A 6th Birthday

Emily had her 6th birthday and here a couple pictures. From us she got a Rubix Cube, and tonight she and I are going to go to a Creative Memories workshop and get her Christmas pictures put into her album.

Tomorrow I've been called for jury duty so that should prove to be an interesting twist to the day. Ugh...I'm not looking forward to it.

Tax Time is Coming

We were thinking about taxes tonight so did some preliminary figuring. We should get back enough to do our kitchen remodel and pay back the kids for our propane for the year. We don't have any debt to pay down so it seems like our money should be able to stretch farther than it does throughout the year. I really think most of it is in groceries which is why I've started my tracker at the grocery stores. I do need to change things with that tracking because we buy most of our milk at the gas station. Maybe next month...

Have a great weekend! We're heading out of town to celebrate a birthday and drop a child off at Grandma's house.

Psalm 33:1-5

1. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.
2. Praise the Lord with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
3. Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
4. For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth.
5. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

My Frugal Purchases

Here are my special purchases from today. The sugar was $.99, the pudding $.19, the egg noodles $.39, the chow mein noodles $.59, the cheese $1.00 (I bought around 14 of these as it's $2.00 a pound compared to the normal around $5.00 per pound,) the pizzas were 6/$10.00 which is a good buy up here and a quick, easy, and well-liked meal, and the peanut butter was my prize purchase. I got 24 of them as it was only $.99; it's the brand my kids like the best though I don't normally cater to their tastes unless the prices are similar. I will pay about 10 cents more for it. I'm not sure why I put the chocolate milk in the picture. It wasn't really a "frugal" purchase, but it was cheaper than the price of white milk (and tasted good!)

Grocery Shopping

I enjoy looking at the pictures people post of their "frugal buys" so thought I'd do the same with mine from today. I'm also going to try and post a running total of money spent on groceries for the month because I spend WAY TOO MUCH. Maybe having to write it for the world to see will make me become more aware. I'll post the pictures later after I kick the kids off the other computer and will try to get my running total started sometime. :)

Finger Paint

Here's the recipe I used for the finger paint the girls used yesterday.

1/2 cup corn starch and 3 Tablespoons sugar

Mix corn starch and sugar together in saucepan. Add 2 cups cold water to corn starch mixture and mix a little more. Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to clear and thicken (about 5 minutes,) stirring constantly. Remove from stove, cool, and pour into plastic cups. You can add a little food coloring and a drop of detergent to each cup.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone has a great 2008!