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  • Frugal Find

    Monday July 12, 2010

    Vacation Bible School runs this week,  and that tends to mean I spend money shopping at places I don’t usually go with three kids in tow.   I stopped by World Market today because I needed more Torani Syrup for my coffee.  I was excited to see they were running their 2 for $12 deal ($6 [...]

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  • Meal Plan Monday 7/5

    Monday July 5, 2010

    We had a lovely, low key 4th with friends.  After today’s morning run to H-Mart and Wegmans, I am ready to cook this week’s Meal Plan. High Pockets Chicken Pasta (with lemons and grape tomatoes) Shrimp Tacos with Cilantro-Lime Sour Cream Rachael Ray’s Spicy Stewed Zucchini over corkscrew (Rotini)  pasta Ground Beef Tacos/Taco Salad x2 [...]

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  • Menu Plan Monday… on Wednesday — Week of 6/28

    Wednesday June 30, 2010

    I’m late getting to my meal plan, since we started our week with a trip to Dutch Wonderland.  Here’s what the rest of the week looks like: Tuesday – Two Step Chicken Picante with brown rice, edamame and corn Wednesday – Slow Cooker Pulled Pork BBQ (w/Trader Joe’s BBQ sauce),  Cornbread Casserole, Greek Salad, and [...]

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  • How To Make A Rocket Ship Cake

    Wednesday June 23, 2010

    Perhaps more aptly titled – how *I* made a rocket ship cake for Sam’s 5th birthday. 1. Come up with a design that is doable and agreeable to all parties. Sam requested a rocket ship cake, so I sat down at the computer to see what I could come up with.  I didn’t want to [...]

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  • Mary Quite Contrary Attempts To Square Foot Garden

    Sunday June 13, 2010

    Back in May, as I was reading around the blogosphere , I saw that many people were working on their square foot gardens.  Initially I didn’t think much about it.   After all, I do not have a green thumb.  My husband does and he does a little garden in the backyard every summer.  However, his [...]

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  • Menu Plan Monday 6/7

    Monday June 7, 2010

    So far, this menu plan thing is working pretty good.  My goal would be to make sure we have at least one meal with beef/pork, one (or more) chicken, one seafood/fish, and one veggie.  These are the dinners I’m planning for this week: Honey Garlic Spare Ribs Chinese Cashew Chicken Grilled Tilapia with Mango Salsa [...]

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  • 12 Years of Bledded Wiss

    Wednesday June 2, 2010

    This weekend marked our 12 year anniversary.  We celebrated by having a yard sale and convincing some friends to keep the kids (overnight!). Once we were footloose and fancy free, we cashed in on two Groupons I recently scored.   Without telling Mike our destination, I directed him into Clarendon where we found street parking.  A [...]

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  • Meal Plan Monday … on Tuesday

    Tuesday June 1, 2010

    I hastily scribbled a meal plan out on my way to Wegmans this morning. I hadn’t looked at circulars or planned anything out over the long weekend. Nonetheless, I think we’ll do okay this week. Sunday – was our neighborhood block party.  We feasted on BBQ and other yummies (I made an asian salad that [...]

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  • Playing Catch Up

    Sunday May 16, 2010

    It seems that May has been a busy month.  A few activities have gone unchronicled, so I want to mention them before they are completely obsolete. May Fair The first is the elementary school’s May Fair, which was held the first Saturday in May.   It’s a big money maker for the school’s PTA and is [...]

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  • My Evening with the Pioneer Woman … and 600 other crazies

    Wednesday May 5, 2010

    Last night I got to meet the world famous Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond.  She was in town for a book signing at the Borders in Fairfax.  I debated on whether I should go, because coordinating handing off the kids would be a hassle and I knew from reading her blog that her signings are madhouses.  [...]

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