in school, because I wanted him to know he's always welcome.. He started a full time job and moved to another city, and we pretty much cleared it out, but kept his bed. Now we're turning it into a guest bedroom, but he sleeps there when he visits, even if we have other guests. So bottom line, I encourage you to keep Hailey's bedroom as is until she has a job and is supporting herself.
My grandma left my room for me as it was when I left for uni. Came in handy as I went through some rough times in my early 20s. I love my grandparents and wouldn’t be where I am today without their constant support.
The years after college was tough, I lived at home for a few years after college.
Tips for adult children’s rooms. I moved out a couple months ago and my parents left my room as mine. So I always have a place to come home to. My closet has clothes in it my bathroom has products in it. I can go home at the drop of a hat and bring nothing. The only thing that changed is my dogs sleep in my room now and my mom uses my desk areas as an office if she needs to be closed off from the rest of the house.
Keep the room the way it is. She'll apreciate it when she comes home on weekends or holidays. She will still feel AT home.Love from germany
As a child who recently left home (3 years ago but still 😂) and my parents had been separated for most of my life - my dad kept my room and had space for me. My mom needed it for their business so she used it. There was no hard feelings from me at all about it, but when I needed to leave a bad relationship really suddenly I went to my dads because I felt like it was less of a burden. I’d say keep it at least the bed in there until she’s been out for a while ❤
Kids come home to visit and many don't want to see major changes because it feels like they are no longer welcome. Wait until she's out on her own before making big changes.
I would leave Haley's room as is until she graduates from college so that she has her own space for when she comes home for the summer/holidays, etc.
You obviously know what is best for Hailey, but I wouldn't touch her room for atleast the first year. I was an RA in college and so many of my residents got home sick, some would go home for a weekend and it would cure it, others ended up not making it through college. But I had residents that were so sadden by their rooms being changed, even if they were aware it happening... it hit them harder then they were expecting.
Me personally, even though I never had terrible homesickness, it was always so comforting to come back to my room that was unchanged:)
🙋♀️ Yes! Bring on the deals, and prepare those meals ahead of time! Before I retired from teaching, I would make enough freezer meals during the summer that I wouldn’t have to cook for the first six weeks of school! What a blessing my summer self gave my Start Back to School self! I still double or triple the recipes and freeze them for those times when I just don’t want to cook! 😃
When I went to college we kept my room because I came home on breaks and summers and when school was over I did move home for a year. They didn't do anything until my dad retired which coincided with covid starting and now it's a gym with proper gym flooring, a total gym, one of those benches that you angle and you can use em for legs and for arms, and some free weights.
My daughter is back home after 4 years at BU (Boston univ) she is working full time and another job part time to save and travel. My only one so I say let them stay home as long as they want! Lol
I have 3 adult children. Its so cute that you that you think that they will move out. ❤️
When our daughter left for college, we redecorated her room and made is her bedroom/guest room. The furniture was all the same so it was basically still her room with a refresh.
So when our girls went to college everytime they came home we went through stuff and purged. I also would put a box of housewares stuff I was getting rid of in there so they can grab stuff they want and the rest can go. Now that they are completely moved out it is still a bit of storage but getting ready to redecorate for downsizing lol
I was the last kid at home and the only one that really lived in my parent's current house, so my old room is still my old room. Only difference is it now has a pac n play and a stash of diapers and wipes for my babies. The other 3 extra bedrooms are guest rooms, since half my siblings don't live nearby anymore and need a place to stay with their families.
If you have never cooked your pasta in the tomato sauce with about a tablespoon of beef boulliom you have no idea what your missing! Great video, Christine
I make baked oatmeal muffins with my bananas. Great snack or breakfast with a smear of peanut butter.
This week, I got kerrygold butter for 1.50 each, packs of stock cubes for 10 cents each, yogurts for 25 cents each, a giant alouette cheese tub for 5 bucks (small ones are that price), a giant kit kat for 50 cents (rare treat for the kids),and several drink mixes that were about 75% off. (Can't remember exact numbers). Too often, a lot of people focus on the hauls, and then don't talk about what to do with their hauls.
