wfmw: just say no

I had the t-shirt. You know the one, kelly green, big white circle with the words “Just say no.” inside.  I totally wish I still had that shirt, not that it would even come close to fitting, but it would go great on the t-shirt quilt I’ve been working on for 5 years a while. 
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these make me smile

My Gran used to make dolls and santas and angels to sell at craft shows… I always loved helping her at her shows or visiting her and looking at each of her dolls.  They all had such personality and each of them was unique.
A friend from college is now making dolls that remind me of my [...]

frugal summer fun

Money Saving Mom is hosting the question of how to have fun with the family over the summer… frugally. Considering that it’s just the two of us, we have a lot of flexibility now, which probably isn’t the case for everyone. But here are some frugal ideas of things that we like to do for [...]

keeping our duvet in place- wfmw

So I’m not really the biggest Martha Stewart fan. I mean, I just can’t get excited about someone who goes to jail, gets out, and is instantly famous and loved , there are some issues there for sure. However, I think this idea came from her website… so I must give credit where credit is [...]

he hearts NASCAR

Backstory… my husband likes NASCAR… somehow it developed while we were in grad school. I thought it was just a phase. So far it’s a pretty long and serious phase. Sometimes I’m okay with that, sometimes not… BUT he is super excited about sitting back in the recliner with the baby napping on his chest [...]

update on my freezer meals

So last week I made Swiss Chicken as a freezer prep meal for when the baby arrives! I froze each chicken breast on a piece of tinfoil on a pan and then when they were frozen wrapped them up real good. No picture, but they turned out GREAT!
This week I made Chicken Tetrazzini (I think [...]

reality check

So the other day I posted about the sauna in our pantry from the broken steam pipe… partly I thought it was funny and partly I was whining… I admit it, I whine sometimes. 
But then last night we were walking back from ice cream (my treat for putting up with the “pssss” sound all day) [...]

a sauna in the pantry

We have a pantry. It’s pretty large and happens to have MASSIVE steam pipes running through it that feed into the whole building… that’s just where they ended up… in our pantry. Typically they have really heavy insulation on them and while it makes the room hot, it works out fairly well (and it’s a GREAT [...]

works for me wednesdays- yummy summer supper

One of Jon’s grads gave us this recipe so I can take no credit. We ate it for lunch AND dinner yesterday.  When it’s 100 degrees out (in early June…. and I’m pregnant!) cool meals like this are NEEDED so this definitely works for me! Check out Rocks in my Dryer for more WFMW tips!
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thank you super coupon mom

This is the best thing ever… a spreadsheet to keep track of and figure out CVS ecb deals. I LOVE this! Check it out here and while you’re there be sure to leave a comment to thank Jen!
http://jenfit.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-contribution-to-my-fellow-cvsers.html