3-7-11

10:30am

Mom dropped me off some Kroger
freebies from the senior center.
There was a squash also but I
gave it to mom because I'm
not sure if anyone would eat it
and I don't know how to fix it.
-5 green bell peppers
-2 yellow peppers
-3 bunches of green onions
-5 pound bag of carrots

All stuff I can chop up and freeze!
That'll be tomorrow though.
My guess is that these veggies
would have went for around $20.
I'll price them tonight since
we have to go to Kroger for prescriptions.
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Tonight's supper will be
chicken quesadillas.
I plan to mix up some chicken
with some no beans chili
and mexican shredded cheese.
Put on tortillas and grill
in quesadilla maker.
Serve with a side of ranch dressing
to dip in.
My honey got me one of these
quesadilla makers about 5 years ago
for Christmas.

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After all this time of looking through
paint colors I think I might just stick
with the first color I wanted- Blonde.
sample pics of sherwin williams blonde paint.
Third one down from top on strip.
I don't see where the color chip
resembles the actual paint color.
That's why viewing other people's photos
has helped out a lot.



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Got a wedding invitation in the mail
today for Tony's half-brother.
Had absolutely no clue, nobody tells
us anything!!
His brother has been living with
this girl in his parent's home
for a couple years now and they
already have two kids together.
So it's not like we didn't expect this
sooner or later but don't ya think we
should've been told before now.
Hell we thought they were already married.

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4:40pm

I got all the bell peppers
and green onions cut up,
blanched and packaged for the freezer.
The carrots will have to wait til tomorrow
since I have 5 pounds to do.

How to blanche-

I used a saucepan full of water.
Bring to a boil.
I then inserted a small strainer
into the pan with the cut
up veggies in it for 3-4 minutes.
Remove strainer from water
and rinse or pour very cold
water over them to stop the
cooking process, drain any
excess water from them.
Package in zip bags removing
any air from bags before sealing.
.I am saving the water the
veggies were blanched in for
some soups. You could pour this,
once cooled,
into empty plastic jars from
mayo, peanut butter and so on.
This water has
vitamins and flavor from boiling the veggies
in that it would be a shame to go to
waste.
You could also use this cooled
water to water your plants with!
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Here's a question I have been wondering.

If you cancel one cable company and
go to someone else, how long before
your old cable company considers
you a new customer again.

Couldn't you just switch back
and forth between cable companies
and get their introductory rates?

I'm trying to find a way to make
our cable, internet and phone a little cheaper.
At the moment I think our cable
bill is $138.
That's for digital cable with DVR, basic phone
and basic internet.
They keep adding increases and
I'm getting tired of it!!

At the moment I see At&t and Insight
offering new customers
$60 to $65 package deals
(before taxes and other fees and
an added DVR)
That's a difference of about $78
from what I am paying at
the moment.

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Quesadillas I made for supper.
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8:00pm

Just got home from Kroger and
getting Tony's prescriptions.
I picked up a few things while there.
Got a package of 5 large
cube steaks for $4.15
regular price of $6.95.When checking out and paying for
groceries I got a $3.00 catalina coupon
for Clairol hair color.
I remembered seeing a bunch of
hair color in the clearance bin
so we went back and checked the prices.
I found a box of Clairol hair color
marked down to $3.00.
Regularly was $8.49.
So I used my catalina coupon
and got me a free hair color!
Oh, I did price some of the Kroger
freebies I got today.
I did not find 5 pound bags of whole
carrots. The only 5 pound bags of carrots
were those baby carrots. Price- $7.99!!
And those were not organic like the ones
I got which means they are higher priced!
As for those bell peppers, I'm gonna
assume they are the organic ones
as well since the carrots were organic.
They are outrageously priced @
$4.99 each!!!

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