7:30am
I've been experimenting
and testing Blonde SW paint samples on the wall
with the paint sample I got yesterday.
I even mixed up some of the paint
sample with some Dover White SW paint
to lighten it since I thought the color
was too dark for our living room.
Top color-mixed with dover white.
Left color applied over previous paint.
Right color applied over primed area.
While I like the lighter color and painted
different splotches around the room,
it didn't seem to work with the other
colors I have in the room.
Then it finally dawned on me as to why
it didn't fit, it has green undertones
and my living room is done in warm colors
so it makes it clash.
Green is on the cooler side of
the color wheel.
The color in the picture
is not true colors.
My camera won't capture the actual colors
for some reason.
I'm at a loss at the moment as to what
paint color to use. Tony thinks I should just
browse the mis-tinted paints at places like
Lowes, Home Depot & Walmart to see
if I can find something I like.
Plus if we go with the possible hardwood
floors that are underneath our carpet
we'd want a color that would compliment
them as well.
Here's a photo of what the hard wood floors
should look like that we have.
This is another same type of house on our street.
.
.
Here's some more colors I'm looking at
along with a faux painting technique.
Believe me, I wish picking a paint
was easy and over with!!
ANTIQUE WHITE Sherwin Williams
-------------------------------
10:30-11:30am
I stripped down our bed and took
the steam mop to the mattress, comforters
and about 6 pillows to freshen them
up and sanitize everything.
I plan to have Tony help me flip
and rotate the mattress this weekend
and possibly move the bed to another
wall in the bedroom.
---------------------------------------
Supper tonight-
Chicken & Noodles.
I gave mom a 10 pound bag of chicken
and she cooked this up with some
of that chicken and gave me
half of it. Oh goodie, I don't have to cook
tonight. I did start preparing for
tomorrow's supper though.
I got pollock fish marinating.
4 Pollock fish fillets- $1.25
(not shown, I threw in a 5th fillet out of
another packet so I'd have extra for
Tony's lunch)
about 1/3 cup Italian dressing- .25 cents
dabs of butter .05 cents
Mrs. Dash seasoning .05 cents
Sides-
Broccoli & cauliflower- .99 cents
with cheesy white sauce
-velveeta cheese .25 cents
-milk
-butter- .05 cents
Packet of Spanish rice- .99 cents
maybe throw in some
bell pepper- free
Total cost for meal: $3.88
serves 5 @ .77 cents a serving
-------------------------------
With mom having a limited income
now I've been kinda showing her
how I buy food on a limited budget.
I know pretty much all the grocery
stores in our area and know where
all the mark downs are in each
of those stores. They are not easy
to spot at times so are currently
showing mom where to look in each
store as they all are different.
She's says I've been a big help
and she wasn't aware of all
these bargains.
And another thing I've noticed is
that same stores within a 5 mile radius
sometimes don't have the same prices
so compare prices at each store.
Sales prices advertised in the flier
are usually the same though.
For example:
Summer sausage at Karl Kroger -$1.00
Summer sausage at Henderson Kroger -$1.99
Pistachios at Karl Kroger - $2.99
Pistachios at Henderson Kroger -$3.99
This week at Kroger I told her
it was cheaper to buy two half
gallons of milk ($1.25 each)
compared to buying a whole gallon
at $2.70-$2.80 (I can't remember).
And I can tell others don't know
how to shop for the cheaper milk
considering the gallon milk
had more containers gone
and the half gallons were still stocked.
I've been trying to get up the courage
to ask Henderson Rd. Kroger
what they do with their outdated
produce and bread.
I know some people that go around
to each store and get the produce
and breads for free that would
have otherwise been thrown out.
But what I don't know is if they
only give it to organizations
or churches and places like that.
----------------------------
For snacks I've been getting the kids
Kroger lite yogurt.
They keep wanting this more
expensive brand of yogurt
that comes with cookie crumbles
or candy topping which costs
about .70 cents each.
I got the Kroger vanilla lite yogurt this week
which is on sale 3 for $1.00
and a cheap package of sandwich
cookies for $1.80.
Now when they want that specialty
yogurt I get out the el cheapo yogurt
and crush one el cheapo cookie in it!
----------------------------
Cool deal, I just got notice that I will
be getting some free, high quality frozen
food (meat) in the mail soon to try for
one of my surveys!! I can't say
what it is due to their privacy policy.
Free food, heck yeah, bring it on!
-----------------------------
We really need some warmer, less
rainy or snowy weather. Being
cooped up inside makes me think too
much, lol. I look around the house
thinking about things I could do
to improve it or make it more practical for us.