Where did you get those deals?
Kerrygold for 1.50?? Wow that’s a steal
Walmart. Which is shocking
Usually Walmart has no deals on clearance. Their idea of clearance is 10% off.
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this is called the burden of abundance. I just scored grass-fed beef 85/15 for $2.50 a pound at Kroger. I grabbed 15 pounds and pre-made meatloaf, meatballs, sloppy joe mix, spaghetti sauce, and burger patties.
I also say "snausages" and fondly think of the cute cartoon dog from the commercial every time. I think my kiddos were surprised to find out that not every family has our sense of humor. I'm also from Texas. Maybe that's it! Love your channel!
As a young adult keep her room, it’s a safe space she has while dealing with the challenges of being a young adult!
I have 2 grown (and married) daughters. I left their rooms alone. They were coming home on college breaks for 4+ years. When they got married I updated the rooms to accommodate them and their husbands etc. It made them feel as if they were always "coming home".
You mentioning getting a 4H cow every year warmed my heart. As a proud 4H mom, thank you for supporting the youth! Love your videos.
You should do another freezer clean challenge like you did about year or so ago.i really liked when you did that type of video.
Moved my office into my daughters room and made the smaller
Room a spare bedroom/sitting room
Leave her room. She will have it when she comes home when going to college and after if she needs it. As a girl, it is always nice to have that safe space even being out of the house at college.
Like many said, I kept my daughters room for home for the holidays, illnesses and the dreaded boyfriend break ups until she had permanently moved out which ended up being her college junior year. I now foster neonate kittens and my daughter's room is now my kitten ICU!
I love clear outs I often forget I have so much stuff!
My parents use my old bedroom to store craft supplies and such. My brother’s old room is a combination guest room and walk-in closet.
I haven’t cooked lasagna noodles in years! I always make it the day before we want to eat it and put it in the fridge overnight. When my son left home, we just turned it into an extra bedroom. For guests. I have a lot of family out of state that stay with us.
My daughter is a college sophomore and I have left her room alone. She still lives in it for about 4 months a year. Holidays & summer break. Until she graduates and gets her own home it will be her room. Then I will redecorate and use it as a guest room for when she visits.
I monthly plan my menu, which mean 4 dish of each of 7 themes. So this month 4 chicken currys , 4 stews, 4 woks and so on. Then i match them up so I use all it all up. So here we always knows what's for dinner. My parents made my room into a computer room and realised I was right, my room was cold because vent was set the wrong way. I froze in that room for 14 years!
I add grated carrots instead of sugar to sweeten up an acidic spaghetti sauce (AND it adds a bit more veg) 🙂
If you've got enough bedrooms to go around and you're able to, I'd recommend leaving your daughter's room as-is for the next few years (I'd say at least until she gets her own first apartment). Being able to come home at any time and go into her same old familiar bedroom that you've been keeping for her will feel so safe, warm, welcoming, comfortable, homey, etc (because she WILL be coming home, and maybe a lot more than you think - plus life is not always a straight line and they sometimes need a safe, supportive place in which to recover from unexpected difficulties and/or make new plans). It'll feel SO much better than being shunted into a room that was quickly turned into a guest room, office, storage room, etc, the minute she left - ugh.
Oh, and buying stuff on sale can be VERY addictive!! It becomes almost impossible to STOP buying and just start using - even when every last speck of space is crammed full of food. FOMO hits SO hard if I'm not checking flyers and websites every week for sale items!!
"Look, I have a turkey!" 🤣
Struck me as funny. 🙃
I would keep Haileys bedroom because I have a daughter in college who want to stay home her last semester and drive back and forth. I also really like those dinner ideas. I’ve been “ what am I making dinner?” Here lately. No chicken that’s for sure, the price has really went up. Thank you!
I kept my daughters room exactly how she left it. I want her to come back and feel welcome whenever she wants to come home.
Chicken pasta bake is great for using pasta sauces, pasta and vegies xo
I think I've picked over 30# of green beans from my garden this year! I've canned over three dozen pints, blanched and frozen two gallons, and we've eaten it as a dinner side many times. Such a great crop this year!
