Frugal Slip N’ Slide

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The boys have been having fun on our frugal homemade Slip N’ Slide. What you will need… Large Plastic Tarp One or Two Sprinklers hooked up to a water hose Kids that want to have some Summer Fun Lay the tarp in the yard, turn the sprinklers on and have fun! For more great blog [...]

A Better Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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Last week I posted a recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake. While that cake is really good, I’ll have to confess it’s not the recipe I usually use. You see, I had misplaced my usual recipe that I have used for years, and of course, couldn’t find it when it was time to bake the cake. [...]

Slow Cooker Green Beans

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One of the best things about summer, is all the delicious veggies. Last night for dinner we had a meatless meal, complete with some veggies from the garden. Early in the day, I bought some green beans at our local vegetable market (we don’t have any in our garden), I cleaned them, put them in [...]

Drugstore Deals

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Unlike last week, I was able to make a small run to the Drugstores. Last week we had so many Baseball Games, I didn’t have any time at all. CVS had awesome deals on school supplies Bought: 2 pkgs of pens       $1.98 2 Composition Books     $1.98 2 pkgs Sticky Notes          $1.98 2 Pencil boxes          $1.98 [...]

Wordless Wednesday ~ State Champs

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Yesterday I shared with you some photos and the story of my son’s Baseball Team winning the Indiana State Babe Ruth Championship. I just couldn’t help but share some more photos today, again, thanks to Baseball Mom Dionne. Thanks Dionne, you’re awesome! For more great blog carnivals, please visit: ~Wordful Wednesday hosted by Seven Clown [...]

Jolly Rancher Lollypops

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While reading Amy’s Notebook finds recently, I came across these great lollypops from The Decorated Cookie. They were fun, easy and taste really good. My 15 year old, said. “Ok, I’m not gonna lie, these are really good.” And I might add pretty frugal too. Meaghan, at The Decorated Cookie says to use any hard [...]

State Champs

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Todays tackle is not mine, but my son’s and his baseball team.  They won the Indiana State Babe Ruth Championship last Saturday. They fought hard and played really well. After losing the first game, that put them in the losers bracket, making them fight all the way back, playing 8 more games to win it all. Game [...]