Still Picking up the Pennies

I have to admit I took yesterday off from blogging so I am a day late. Please forgive me! We had such a wonderful weekend, we hosted a small family BBQ on Sunday, only 38 people attended, and that was just immediate family. My darling husbands family is BIG, and so fun. But the plan for the week is very simple, we are in complete summer mode around here. Monday - was leftovers. Tuesday - Lasagna rolls and veggies. Wednesday - something chicken. Thursday - Meatloaf, potatoes and a veggie. Friday - We are having a picnic at a park near my parents house with $5 hot and ready pizzas. The park is named Chutes and Ladders, the name says it all, and it is so much fun. Saturday and Sunday - I am not sure about. I am working on a post about frugal father's day presents and birthday party prep, so stay tuned in for those. I also want to remind everyone to enter my Sunny Saturday give away that ends June 1 that is TOMORROW :) Good luck everyone! For more yummy menus visit orgju...

It was the last day of school, today YAYYYEEE!!! I am so excited about 3 months with my most favorite people in the entire world. If that was not enough fun for a Friday! My 8 year old has been very fasinated with the hammer for the past few days. So, I have put on my thinking cap to find safe fun things for him to hit with the hammer. ICE!!! You need: a hammer, saftey googles and ice, lots and lots of ice. This is Noah very happy to demonstrate. Even the nearly 12 year old got into distroying the ice with the hammer. Noah my hammerer little dude. Each child got this much ice to distroy, let me tell you that next time these bowls will be FULL. You should have heard how hard they worked and giggled. They loved it. Here is another last Friday's frugal adventure: Sight seeing a place that we usually cruise past at least 4 times a month but never stopped. This is right outside Chassell, MI. Not sure what the name of the place is but it is a lookout on to the wet l...

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Good morning everyone. I love getting up early and getting a jump on my week. I have a very busy week planned so it had to start at 6:00 am this morning. I have a load of laundry on the line and one in the machine, I have been to my part time cleaning job. The boys bounced to the bus this morning, this is the LAST week of school. They are so happy and excited about that. So the food plans for the week are : Monday - sandwiches and fruit in the car. On the was to our fish lure making class. I can't wait to post photos of all the great lures and flies the boys have learned to make. Tuesday - pizza rolls. I have to work in preparation of a big fancy dinner all day, the boys are going to after school care. Wednesday - Ravioli and sauce. There is an IEP scheduled for my youngest. The boys have half day of school, the bus driver is taking them for ice cream. Thursday - More work for me. Dinner will be meat loaf, potatoes and veggie. Friday - homemade pizza. Saturday - not ...

I am going to give a way a necklace and bracelet of my favorite color deep purple on June 1st 2011. Here is a photo of them: I am going to do this the easy way with just one way to enter and only one entry person allowed. Enter by leaving a comment. I will only ship to U.S. addresses only. Thank you for visiting my blog and please consider following me, I return following. Good Luck everyone!!

Today I am joining Thursday's Cup of Joe Blog Hop! :) Thank you goes to my hostesses Yes I Have A Coupon , 3 Prince and a Princess 2 and last but not least The Thrifty Things . I am so happy to have found this blog hop; all of the hostess' blogs relate to things very important to me: fun, frugal family life.

I won 25 free Personalized Greeting Card credits! YIIPPPEEE I love winning things, even little things. It just made my day. If you have not attended a Twitter party hosted by @ResourcefulMom