That is awesome!
I have canned 21 quarts and 20 pints of green beans just from my backyard. We have also eaten a lot and I have gotten to the point where I am giving away just about all I am currently picking. I had purchased a couple of bushels in April and canned those so I think we might be set for a bit:)!! I have a small garden with the bean plants tucked into empty spots, it has definitely been a good green bean year!! But lets not even talk about how bad a tomato year I have had:(!!!
did you make dilly beans?
@@michelestarkey5564 such sad tomatoes! 😭 I need to top mine and pull new blossoms soon, to try and force what's there to ripen before it's too late.
Canned 72 jars of green beans from two picking. There wasn’t a third picking lol! About 40 lbs carrots, so 13 pints carrot ginger soup canned and 14 pints diced carrots done. Rest in spare fridge. Needless to say, I am tired.
We have left the rooms as is. Safety net the first few years. As they moved into college apartments, items have moved from their rooms. At their pace. Daughter (23) only has a few items in room and two sentimental bins in our garage. Son (20) just figuring out the apartment life. Not much has changed in his room.
Our oldest daughter just moved away for univerity and we're keeping her room for her to stay during breaks or the weekends. But we're slowly starting to use her room as a craft room / home office. So I basically move some stuff into her room and hubby can work from her desk instead of the kitchen table, but the room stays mostly the same.
Our oldest daughter is the same age as Haley but went to college this year. Since you don't need the space, definitely keep the room for her. She'll appreciate it when she comes home to visit.
I am a senior and look for deals is how I survive. I portion all my food to make it work. Thank you for all you do.
I would not do anything with your daughter's room until she's finished her education that way she always has her space in her family home. If she plans to move out permanently when starting college I would leave it a year to make sure she is settled then change the room to whatever you need it to be.
I love a good pantry cleanout challenge! I’ve done several on my channel and have another one going up on Sunday in honor of Shelftember 😊. My clearance foods were filling up my freezer so I just had to do another one.
When each of my kids left for college, their rooms were kept as is because they'd come home occasionaly (when they need stuff...lol) sp their rooms were still there for them. They come home for summer/winter breaks and need a place. Now when they finally graduate, get a job and moved out (or got married), then they took what they wanted from their rooms. I repurposed one bedroom as a guest room, and the other became my husband's "man cave". I love your idea of baked rice. Can't wait to try that one.
As a former child who left home... my mum went back to school for registered massage therapy and turned my old room into a massage space LOL. But if you don't need the space, keeping it as her room for whenever she visits or in case she falls into a rough time and needs to move home, isn't a bad idea. It'll help put her mind at ease that if she ever messes up or needs to, she can always come home. Especially with how rough things are lately-- insane cost of living, insane rent, really low wages-- she might need the support. I moved home after college for a year and a half before moving abroad, and I'm very grateful that I was able to do that.
I’ve been out of my parents house for almost ten years, they still call “my room”, my room. And that’s not to say they haven’t changed out the cringy teen decor, but to this day I know I have somewhere I will always feel comfortable and somewhere I can call and feel at home. NO MATTER WHAT. ❤️
We all had a bedroom in the house until we graduated from college- home for vacations, summer breaks, random weekends, etc. Home was home until we has full time jobs- which happened pretty quickly after graduation from college.
all your dinners looked amazing and thanks for the reminder to meal plan based on what I already have in my home! I can't wait to hear about your upcoming travels.
I love when you do videos with backwards meal planning like you did today. When I moved out 10 plus years ago, my mom kept my room as is until I officially moved into my first apartment a few years into working at my first job as a professional. Then, she started giving me boxes of my stuff.
We love the Rao's sauce at our house! And I often put diced zucchini in my pasta sauce. I like to cook it separately and get some good color on it. Thanks for the great video! Even though I have a small family (3), you have taught me to keep a few extra things in the pantry so I can put together meals or snacks without having to do a full grocery shop every week.
Love seeing these kinds of videos please keep showing us more!
