Menu Plan Monday

Monday--(DD's 3rd Birthday) Fleisch Kuechle, pasta roni, corn.

Tuesday--Easy Crock pot roast, mashed potatoes, peas.

 

Wednesday--Chicken parmesan, angel hair pasta.

Thursday--Leftover roast.

Friday--Roast chicken, rice, mixed winter veggies.

Saturday--(DD's birthday party) hot dogs, chips.

Sunday--Chicken soup.

Wordless Wednesday

Pillsbury Home is Calling Giveaway

The Pillsbury Home is Calling campaign wants to bring families together and is helping by delivering more than 1 pound of groceries to food banks each time someone forwards their commercial to a friend.

The giveaway:

Pillsbury has offered 2 lucky readers a chance win a Pillsbury Home is Calling gift basket. Each basket contains:
a coupon for free Pillsbury refrigerated crescent rolls
a magnetic coupon holder
a house-shaped mouse pad
a pot holder
an Oneida cookie sheet
a bread basket
a Pillsbury Doughboy figurine

Who can enter:

This is open to anyone with a US shipping address. Bloggers and non-bloggers may enter. Please be sure to leave an e-mail address if it is not in your profile, or if you are not a blogger. I must have a way to contact you!

First, leave a comment telling us your favorite Pillsbury product. You must do this to qualify for extra entries.

To gain additional entries, you may leave an unlimited number of comments, as long as you share your favorite part of the family meal in each one.This contest will end on Monday December 1, 2008 at 11 PM EST. The winners will be selected via a random.org.

Winners will be e-mailed and announced here and will have 48 hours to respond, or a another winner will be drawn.

Budget Friendly Thanksgiving Menu

This year I am more on a budget than ever before for Thanksgiving and I wanted to share my menu with you.

Turkey and gravy (done by my mom. Thanks! :))

Mashed potatoes--$1.75
1 5 lb bag of potatoes--$1 (I got a 10 lb bag on sale for $1.99)
2 cups of milk--.50
1/2 stick margarine--.25
salt to taste

Corn Souffle--$1.77
2 boxes of Jiffy cornbread mix--$1.00
1 egg--.15
1/2 cup of milk--.12
1 can of cream corn--.50

Mix ingredients together and place in a baking dish. Bake at 350 for approximately 30 mins.

Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes--3.35
2 large sweet potatoes--$2.00
1/2 cup sugar--.08
2 tablespoon margarine--pennies
1/2 cup milk--.12
1 egg--.15
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 bag of marshmallows--$1.00

Brussel Sprouts with bacon--$6.00
2 1 lb bags of frozen brussel sprouts (thawed)--$4.00
1/2 lb of bacon--already had on hand
2 cans of chicken stock--$2.00
1/2 an onion--already had on hand

Brown the bacon and set aside (leave bacon grease in the pan ;) ). Saute the onions until translucent, remove. Place thawed brussel sprouts into pan and brown. Add chicken stock to brussel sprouts. Once the brussel sprouts have become tender, add onions and mix together. Remove to serving dish and sprinkle pieces of bacon on top.

Stuffin Muffins--$4.00
Cornbread bought from store--$2.00
1/2 cup of dried cranberries--already had on hand
1 granny smith apple--$1
1 can of chicken stock--$1
1/2 onion and 2 stalks celery--have on hand
salt and pepper to taste

Cut cornbread into 1 inch cubes. Cut apple into 1/2 inch pieces. Dice onions and celery. Mix ingredients together and add cranberries. Add chicken stock until mixture is moist. Fill muffin tins with stuffing and place into 350 degree oven for approximately 15 mins or until brown.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday--Chicken Noodle Soup.

Tuesday--Grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Wednesday--Pizza.

Thursday--Happy Turkey Day!

Friday--Leftovers.

Saturday--Probably more leftovers lol.

Sunday--Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, peas.

What's on your Thanksgiving menu this year?

Wordless Wednesday

No Menu Plan Monday this week

Again lol. DH just left this morning for Alaska and then he'll be going to Trinidad. I wish he could find a job here :(

Fun With Fall

Need ideas to keep an almost 3 year old busy on a cool fall day?

Try gathering fallen leaves and gluing them. We tried to make a "turkey" then it just turned into DD having fun with glue and leaves.

Forgot to share my good news

I passed my portfolio and exit exam. Guess what this means? I graduate on December 13, 2008 with my Master's in Community Counseling!!!

Wordless Wednesday--what my DH keeps bugging me about ;)

Winner of the giveaway!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

13 

Timestamp: 2008-11-10 13:50:03 UTC

Comment number 13 was from Melissa at Twincredible Twosome

Congrats!!!

Menu Plan Monday

My DH is home so menu planning will become somewhat easier again. I hope you all have a wonderful and delicious week :)

Monday--Chicken Cordon Bleu, noodles, and peas.

Tuesday--Salsa Chicken with rice and veggies.

Wednesday--Phannenkuchen

Thursday--Gulash Soup.

Friday--Pizza.

Saturday--Grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Sunday--Leftovers.

I've been tagged!

Lisa from A Stitch of Faith and Melissa from Twincredible Twosome have tagged me. 

Here are the rules:

• Link back to the person who tagged you and share the rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself.
• Tag seven people and list their links in your post.
• Tell those seven people they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. I have a strange obsession with "good" pens and other "cool" office supplies (i.e. post it notes, etc.)

