Weekly Recipe

This is a great one dish recipe that your family will love! It is easy and yet so cheesy! Check out my 4 Cheese Chicken & Broccoli Fettuccine!

Meeting Annie Rice Prikazsky

I am late posting this... but mid-July we had the privilege of meeting our new niece (and cousin) Annie Rice Prikazsky! Peter's brother, Kaz, and his wife, Amy, adopted an 11 month old towards the end of June! We were so excited for them and could not wait to meet Annie Rice! They came up to visit mid-July and we enjoyed every minute of it! It is always interesting to see how your child will react to other children in their home playing with their toys. It was good practice for Matias. He tends to be a little rough. So we have been slightly worried about how he is going to be around his new little brother... (2 more months until baby boy #2 arrives)! We have been trying to teach him the meaning of the word "gentle". Thankfully he was very good with Annie Rice! He shared his toys and was fairly gentle. He had to be reminded a few times, but for the most part he was very good! We all loved seeing them interact! You always wonder what they are thinking. They went to the DC Zoo, played in the pool and bath together and seemed to enjoy it all! We had such a great time playing with Annie Rice and we are so happy that she is now a part of the family! We are leaving tomorrow to go down to South Carolina to visit with Annie Rice again... oh, and Kaz & Amy! We love you Annie Rice!

Playing!

Sharing in the pool!

BATH TIME!!! One of our favorite things!

Sharing in the bath tub!

Sitting still for a picture... this does not happen often! They are so cute!

Weekly Recipe

So though I have an incomplete kitchen, I still have to cook! I just miss it too much! So here is one of the recipes I have made recently in my half finished kitchen. It was really easy and really good! I hope you enjoy it! Click here to check out my Chicken Nacho Bake!

MIA/Kitchen Incomplete

I know I have been MIA for a while. We have had a lot going on around here. This month has flown by! I can't believe that July is almost over! We started our kitchen remodel on June 25th. Well that was the date that we tore out the cabinets.

Before Pictures...

Demo... didn't take long at all!

 The following week we patched, painted and did whatever needed to be done before the cabinets could be installed.

Cabinet installation went well! Peter, my Dad and brother had the cabinets installed in 2 days (July 2 & 3). So everything was going very well and getting done quick! It was so nice to see it come together so quickly... then they came to measure for the counter top...

My new cabinets!

Still missing the pantry in this pic.

Making sure the cabinets are strong enough to hold all of Mommy's dishes.

here comes the bad news! The counter top is on back order... 3-4 weeks! Well that was what they told us on July 5th. It has now been 3 weeks today... still waiting on a phone call! Thankfully we have part of our old counter top temporarily sitting on top of the cabinets and we have our old sink temporarily set up. I had already gone without a workable kitchen for almost 2 weeks, so I was so happy just to get a temporary set up! However, I am beginning to become more and more frustrated with the counter top company! I just want my kitchen finished! Anyway, this is part of the reason I have been MIA! Once the kitchen remodel started things got kinda crazy around here. And I haven't been posting recipes because I haven't been cooking... which I really miss. I am a much happier person when I am cooking! Hope to be posting my finished kitchen sometime next week!

Weekly Recipe

Garlic Asparagus and Squash in Lemon Cream Sauce Yes, I know, I am posting a recipe with asparagus again. But all 3 of us love it so much and it was on sale this week... how could I not cook with asparagus? Anyway, I also used some of the free pasta I bought a few weeks ago at Bloom. It was a very healthy, yet amazing dish that actually turned out to be very inexpensive. Check it out!

Weekly Recipe

Check out my new recipe this week! It is a great easy healthy recipe! And if you like asparagus, this recipe is for you! Chicken & Asparagus Kabobs!

A Steal of a Deal!

As you all know, I love couponing! Lately I have become even more crazy about it! I get so excited when the Bloom, CVS and Rite Aid ads come out. I now have a "coupon binder" which holds close to 100 card collector pages of coupons! So of course when I found out that Bloom was doubling coupons up to $1.99 this Wednesday and next Tuesday... I just knew I was going to find some great deals! I starting planning out my trip on Monday and was the first person in the door at Bloom 7am Wednesday morning! I went straight for the items I was going to make money on (yes, they were paying me to take it out of the store) and then went for the free items! It was awesome! Just wanted to share all of my deals with you! Here are the pics, list of items and what I paid for my "Steal of a Deal"!

Bloom will only double 20 coupons in one transaction. So this is 2 separate transactions.

I paid $6.23 for all of this!
With out coupons it was $119.53!

The list:

4 bottles of BBQ sauce

3 tubs of Mayo

4 half gallons of Organic Milk (that alone would have cost me $15)

6 bags Sweet Potato Fries

4 Stouffers harvest frozen meals

2 Yo Crunch Parfaits (4 pack)

8 Yo Crunch Yogurt (individual)

4 Luncables

4 Suddenly Salads

6 Garden Delight Pastas

2 Reynolds Wrap Foil

1 Pack Orbit gum

I had to buy a pack of gum at the end of the second transaction because Bloom actually owed me $.58!!! They cannot give you money back so I just quickly grabbed a pack of gum and only paid $.13 for that transaction!

Peter, Matias and I went back later that day and did 2 more transactions!

I paid $10.92 for all of this!
With out coupons it was $124.71!

The List:

8 boxes of Suddenly Salad

8 boxes of Healthy Harvest Pasta

8 boxes of Smart Taste Pasta

2 Reynolds Wrap Foils

15 packs of Orbit gum

2 packs Jello Temptations

4 Lunchables with fruit

2 Lawry's Marinades

2 boxes Oatmeal

2 Back to Nature Crackers

3 bags Tortilla Chips

2 half gallons Organic Milk

At the end of the second transaction Bloom owed me $7.28!!! So I had Peter run back and pick up 2 half gallons of Organic Milk which I thought would cover it! But they still owed us $.03! I told the cashier she could keep the $.03 and I would just not pay anything. But she said she couldn't do that. So I picked up another pack of Orbit gum and ended up paying $.68 for the second transaction!

I know some of you might think this is a little crazy and maybe even wrong! But I truly enjoy doing it and I am saving my family a lot of money! If you would like to know how to do this kind of crazy couponing just email me and I will explain the basics! It takes a while getting used to but once you get the hang of it you will love it!