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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Freezer Meals

I have been meaning to do this for quite some time now. When we first bought our house I picked up a standing freezer so we could try out freezer meals but I really had no idea where to start or how freezing meals even worked. Over the last two years I have been debating starting this and started really researching the "how-to" of freezer meals. Browsing the web I found a bunch of ideas and many blogs about people who meal plan and freeze food, but not really much detail about the concept of freezing. I stumbled upon the book: Don't Panic - Dinner's in the Freezer and it helped me so much!

This book gave me so many recipes to make, how to prepare them, how to freeze them and how to cook them after frozen. It gives tips on shopping for meat - the most expensive part of meals for our family. I love the variety in all of the meals and how they explain how to cook the meals if you are cutting a recipe in half.

I went through the book and picked out recipes our family would enjoy and made a list of ingredients I needed to buy to make the meals. I looked for the weekly loss leaders (items that a store puts in the ad to lure you in with the goal that you will buy other full priced items also) and found all of the chicken on sale at one store, and all of the ground meat on sale at another! I got $80.00 worth of chicken for $40.00. I was so excited! I went shopping for the remaining items on the list.

Tonight we will be having a family cooking night to get all of the prep/cooking for the meals. I am excited about this because it will get the whole family involved in making the meals, and hopefully they will be able to appreciate the ease of not thinking about what to have for dinner next time because of all the work we do in one day to make that possible!

Pictures to come...

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Craft Room Creation...

I have been wanting a space of my own for doing my crafts, and have finally begun to put it together. I needed storage for all of my supplies and I wanted it to become the look of the inspiration... My craft bag has become the inspiration for the colors of my room.

Here are the pictures of the dresser for storage I am updating to match the color scheme.

I plan to do this with another dresser I have, and then I plan to paint some other items for storage. I also will be painting the chairs and upholstering them as well. I found a really neat color of floral wire to make my shop name out of that I plan to frame and hang on the wall. We have some peg board in the garage that I will hang up in the basement and also paint. It will soon be coming together!

Bathroom Remodel

We have been planning to do the bathroom for quite sometime, and it was going to be our first big project. Finally 1 1/2 years later we got started. We got a new tub, nice tile, and new fixtures. The next plan is to pick out a new paint color and eventually finish the tile up to the ceiling. Here are some pictures of the process:

Almost complete!

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Over the Winter Update...

Lots of things happened over the winter, so I will post a few updates and hopefully keep up with the blog now that it is spring...

We made crafty gifts for Christmas this year...

A wreath I made for Secret Santa at work.

Wreaths made for the family for Christmas

Card I made for a family member who just adopted a baby

A card for a friend of mine

Fabric Flowers for headbands and card fronts

Lavender Sachets almost finished

The card I made for the department to give to my friend, and boss for donating his kidney.

Inside of the card

Cards For Soldiers!

Donating cards to the troops to send home to their families!!

More to come in the next few weeks... Lot's of projects brewing...

Monday, October 25, 2010

Halloween Party!!

We had a great turnout for the Halloween Party this year. Everyone put thought into their costumes and the winners of the costume contest were well deserved! It was so much fun!! Here are some pictures from the event...