5-6-11

Here are a couple recipes for

 Homemade Pedialyte.

Keeps for up to 3 days.

Give to children who may have

diarrhea or are sick.

 

3 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon clear Karo Syrup
Pinch baking soda
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Mix thoroughly.

Refrigerate.

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• 4 cups water
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3 Tbsp sugar or honey
• 1/2 tsp salt

Basic Recipe: Mix all ingredients together and sip on as desired.  Refrigerate if a cold drink is prefered.

Flavored Recipe: Add 1/2 packet of Kool-aid to Basic Recipe.

Orange Juice Recipe: Add the soda and salt to orange juice mixed with water.

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Homemade Electrolyte Solution Recipe

2 quarts water
1 teaspoon baking soda
7 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh-squeezed or bottled orange juice

Directions:

Stir all the ingredients in the water until they are completely dissolved. The solution can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days, or for a treat to tempt a child it can be made into popsicles (an ice cube tray and toothpicks work well if you don’t have a popsicle mold).

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8:05am

I sketched out another picture this

morning.  This one is of tiger eyes.

Thought about putting these across

the rear of Christopher's tiger jeans.

I'm getting ready to head

to some yard sales soon.

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12:00pm

Here's my haul from yard sales today.
We only hit one neighborhood
yard sale up in Westerville by
Westerville North High School.


Large hose reeler on wheels.
Had $3 on it- paid $2.00.
Needed this for front yard hose.
This one HERE costs $45 at Lowes!

2 steam cleaners $5 each!!
They have all the attachments with them.
I was thinking about giving one
for a wedding present to 
my brother-in-law.
I priced the Hoover SteamVac
at Walmart for $138.
And the Bissell Powersteamer Pro
I found for $100!
HECK OF  DEAL!!
Paid $10 worth $238!!
And yes they do work.

Binder and football
thrown in free with purchase
of the steam cleaners.
Football for Jonathan's birthday.

Set of 8 rooster cloth napkins $2.
I will use them for kitchen towels/rags
since they are thick.

A Coach purse for $1.00!!

I knew these weren't cheap

purses.  See how much they

are going for on Ebay!

This was a steal at only $1.00!!

A bread machine hard bound cookbook $1.00
Retails for $25.
180 recipes!  This book looks awesome
and can't wait to try out some recipes
in it.  I've been trying to get
mom to try out my bread machine.

Home remedies book .25 cents

A package of weed whipper string .25 cents

CD rewritable compatible

non skip cd player with headphones $2.00.

For Jonathan's birthday.

All these items below were

found in freebie boxes.
The freebie purse by Lily Waters
goes for around $30.

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Little birdies have been using
this clothes line pole for the last
couple of years as their home.
This is in the neighbor's yard.

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The other day while getting
a prescription at Kroger
for Christopher I found this
8 pack of flavored water for $1.39.
Was $2.79.

We had taken Christopher last night to
get checked out by a doctor
at Urgent Care
because he's had a deep congested cough the past
4 days. The school sent him
home one morning because of it.
Doc didn't say he had anything major,
no upper respiratory infection or things
like that.  He did say his ear was slightly
pink.  He hasn't had ear pain or any high
fevers, no nose drainage or anything
like a cold.  Anyway he was
put on augmenten which is an antibiotic
about like amoxicillin.


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This evening we had to pick
up Christopher's other prescription
of cough syrup then took the kids
to McDonals.  Got the 4 cheeseburger
and 4 fries meal for $3.99
plus 3 drinks.  Can't beat that.
Started to pour down rain pretty good.
Saw two rainbows in NW Columbus
once it cleared up.
As we neared the NE side of Columbus
it started raining again and saw yet
another rainbow.
We visited a friend out East
near Ricart and as we were going
down Hamilton Rd on we
saw a double rainbow!!
FIVE RAINBOWS in one
evening!!!  It was due to the 
on again and off again rain
clouds.


Just got home around 9:30pm.




