6-20-11

7:50am

I did not plant any vegetables in our front yard.

Tony came across this plant by our mailbox.

He thinks it may be a zucchini???

I'm not sure but we haven't weed whipped

it just in case it is.  It is a possibility

that the seed came from the birdfeeder

which is near the mailbox.  I no longer

have the bag of bird food to see

what kinds of seeds were in it.

Anyways, here are pictures of the leaves.

You can see the plant growing at the

base of the mailbox and the bird feeders

by the windows.

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9:00am


Got pizza dough going in the bread machine.
I sliced up some rope Italian sausage with
some scissors and have it frying up
in a skillet with a little bbq sauce.  I'm going to use
this on top of pizzas along with
a sprinkling of fried onions and cheese.


You can make pizza with whatever you
have on had.  It does not have to
be the traditional kind.
About like soups and casseroles,
throw in whatever leftovers
or items you may have in your pantry,
fridge and freezer.


9:15am



Tony returned home this morning
after going to work.  I'm glad
because he doesn't seem well enough
to be working!
He and another guy at work traded
the on call pager so we don't have
to worry about that.


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10:30M


Making the pizza crust
and getting ready to 
press it into pans.

Pizza all ready for supper.
Just needs baked.

I didn't have any tomato sauces
or ranch dressing so ended up
using ketchup for the sauce.


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Budget-Meals.org Slashing Grocery Budgets... One Family at a Time

Budget-Meals was featured on

NBC4.com.

The whole idea about this site is how to 

slash your food bills.

NBC4 talks about Budget-Meals

and how to feed a family of 4 on $300 a month.

To me I think that is still too much to

spend.  I try to only spend about $100 to

$160 tops a month for a family of 4.

When I get into my coupon kick then

I try to only spend $35 a week.
Couponing is a lot of work but so

worth it in the end.

I did check out the web site to 

see what it was about and read some

of the information they had which

was useful.

They do have a list of stores

and coupon web sites for those

looking to do coupons.

 Most printable coupon sites will

request that you download a 

coupon installer of some sort.

It is safe!!!

I think they do this to prevent

people from committing coupon fraud.

This way you can only print off

2 coupons in most cases.

Once you print off the first coupon

click your back one page button and it will

activate the coupon to print again

the second time.

That is usually the limit and it

won't allow you to print anymore

unless you are lucky enough to

have more than one computer.

What about teaching these kinds

of classes at senior centers?

Mom is a member at a senior citizens

recreation center and they offer

all sorts of classes.  My first question

to mom was, do they offer a class

about couponing, shopping for food on a limited

income, cutting back on expenses,

low cost recipes, freezing & storing food,

& stockpiling?  

Senior citizens are on a limited income.

Wouldn't this benefit them?

I think they ought to teach this stuff

in high school home economics classes as well!! 

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