What To Do Wednesday: Another T-Shirt Scarf

February 8, 2012

Remember a few weeks back when we cut those t-shirts in half to make some fringe scarfs? I took a bag of shirts to my local Super Bowl party last week and ended up with LOTS of scraps from those shirts. So I gathered up a few and set to work on making a different kind of [...]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Enough All Ready!

February 7, 2012

After shopping like a crazy woman the other day, I am fairyly certain I have enough of a few things in my home to last us for a while! LOL! ~1~ Cookie dough. This pile has actually gone down quite a bit since Christmas. At one point we had 18 tubs of cookie dough and we now have half of that left… [...]

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Monday Munchies: Chocolate Covered Strawberries

February 6, 2012

This is the EASIEST chocolate covered Strawberry recipe… EVER!! Ingredients                     16 ounces milk chocolate chips                     2 tablespoons shortening                     1 pound fresh strawberries with leaves             Directions Insert toothpicks into the tops of the strawberries.    In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and shortening, stirring occasionally until smooth. Holding them by the [...]

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Weekly To Do List: February 5, 2012

February 5, 2012

WHEW! It is going to be a LONG week! Church Make cookies Make dips Meet with Lori Work on blog features Work on ATS, ETN and Cash mob facebook pages Gather supplies for crafts for party tonight Gather supplies for classes on Wednesday Take some pics of Flat Stanley! Super bowl party @ Appliance store [...]

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7 Quick Takes: February 3, 2012 (Vol. 66)

February 3, 2012

~1~ I was off to a smokin’ start this week when I had all ready accomplished 23 things off my TO DO list by Tuesday! I only have 10 more things to complete… but they are pretty big things, so who knows what will happen by Sunday evening. That is still two days away, and I work well under [...]

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What To Do Wednesday: Photo Valentine’s Card

February 2, 2012

Want to know why I didn’t get to this yesterday? Because I had to pick up some photos at WalMart! LOL! So, I saw this cutie idea on Pinterest one day several months back, and knew it would be K’s Valentines cards for his classmates this year. Gather up some supplies: Your child, a photo editing software, suckers, tape and a [...]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Saving at the Grocery Store

January 31, 2012

  ~1~ Use your coupons BEFORE they expire!! If you happen to realized you missed some coupon deadlines, don’t throw them away! For the cost of a postage stamp you can send them off to a military family who can use expired coupons for 6 months past the expiration dates!! If you don’t know a military family, google military coupons… there [...]

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Monday Munchies: Sweets for your Sweet – Caramel Fondue

January 30, 2012

Sweets for your Sweet!   Caramel Fondue   1 cup heavy whipping cream – divided ¾ cup sugar ½ cup light corn syrup ¼ cup butter ¼ tsp. salt ½ tsp. vanilla extract Pound cake and assorted fresh fruit pieces In a heavy sauce pan, combine ½ cup cream, sugar, corn syrup, butter and salt. [...]

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Weekly TO DO list: January 29, 2012

January 29, 2012

Finish canvas for Laurie Package, address and send package for Laurie Send Paypal request for Laurie Prize cart on Monday morning Do price matching for grocery shopping trip Make a grocery list Go through and file coupons Match coupons to grocery list Prep scout invites Find another scout thing to work on Scout meeting at [...]

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7 Quick Takes: January 27, 2012 (Vol. 65)

January 27, 2012

~1~ What? Is this winter break?? I think not! Monday was a snow day here in our town. Ok, not so much snow but certainly ice was a factor. After having the weekend off, the kids got an extended weekend. This made everyone but Zane pretty happy. Zane was all geared up for exams this week… [...]

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