As much as we did not want to look
for another car nor even want
to think about selling one
we think it would be in our
better interest to do both
due to the rising cost of gasoline.
The Suburban is costing us at
least $20 a day for Tony to drive
to work.  Maybe more if he is
on call and has to go to and 
from work several times in an
evening or weekend.
The car is a little better on gas
than the truck but it is also a v8 motor.
It would have to be the car to go
as we need the truck to haul stuff.
And we have a car trailer that
needs something to tow it.
Only use the truck on an
as needed basis.

A couple days ago I saw an add on
Craigslist about a Toyota Camry LE
4 cylinder 
for $900.  Looked beautiful with no
rust or dents.  Up to 30mpg .
I knew many people would
jump all over this car.  Even has
working air condition.
Tonight I got home and saw that
they emailed me wanting to arrange a time
to come see it.  You don't know
how excited we were because we
didn't really want to spend much
on another car.

I had told Tony I was using a strategy
to try to be the chosen one to
come look at it (tomorrow though).
He thought I was nuts but hey
when they wrote back and said
they got an overwhelming number
of responses I knew that my reply
to the add was why we got chosen.

We've bought and sold cars
so many times I have lost count.
So I know what I would
look for in a response.


Be polite, let them know you 
are serious about the item you
are purchasing without writing
a book about it, let them know
your first name, phone number,
when you are available- day & time,
maybe the reason for wanting
the item- like I said we had a 
Suburban that's costing us
$20+ a day to drive and we
needed something with better gas mileage.
I also let the person know
that we weren't too far from
where they lived so they would
get a quicker visit from us
to come see the car rather
than waiting for someone to drive
across town.
Double check your spelling
using spell check if need be.
Don't use slang or abbreviations
like- When R U available to c UR car.
If you can't write normally
then I myself wouldn't want
to reply to you!
I'm thinking you're a kid playing around.
And don't leave a small comment like-
I want to buy your car- with no
other comments with it.


So I hope and pray it all works
out for us.  We cannot afford
the gas along with everyone
else and have to make a few changes
to cope with it before it makes us broke!!

Does seeing 5 rainbows in
one evening bring good luck?
I sure hope it does!


The car is in Upper Arlington.

We remembered this 
commercial about Toyota Camrys
when considering this car.
The car we're looking
at looks like the white
one in the video.
I can't embed the video for 
some reason so you'll have
to go HERE to see.


With so many responses
the owner removed the ad
from Craigslist.

5-5-11

7:50pm

Tony had to scrape his car windows

this morning.

I read that the last frost in Columbus

is around May 9th for those

looking to plant a garden.

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 9:00-11:00am

I worked on a design for Christopher's
jeans.  I decided to do a tiger.
My sketch-

Then I colored in the areas
that are going to be black.

I also got some of the fondant tinted
for a cupcake project I'm working
on.  The one ball is not green.
It is wrapped in green saran wrap.
I did a tanish brown and a red.

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12:00pm


Got some rising pizza crust going
in the bread machine.
I let the bread machine do
all the mixing and kneading
then once it's done I remove it
and press it out onto two pizza pans.
If you select the pizza dough cycle
then it won't bake it in the bread machine.

I got fresh mushrooms and cheese
yesterday at Kroger.
I had coupons for both.
I already had pepperoni in the freezer.
I also got a can of Hunts spaghetti sauce.
I'll use some as pizza sauce
then the rest will be used for
a parmesan chicken meal
with spaghetti.


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I am starting to plan my garden.
So today I went out and took
pictures of the yard and noted
the time.  I want to see what
areas get sun and when.
If you plant tomatoes they really
like the warmth of the sun and
need a really sunny spot.
Since I am not planting them
in the same area as last year
I need to find a new area this year
and find just the right spot that
gets sun most of the day.


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 And while walking around the
yard I saw that my Morning Glories
are starting to pop up.
In the Fall when the vines dry up
I pop open the seed pods
and let them fall to the ground.
They will then return on their
own in the Spring.

