A friend in need…
I have a friend from Joyful Abode who has a very gracious and loving heart, and as she was walking her dog the other night she came upon a stray. She decided to take the stray home, give it food and water, and also bring it to the vet. It’s skinny and has fleas and [...]
Frugal Friday
My husband and I have decided to go napkin and paper towel free in the kitchen as one of our approaches to going green. He broke out the sewing machine to make his own backpack last week, so I finally got the motivation to go to St. Vincent DePaul’s for the items I needed. I [...]
Baby Goodies!
I ordered some Kate Quinn Organic baby clothes through a co-op (which saved me a pretty penny), and I received them today. They are too cute not to share. The yellow one is a sleep sacque, which has the cute little hand covers in case baby is a scratcher. The wrap-like onesie I really wanted [...]
Like a McDonalds Vanilla Iced Coffee
I’m so glad Works for Me Wednesday is back!!
I haven’t been drinking a whole lot of coffee lately (and if I do it’s something decaf), but I ran across this copycat recipe of a McDonald’s Vanilla Iced Coffee and couldn’t resist sharing it. I also can’t resist saving money or helping others save by making [...]
St. Louis Recipe Swap
Have I mentioned here that I am also taking part in a new blog started by my friend Rebecca?! Well, I am. It’s the St. Louis Recipe Swap blog. I know, I know – I’m no longer a resident of the St. Louis area, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to be involved (and [...]
Meal Plan Monday
Monday – Spicy greens with couscous (didn’t get to last week) and homemade apple pie for dessert
Tuesday – Hobo packets (also didn’t get to last week) with apple pie for dessert
Wednesday – Beef chowder (new recipe and it turned out to be yummy!!) with biscuits
Thursday – Spaghetti with garlic bread
Friday – Pizza biscuits with veggies [...]
How to use up leftovers
As my DH and I were going through the fridge one day, we realized something about leftovers. There were a lot in the fridge and a lot that I had gone bad. It’s not that we don’t like the food that we had made and packed up to put away, usually we just forget it’s [...]
Meal Plan Monday
Monday – “Elders” of the 4H Challenge club are putting on a dinner for us young’ins.
Tuesday – Veggie pot pie
Wednesday – Chili with homemade bread
Thursday – Hobo packs with apple crisp
Friday – Pizza biscuits or frozen pizza
Saturday – Scalloped potatoes with veggies from CSA
Sunday – Spicy greens over couscous
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Big changes
There are a lot of things going on in our household. We figure that if we are expecting a new baby that some things around here can’t lay dormant anymore. The family room was in need of a huge face lift, and we finally had the money and the motivation to get moving on it. [...]
Heartbeat!
We heard little Sprout’s heartbeat today. Oh my goodness.. what an experience! I almost teared up (as did DH), but instead I giggled out loud. I was so relieved, amazed, and happy. It was like a little schoolgirl giggle. His/her heartrate is in the 150’s. Strong and loud!