Aug
30
I am loving the late summer weather. Its not too hot, just nice and warm – It even rained a few times last week! I will need to take advantage of this weather because very soon it will be freezing outside and we will all be wishing for a winter getaway to someplace warmer. Speaking [...]
Aug
25
The kids in my neighborhood went back to school yesterday. This means that in one year Sariah will be able to go to Kindergarten! And I still don’t know how I want to educate her – put her in public school, charter school or home school her? And if I decide to home school do [...]
Aug
19
Sariah’s word of the week has been “my best friend”. It started on Monday after I talked to my twin sister on the phone. Sariah said “I miss my best friend Auntie”. She has had many best friends this week. While holding Miriam she said “I love my baby sister, she’s my best friend”, While [...]
Aug
17
I bought a groupon today that I wanted to let everyone else in Utah know about because I think it’s a great deal. It is for Fat Cat’s which has locations in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo. You get 2 hours of bowling , shoe rentals, drinks and pizza or tacos (depending on location) [...]
Aug
12
Budget spent this month: $80.90 Budget left for month: $69.10 Over half of the budget was spent at Smiths. I had a coupon to spend $40 to get double points as well as 100 bonus points for buying at least 2 boxes of granola bars I also got 10 cents off per gallon of fuel [...]
Aug
09
I realized that my last blog entry was the Menu Planning Monday post from last week. Last week was so crazy so maybe I’ll find time to blog about it this week Here is what is on the menu for this week: Monday – Spaghetti with tomato sauce and broccoli Tuesday – Spanish rice and [...]
Aug
02
Here is the Menu for this week: Monday: Minestrone soup Tuesday: Stirfry and tossed green salad Wednesday: Quiche with mashed potatoes Thursday: Tuna Cassarole with a tossed green salad Friday: Homemade Pizza Saturday: We might be eating out on Saturday Sunday: BBQ chicken, green beans (from our garden!) and potato cakes.