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2:30pm


Got the pizza dough spread out
on the pans.
HERE is the recipe for it.
I've been using this one with good results.
The recipe says you can add toppings
to the raw dough then bake.
I like to bake it a little before hand.


Before going into oven.

I sprayed the top with
a light coat of canola oil
and sprinkled a little
Italian seasoning on the crust.


I baked for about 10 minutes
til the crust puffed up.
Then pulled it out of the oven
and let it cool.

 3:00pm

I used just a small amount
of spaghetti sauce for the pizza
sauce.  Remaining sauce and
leftover mushrooms will go towards
the parmesan chicken.

All put together.
Now all I have to do is bake
them but that won't be til
about 5:30pm.
One has pepperonis
and the other pepperoni & mushrooms.

3:15pm


Got a couple batches
of Devil's Food cupcakes
made and going into the oven.
I got three different sizes.

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3:45pm


I figured out how to make
a simple trellis for my grapevine
with supplies I had on hand.
All it took was about 6 screws
and some wire.


On each fence post on the sides
of the grapevine I put in
3 screws then stretched wire
across in 3 lines.
I then carefully removed my grapevine
from a previous trellis and
put it on the new wire for
it to grow upon.

I'm going to use this same
idea with the raspberry bushes 
on the back fence.
This here is the side fence near
the road/parking area.


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4:45pm


Fresh pizza just outta the oven.

5:00pm


Here is another one of
my cupcakes I'm submitting
to the jelly bean cupcake contest.
Just got done making him.
Dog- regular cupcake wrapped
in fondant.  Jelly bean feet,
eyes & nose.
Bowl- mini cupcake hollowed out.
Jelly bean dog food.

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5-4-11

8:10am

Thinking about making some cupcakes

today.  I read a tip about making cupcakes.

After making your cupcake batter

spoon it into a large zip bag

by setting the bag in a bowl

to hold it while pouring in the batter

then cut a small tip off of one of the corners.

Fill the cupcake tins with this method

so it's not as messy as filling

the traditional way.

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8:50am

Started working on making
some fondant.  Don't have enough
powdered sugar so in the fridge
it goes til I get to the store.

Got supper going in the crock pot.
I added a package of pork ribs
and about 1/3rd bottle of bbq sauce.

Later on I'll remove the pork ribs,
remove any fat and shred up.
Then add the remaining bbq sauce
for shredded bbq pork sandwiches.

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I got Jonathan's pants done
except for hemming them.
Now Christopher wants me
to do him a pair.  Not sure
what design I'll use on his just yet.

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supper-
bbq pulled pork sandwiches.
I grilled up the buns with a 
little butter and garlic powder.

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7:00pm


Got paged out for another 
no heat call.  Stopped in Kroger
afterwards.  I figure why make a
trip to the grocery store unless
Tony gets called out to work.
He gets paid a half hour each
way to go to and from work
so why not take advantage of
that to stop in the nearest Kroger.
Saves on gas.


I had a couple coupons from Kroger
in the mail recently
for freebies like a dozen eggs
and a bag of Ruffles potato chips.

I watched Extreme Couponing
earlier.  One lady had two shopping
carts full of stuff totaling 
$1077!!  After coupons she
paid around $25.
She had to do four different
transactions and even then
I think the cash register crashed
and locked up.
What I was wondering was this-
what in the world did she have
in only two shopping carts
that were worth over $1000??
She said she spent 60 hours a week
planning a list, cutting out coupons
and shopping!!
She also said she'd dumpster dive
coupons in the recycling bin and 
they showed her actually getting
in one.


I've been only shopping for a weeks
worth of groceries at a time.
I don't use coupons like I used to.
I mainly shop the cheap items
like store brands,
the mark down areas or
sales.


I wasn't sure if we would
get to the store this weekend
due to having the pager so I went
ahead and picked up some
things for next week.


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9:30pm


Got my fondant made.
I used the bread machine
to knead it about half way through.

 My first ever fondant.
I wrapped it in plastic wrap
and will have it in the fridge overnight.

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