Java Lovers!!

This is kind of like the frugal post I shared last summer with the iced coffee shake. The only difference is I don't have as much time in the morning (with Eben only taking one nap now) to whip up a shake. This summer the iced coffee seems to be doing it for me.

I have been on a new routine of getting up earlier which mean I have my coffee while spending time with the Lord. Then in the hot afternoon I enjoy my decafe ice coffee. They are simple to make. I have a jug of cold coffee made and in the fridge. When I want my drink I pour into a cup add sugar, milk or cream, stir and you can even top with whip cream!!

Delicious and it just saved you any wheres from $1.50-$5.00

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Cinnamon Bread

This is just another reason why I love my bread maker. It makes making bread so easy; you just place all the ingredients into the machine and select the dough setting. When that is finished I place it into a bread pan and ta da!!!

We really enjoyed eating this cinnamon bread right out of the oven with peanut butter.


The next morning for breakfast I made french toast out of it! It was so delicious!

Yard sale find: The apple peeler

This apple peeler was a yard sale find hit. For only a buck I thought it was worth it. It did peel the apples pretty fast since we have to have a vest supply of apple sauce in the fridge for the little guy. The only down fall to this peeler was that one part is broken making it hard to use properly. But for the 2 times we have used it now it has been well worth its $1.00


The best part of this dollar buy was that when we opened up the box we found this apple slicer/corer!!!
With a peeled apple this makes making apple sauce and pie a very fast job!


Have I told you how much I love yard sales!!!

Making Brown Sugar

So here is my kitchen tip for today that really saved me on Friday night. I was preparing a apple pie for some guest we were having for supper when I realized that the open top pie I was making called for brown sugar, which I didn't have. So I remembered seeing somewhere that you could make brown sugar by taking 1 cup of white sugar and adding 1 Tbsp molasses. It worked out fine and even held up well in the crumble. The pie was a BIG hit!!!

DIY hair clips

These little hair clips were a last minute creation that I thought up as I was picking up stuff for our yard sale. Because my bangs are just at the length where they don't fit in the pony tail and are always falling into my eyes I am always wearing a bobby pin.

I picked up these pretty flowers in the scrap booking aisle (10 for $1.00) and rushed home to create!!! There are so many varieties of flowers you can glue onto many different hair clips or pins. I used some snap berets and sold them in our yard sale; anyway back to the tutorial.

1. Glue button to the center of the flower using a hot glue gun.
2. Glue flower onto hair piece using hot glue gun.

Wait 5 minute to dry and ta-da!!



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Yard sale finds truned into gifts

I really really love this time of year; for many reasons of course. I love the hot weather (which we haven't been getting these days), long days, sun shine in the morning and of course YARD SALES!!!

There are so many things you can find out there....just like the saying goes one mans trash is another mans treasure! One thing you should have on yard sale day is a list of things you are looking for and a price that you are willing to pay. I put this list together based on what I look for at thrift stores. Mostly its kitchen things, books, movies, picture frames and some kids toys. I also have the price written down of how much these particular things would cost at the second hand store. That way I can tell if the yard sale is over priced.

Through out the summer I will be sharing with you readers things that I find at a yard sale what I have done with them. Here is my first thing. At the beginning of the yard sale season I found these 4 jars (which the man gave them to me for 0.25 cents each!!!). That same week the Mothers club I attend was having their year end brunch and I really wanted to give the nursery workers a gift from Eben and I. These were just the right thing. I whipped up a batch of my homemade granola, placed it in the washed jars, added a thank you note and handed them to the workers!!





They were a great hit for an even greater price!!

Monday Meal Plan

We spent a great weekend home with the family. It was so nice to be home but now it's another Monday we are back in the everyday routine. Here is what's cookin this week in the kitchen.

Monday: Chili and corn bread

Tuesday: Pork chops and potatoes

Wednesday: Stir fry over rice

Thursday: BBQ

Friday: Family BBQ pot luck where I will be making these yummy cupcakes

Saturday: Family Supper (My brother and sister in-law will be home so lots of get togethers!!)

Sunday: More family meals!!!