2. We got pregnant with my DD through in-vitro.

3. I *love* the fall because my favorite "holiday's" happen: Halloween, Thanksgiving and I'll throw Christmas in here even though that's technically "winter" lol.

4. My entire family is German. My parents moved to the states when I was 3 months old.

5. I used to competitively show quarter horses in my younger days.

6. I despise doing laundry, well technically getting the stuff out of the dryer and putting it away.

7. I have no middle name, seriously.

Tag! You're it!

1. Frogs in my formula

2. Mommy's Kitchen

3. Southern Plate

4. Ravings of a mad housewife

5. Fun Foods on a budget

6. Prima crafty momma

7. $5 dinners

Wordless Wednesday

Don't forget to vote today!

It doesn't matter who you're voting for, but go out and vote today!

As an incentive, there are companies who are giving away freebies if you vote.

Krispy Kreme is giving away a free donut if you come in with your "I voted" sticker.

Starbucks is giving away a free cup of coffee.

Ben and Jerry's is giving away a free scoop of ice cream.

This is a historical election. Please use your privilage to vote!

Review and Giveaway

I am so excited to tell you about this wonderful company, True Soaps, and products. I was first introduced to Debbie's soaps 5 years ago at my first trip to Christmas Made in the South. My first purchase was a magnolia melba lotion and a salt scrub. Since the first time I purchased from her, I have bought other lotion scents and of course her soaps. 

Debbie's lotions are wonderful! My favorite scent is Spun Sugar. If you ever wanted the smell of cotton candy in a lotion, this is it. Another great thing about the lotions is that they continue to leave their scent hours after you put it on. I hate putting a lotion on and it not having a smell anymore after a few minutes. Debbie describes Spun Sugar as "Yummy sweet smell reminiscent of Cotton Candy, but *all* grown up! A light, luscious lotion that liquefies on contact with your skin. Slips into your skin quickly and leaves you feeling cool, smooth, and smelling incredible. No sticky residue or oily feeling."

Now the soaps. Where can I start? The soaps smell wonderful and leave your hands soft and very clean feeling. Another great thing with the soaps is they last a long time. I use mine everyday and it has lasted me about 4 months at a time. My favorite scent is spearmint and lavender. It's minty and very refreshing. The bars are approximately 3 ounces and come hand wrapped in beautiful papers. 

THE GIVEAWAY

Thank you Debbie for being The Adventures of a Working Mom's first giveaway!

Debbie has generously donated a $25 electronic gift certificate for the winner of the giveaway.

This giveaway is open to non-bloggers and bloggers; however, it is open to U.S. residents only. The contest is open until November 9th at 10 pm EST. The winner will be pulled by random.org on November 10th and will be announced at that time. The winner has 48 hours to contact me after being announced. If no contact has been made, a new winner will be pulled. 

To enter:

Head over to Debbie's site TrueSoaps and tell me how you would spend the $25 gift certificate if you won, this will give you 1 entry.

To earn extra entries:

Blog about this contest--1 entry.

Carry my button in your sidebar--1 entry.

Add this to your technorati favorites--1 entry.

Good luck everyone!

Menu Plan Monday

Monday--Lentils.

Tuesday--Leftovers.

Wednesday--Spaghetti.

Thursday--Goulash Soup.

Friday--Pork chop casserole.

Saturday--Chicken Cordon Bleu, rice, veggies.

Sunday--Leftovers.

Wordless Wednesday

Menu Plan Monday

Hey everyone. I have the flu, so I'm not planning out my week this time around. I do have exciting news though! Look next week for my first giveaway. I'll post a review of the place at the end of this week, I've been buying from her for about 3 years now. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Bloggers Anonymous

Thanks to Trisha at MomDot, I think I may need a 12-step program for blogging lol.

You may need Bloggers Anonymous if you  (by trisha)

1) You start referring to your blogging buddies in conversations with your RL friends and assume they know who you are talking about “Oh, let me tell you what Tena said today” “kim did the funniest thing”

2) You tweet, kirtsy, stumble upon, digg, plurk, myspace, ning, and facebook all day long….and still have time to set your posts

3) You stalk your stats more then once a day

4) You get excited when 2 people comment on a post and if more then 5 do, you start to hyperventilate

5) You play more then one MEME a week

6) You have more then 3 blogs…one for reviews, one for family, and one to talk about your family (and they dont know about it)

7) your a closet blog hater with the “big” bloggers

8 ) You have ever talked to a blogger on the phone-that you have never met

9) You are already planning your vacation to BlogHer 09

10) You are secretly happy when something dramatic happens during the day so you can blog it

11) You know where all the major graphic sites are online (istockphoto)

12) You have figured out enough HTML to add a blog banner to your page and damn, are you proud

13) You have given advice to ANOTHER blogger on how to blog

14) You think statements like “Blog You” are funny

15) You break out in hives if you have to change hosters and a template change is a SERIOUS decision

16) When one of your kids has broken into your makeup/fridge/cabinet/underwear drawer, instead of removing them from the situation, you grab the camera to document it for your blog

17) You get excited when someone links your blog on their blogroll

18) You think your cool if your entrecard costs more then 125 points

19) You get more then 2 packages a week in the mail and your child is starting to think the post man is Santa Claus

20) Instead of buying a new product, you ask for a “review” from the company

If you qualify for more then 10 of these, you can take our Bloggers Anonymous award. Feel free to grab our post and use it on your page, as long as you give us credit back. We also encourage you to pick 5 bloggers and award them…you know who your addicted buddies are! Lets make the BA Group huge.