4-23-11

12:45pm

Went down to the flea market

on the south end.  Not many people

there and admission was free.

Didn't find anything.

From there we went to 

the flea market not far from

there.  Found Jonathan a couple

birthday gifts that he picked out.

This t-shirt is new with tags.

it has a working guitar on the front.

It came with a pick and a battery

operated amplifier which hides in

a pocket under the bottom of the shirt.

$3.99

Heelys shoes with

removable wheels.

$6.99

Wasn't too thrilled about

that price but it's his birthday coming

up and he's been wanting a pair

for the last year.

They're $40 to $80 for a new

pair so $6.99 didn't look to bad.

I found 2 can racks for 

.90 cents each.  I used them

for cans in my pantry closet instead

of pop cans in the fridge like

they were meant to be used for.

From the thrift store we went to Lowes.

It was 10:50 am.  They were supposed

to have free trees they were giving away

a total of a million for all stores.

I asked and was told they didn't have 

any more.  I saw tomato and pepper

plants on sale for .50 cents each.

These plants were producing little

yellow flowers already which isn't

good this early in the year.

Read-

How to chose healthy tomato plants.

I passed on those though because I just

bought 6 cherry tomatoes plants for $1.69,

6 early girl tomato plants for $1.69

and 6 banana pepper plants for $1.69.

To have bought 6 of these plants 

from Lowes would have cost $3.

I paid $5.07 for 18 plants from Menards.

They are cheaper to buy at 

Menards for $1.69 a 6 pack

which is .28 cents a plant

and they're pretty decent sized plants.

In the little cups we have

on left a sunflower and on right

some marigolds that Christopher

brought home from school

a week ago.  It was just dirt in a cup

then and they just started sprouting.

Now, where to put a huge sunflower

in the yard?  lol.

The other veggie plants were

bought about a week and a half ago.

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We didn't go to the Easter egg hunt

today as we felt the field where

they usually have it would be 

too wet and muddy.

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1:15pm

The kids have a birthday party
to go to at 3:00.  Just got done
throwing them each in the shower
and getting them cleaned up.
Now I need to go wrap a few
gifts we got at Five Below yesterday.


1:30pm


Just took a ham out of the freezer
for tomorrow's supper.
I got it for $4.53 for almost 7 pounds.

Tomorrow morning I'll put it in the crock.
Baste every so often with a mixture of
warmed 1/3 cup butter,
1/2 cup brown sugar
and 1/4 cup honey.
You could also slice criss crosses across the
surface and add cloves between them.
I also have some frozen pinapple juice
I saved from canned pineapples.
I plan to mix this with a little
honey mustard and brown sugar
and inject it into the ham.
I read to inject about 2 ounces per each 
pound of ham.


Also thinking about some
homemade scalloped potatoes 
to go with it.

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3:00pm


Dropped the kids off at a birthday
party then headed to Kroger
to get some bread, honey and
brown sugar for tomorrow's ham.
Found some Easter flowers marked
down.  Picked up a bunch for
mom for Easter.
Was $10 marked down to $2.50.\
I used my own vase and ribbon.