After 6 months of planning to buy new kitchen cabinets and counter top we finally went to Ikea yesterday to buy them since the prices are going up tomorrow. The best part is that after buying our new kitchen we still have $200 left over in our “stuff for the house” budget! JJ wants a [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 30th June 2009
Filled Under: My Life, Online Shopping
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This is going to be a great week – I only had to plan meals for 4 days! Monday: Eat out at Ikea when we go to buy our new kitchen cabinets! Tuesday: Chicken Salad and potatoes Wednesday: Canada Day!!! We are going to a BBQ with some Canadian friends. I’m going to bring cherries. [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 29th June 2009
Filled Under: My Life
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When I recieved 2 packages of Bella Sara Royalty trading cards in the mail my first thought was that my 9 year old sister who loves horses would love these cards so I thought I would open the packages to review the contents but my 3 year old and almost 2 year old saw them [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 25th June 2009
Filled Under: Fun And Games, Hobbies And Pastimes, Online Shopping, Reviews
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Yesterday I went to Walgreens and today I went to Albertsons, Sunflower Market and Buy Lows. I was annoyed this morning about forgetting to use a $3 off coupon at Albertsons but I’m over it now – I told myself that couponing is supposed to be fun not stressful! Here is what I bought: Walgreens [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 24th June 2009
Filled Under: Saving Money
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Each Mother’s day and Father’s day I like to have a picture for the special day so we can see how much our little family changes each year. I woke up at 6:30 on Sunday to make waffles and scrambled eggs (with minced green onions, cheese and tomatoes).  And we also gave JJ his gift [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 23rd June 2009
Filled Under: Holidays, My Husband
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Here is what we have planned for dinner this week. Feel free to click on the links for some of my recipes! Monday – Sweet N’ Sour Stirfry – Brown rice with chicken, celery, onion, carrots and pineapples with homemade sweet and sour sauce. Tuesday – Crockpot Soup – lentils, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, celery, [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 22nd June 2009
Filled Under: My Life
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Don’t forget about free light smoothies at Orange Julius Today!” I wasn’t planning on buying groceries today but I went to Albertsons to get a prescription filled for my daughter and decided to buy some groceries while waiting for the prescription to be ready to be picked up. I could have probably saved more money [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 19th June 2009
Filled Under: Saving Money
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In exactly one month Rebekah will be two years old. I’m a little sad that I won’t have a little baby anymore – well, until the next one comes along Rebekah is still sick, however she is looking and acting a whole lot better now. We are still trying to figure out why she’s getting [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 19th June 2009
Filled Under: My Children
Comments: 4 Comments