I hope y’all are enjoying these Thursday Sales videos. They combine two things I enjoy doing. I love hunting for a good deal and when I can help someone else keep more of their money, that’s incredibly wonderful. These sales are for the Southeast Michigan corner where we live and they may not be available …
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Kitchen Clean-Up
Alright, y’all I am finally free of the biggest financial burden I have had for the last three months. It was a car that needed major brake repairs and I didn’t have the funds to do it. So instead of letting it get ran into the ground, I opted to sell it. This worked out …
Make Holiday Cooking Easy
Here is how I am planning my holiday cooking. It’s stress-free. Take a day to cook your sides and the holiday (Thanksgiving) cook your protein (turkey) whatever it is.. Ina Garten’s rule of thumb: make something, buy something, and assemble something. Here is the Aldi’s link for their items; https://www.aldi.us/en/be-inspired/thanksgiving/
Weekly Menu and Cake Fail
Our menu for the week is simple. Monday – Roast Chicken w/veggies and Mashed Potato cass Tuesday – Sandwiches and Salad Wednesday – Tacos Thursday – BBQ Chicken, Fries, and veggies Friday – Breakfast for Dinner Saturday – Leftover Cake Fail Analysis After watching Noreen again, I realized that I let the cake go to …
Today’s Plan
Today I am going to put plastic coverings on my windows in our apartment. I will have pull a how to video on YouTube.
Rolled Cake
This will be my first rolled cake ever. Growing up I would see these beautiful cakes rolled so perfectly. My late mom wouldn’t buy them nor would she make them because they were too hard to make. As you see they aren’t hard to make. If I can do this, so can you. While we …
Thursday Sales
Aldi’s Best deal: Advent Calendars Aldi’s is killing it on Advent Calendars. They have the traditional chocolate ones and they went the extra mile this year. Wine, beer, and cheese calendars. Yes!!!! Also, Mama Cozi’s pizzas are on sale for $4.49 each. That is a $6 dollar pizza for under $5. Pumpkin items are galore. …
Canning Tomato Products
After I realized how easy canning was last summer I went bat nuts. I canned everything I could. I was hysterical to watch. Here is the first video I did canning my own tomato sauce based items. I used the same recipes as I did back in the summer. Barbecue sauce I use for the …
Canning Chicken
Last summer I went completely nuts with canning. I love it! I can get into a zone and just focus on what I am doing. Nothing outside of my kitchen matters. Of course, now we are in an apartment with a more open floor plan so I can watch for my pressure canner and I …
Halloween Safety Tips
I realized yesterday how close we are to Halloween and decided to post a safety tips video instead of the regular video. We are so busy in our day-to-day lives. Work, family, and life in general. Here is a link to safety tips for Thursday night if you partake in Halloween. https://www.kidsmartz.org/ParentTips For those who …
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