Archive for January, 2010

Phew!  Half Way through!  I must say, that it was a challenge to not run through the drive-thru today.  I got my hair done and was done around noon and the drive through was RIGHT there… But I drove the 20 min. home and ate lunch there.  Breakfast:  Eggo’s (We are almost out of breakfast [...]

I had my husband pick up a few things at the store today when he was out. 2 dozen eggs – $1.81 (nice change from $5.12 for 2 dozen earlier this month huh?) Milk – $2.29 Bread – $2.99 Bagged Lettuce – $1.00 (NICE SALE!) Baby Carrots  – $1.00 (also on sale!) Total: $9.18 That [...]

I forgot to mention we had ice-cream last night.  The kids were delighted!  We have a few cartons of that stored up.  I need eggs… I’m out of eggs… Maybe tomorrow we’ll run and get some.   Also, I am sooo tempted to buy some granola bars this week.  The Quaker ones are on sale for [...]

Breakfast: Eggs, Sausage Patties, Banana Smoothies Banana Smoothies Bananas Milk Ice Sugar-Free Vanilla Pudding Mix Lunch:  Annika had Pumpkin Banana Mish Mash, 1/2 a breadstick, and string cheese. The boys had breadsticks, macaroni & cheese with hot dogs & mandarin oranges Dinner:  Leftover night – we enjoyed a leftover pork chop, meatballs, rice & oranges [...]

Hi there!  I have something fun to share today.  My mom is a wonderful seamstress, and I have been encouraging her to open an Etsy Shop to share with the world her creations.  She has been selling locally in her hometown, in one of the local businesses, but she hadn’t made her online presence yet.  [...]

Today was a fun one.. I was taking a meal to a friend who just had a baby.  I rarely make a nice meal, to take to someone, without a quick trip to the grocery store, but today I did it – no trip to the store!  I took: Meatballs (I should have taken a [...]

Breakfast:  Belgium Waffles – Good bye 1/2 a box of waffle mix that has been sitting in my cupboard forever!  Annika also had a banana – she was soooo excited to see them on the banana tree this morning.  That was the first thing she did when we got in the kitchen, was make the [...]