Walgreen's Buys Today

Hello! I did pretty good at Walgreen's tonight. Here are the items I got:1 Contac Cold/Flu 16 day caplets and 12 night caplets, 2 Benefiber 20 servings each,Gas-X 18 tablets, 3 cans pineapple, 4 cans Madarin oranges, Right Guard anti-prespirant for a total of $36.30 before coupons with a reduction to $13.17 in the end.

Feedback Wanted Desperately, Even If Not Positive

Hey, there again! I'm wanting to know why people look at site , but don't come back.I want your ideas of what you want to read about here ,pertaining to gardening , finances, baking , farm life, etc. I have canned , raised beautiful veggies and flowers , raised chickens, worked in a nursing home- STNA , housekeeping both, worked in factories assembly , loading and unloading trucks, been a nanny. I love the homesteading thing the best though. If anyone has anything about these subjects, they want answers to ; I love to do research also and if I feel it's something i can't do ,I 'll tell you. If you just come to this site,even for a second , can you please leave me an idea of why you like it or why you hate it. Thank you!!

Scott Toilet Paper Deal

Hi everyone!There is a great deal going on at our local IGA and Carnival stores this week. They both have the Scott Extra soft toilet paper for $1 per 4 pack. I have 10 coupons for $.75 each, so can get them for $.25 for a 4 pack.That will give me, 40 rolls of T.P. for $2.50. Check out your Carnival and IGA , they may be having the same deal. They were out when I went , but they gladly gave me a rain check .

Kroger and How to Get enough Coupons

Hi! It has been cold here. It was -10 with wind chill 2 nights ago.The real cold night was when I waited up till almost 3 Am to go to my local convience gas station and pick up extra leftover newpapers for the coupons . They throw the papers in the trash , so the people let me take them. I got 6 whole papers , so lots of inserts . I went to Kroger afterwards, and this is what I got: 2 (1 pounds)Brauwager-$1 each, regular$2.99 ($2) , Tyson BBQ chicken breast-$5 marked down to $2.99 -which I had a $1 coupon , so it was($2 )-17 oz.,Heartland rotini pasta $1.59 marked down to $1.39 and I had coupon doubled to $1.10 , so($.29),4 pack Promise Active yogurt (FREE COUPON)--http://www.promisehearthealthy.com/ . They give away 500 coupons per day.One organic potato leek soup marked down to ($1.49),1 loaf bread (2.00),1 dozen eggs organic marked down to ($1.39),8 serving package mashed potatoes that just need water added $2.18 and I had a coupon for $1 , so(1.18).I had 10 items to check out for a total amount of $20.20 then when coupons taken off , it was ($10.33).Actually, I know I can do even better than that . but like I said before, I've been sick and not even feeling like walking in the store , but so better last 2 weeks. Thank for good Lord for that!!

Deal I Found at Wal-Mart in Last couple Days

Hi! I found a #10 meat grinder at the super Wal-Mart. Check out yours in the camping section ,next to the golf stuff.It was only $5. This is great to buy marked down meat and grind it yourself. Then you know exactly what the meat looked like , at least , if not, the nutritional state of it.This is a hand meat grinder , great to have on hand for coming natural disasters or national emergencies.

Bargains I Got At CVS This Weekend

Hi,all! I hope you all had a great weekend. We are all really tired and have a virus , chest cold or something that makes you wheeze and feel terrible. I did really good at CVS , although not as well as Crystal on http://www.moneysavingmom.com/search/label/Saving%20on%20Groceries . Here is a list of what I got .

(2) Ultra touch 2 blood sugar meters -paid $9.99 each=$19.98 (when get rebate , will be free)
(2) Soy Joy bars$2
(2)CVS toothbrushes with tonguecleaners $299 eachx2=$5.98
(1)battery for my glucose meter$1.49
(2) calendars to give the kids$1x2=$2
(2) Sambucol immune booster$12.99x2=$25.98
(1) Burt's Bees lip gloss for neice for birthday1x$3.99=$3.99
)1) Sprite Zeron 20 oz.1x$1.39=$1.39

so here is what I paid--$64.67 then, I got back $25.98 extra rewards bucks to use next time and with selling the meters I will definitely come out ahead so, all this stuff was free
Then , after the family gathering I stopped by CVS at 11PM ,so I could get these things I still wanted to get . They were :
(3) bottles Excedrin 24 count$1.99x3=$5.97
(1) Bayer Aspirin -2 bottles hooked together24 count each$1.99
(1)AleveGelcaps20's$2.99
(12) Soy Joy bars$12.00
(1) Tylenol caplets 50 count$6.29
(2) CVS trash bags boxes20 each 13 gallon$6.59
(1) package Mr.Clean Majic eraser$3.19
this totaled $53.50 regular price , then I used coupons totaling$14.98 , plus my $20 extra reward bucks and paid a total of $6.54 cash and recived back $22.98 extra rewards bucks to use in future, so I got all these items and they paid me $16.44 to cart them away-I'd say it was a good shopping trip--What are your comments???

