No-Internet days

Okay, my time online is interferring in my caring for my home and family! I said it!

I am looking into establishing "no internet days" for myself. Has anyone else ever done that?

I just feel that I am allowing this World Wide Web is taking away from my home. I don't want to cut out the internet completely. I have learned alot about being frugal from the internet, it does have it's benefits. I just seem to have a weakness for the time I spend on here and the boards I visit.

I have not decided which days it will be, but I am going to pray and think about this....

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

What I am Grateful For:

What I am grateful for:



1. Jehovah God
2. His Son, Jesus
3. God’s word, The Bible.
4. My wonderful Husband
5. Ian
6. Ainsley
7. Heather
8. Jennifer
9. Donald
10. Mom
11. Becky, my sister
12. Rich, my brother and his family
13. Kathy, my sister-in-law and her family
14. Joan, my mother-in-law
15. Even my sister-in-law, April, that I have never met and probably never will and her family.


16. Ability to practice the religion of my choice
17. Aloe Vera plants
18. Antibiotics
19. Apples
20. Baby Blues (cartoon)
21. Bean Soup
22. Bees
23. Birds
24. Biscuits, hot from the oven
25. Books
26. Brigadoon (movie)
27. Butterflies
28. Butterfly kisses
29. Calvin and Hobbes (cartoon)
30. Carnations
31. Cartoons
32. Cats (Cosmo and Payne)
33. Cell phones
34. Clothes Dryers
35. Colored pencils
36. Cookbooks
37. Corn bread
38. Cotton
39. Crayons
40. Cross-stitching
41. Cucumbers
42. Dogs (Rocket)
43. Earthly Paradise
44. Fall
45. Fall Leaves
46. fishies (aquarium type)
47. Flowers
48. Food in my pantry
49. Gardens
50. Goldfish crackers
51. Gone With the Wind (book and movie)
52. Googly eyes
53. Home
54. Ice cubes
55. Internet (for information and friends)
56. Jumping in a pile of leaves
57. Lettuce
58. Lighthouses
59. Lobster
60. Mangos
61. Miss Kayla, in Georgia
62. Miss Norma, my WW Friend
63. Miss Sharon, my Mary Kay Director
64. Miss Sue, my WW leader
65. Miss Theresa, in Florida
66. Miss Traci
67. Money (The fact that we have enough for bills and a few “extras”)
68. Moon
69. My spiritual brothers and sisters
70. Oxygen
71. paints
72. Panthers
73. Pasta
74. Pictures of loved ones
75. Pine Trees
76. Pink, the color
77. Purple anything
78. Rainbows
79. Resurrection Hope
80. Roses
81. Salmon (Yummy)
82. Sewing machines
83. Shrimp
84. Slides
85. Spring
86. Stars
87. Story books
88. Summer
89. Sun
90. Sun-ripened tomatoes
91. Swings
92. Teapots (I collect them)
93. Thrift stores
94. Trees
95. Upright freezer, to store my meat deals
96. Washing machines
97. Water
98. Wild animals
99. Wine
100. Winter
101. Zoos

I haven't forgotten about this blog, I promise.

I have not had much computer time lately. I will write more soon. I am also working on my own personal "One Thousands Things to be Grateful For!" (Thanks Kayla! :-P Just kidding, you know I wub you!)

New recipe

I tried a new WW friendly recipe yesterday. It is called "Slow Cooked Tuscan Styled Sausage and Bean Soup". I was nervous fixing this for the family because one of the ingredients was Kale. Now, I have no qualms about that, but I love soups with different ingredients and one of my favs is "Italian Wedding Soup", which has spinach.

ANYWAYS..... The kids liked it. Now, they didn't LOVE it, but that is okay. I can handle "like". :-D DS7 also ate ALL the kale in the soup!!!!!! He wasn't too excited about the beans, but he ate what I told him he had to. I was just stunned by the Kale. He even said he "kinda liked it". Well, that will be a soup that will show up on our dinner table again. (Only 4 points for 1 1/3 cups)

I also took some day old italian bread, sliced it and then turned it into garlic toast. Very nice meal on a cold, windy and wet day.

Things are quiet here on the homefront. Today is cold and windy, but at least dry. I need to bake some goodies for the school play tomorrow night, but other than that, just normal daily Monday chores.

**OH, thank Kayla for you comment on my previous post. It made me smile!**

When you can not decide what to blog about...

I have so many different things that I want to write about, but can not decide if I should or not.

First, and I can not beleive I am blogging this..... I am thinking of trying out cloth sanitary napkins. Yeah, I know... "EEEEWWW". I did that also, at first. Now, the idea is growing on me. LOLOLOLOL I have read several posts from SEVERAL ladies that they love them. So, I am thinking of sewing up a few and giving them a try.

Also, on a more serious note. I am SO sick and tired of "good" meaning christians telling me that I am in a cult! UUGH! If they only stopped and thought about it, they would realize how misguided that truly is. I am a Christain thru and thru. Because I belong to a faith that does not beleive in the doctrine of the trinity (which is not found in the Bible), I must belong to a cult. What phooey!

Okay, that felt good to get off my chest!

There are other things, but I figured that was enough for now.

Kids are out of school tomorrow.

It has been busy here the last couple of days.

Keeping up with the housework, taking sD18 back and forth to work, and normal errands. Plus, we have been participating in a new campaign out in the field service work.

Tomorrow is a payday, so I normally do a semi-big grocery trip. I will be doing this tomorrow with both kids in tow. Not bad, but I do have to plan a little differently. LOL

Latest TWG incorporation:

Besides just committing to use up leftovers better and getting back into making things from scratch, not much.

I am planning to experiment with some breakfast items. I want to start weaning my kids off of cereal for breakfast. I try to get them on sale w/coupons, but they are still a budget hog!

I will keep the blog updated on what I do and how it turns out.

Updates from Virginia

Here are the results of I's doctor appointment on Tuesday:



NO MORE CAST!

Tightwad Gazatte Update:

Tonight (Thursday) I re-instituted the "Baked Potato Night". This is actually a favorite around here. As long as I have a few of the favorite toppings on hand. :-)

These include, but are not limited to:

Chili; usually homemade, but I try to have canned in the pantry just in case.
Steamed Broccoli; This is actually my 7 year old's favorite!
Butter, shredded cheese, and taco toppings.

So, depending on what is homemade verses store bought, I can feed the family for less than $5.00. Not bad if you ask me!