Menu Plan, Week of March 8

March 7, 2010

The signs of spring have remained, and we took full advantage over the weekend!  Yesterday my hubby trooped the kids to the farm for the afternoon to help with all things cows and calves and ear tags and fences and whatever else there was to do on a sunny, 65° day.
Today we spent the day [...]

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Weekend Wanderings

March 6, 2010

Kristi and I would be great friends in real life, I do believe.  The Challenges and Blessings of One-Income Living echos my own sentiments.
“What a ginormous gamble God took making us his hands and feet.”  So true!  Read more Rambling Thoughts on Faith at The Diaper Diaries.
My contacts are blurry from the tears shed with [...]

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Finer Things Friday: Signs of Spring

March 4, 2010

Could it be?
We’re trading hot chocolate for smoothies

and snow boots for bare toes.

Instead of begging to go sledding, the kids are begging to go swimming (in 50° weather).
Barring any end-of-March-blizzards, dare I say it’s almost spring!  And that, my friends, is a very fine thing.
What Finer Things are you celebrating this week? Link up and [...]

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February Clutter Update

March 3, 2010

The February numbers are dismal at my house. I’ll blame Blissdom and the 10 day nasty cold that followed.  Oh, then I’ll blame preparations for Once a Month Cooking.  Anything else?  Excuses, excuses…
At any rate, I did manage to tag a whopping 10 items for the garage sale boxes.  Add that to my 51 items [...]

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Once a Month Cooking Recap

March 2, 2010

Well, we did it!  Mostly…
You already know our menu.  Here’s what our day looked like.

Sixteen pounds of ground beef. Thankfully, I took Tricia’s advice and browned all of it over the weekend.  That made it so much easier to throw the meals together yesterday!  Plus, I have extra which will make suppertime smooth for weeks [...]

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Clutter Update on Hold

February 28, 2010

Due to the massive amount of cooking that I’ve been prepping for all weekend, that will consume my Monday, look for the monthly Clutter Challenge update (with a linky!) to be posted Tuesday… or Wednesday.  Get your post ready!

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March Menu Plan

February 28, 2010

In less than 24 hours (hopefully!), Sherry and I will be finished with our very first Once a Month Cooking experience.  I’m all sorts of tired just thinking about the work ahead of us!  But… I’m also all sorts of relieved that many of my meals for March will be prepared in one fell swoop.  [...]

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Weekend Wanderings

February 27, 2010

Considering we received about 19 inches of snow last March 30, I’d say there’s hope that we may still be able to make this fun Maple Syrup Snow Candy sometime this winter.
I’m pretty sure Phoebe’s Caramel Marshmallow Popcorn is the same or quite near the gooey recipe we enjoyed as kids.  Can’t wait to make [...]

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Finer Things Friday: Out of the Blue

February 25, 2010

When the phone rang this morning, I answered, even though I didn’t recognize the number and only vaguely recalled the last name.
It was my cousin! (with her fairly new married name)  That may mean little to you, but I come from a big extended family.  My mom is the 3rd of 10 kids, and there [...]

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Swagbucks Birthday Celebration

February 25, 2010

Happy second birthday, Swagbucks! If you know me at all, you know I love my Swagbucks search engine and toolbar.  With it, I have earned enough bucks to help pay for Christmas, indulge in Starbucks when we’re in the city, and I’ve stashed some away to surprise my hubby with a big (to us) gift [...]

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