Contest:Airline milage/car rental/hotel

Hi again! I thought you all may be interested in this contest. They are having daily drawings through Jan.31,2008. Here are the prizes :250,000 airline miles,$1,000 Best Western hotel gift card & 1 week car rental. Check it out & enter: http://www.dollarsweepstakes.com/. You all enter and I hope one of us here wins. You enter only once , but have a chance to win every day with that entry.

Sudoku

Hi! I like to do the Sudoku number puzzles when I have time. I have found a site that explains how to solve them ,especially if you have a tough one. It's http://www.palmsudoku.com/ . I will post more sites for Sudoku , as I find them.If you have aPalm OS , which I don't ,and don't even know what one looks like , you can download Sudoku puzzles from the above site. As far as I understand , it's free.

This Week's Dinners

Hi! Here are dinners from this week. This is using what we have on hand.
1)Turkey rice medley-2-3 cups leftover turkey-chopped fine,rice-I used brown rice-2 bags sucess boil in bag rice, 1/2 bag peas &carrots (frozen kind)8oz.,enchilada sauce or alfredo sauce, poultry seasoning, salt , garlic powder , cooking oil (To make fry the turkey a few minutes in some cooking oil, add poultry seasoning, salt & garlic powder to taste -every family has their own seasoning likes & dialikes, meanwhile cook the peas & carrots , while that is cooking cook the rice-when these are all done mix in large bowl and serve with either alfredo sauce , enchilada sauce or other sauce of choice--we had canned peaches with this

2)pulled pork my way--cook a small pork roast in oven , till meat falls apart , then pull all apart using 2 forks , put in large pot and add mango or aprocot jam & mustard to taste--this will depend on your families tastes here again of how much to use-I used 1/2 a jar about 9 oz. of the Mango jam & about !/4 cup mustard , add a little water about 1 cup to pan & cook till mix together nicely -kinda should look like shredded chicken, I served this with Bisquick biscuits , cream cheese, peas & corn, and applesauce


3) Well, we had Papa John's pizza tonight as, I'm sick tonight and no one feels like cooking--They have been sick this week too.I was looking at a site for discount coupon codes and found this site . THey have codes for all kinds of stores , including Papa John's. As some of the comments say, you just have to check and try them. They don't always work or some places may not accept them, but sure can't hurt to try. It's http://www.retailmenot.com/ .

What do you my blog guests want to see on this site?

Hi! I'm wanting input from my blog guests. What would you like to see here, besides what I decide to post myself. Recipes , tips, how to cook or bake etc? Give me your ideas.If there is something you want to know about that pertains to frugal living or finances and don't know, let me find out for you? I like to research things so this would be great.Thanks!

Electricity

Here are 3 sites that have excellent information to help you find out where you are losing money on the electric your using. two sites even have a home energy audit to help you figure out how to lower your bills. They use the exact amounts of your bills and the KWH.

1)http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/

2)http://www.energyright.com/

3)http://www.fypower.org/res/naturalgas/index.html?btn=w07-fight

Restaurant Savings

1)Hometown Buffet, Old Country Buffet, Ryan's , Fire Mountain Grill--http://www.oldcountrybuffet.com/

2)http://www.restaurant.com/ --They have deals like $25 worth of gift certificates for $10 & sometimes near the end of the month $10 worth for $3

Ways to Save this Year

1)make sure library books returned on time(this is a biggie for us)
2)get a bunch of ice trays so we don't have to buy bags of ice
3)pay all bills online-this alone will save $5.33 x 12=63.96 in stamps alone, gas$6x12=$72 & time
4)make sure the checkbook is BALANCED--No More No One Writing things Down-savings-$234 this last year ,only we never had that problem before

Revising The Budget

Hi, again!Here is what we are going to try to follow.We'll see how it works this month , then revise it again . $1,414 monthly bring home
Giving$98
Rent$375
water/sewer$40
electric$93
food$200
car insurance$45
gasoline$150
hospital bill#1-$40
Dr.bill-$50
computer$10.95
phone$11.77
phone prepaid long distance$10
Tracfon for when in car$10
my medicines$40
insurance policy$10
insurance policy loan pay back$20
laundry$50
Dr. co-pays$30
savings$75
which leaves approximately $55 for car repairs , medical bills , clothing , etc.

Starting 2008

Well, here we are at the start of a brand new year.Starting over with our finances. We have made some real screw-ups this past month even , with having to end up paying 3 overdrawn fees.I believe some of it was the bank's fault , but we paid the price. Now , we have a new chance , a new year. The Bible says , that God's mercies are new every morning. I'm sure glad they are or I'd be in trouble.Here is where we are now. We have No credit cards and never have. We have some old bills that need to be paid and just have to get everything in balance and wrote down. Writing stuff down seems to be our main trouble. It hasn't gotten done several times.Our income is $653 every 2 weeks for a family of 3. We have rent $375, electric$93 on budget plan, water/sewer $40, trash $16, hospital #1 $80, Dr. # $100,storage shed $35, phone $11.77, phone long distance $15, food $200,car insurance $45 ,gasoline $150,my medicines right now-$40, Dr. visits co-pay $40 , laundry $50 and I'll post the rest later. I have to revise this and do some figuring out to make this work. Till later. God bless.