From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

December 30, 2009

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We were surprised to wake up and see we had a small dusting of snow on the ground. It was delightful! We opened up presents at our house Christmas morning, followed by yummy Cinnamon Pancakes for our Christmas morning breakfast. The kids were able to play with their [...]

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Full Size Samples and High Value Coupons

December 15, 2009

Vocalpoint is one of my favorite sites to join. It is free and they send you full sized samples of products as well high value coupons. Often times I’ve been able to pair their coupons with sales to recieve free products. If this is something you are interested in, apply here. You do not have [...]

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Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

December 15, 2009

If you are looking for an easy, flavorful dessert, look no further than Strawberry Cheesecake Bites. Sunday afternoon our church hosted it’s annual Ladies’ Tea. I volunteered to bring something along before I knew I would gone the whole day prior. I went shopping with a few friends in the city; we left my house [...]

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Home Made Simple Newsletter

December 11, 2009

Just wanted to let you all know about an amazing free newletter from Home Made Simple. Sign up today to find out about special offers, samples, and coupons from companies like Cascade, Febreeze, Mr. Clean and Swiffer. A lot of times they have high value coupons that pair great with sales yielding a close-to-free price!

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The Beginning: Surely I’m Dreaming

December 10, 2009

If you are new to this series, be sure to catch up here. Sorry for the delay in this installment–this one was very tough to relive. I have a crazy way of dealing with traumatic events–I block them out of my mind completely. Only within the last few years the memories have started coming back [...]

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It Looks Like…

December 9, 2009

{Picture snapped by 7 year old} …we will soon be a family of 6!! Although my belly has grown quite a lot, I’m only about 8 weeks along. We are so very excited to add another member into our family! I’ve been very sleepy over the past few weeks, which is why I’ve not been [...]

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Homemade Bath Salts

December 4, 2009

We are working with a tight Christmas budget this year, and we’re hoping to do as many homemade gifts as we can. While I love making edible gifts to give, there is only so many people like to recieve–so I had to broaden my horizons. Recently while shopping, I began to look at some of [...]

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Freezer Cooking

December 2, 2009

Over the past few months, I’ve really seen the benefit of having extra meals made up, and in the freezer. We all have those days where we just do not feel like making dinner, and eating out isn’t alwasy feasible–or budget friendly. FishMama and MoneySavingMom are hosting another cooking day. This time I’m focusing more [...]

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Packing Food For Long Trips

December 2, 2009

I apologize for disappearing the last few days. We went out of state for Thanksgiving, and I’m still playing catch up. We’ve been out of state a few times before, for days in a row. However, this was the first trip that I packed all our food and planned all the meals before hand. At [...]

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