home made gift bags

So for the past couple of weeks hubby keeps coming home with "stuff" thats right all kinds of different things. His office has been spring cleaning so he has been bringing home whatever is being given. One of his finds for me was a huge box filled with paper bags. The only down fall to these bags is there is a company name written on them! But that hasn't stopped us from using them. Nothing a little bit of card stock can't cover up!

This gift was for my friends personal wedding shower. I used an ivory colored white to cover up the label then added Love and two bird cut outs...get it love birds!! heheheh...



I am pretty sure we have well over 200 of these bags! That should last us a couple of years!

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Dont forget to check back to see my new indevor!!

Meal Plan

This weekend is a long week...woohoo no work for hubby tomorrow! We had a great sunny day here yesterday and we spent it preparing the garden! I can't wait to be enjoying all the delicious vegetables at harvest time; and yes I know there is still a lot of work to be done between now and then!

Here is my meal plan for the week

Monday: Leftovers

Tuesday: Stir fry

Wednesday: Bagel sandwiches

Thursday: Saucy pork chops and rice

Friday: porky joes (sloppy joes only with ground pork) with fries


For more meal ideas you can check out Laura' site

Also readers I have a big announcement to make...no I am not pregnant and I didn't get signed to write my own cook book or anything! hehehe. But something else exciting that I just can't wait to share so be sure to check back later this week!!

End of Season Sale

Last year the babe was too little to wear sun screen or even be out in the sun for that matter so I didn't really have to dish out too much money. This year however is a different story as he wants to be outside all the time. And with lots of cancer risk sunscreen, big hats and light weight long shirts are the best for these hot summer days. However even in all the summer "bubble wrap" there are still areas of skin exposed that need this lovely stuff.

One trick that I am so thankful I did was during the end of the summer I pick a a bunch of sunscreen that was marked down. I happen to stumble on great brand names such as Aveno baby sunscreen marked down to $2.00 a jug , it was orignally priced over $15!!! I also got some sunscreen sticks which are great for the face and ears. Already I have placed two different kinds into a plastic bag (on that some Robeez came in) and have them in the diaper bag!

Now I know for the end of this summer that I will be LOOKING around for summer deals! One mom told me that right now is the time she is looking for winter stuff at our local thrift stores such as boots, hats, ski pants and of course ugly Christmas sweaters!!!

What other things you do guys get out of season I mean besides all the marked down holiday stuff for the years to come!

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My new craft desk

Hey readers sorry I am late posting once again. I will do my very best to have a post up bright and early in the morning on Friday. I was a little under the weather today and only now am I regaining my strength. So for the next little while I am sure I am going to be bragging up all the great "treasures" we found during spring clean up week. For some of you who do not know spring clean up is a once a year advent where you can put ALL trash on the side of the road. This includes many house hold items that you don't feel like selling, have no use for anymore and want to get rid of them. We started the week off with these great finds another find we got right here in our neighborhood was this computer desk.


Before we brought it into the house we made sure it was the measurement we needed to fit in our spare room, praise God it was, and in no time it was in, washed up and was given a whole new purpose! It has now become my craft station.

I was able to put my sewing machine on one side. Also I got 3 baskets (pink, beige and blue) that fit so nicely where the keyboard would go. These hold materials, projects on the go and scraps.
And on the other side of the desk is my card making materials. The draws are great too for hiding away other materials that for some reason no matter how many times you organize they just look like a mess. This has been a wonderful find for me and I have already made a few projects here at my new station!

The phrase one mans trash is another mans treasure has a whole new meaning for me!

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Meal Plan

Well readers its better late then never! I am sorry but my poor blog has been neglected this past week! After being spoiled by my mom being here all last week I can barley get into the grove of meal planning again. With the warmer weather I feel like BBQ every meal! hehe...

So here is what I am thinking for this week

Monday: Out (BBQ with friends)

Tuesday: Pork Kababs, lamb, rice and salad

Wednesday: Nachos

Thursday: Fast and Frugal

Friday: Pizza and garlic fingers

Saturday: BBQ ribs

For more great meal ideas check out Organizing Junkie

On Vacation

Hey Readers, mama is in town for the week so I am taking a break to spend lots of time with her. I will back next week with lots of exciting post so don't miss out...We love garbag clean up I can't wait to tell ya what I got.

Free Stuff!!!

Oh this is going to be a great week. You see starting this Monday is spring clean up for us here. That means for the whole week you can put whatever you want to outside on the curb for the garbage trucks to take away. Many people put their stuff out early which means there are lots of cars, vans, and trucks circling the streets looking for treasure...Cause you all know the saying one mans trash is another mans treasure!!

So with that said let me show you two things we have picked up already (did I mention for FREE). The first one is a great night stand that I just love. I only just picked it up so nothing much is stored in it right now expect for my house binder.


And the next thing we just picked up tonight! I saw a big sign that said FREE on something that looked like a dresser on my way home tonight. I ran in to tell hubby to run up the street (only 3 houses) to take a look at it. With in minutes I saw him dashing by the window running towards the house with a wheel barrow. I wish I would have taken a picture of him and our neighbor hauling this thing down the street!

We did have to do some rearranging in the living room to get it to fit but it will work for the summer! I can't wait to see what other treasures we pick up! Good thing mom is coming up for the week and bringing the truck!

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