This comes at literally the perfect time! I want to get through some of the more summery meals in the freezer and pantry before stocking up on all the cosy winter favourites..
Thank you for the inspiration! God bless you and your family! ☀️☀️
Love a good pantry clean out!
I also love a deal and my freezer is stuffed. Time for me to do this too!
Yessssss I’ve been waiting for a video like thisssss
Love your freezer meals and deals
This was a great video! Thank you. ❤
I love your videos they are so informative! Thank you for your ideas!!
I enjoyed this video so much! Thanks for sharing!
Stick of Butter Rice is the best rice EVER!!!! I have only done beef flavor, but now I am going to try chicken.
I love these pantry challenges. Sounds like you could continue. I would watch all of them!
I aspire to have a pantry and freezer stocked like you! haha love it.
Enjoyed the video! I need to do this, also!
Thank you so much for sharing. Love your videos and meal and shopping prep. I especially like the crockpot and casserole dishes. 🙂❤👍
My oldest is 20, when he was 18 and went away to college in Arizona we turned his room into my holiday decoration storage room...we did keep his bed and furniture in there as well "just incase "
Yummy recipes!! Great idea to clean freezers out because it's easy to store up and before long you forget all that is bought up.
I knew this video was coming and I'm so ready for this. Great recipes and ideas.
I love when you make these types of videos, thanks so much!
I love these videos!
Yes! My favorite TH-camr doing my favorite type of video !
I have to laugh about the frozen bananas! When they start falling out of freezer…it’s time to make banana bread/muffins. Thank goodness we have friends and family close by to share in the bounty. 👍🙌😂🤣
Ohhhhh my goodness!! That baked rice is a game changer! I made it last night and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make it another way! Thank you so much!
An amazing craft room!
Wow you're on a roll prepping food.
Breakfast cookies are a great use for the bananas. Great for outdoor activities too!
I love your clean out videos! It inspires me to do that same 😊 My mom left my room in tact until after I was finished with college (thankfully) because I ended up needing to move back home for a year after graduation until I had my own place.
Amazing ideas! Now I'm hungry! Thank you for all your help. I so appreciate your channel!
Love when you upload. One of my favs!!!!! ❤❤❤
We kept our kids room for them while going to college. It was convenient as they often brought friends home too. 😉❤
💙💙 everything looked great.
I can't believe I'd never heard of pantry/freezer clean-outs (or freezer meals!) until I started watching FFM, which was one of the first YT channels I ever watched. Here I am - still watching!!! Yes, I used to live under a rock, lol. Now I have freezer/pantry goals (not just stuffing them as full as possible), which are somewhat organized but nowhere near Pinterest worthy, and I'm okay with that.
Christine and family have a great week have fun thanks from Oklahoma
Thank you! I love these videos. I’ve been doing a little pantry clean out (or rotating stuff out) too as I stock up on some stuff for winter.
I don’t have any older kids, mine are 7 and under but I remember going home a lot the first couple years after moving out so if you can, you might keep her room as a guest room for when she visits or when your boys have friends over for sleep overs.
Love your vids - especially for that "boom"! 😀
You make it look so easy, surely there’s a lot of thought and planning going into one of top your meal videos, but you do it so well, it seems almost easy.
These are my favorite videos.. thank you!
I love watching your videos. Hailey will still come home for holidays and summer etc, at least for a couple of years. Your rice looked SO GOOD!
I turned one bed room in to my pantry works great and I love this video thank you for shareing
Yay! Cooking with Christine 🙋🏻♀️
Zucchini and scrambled eggs are my jam!! Grandma made it all the time growing up! I have a zucchini the size of my arm im def doing that, and fried zucchini of course 🤩👌🏼
🙌 Always enjoying your videos!
Thank you so much for these! 🙏🏻
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 ❤
When my sister moved out to go to college my parents didn't ever ever touch her room. its was the shrine to miss perfect... 2 years laster when I went to college my bedroom instantly cleared out and turned into my dads home office. I got to sleep on the couch when I came home for vacations and summer break I'm promise I'm not bitter even after all these years. Lol