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Thursday, January 20, 2011

1-20-11




9:25am

Threw my leftover ham with
bone in the crockpot
with a can of Campbell's Select Harvest
Chicken Vegetable Medley.

1.5 grams fat
sugar 4 grams
protein 7 grams
cholesterol 10mg
sodium 480 mg

Later on I'll make up some
mini piccolini pasta, carrots
and cubed potatoes to throw
into the soup as well.

Barilla Mini Piccolini Ziti Pasta
1 gram fat
0 cholesterol
0 sodium
sugar 1 gram
protein 7 grams

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Went to the library today.
Got a bunch of books on
South Beach Diet, Atkins Diet
and recipe books on those as well.
Also got some more cupcake books
to get ideas for the contest.
I also found books on
energy efficiency- things
to do around your home to save money.
How to conduct your own
energy audit.

Had to stop in Kroger
and get some milk.
I found a large package of about
6-8 tilapia fish fillets
for $5.29
was almost $10.
I think fish is a excellent
food to add to any diet
whether it's canned tuna, salmon or frozen
and fresh fillets. I'm not talking
about breaded fish fillets or fish
sticks as those are bad for you.

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We have been without running water
since earlier this morning.
I think the city is working on a
water main break down the street
and shut off the water in the area.
My concern was the toilet.
Don't flush, pee is fine to a point
until it starts stinking.
If you have to do #2 then flush.
Then I will go outside
and collect snow in a metal bowl
and put it on the register to melt
to put in the toilet.
If need be I have about 20 or so
recycled Sunny D bottles filled
with water in the basement
to use for emergency water!
Always be prepared!
We don't know when this water
will be turned back on or if it
will have to be boiled for awhile
when it does.
Because of thinking ahead I won't
have to run to the store and buy water.

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4:10pm



Got my ham deboned and shredded up,
carrots & potatoes diced up and boiling
and macaroni boiling.
I used about 2 cups of V8 juice
I had leftover in the fridge
and put it in the soup also.

Now after seeing the above photos,
doesn't a big bowl of veggie, pasta and ham
soup sound good, full of vitamins
to ward off those evil viruses.

I didn't get my tilapia fish made
yesterday as planned.
I discovered we had enough
leftovers from previous nights
to use for supper instead.
Didn't want anything to go to waste!

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Tony's birthday is coming up near
the end of the month.
I usually make him a sugar free cake.
I found a .50 cent printable coupon
for any Pillsbury sugar free
brownies, frosting or cake mix.

(doubled to $1.00)
Print 2 and you could save on
a cake mix and frosting for
a diabetic's birthday.
I've never tried the sugar free frosting,
actually never knew about it.
Wonder how they make it
sugar free? Do they make
sugar free powdered sugar or what?
You have to watch when you buy
sugar free cakes, cookies, candy
to not eat too much of it at once.
The sugar free stuff they use in these
products can act like a laxative!!
And even though the frosting is
sugar free still doesn't mean it's
good for you. It has saturated and
trans fat in it since it's made with
hydrogentated oils.

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6:00pm

I found this deal on hip2save's site.
I might see if Tony will go to Target
tomorrow to see if we can find any
marked down boys stuff.
I printed out 2 of each of the coupons
Target had for
$5.00 off $9.99 or higher Shaun White
boys apparel
and
$5.00 off Shaun White shoes.
I always check prices of things
with in store scanners.
Don't know if Target has them or not,
if not ask someone for a price check!

Anyways here's what I saw on hip2save.

Target has begun putting their boys Shaun White sneakers on clearance, bringing the price down from $27.99 a pair to between $13.98 and $7 a pair (depending on if your store has them at 50% or 75% off). If you combine the clearance price with the $5 off Shaun White Shoes coupon on the Targets site, you can score a pair of shoes for as little as $2!


Here is a pic of the shoe and price tag. The price tag on the pair I bought shows as $13.98, but at the register it rang up $7 which is 75% off, used the $5 off coupon and paid $2!! I went back a bit later with another coupon and scored another pair for $2 as well. It’s only the boy’s sizes that are on sale – sizes 7 and up are still regular price.


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I have been working on
an idea for my next cupcake.
Hint:
Carnival Rides - Extravagant


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