Meal Plan Monday

Oh my, it’s been two weeks since I posted my last meal plan! So sorry I haven’t been around much lately. Things have been hectic, even downright chaotic at times but I think it’s all settling down some finally. Just in time to possibly be going into a fibro flare, ugh! I’m praying not. I [...]

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Meal Plan Monday

 
Monday: Fried potatoes & chicken
Tuesday: Crystal’s Soup
Wednesday: Fettuccine Alfredo
Thursday: leftover soup
Friday: leftover fettuccine
Saturday: Pizza
Sunday: leftover pizza
Baking/other cooking: chocolate muffins, rice pudding, granola, bread, ranch dressing, rice pudding, kitty treats
Extra: canning applesauce & apple butter on Tuesday
Check out all the other great menu plans at Laura’s blog, where lots of other ladies share.

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Works For Me Wednesday

This week’s tip is a simple little one but it sure does help us. We were having a lot of trouble with the trash bag slowly working its way into the trash can, which created quite a mess at times. One day it dawned on me to use a large rubber band to hold the [...]

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From Ewwww to Ooooh!

Did you realize how disgusting the water chamber of your coffeemaker can get? This is just nasty!
 
I do clean ours every so often. For a couple weeks now I’ve really been noticing how gross ours was. Tonight I couldn’t stand it any longer so I decided to attack the slime.  First I filled the chamber [...]

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Frugal Friday

 
This week’s tip is about s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g.  Things like dish soap and milk, that is.
Dish soap can easily be stretched by a good third. When you run out, save the bottle. Pour about one-third of the new bottle into the old bottle. Fill the new bottle the rest of the way with water and add about [...]

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Frugal Fridays

Today’s frugal tip is: plan ahead. Plan ahead before you leave the house and take a little snack and bottle of water so you don’t end up buying spendy water and junky food that’s not so great for you. Plan ahead before you walk into the grocery store so you know exactly what you need—and [...]

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Meal Plan Monday

Monday—Fried Potatoes & chickenTuesday—Split Pea & Ham soup, biscuitsWednesday—Chicken Broccoli Bake (I’m adding cooked diced chicken to the recipe)Tuesday—leftover split pea soupFriday—Spaghetti & garlic breadSaturday—Southwest Slow Cooker ChickenSunday—leftover spaghettiBaking—probably none this weekCheck out Laura’s blog for other great meal plans!

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Works For Me Wednesday

Cory and I drink a lot of iced tea—about a half gallon a day. Cory sweetens his a bit with sugar and I drink mine plain. A few months ago I wanted to save myself some time and fell upon a very easy way to make the tea: I put 12 tea bags in our [...]

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Frugal Fridays

This week’s frugal tip is: shake the coffee! Sounds odd, I know, but trust me on this.
Cory drinks a pot of coffee every morning, two pots on occasion. That amounts to a can of coffee each month. It used to be more, until I realized something: the machine that packs the coffee in the can [...]

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Unusual Sign of Autumn

I love autumn! I love the cooler weather, the changing colors, the woodstove smoke in the air… I even enjoy the rain if we don’t have to be out in it much (we’re in western Oregon with no car, remember). That said, however, I could live without the gloominess of the darker cloudy and rainy [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

This spring I started something that has made a huge difference for me. It’s nothing strange or hard to do. It has been life-changing though. What did I start doing? Keeping lists, especially my daily task list. I no longer forget to do things and I even remember things not on the list that I [...]

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