Check out my repurposed items for sale....

These painted milk bottles (2 quart and 1 pint) are adorable and the flowers come with them! I'm asking $20 for all of them.



This 1950's stepstool would be a fun accessory to any room of your home. For only $20! It is 22 1/2 by 12 1/2 and is 12 3/4" deep.

Just a reminder I do not ship my items. Please send me an email at jewelsof3@yahoo.com if your are interested. :)

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Winter Can Be Beautiful!!

We are getting really tired of all the snow in Minnesota, but it's scenes like this that make the winter not seem so bad! We were able to enjoy a wonderful weekend in Grand Rapids at Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge. What a wonderful place! It was so quiet and peaceful! You would never know that it is a golf resort in the summer! And look at the beautiful fireplace! Your not going to be able to enjoy that in the summer time. Ahhh, winter does have it's benefits...

Pretty Close To Heaven

After spending two days and three nights at Elbow Lake Lodge in Cook, MN. I can't stop talking about it! What a totally peaceful, relaxing getaway. As you'll be able to tell by some of my pictures. We were there between Christmas and New Years and it was just the break my family and I needed. The boys were able to ice fish. The girls were able to catch up on some reading and play lots of card games and board games. Need some time away from it all check out Elbow Lake.

COVERGIRL 50th Anniversary!!

Wow! Covergirl has been around for 50 years! I still remember it being the first makeup I ever used and to this day it is always the brand I go back to. Was I excited to finally be allowed to wear makeup!! In recent years I've noticed all the new wonderful products that they've come up with and the older I get the more I really enjoy them!

To kick off the wonderful celebration Covergirl is having all kinds of promotional opportunities. Like their page on Facebook and get a chance to win some pretty awesome prizes. Sign up now and get ready to rock your COVERGIRL. Happy Anniversary COVERGIRL! http://www.facebook.com/covergirl?v=app_160134610689223

Football Birthday Party a Success!!

Check out my football cake I made! It turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. :) The field is actually a chocolate cake and the football was a white cake with raspberry filling. I even decorated a plan green plastic table cloth with stripes and numbers to make it look like an actually football field. The boys were impressed! For gifts for the boys I bought nerf footballs for them to take home and the highlight of the evening was an actual football game in the back yard.

Steals, Strikeouts and Curve balls

This year has been a blessing and a curse in our family. Everyday and moment we get to spend together is a blessing. We've had some wonderful times and some not so wonderful. This past summer we lost a very special lady in our lives, my mother in law. She was a special treasure to me and my children and I feel blessed that we had her in our lives. Not a bigger curve ball could have been thrown at us, as when we got the news of her passing we were sitting in a hospital far from home in an ICU unit hearing that Jacob (my middle son) has Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes.

As is life, it's amazing but it just keeps going on. We've grieved, we've gotten angry and we've felt blessed. Grieved for grandma and now Jakes everyday struggle with a disease that so few seem to know much about. Gotten angry for dealing all this at us at once. And felt blessed that grandma never had to worry about Jakes disease. And we keep on, keeping on!

Jake is an amazing young man. We've had so many compliments from doctors and educators about his maturity in dealing with his disease. From day one he has taken charge of his own shots and testing. We pray for a cure and have started a team for Jake for the Walk for a Cure in February 2011 at the Mall of America. Please feel free to visit his site, with every dollar raised is a dollar closer to finding a cure so, so many children won't have to go through the struggles of diabetes. To visit Jakes fundraising page go to http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87818964

Happy Happy Birthday!

Today my baby turns 12! He obviously doesn't like to be called that, but in my eyes he will always be my baby! :) Plans for today involve a football themed birthday party. I'll upload the pictures of the cake and decorations just as soon as I get going on those. ;) And a house full of 6th grade boys running around! Should make for a fun evening!

WOW... Where has the time gone!!

I can't believe it's been almost a year since I've posted anything! Where has that time gone?? I definitely have to get motivated again with my blog.

Places To Find Savings...

