What days of the week are you home late? Chances are you are too tired to even think about cooking, let alone shopping for food! What days are you home a little earlier, or maybe working from home? Consider cooking extra on these days. For example: have a rice dish on Tuesday and a fried rice dish on Thursday, made with the leftover rice. Monday: salad. Tuesday: chicken curry with rice. Wednesday: mashed potatoes, peas and a pork chop. Thursday: fried rice with vegetables and fish. Friday: soup and a sandwich. Saturday: dinner date (yes, you can still eat out if you want!) Sunday: treat yourself to a three course meal.

Summary: Take a writing pad and a pen. Think about your schedule: Browse your recipe books. Make a draft like this: Put your meal plan on your fridge.

There are Caribbean vacation packages available through cruise lines and flight and hotel combinations. Airlines, travel aggregate sites, like Expedia, Cruise lines and Caribbean-only websites all offer vacation packages to the Caribbean, but they are separated into cruise and vacation package (air travel) sections. There are usually considered to be 3 different regions to visit in the Caribbean. The prices will usually be higher the farther that you travel away from your home country. The Western Caribbean is also sometimes called the "Greater Antilles," and it includes Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Outside of the islands, it also includes the Eastern edges of Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica that abut the Caribbean Sea. The Eastern Caribbean region includes "Lesser Antilles," the eastern chain of Caribbean islands that run from Anguilla to Barbados. Other well known Eastern Caribbean islands include the Turks & Caicos islands, Martinique, St. Lucia, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago. The Southern Caribbean region is usually regarded as the "ABC" islands, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. These islands sit just above the top portion of Venezuela, and the continent of South America. These islands are part of the Lesser Antilles, but they are often separated from the Eastern Caribbean islands on cruise and vacation sites. In general, the wet season is June through December, and the dry season is January through May. Book your trip outside of peak travel times, in order to get the best deal on vacation packages. Take note of carnival season in the Caribbean, which is the week-long celebration right before the Catholic observance of Lent. Although the celebration is traditionally in February, some Caribbean islands have also scheduled their carnival to take place in May or June to encourage tourism. These are peak travel times, and hotel and flight prices will be consistently higher. Take note of hurricane season in the Caribbean, which usually takes place between June 1st and November 30th. You are taking some risk when booking during the hurricane season, so check into the cancellation policies on your travel package. You can often find better deals during hurricane season than you can at other times of the year. You may find that prices spike during cold weather months in Europe and the United States. Most Caribbean cruises take place during this time. In general, France offers better deals to French Caribbean islands, and the UK offers better deals to British islands. Although many of these islands are independent today, there are more flights from these countries to familiar islands. The French Caribbean islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe and the French half of St. Martin, use the Euro. Vacation packages to these islands from the United States or other North or South American countries are likely to be more expensive than trips to other countries that use the Eastern Caribbean dollar or other currencies. The islands of St. Barts, Anguilla and the Grenadines are considered getaway islands for celebrities, so they are usually more expensive as well.

Summary: Decide how you want to travel. Decide what part of the Caribbean you would like to visit. Schedule your vacation according to the Caribbean seasons and carnivals. Look for Caribbean packages to countries that speak your language.

With ingredients in your house, you can create a pamper day for your friends. Play upbeat music and chat while you relax. Make face masks from ingredients like yogurt and honey. Do each other's make up, and style each other's hair. You can also paint each other's nails. With your friends, you can come up with interesting ideas for an at-home photo shoot. Think of creative ways to use every day items as props, or make your own props with craft supplies. Dress up in funny outfits, and create poses together. You can use a camera or simply a phone to take these pictures. Keep the photos as a memory, or post them on Facebook or Instagram to share them with your other friends. Think of fun captions. You don't need to have any special equipment or boxed games to have a lot of fun. There are plenty of games you can play simply with a pen and paper and your friends. Play MASH. MASH is a fun, customizable game that will let you find out who you're going to marry, where you'll live, and how many kids you'll have. Play truth or dare. Truth or dare is a classic game to play with friends. Just make sure you set some ground rules for dares before you begin to play. Enjoy two truths and a lie. This game is a great way to get to know more about your friends. Everyone writes down two things that are true about themselves and one thing that isn't true. Then, you have to guess which was the lie. Play charades with your friends. You can either decide on a category or write down a bunch of possibilities beforehand, and place them all in a bowl for players to choose from. Come up with your own game. If you want to get creative, you can make up your own game with your friends. Then, you'll have your very own private game to play each time you all get together. Playing games together can be a great way to stay entertained inside. Be sure to choose games that work well for multi-person playing. You can choose games with built in multi-person playing like Mario Kart. You can also choose to play story-based games like The Walking Dead with your friends. Either take turns with the controller or just talk to each other about each decision. Doing a collaborative project together can be a great way to spend the time. You don't need a fancy video camera to make a films; you can simply use someone's phone. Consider making a comedy sketch. Use all the fun inside jokes you have with your friends. Brain storm ideas, and write a script together. If you don't want to make something story-based, you can create a music video. Film all your friends dancing to a song. You can make up a coordinated dance routine, or let everyone improvise. You can also try your hand at making something more artistic like a short stop motion video. Set out paints and drawing materials, and have an art session with your friends. You can even try to draw each other. If you're feeling ambitious, try learning a new skill like crocheting or knitting. You can also make matching friendship bracelets to wear.
Summary: Have an at-home makeover and spa day. Create a photo shoot. Play paper games. Play video games with your friends. Make a film together. Get artistic.