Waste Not, Want Not!

Barbie PBK's

2009-10-01T06:49:00.000-07:00

Barbie may be headed to PBK near you! Check it out!

Sing-Along @ Pottery Barn Kids

2009-10-01T06:44:00.000-07:00

Just came across this should be alot of fun! Here is the link to find what is going on near you!

Free or cheap programs your kids might love to do!

2009-10-01T06:20:00.000-07:00

Being a stay at home mom I am always trying to find things to do with my kids that don't cost alot. Ways to get us out of the house and have a good time ( maybe we'll learn something too)!

1. Pottery Barn Kids Book Club - you will have to check out your local Pottery Barn for times and if they offer it, but the really cool thing is that the kids each get a passport marking how many times they go and after 6 times they get a coupon for $10.00 off anything they would like to purchase.

2. Check our your local library!

Ours is always have great programs, whether it's their summer reading program or their Wednesday night PJ story time. They also have classes where your older kids can learn to knit and the younger ones can learn to sing. It's a great resource!

3. AWANA!

Awana is a Christian organization that focuses on the kids memorizing verses from the Bible. But the have games, songs, story time. They have programs from ages 2-18, you again need to check for the one in your area and for fees. This is a club that has vests and books so some churches charge more than others. Ours is $1 every Wednesday. Which I think is great!

4. Lowes Build and Grow Clinics

A great way to teach your children how to use tools and have fun. I believe Lowes offers their program 2 x a month, but check your local location, and you can do that right here!

5. Home Depot Kids work shop

Again alot of fun, your kids get a cool orange apron with their name on it. It is for the age group 5-12, but my son is 3 and they always welcome him. Actually we just walked by once and they were like "you want to build a fire truck?"

6. Check out you City Council web page.

Our always have things going on, like recycling events where the kids can do fun projects. Or street carnivals. I think that you would be surprised!

I will continue to add to this list! And put a revised date!

Thanks!

Giant Coupons

2009-10-01T04:47:00.000-07:00

Looks like that start tomorrow Giant will have the $1.00 coupon doublers. You have to spend $15.00 in total to qualify you to use them, you can use 1 or all 4 in one transaction. Also the back of the flyer says that there is $50.00 health and beauty coupon booklet, so keep you eyes open for that!

Babies R Us $10.00 gift card

2009-09-30T09:21:00.000-07:00

WFMW: Slow Cooker Jambalaya

2009-09-30T08:16:00.000-07:00

For this WFMW here is one way that my Family loves when we clean out the Fridge, this is a slow cooker Jambalaya (sort of) recipe that I made up one day when I had a little bit of this and a little of that. So here you go.

half a onion chopped

2 cups broth

1/2 cup ground cooked sausage

1/2 cup sliced sausage

1 chopped chicken breast

2 chopped garlic cloves

1 green pepper chopped

3 chopped medium tomatoes

2 TBSPN Creole Seasoning

1 TBSPN Italian Seasoning

Combine all of this a set crock poy on low for 6 hrs,

After 6 hrs add 1/2 cup brown rice and raise heat to high for about an hour or untilrice is cooked!

Yumm!!! Hope you enjoy!

BUILD. LEARN. CREATE.

2009-09-30T08:03:00.001-07:00

This weekend is this great Firehouse Bank, Check with you local Home depot, last year for the first of October Workshop alot of stores had a firetruck and gave the kids smoke detectors, coloring books and balloons!

Menu Plan

2009-09-30T07:40:00.001-07:00

Ok so I know that today is Wednesday, but one way that we stay on budget is to Menu Plan. I sit down with the grocery store flyer, an idea what we have in the freezer and the garden. then plan my week by that. And I plan meals that could used over again. Like for example: If I roast a chicken on Sunday then I can save the meat and the broth for other meals, maybe on Monday we could have chicken enchiladas with the left over meat, and on Tuesday make Jambalaya with the broth and leftover meat!

So this week Menu plan is:

Sunday: Homemade Pizza pockets
Monday: Baked Mac N Cheese with buttery Brussels Sprouts
Tuesday: My own crock pot Jambalaya (will try to get you the recipe)
Wednesday: Clean out the garden meatloaf
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner
Friday: Beef Pot Roast
Saturday: Beef Enchiladas made w/ left over pot roast

Organic & Natural E-coupons

2009-09-30T07:03:00.001-07:00

We as a family try very hard to live on a tight budget, but that being said more importantly we try to eat foods with no preservatives, artificial sweeteners, colors ... With that being said it seems that I hear alot of criticism that coupons are only for junk food. Absolutely not true!

Mambo Sprouts has a decent I believe it is quarterly coupon booklet that you can have sent to you in the mail or you can print them from online!

Will & Trust Kit

2009-09-30T07:00:00.001-07:00

Right now Suze Orman has her Will & Trust Kit for free. I believe you need to make you account by Oct. 3rd. You will need the gift code of 898989

Swaggers!!!

2009-09-30T06:50:00.000-07:00

If you are not a "Swagger" I cannot say enough great stuff about this company! All you do is sign up and and you search through like you would on Google or Ask, but with Swagbucks you earn points that you can later cash in for a ton of different prizes. My favorite is the prepaid $10 Mastercard! Check it out! And when you sign up you should get loaded with an extra 3 bucks!

Safeway Veggies

2009-09-30T06:33:00.000-07:00

Right now at Safeway you can get Green Giant Veggies 3/$6.00, there is a Cell Fire Coupon for .50/2 and at check out I got a Catalina for $1.00 off next shopping order!