Menu for the week & cleaning

I received a phone call on Saturday from a friend telling me that our cleaning lady, Bea, will not be returning to Jhb!

Many people work in Jhb while their families are in the more rural areas of South Africa. Bea has some issues with her house which she has to sort out.

Bea's been with us for 5 years and I trust her implicitly so imagine all the things going through my mind - where will I find someone reliable? who is going to iron the mountains of clothes? Etc?

So yesterday, Dion and I cleaned the house until it was sparkling! I cleaned toilets, basins, mopped, etc, etc. while Dion swept and vacuumed. Of course, that mountain of clothes is still there because I don't do ironing - I just don't.

Today, we'll have to sort it and decide if we want to pay the exorbitant rates to get it done, or if we'll do it ourselves. Most of my stuff doesn't have to be ironed - I've always been like this so I choose "wash 'n go" fabrics if I can.

Anyway, hope your weekend was more fun than that...actually we had a LOVELY Saturday with friends and another friend phoned us from London (we chatted for an hour ;)

Good thing I wrote out my menu plan on Friday night because if I'd left it for yesterday, I don't think I'd have had the energy!

Monday
Stirfried beef, veggies and rice...and I'm throwing in a handful of red kidney beans for some extra protein

Tuesday
Creamy pasta with broccoli cheese sauce

Wednesday
Out with friends

Thursday
Baked potatoes with spicy lentil sauce

Friday
Prego rolls and salad

Please visit Laura for more menu plans.

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Have a great week!