“Let’s just stay off of Facebook for a bit,” this is what I told myself on Saturday after the week’s events. We need to post less on Social Media and start mowing our lawns. Am I right?? Things I got accomplished on Sunday without thinking about social media: -Went to Sunday School, Church and weContinue reading “Day 1 and 2 without Facebook”
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Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 21-23 of 52
Last update I started a new challenge for myself to only spend $45 on groceries one week and $90 on groceries the week after and so on. Well I blew past the $90 on week 21 for a very good reason, because it was Memorial Day here in the States and that meant some awesomeContinue reading “Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 21-23 of 52”
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 9 of 52
Week 8 was a great week in the food dept. because I cooked one time on Sunday and we pretty much ate it the rest of the week. Plus the boy even cooked one night for us. Yay! Sunday it was warm enough to cook on the grill outside so we did a massive grillingContinue reading “Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 9 of 52”
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 8 of 52
Week 7 was a better week in the meal dept. Although we were still dealing with Scott’s Dad escaping the senior living facility multiple times, we still managed to eat pretty well. Dad even stayed with us for four days while we got his new home ready closer to us. I made a big batchContinue reading “Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 8 of 52”
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Weeks 6-7 of 52
Weeks 5 and 6 were a complete free-for-all after my mother-in-law passed away. I did have something strange happen the day before she died though. On Tuesday, (She died on Wednesday), I made two complete dinners when I got home from work. I NEVER do that. Who has time to make two complete dinners atContinue reading “Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Weeks 6-7 of 52”
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 5 of 52
Week 4 was another good week. Sunday and Monday we ate chili, Tuesday was hot dog night, Wednesday were pork chops finally, Thursday was leftovers, Friday we went out for dinner and Saturday we had a family 90th birthday party to attend so we were gone all day. The only thing we bought mid-week wasContinue reading “Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 5 of 52”
Decorated Halloween Layer Cake
My sister and her husband had their annual, epic, Halloween party this past weekend and for the dessert contest I brought a Halloween themed cake. I used a 10″ double layer chocolate cake and split each layer which gave me room for 3 layers of different colored filling. The first layer I split with aContinue reading “Decorated Halloween Layer Cake”
19 for ’20 Recipes Challenge – Butternut Squash Green Curry Rice Noodle Bowls Recipe
Part of my 20 for ’20 Challenge is to try 19 new recipes in 2019-2020. They say you eat with your eyes right? In the case of the recipe I tried for “Butternut Squash Green Curry Rice Noodle Bowls” I definitely wanted to try the recipe because the photo of it on Instagram was amazing.Continue reading “19 for ’20 Recipes Challenge – Butternut Squash Green Curry Rice Noodle Bowls Recipe”
20 for ’20 Challenge- Cauliflower Chowder Recipe
In my 20 for ’20 Challenge this year I challenged myself to trying 19 new recipes. Last weekend I wanted to make a cauliflower chowder and after searching the interweb I landed on Damn Delicious blog’s cauliflower chowder recipe. Boy is it good! I did make a change and used crumbled Italian sausage because IContinue reading “20 for ’20 Challenge- Cauliflower Chowder Recipe”
Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad
I was going to save this recipe for a summer picnic type post but what the heck – might as well use it for a dish to pass this weekend for the big game, right? Heck yeah! Bacon, potatoes, cheese and jalapenos, what could be better! I tried this recipe last year from Christin Mahrlig’sContinue reading “Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad”
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