Here are some worthwhile websites to become a member of or just to check for coupons...
Pillsbury - https://www.pillsbury.com/coupons-promotions
Tablespoon.com - http://www.tablespoon.com
Eat Better America - http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/

Smart Source - http://coupons2.smartsource.com
Coupons.com - if your wondering how I find out what store is having what deals this is my goto website. You do need to become a member but then you just click on Grocery Deals By State - http://coupons.com/
Couponmom.com - http://www.couponmom.com/
There are a lot more sites out there but I hope this helps you get started in your savings efforts!!

Deals and Steals!!

Here are some good deals out there right now...
Target
Nabisco Wheat Thins $2 a box I got 2 boxes for $1 with the coupons I had.
Ocean Spray Cocktail Juice 64 oz. $2.79 for only 98¢ with Target cpn and sale discount
Duncan Hines Cake Mix 97¢ only 47¢ after Target cpn
Target link for coupons http://sites.target.com/site/en/supertarget/page.jsp?title=coupons_specials
Walmart
Snuggles Dryer Sheets 120 ct - $4.12 with cpn $3 making it only $1.12
Starkist Tuna Pouch - 93¢ I had to purchase two with my $1 cpn so it was 86¢ for both!
Suave Deodarant 1.4 oz. - 97¢ with 50¢ cpn it was only 47¢
Purina Tiny T Bonz Dog Treats 10 oz. - $2.44, I had a $1.50 cpn making them only 94¢
Walgreens
Blue Diamond Almonds 6 oz - B1G1F - $2.49 plus $1 cpn makes it $1.49 for two.

I spent $7.33 and saved $15.80! Coupons I used were from the Sunday paper and websites that I belong to! Happy Shopping!

Promotions At Cub!

Just got an email from General Mills the other day, they were excited to present me with their next promotion—great savings at Cub Foods when you purchase $30 in participating* General Mills, Unilever and Kimberly-Clark items! Purchases must be made in one shopping visit.

*Offer valid 11/1/2009 — 11/7/2009 . For offer details, participating stores & brands, see your local Cub Foods grocery store ad circular. Discount taken at register on next shopping order with use of checkout coupon. Offer limited to one per household.

But looking at the Cub circular I wasn't seeing the offer until I turned to the last page. All the items listed on the back are participating products. Just to make sure I wanted to try the offer first before telling you and here is my two shopping trips...
1 - Chex Snack Mix
3 - GM Cereals
2 - Betty Crocker Brownies
3 - Kleenex
3 - Kelloggs Mini Wheats -
3 - Progresso Soups
1 - Progresso Broth
4 - Scott Paper Towels
1 - Country Crock
1 - Yoplait = 38.06 Total - 6.55 cpns = $31.51 + $16 back in Catalinas + Free Cpn for 1 Gal Milk up to $4.00
Next Shopping trip to Cub -
1 - Cub Flour
2 - Carnation Evap Milk
1 - McCormick Spice
5 1/2 lbs - Chicken
2 - Gals Milk
1 - Orange Juice
1 - Dannons Crush Cups
2 - Cream Cheese
2 - Welchs Juice
1 - Dole Juice = $44.72 - $30.53 cpns/Catalinas = $14.19

My total oop shopping trip this week is $45.70, savings was $37.08 and I still have my free milk cpn!

Cub Deals

Cub has a few B1G1 Free Deals this week but, not very many manufacturer coupons to match up with it. Always try to match manufacturer coupons with store sales to get your best deals. So, this is what I ended up getting-

B1G1 Free Fresh Express Complete Salads + manuf. cpn 55¢ = 3.34
B1G1 Free Wholly Salsa/Guacamole + manuf. cpn B1G1 Free + manuf.cpn. $1.00 = You just made $1!
Kraft Mac & Cheese 4 - $1
$3 Catalina from Ems shopping trip last week = total oop .34¢ or an average of .05¢ a piece.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Clever Uses For Leftovers!

