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February Reading

Actually managed to get all my goal reading for February done!  Since having a kid, I never seem to have any reading time, but I’m trying to make a change.  To start, we’ve cut down our TV time and are … Continue reading

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Grocery Challenge Week 15 – $42.91 Stock Up on Cheese!

        We have been enjoying plenty of produce from the garden lately!  To be honest, the cherry tomatoes rarely stay around for more than a few minutes, as Autumn LOVES them, and steals them off the vine … Continue reading

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Pantry Challenge – Week 4

Changes for February: -$25 per week (up from $20) – running low on meats/proteins, so I think we need a little wiggle room -$10 per week toward garden fund, $15 per week toward beef purchase -no longer counting dog and … Continue reading

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Goals for 2011

Okay, so I know this is way later than most people are posting, but with DH’s job, our year tends to start in late January instead of January 1st.  He works a LOT in November and December, since he’s in … Continue reading

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Pantry Challenge – Week 3

So after debating for a while, we decided to take vacation week completely off of the challenge. It was just too much to try to keep track of when out of town. So I’m acting like it never happened. Didn’t … Continue reading

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Pantry Challenge – Week 1

I started off the week forgetting to pack Matt a lunch, so off to a bad start, but we finished up pretty well. We spent a total of $9.95 on groceries this week and bought the following: 1 lunch from … Continue reading

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Pantry Challenge January 2011

My main goal this time around is to cut our grocery spending down to $20 per week by eating mainly from the pantry and freezer this month.  It will also mean being extremely on top of things with packing lunches … Continue reading

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August Kit SNS Projects

I can’t even tell you how much I love this kit!  Such a fun fun kit for summer!  And it’s only $3.50 – think how much you can add to your summer crafts with this inexpensive kit!  (Click on the … Continue reading

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Playing

I decided to play along with the XOXO girl’s challenge blog this month again.  This month the sponsor is Lucky Girl Crafts.  I scrap-lifted two layouts.  This first one is my attempt to lift Sarah Webb’s beautiful layout and turn … Continue reading

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And a little more scrapping…

This is another page inspired by the XOXO challenge blog.  This is from challenge #10 sponsored by Divine Design Kits.  I lifted Sarah Webb’s design here. I used a technique here from hair bow making to make the twisty grosgrain … Continue reading

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