PIZZA! FOR UNDER $6!

OK, so last weekend on our day OUT.... we bought 2 family size Papa Murphys Pizzas for my sisters house... they cost us $22 ... OUCH!!!!!! almost 1/2 of our OUT TO EAT budget GONE in PIZZA!

SOOO Trev had a friend over on Friday after school and wanted Pizza... SO, I of course made Home Made pizza as always (Recipe will be posted tomorrow)....

Either way, here is the break down of cost....

-$1 for crusts

-$4.50 for cheese (we LOVE CHEESE...LOL, we would have done about $1.50 in Pepperoni, but didn't have any on hand.

-$.50 for Misc (seasonings for sauce, Olive Oil, etc...)

-$0 for tomato sauce (from the garden)

SOOO, $6.00 for 2 Pizzas that fed 7 people... (ignore the fact that the rectangle one is darker, a few of us like it that way!) Plus we had some apples ($2) and some carrots ($1) and some milk ($1)

I mean really I could make almost 8 pizzas for the money we spent last saturday....

AND lastnight the kids and I made Snickerdoodles (Jims Favorite cookie EVER)!

The break down... $2.55 and it made 84 cookies! SOOO a small $.03 a cookie YUM!

THURSDAY CHALLENGE!!!!

AHHH, have you missed these???? HAVE YOU???????? COME ON, TELL THE TRUTH!!!!!

Todays challenge is a simple one....

If you haven't finished cleaning up christmas around you house.....

DO IT!!!!!!!

I mean really, New Years was 1 week ago!!!!!

While you are cleaning it all up and packing it all up.....you should-
~Throw out the things you DON'T LOVE
~Throw out the broken things
~Get rid of anything you haven't PUT OUT in the past 2 yrs
~Write a list of things you NEED for next year
~Label your totes or boxes if they are not labeled yet

Doing all of this will make next christmas so much easier to decorate for!

HAPPY UNDECORATING!

TIME FOR A CONFESSION....

I am IN LOVE....
IN LOVE WITH A TV SHOW.....
I AM IN LOVE WITH THE BIGGEST LOSER!

I have NEVER missed a show in all the years it has been on.... Even if it meant I had to record it (yes, on VHS) and watch it later (missing a show doesn't happen often).
I will NOT answer the phone while it is on, I will NOT make plans for Tuesday nights, I will NOT do much of anything... except watch it..... I WILL however use my eliptical during it (makes me feel good about it!) for the second half of the show.... (Kids watch the first half of it with us before bed) I WILL take time to tuck them into bed during the 8pm commercial..... but only the commercial time..... NO MORE NO LESS!

SOOO there you have it... a true BIGGEST LOSER JUNKIE!!!!!!

Oh, I feel so much better knowing that you all know now!

Gratituesday: Face Book

OK, is that a weird thing to be thankful for????? I mean really.... Face Book?????
OK, but it is something to be thankful for!
In just a few days, I have gotten contacted by 5 old friens.... 2 friends I haven't seen in over a yr, an old neighbor friend I haven't seen in over 15 yrs.... and MY BROTHER...LOL!
I couldn't figure the whole thing out at first, and WISH there was a way to ADD my maiden name, (because I didn't do that in the beginning, so if you know a way, PLEASE let me know!)
BUT now that I figured it out... I am loving it! I am alittle afraid to click the FRIENDS button, because they have to CHOOSE to be your friend, and what if they ignore you???????
Either way, I am enjoying it for now!
Go and sign up if you haven't, it is really fun!

Read more gratituesday at heavenlyhomemakers

What did you do this past weekend???

SOOO, it was my very first WHOLE WEEKEND OFF OF WORK! WHY, because I LOST MY JOB... remember from a few posts way back when???? Remember that I would be JOB LESS after the 1st of the year..... well, here it is..... ME, JOBLESS!

So, for fun, I gave the kids to my mom for friday night (she brought them to my sisters Saturday Morning) and me and my hubby had a few drinks and played scrabble all night! Then on Saturday we headed to the Science Museum of MN.... to do the CSI exibit... which was not as great as we thought it would be. BUT we had fun hanging out..... we then picked up Pizza's and had supper at my sisters house... it was fun! The NOT so fun part was driving home in the Ice STORM, but we made it!

Yesterday was chilly, but We sent the kids outside and then got the itch to head out there ourselves! SOOO this is what we did in the cold tundra AKA: backyard! (Kaylin in the shadown in the sled behind Lucas in the green coat... Shayla and Trevor are at the bottom of the SMALL hill!)

And afterwards, we (except for the hubby who can't stand it) drank homemade hot chocolate!

100th post and an AWARD!!!!

WELL, what exciting news to share on my 100th post!!!!!

A wonderful woman from momsfrugal, Donna.... gave to me a Kreativ Blog Award! What an honor! and what a wonderful way to start out the new year!!!!!!!!!! THANKS so much Donna!

If you want to see how a mom of 6 children who homeschools, keeps it all together... Donnas Blog is a great place to find out!!!!!!!!!!!

For details about the award, click here!

The assignment; 6 THINGS I'M THANKFUL FOR:

#1- Above all, Our Lord!!!

#2- My husband of nearly 10 yrs! No matter how mean I might be to him at times, he always loves me unconditionally!

#3- 4 healthy, happy children! In this day and age, 4 healthy children is something to be VERY THANKFUL for!!!

#4- Friends, friends, friends.... all sorts of friends.... Not tooooo many, and not tooooo few! But just the right amount! Real life friends and Blogging friends!!!!!!

#5- Wealth greater than anything money could buy!

#6- A wonderful home for raising my family in. Plenty of room to run and be free! Everything from a place to sit, clothes to wear, land to garden on, a kitchen to feed us, etc.......

Here are my nominations!!!!!!

oneacrehomestead
inspiteofmycrazyself
3bloomingbuds
UGH, and the other blogs I follow, already received the award.... so there you have it.... passed on to just 3 blogs instead of 6.... GRRR!

Happy Happy New Years!

HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2009

I wonder how long it will take to remember to write 2009 on papers and checks????

Did I make any New Years Resolutions?

NOPE, I don't believe in them....

I believe that all year long you can make changes!

No need to wait for the new year to start all new!

I am however starting a new HOUSE BOOK!

A new way to organize our household.

A new way to get through each day!

A new way!

Do you have any New Years Resolutions?

Wanna Share?????