With our wonderful harvest of vegetables this year I have to be careful when I ask the kids to get me some potatoes for supper! Son, Jake got six for me the other night for supper and I ended up with a whole big bowl of mashed potatoes for supper... So mom has to get creative with leftovers! Our Monday supper was baked ham and mashed potatoes. Yum! Basically, a free meal considering we bought half a pig this summer from a MS fundraiser for only $80 or basically $1.25 a pound for chops, bacon, ham, roasts and ground sausage. Remember to take advantage of these opportunities to save your family some money and help others out.

Tuesdays breakfast was leftover mashed potatoes and ham turned into crispy fried hash browns and cubed ham. Tuesdays supper was Cheesy Broccoli Potato Soup with hot ham and cheese sandwiches, again a reasonable meal considering the broccoli and potatoes were from our garden (recipe follows).


Wednesdays supper was a Ham, Pea and Noodle hot dish that I remember my mom making when I was growing up and I still have the ham bone left for a future soup supper! Check out the picture...we fondly called this potato Mr. Potato Head!

Cheesy Broccoli Potato Soup
4 c frozen broccoli
2 c leftover mashed potatoes
2 c Velveeta Cheese
4 c milk
1 c chicken stock
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

Combine all ingredients and cook on low in slow cooker for 4-6 hrs.

Ham, Pea and Noodle Hot Dish
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c water
1 can cut mushrooms
1 bag curly noodles, cooked
2 cups frozen peas
3 cups cooked ham, diced
Salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients in large casserole and cook for 1 hr at 350'.

ENJOY!

Almost FREE!!

Here is just another reason I like shopping at Cub. I sent my daughter, Emily, to the grocery store today to pick up a few things. This is what she came home with.
2 - bottles Hunt's Ketchup
4 - boxes Post Select cereal
2 - cans Healthy Choice soup
4 - cans Chef Boyardee Ravioli
1 - box Banquet Breakfast Sausage Links
2 - gal. Milk = 22.54 after cpns and Catalinas her total is $4.32 and she was given a $3 coupon back so for all the products listed she will have spent $1.32. That's an average of 9¢ per item. An awesome shopping trip!!

Total to date savings is $2,457.41.

Everything is coming up Lindy!!

Someone put a fire under Lindy Little Joe! Have you checked out their new website and all their great fishing product sales! With the holidays coming up ladies now is your chance to get a great deal on Lindy products for the men in your lives! http://www.lindyfishingtackle.com/

The Garden Frenzy Comes To An End!!

Where have the last two months gone?? I've been canning, freezing, canning, freezing everything I could get my hands on in the garden! And the freezer is full. A nice feeling going into winter. The kids are tired of vegetables so now I have to get creative in my uses for vegetables. I just have a few squash left so have been freezing and baking with squash. Just yesterday I made a squash bread, squash soup and chicken stew with squash! The chicken stew and squash bread turned out great, wasn't to keen on the squash soup :( DH ate it though! This picture is just one of many trips to the garden this fall.

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Nestle Toll House Free Cookie Plate Offer!!

Here is a special way to share your cookies with someone you love and of course it's FREE!

You can get an exclusive 10-inch, dishwasher-safe collector's plate in one of two ways:

Collect three (3) UPC codes from any package of NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Morsels or NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Cookie Dough products. Together in an envelope, mail your UPC codes, dated receipt for each purchase and a 3" x 5" card with your neatly-printed name, address, city, state, ZIP, phone number with area code and e-mail address (optional) to:

Please Send Cookies Plate Offer
P.O. Box 8160
Royal Oak, MI 48068-8160

If you are not sure what a UPC code looks like, see the image below. The UPC is located on the back of your NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® package.

Once we receive your information, we'll mail you your free plate via U.S. Mail. The shipping and handling is also free.

* This is a $14.99 value and shipping and handling are included in this offer. Limit one plate per household address. Offer is good while supplies last and all requests for a free plate must be postmarked no later than 9/30/09 to qualify. Nestlé is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, mutilated or postage-due requests. Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing and delivery of the plate from receipt of the plate request. Requests that in Nestlé's sole discretion do not comply with the terms and conditions of the offer, including fraudulent requests, are invalid and will not be fulfilled. Offer not open to groups or organizations.

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