Friday 01/02/09 Ideas and happenings

So I woke up to more snow this morning and a
sunny day. I found out last night that someone
had broken in to our car and smashed in the
windows in the passenger side. This all happened
when my husband went to Portland last night
to drink kava with his buddies and there
were 4 other cars that got their windows smashed
in too. yes..wrong time at the wrong place.

So that changes my plans for going shopping
today with the kids. I'll be waiting it out until
dh gets back to stay with them so I can run
out and get the ingredients to make my
sample cake. I've had several full size samples
of Enfamil baby formula sent to me by mail
with the $1/1 - $5/1 coupons..Just recieved
Nestle baby formulas also with a $8/1 coupon
and have thought about using that as my center
piece inside the baby diaper cake, maybe I
could just insert the coupon in there and just
white out my name, ..just an
idea. Let me know what you think.
I'd love to hear your ideas..

I just asked the kids to eat cereal for breakfast
and I'll fix them tomato soup with grilled cheese
sandwiches for lunch. For dinner, they're
just going to get Tater Tot Casserole, salad and
Cherry sugar free Jello for dessert..yes,
it's the one from The Duggar Family..love them, too..:)
Don't worry, I got the recipe for you too.
I just lowered the amount enough for our
family.

TATER TOT CASSEROLE 2 lb ground turkey cooked, seasoned, drained 3 2lb bags tater tots 2 cans cream of mushroom 2 cans evaporated milk 2 cans cream of chicken Brown meat & place in large cass. dish. Cover with tater tots. Mix soup & milk together. Pour over top. Bake at 350 for 1 Hour. (One of Daddy’s Favorites!) Makes 2- 9”X13” pans FYI- I put in a whole bag of Green Giant Frozen Vegetables to make it healthier..any choice..the kids like broccoli and mixed vegetables variety

1st post: an evening relaxing alone...

I've gotten the two little ones to bed and my dh is spending
some bonding time with his buddies drinking kava. If you don't
know what it is..it's a ceremonial drink they consume in the
polynesian islands. I wanted a separate page away from the
couponing and stuff..just to get all my thoughts onto..

For the last couple of weeks I've been looking for a way
to make money on my own. Money that I can put away
for the kids, go coupon shopping with and money for a
rainy day. something that my dh won't be able to touch
and spend like water..so here's a couple of ideas I came
up with...

• I can do make overs with all the great quality makeup I've accumulated through coupon shopping. for instance, I can offer my services to bridal parties, or hold my own makeovers here at home for a small fee per person. I've been watching Blush on Lifetime Network and have been thinking of it. I had ended up with so much Max Factor Makeup from the Kmart BOGO free deal (back in Oct. 2008 or Nov.)on Max Factor Makeup and couldn't help but think this would be a great way to make use of all that make up that I stockpiled on.

• Start making assorted cakes, baby diaper cakes, wreaths, etc with all the baby items that I've accumulated from coupon deals and start selling them. My mind is reeling from all these ideas flooding my mind and I think this is the one I'm really excited about. I just want to test it out and see how creative I can get with this. I'll start on that tomorrow morning and post up pics. on it..and the one on makeovers too..