Oh this is an easy one ... pretty much anyone knows I am what I would consider to be a seasonal eater- which means I like lighter cooler things in the summer and heavy goodies that are hearty and hot in the winter :) 1. Salad- Regular salad with lettuce and all that kind of jazz 2. Pasta salad- the kind my mom makes most of all but I also like one the ones that you get in the box at the store- :) there is even a recipe on there where you can put grapes and chicken and such and it is YUM- but I can't find the brand of poppy seed dressing I like anymore- the one i liked had a tang to it a little bit. 3.Sandwich- any sort of any kind. I especially like tomatoe and egg with DUKES mayo 4.chicken salad 5.potatoe salad 6.egg salad 7. garden stuff- like fresh potatoes and greenbeans and whatnot I think we were supposed to come up with 10 but if you count all the different variations of these things I mentioned we would have more than 10 :) Oh and you can You can find … [Read more...]

Hey Everyone! This weekend was fast and furious but in a good way :) I ended up going over to my moms after all on Friday- at first I thought she had too much to do/going on but she ended up calling me when David was here for lunch and I was like well.. I think I will just stay here and go through some things for the elusive yardsale lol. Anyways I ended up calling her back and going over there anyways. Right before David and My Dad got off work I decided to get into my bookshelf and look for a few books and I ended up dorking out about it lol. I totally want to go over there and clean out all my books now- bring some home, put some in my sale and organize them and all that kind of thing! They are a mess :( *sniff*  because over time my mom has put other sets in there and just put them where she could fit them.. I ended up bringing home some of my fear street books - the collectors editions that have 3 books each in them and I think I have read about 4 of them so far! I know … [Read more...]

Oh I am so the wrong person to talk to you about saving money at anytime regardless of the season lol. I mean honestly I did pretty well on my own all those years, and then I got with David and it all went out the window. Well.. that is mainly his doing but .. yeah ha ha. I don't know I would just go broad and general and say look for deals on the activities that you want to do..there are lots of things out there you can do with a deep discount and what not if you are just patient and look! shop at thrift shops/yardsales and that kind of thing. Only buy things that you really NEED and can get lots of use out of when it comes to clothes and appliances and that type of thing!  Use coupons if you can- and find out when they double. Look for clearance sales! I would also suggest checking pinterest and searching for summer fun on a budget or something like that too because I know I have even saw some facebook groups that have fun and free things for different regions and the … [Read more...]

Well.. I know that no one comments on my posts so there really isn't any point for me to put a picture up and ask ya'll to caption it is there ? lol. I don't really get comments even on instagram, even though I generally do get tons of likes or well by my standard tons would be 5 so yeah :) I actually found this really nifty hashtag thing for instagram (an article) and the gal didn't have ANY followers she just used various tags and she got tons of followers and likes on her pics in a weeks time! I wish she had a printable version or something.. I am going to have to print that page out as a reference and use it in the future. I know I have got behind not only with these prompts but with my instagram challenge for this month too - granted it had a few repeats! I hope to get it all caught up though :) When I start using it I will let ya'll know if it works for me with followers/likes and maybe even comments- i know comments slack off even on blog posts anymore- which is fine because … [Read more...]

I honestly do NOT know if I personally have a green thumb or not! I haven't really ever had so much as a house plant that was my own! I have pretty much always had a cat since I was married so I don't like keeping them around , especially with sam because any time that David even gets me a flower he tries to eat them, and we have to keep them in the bathroom with the door shut! As far as gardening in general we have always had an apartment with no where to really do that sort of thing. Even though at the back of the apartments here there is a community garden - or there was last year with greenhouses and everything- but there is never any information that goes out about using it so I haven't bothered even though I am interested! You may remember the post I did for Fresh Preserving store a few weeks back - Gardening is a big thing for most of my family because obviously back in "the day" of you didn't grow your own and preserve it you didn't likely have the option to run out to … [Read more...]

Hey everyone! it must be thursday because I have a headache AND they are mowing/weed eating outside and it doesn't help lol. It seems like this is my thursday tradition. I had planned to go over to moms today but since David had something he needed to do this evening I am going to go tomorrow I suppose. I had hoped for an early morning and what not but.. no dice! It isn't a BAD headache and if they would get off the sidwalk directly under my window/the breezeway with the leaf blower it would be great! I think they have been at it since like 8 or so it is nearly 11! I want to catch up on my posts for the 31 days of summer- Days 13/14 are likely going to be a combined freebie post- I know 13 is def a freebie and I honestly don't feel like hunting pics down for 14 but we will see. I need to do pics for my instagram challenge too. I knew about half way through i'd loose steam..but a few of them are repeat topics so thats kinda meh too! I need to seriously perk it up and get a few … [Read more...]