Here’s a great deal you can grab for the winter months!  ABCmouse.com is currently offering 2 months for ONLY $5!  My 5 and 7 year olds use this program and really like it!  If it doesn’t work out, canceling is a breeze, but I think you will love it like we have.

 

We had a wonderful weekend!  We went up to the Dahlonega mountains again for some horse riding and camping.  Love it up there!  Even the baby loves to ride!  My husband took a day off so we could enjoy an extra long weekend.  Beautiful weather and not too cold yet!

Now it’s time to get back in the swing of things.  Here’s what I’m making this week:

Monday:  Grilled cheese and soup

Tuesday: Turkey casserole

Wednesday: Steak, kale

Thursday: Cheesy bacon chicken, salad

Friday: Sour Cream Enchiladas

Saturday: Omelettes

Sunday: Crockpot Chicken Quesadillas, salad

What are you making this week?

 

 

Hurry!  It’s Thanksgiving week!  We always do a “Friends-giving” with our “Framily”.  We invite all of our friends to stop by and eat!  IT’s always so much fun!  Here’s what we are making this week:

Monday: Dinner out

Tuesday: Jalepeno Pork Loin (ran out of time to  make it last week)

Wednesday: Leftovers or pizza

Thursday: EVERYTHING TURKEY DAY!

Friday: Hot dogs, hot dog sauce, macaroni and cheese

Saturday: Chili

Sunday: Hamburgers, veggies

What are you making this week?  Any special Thanksgiving recipes you want to share?

I’ve received emails lately asking about Ebates and how to earn money back for shopping, so I figured a post about Ebates was in order.

First, go HERE to sign up for Ebates.  You’ll earn a $10 credit just for signing up!

The next time you want to shop online, login to your Ebates account.  For example, if I want to place an order for the Kohls website, I just login to my Ebates account.  In the search field at the top, I would type in Kohls.  I find the right website and click SHOP NOW.  It then takes me to the Kohl’s website.  You’ll see a “tracking ticket” screen pop up before you go to the other website.

Now that I’m at the Kohl’s website, I go through and place my order as normal.  Within a few days, I’ll get an email from Ebates telling me how much cashback I’ll be receiveing into my account.  Kohl’s gives you 3% cashback right now, so if I made a $100 purchase, I’ll get $3 put into my Ebates account.

The money sits in your Ebates account and every quarter you’ll get a “Big Fat Check” or a paypal payment of your accumulated amount.

The key to Ebates is to remember to sign into Ebates before you checkout at other sites, so you get your cashback.  There are TONS of sites that offer cashback through Ebates, so I’m sure if you shop online, you’ll find a site that you can get cashback on.  Some of the sites are Walmart.com, Target.com, Sears.com, Gap.com, Vistaprint.com, Ebay.com, and many MANY others.

If you have any more questions, please let me know and I’ll answer them as best as I can.  You won’t regret signing up, you’ll just wish you had signed up earlier!

Here’s a 5K that I’ll be doing!

From the Buddy Christian Foundation:

Tomorrow is the last day for early registration, guaranteed race shirt, and price of $25. We will continue registrations through race day but with no guarantee of a race shirt and price is $35.
Don’t delay register today!

In case you aren’t sure what this is about, Buddy Christian was a local officer who was killed in the line of duty.  The Buddy Christian Foundation works to prevent line of duty deaths and assists the surviving family members of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

What a wonderful weekend!  We had big plans to get away to the mountains, but ended up opting for a lazy weekend at home.  It was very much needed!  Honestly we didn’t do much of anything this weekend, but we did play a lot of chess with the kids, carve pumpkins, and spend time together.  Sometimes we just need that down time of not running around everywhere!

Today I’m not quite sure what we are going to do.  It’s $1.31 ice cream day at Baskin Robbins.  We might go to that.  There are also several local fun activities that I’ve been debating.

Here’s my meal plan for this week:

Monday:  Grilled Chicken Salad

Tuesday: Poppyseed Chicken, salad

Wednesday: Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Chicken

Thursday: Dinner out

Friday: 15 Bean Soup, cornbread

Saturday: Taco Pie

Sunday: Brinner!  Eggs, Biscuits, Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

What are you making this week?

 

This is set to be one of the more popular advent calendars!  Right now ToysRUs.com is offering the Disney Tsum Tsum Advent Calendar for $29.99, down from $39.99 and it ships for FREE!  This has been hard to find!

Oh I’m so thrilled this is being offered again!  From facebook:

Chicken for breakfast is always a good idea. Mark your calendar for FREE Breakfast Tuesday at Atlanta Area Chick-fil-A restaurants on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 for a FREE Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Minis (3-count) and Tuesday, October 4, 2016 to receive one Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit. #CFAATL

Count us in!  Be sure to call ahead and see if your local restaurant is participating.  Looks like all the Athens area ones are participating!

We had a great weekend!  Spent Saturday out at a local park for my husband’s shift picnic.  Great time filled with laughter, games, and food!  Now back to reality and meal planning!

Monday: Parmesan Spinach Stuffed Pork Loin, Salad (ran out of time to make this last week)

Tuesday: Leftovers

Wednesday: Grilled Chicken Salads

Thursday: Omelettes

Friday: Black beans and rice

Saturday: Meatloaf, broccoli

Sunday: Southwest Chicken and brown rice

My kids are super excited about this!  Tomorrow, Monday September 19th, head on over to your local Krispy Kreme shop!  If you speak pirate, you get a free original glazed doughnut.  If you are dressed like a pirate, you get a whole dozen for free!  How awesome is that!

Time to dig out those costumes!