Now I've been thinking about taking
my one linen closet in the hallway and
turning it into the pantry, clearing
up some space in the basement!
Plus it would be more convenient instead
of going to the basement.
For some reason this house has
two linen closets so it wouldn't
be like I would be without one.
I could take the extra blankets
in the hallway closet and put them
on the shelves of the boys bedroom closets.
For those that need extra pantry space,
but don't have an extra linen closet like I do,
you could consider turning a coat closet
into a pantry by adding shelves.
Store everyone's coats in their bedroom
closet or use a hanging or peg type
coat rack on the wall.
Turn a coat closet into a pantry
from Apartment Therapy.
Another good idea shown below is
using a clear shoe holder on the
door for even more food storage.
----------------------------------
This weekend, starting March 12th,
the Twin Drive-In outdoor Flea Market opens!!
Yeah!! I'm thinking that's kind of early for it.
I thought it opened up in April.
It's supposed to be 51 degrees Saturday
so we might take another trip down
South to the flea market.
-------------------------------
7:30pm
Finally got our mattress flipped, rotated
and steamed.
For those of you who have trouble finding
deep pocket or fitted sheets for your mattress
try finding a flat sheet the next size up
from your mattress. Lay it over top of
your mattress and just tuck the
excess on the sides underneath.
This is what I have to do to our bed
since it has a double sided
mattress topper.
-------------------------------
7:50pm
Gas is now $3.59 a gallon.
--------------------------------
Honey Beige-Behr (right)
maybe done in a lighter color
Here's a cute game for kids to play,
Spongebob Bowling.
It says to click on the slider bar,
that means right click your mouse
where you want the clam to stop.
-------------------------------
8:45pm
Well I just put in my online order
for two free digital adapters
from Wow!.
I guess these will be required to
view cable channels.
It costs an additional $1.99
a month to rent any more than that
which sucks!
I've been experimenting
and testing Blonde SW paint samples on the wall
with the paint sample I got yesterday.
I even mixed up some of the paint
sample with some Dover White SW paint
to lighten it since I thought the color
was too dark for our living room.
Top color-mixed with dover white.
Left color applied over previous paint.
Right color applied over primed area.
While I like the lighter color and painted
different splotches around the room,
it didn't seem to work with the other
colors I have in the room.
Then it finally dawned on me as to why
it didn't fit, it has green undertones
and my living room is done in warm colors
so it makes it clash.
Green is on the cooler side of
the color wheel.
The color in the picture
is not true colors.
My camera won't capture the actual colors
for some reason.
I'm at a loss at the moment as to what
paint color to use. Tony thinks I should just
browse the mis-tinted paints at places like
Lowes, Home Depot & Walmart to see
if I can find something I like.
Plus if we go with the possible hardwood
floors that are underneath our carpet
we'd want a color that would compliment
them as well.
Here's a photo of what the hard wood floors
should look like that we have.
This is another same type of house on our street.
.
.Here's some more colors I'm looking at
along with a faux painting technique.
Believe me, I wish picking a paint
was easy and over with!!
ANTIQUE WHITE Sherwin Williams
-------------------------------
10:30-11:30am
I stripped down our bed and took
the steam mop to the mattress, comforters
and about 6 pillows to freshen them
up and sanitize everything.
I plan to have Tony help me flip
and rotate the mattress this weekend
and possibly move the bed to another
wall in the bedroom.
---------------------------------------
Supper tonight-
Chicken & Noodles.
I gave mom a 10 pound bag of chicken
and she cooked this up with some
of that chicken and gave me
half of it. Oh goodie, I don't have to cook
tonight. I did start preparing for
tomorrow's supper though.
I got pollock fish marinating.
4 Pollock fish fillets- $1.25
(not shown, I threw in a 5th fillet out of
another packet so I'd have extra for
Tony's lunch)
about 1/3 cup Italian dressing- .25 cents
dabs of butter .05 cents
Mrs. Dash seasoning .05 cents
Sides-
Broccoli & cauliflower- .99 cents
with cheesy white sauce
-velveeta cheese .25 cents
-milk
-butter- .05 cents
Packet of Spanish rice- .99 cents
maybe throw in some
bell pepper- free
Total cost for meal: $3.88
serves 5 @ .77 cents a serving
-------------------------------
With mom having a limited income
now I've been kinda showing her
how I buy food on a limited budget.
I know pretty much all the grocery
stores in our area and know where
all the mark downs are in each
of those stores. They are not easy
to spot at times so are currently
showing mom where to look in each
store as they all are different.
She's says I've been a big help
and she wasn't aware of all
these bargains.
And another thing I've noticed is
that same stores within a 5 mile radius
sometimes don't have the same prices
so compare prices at each store.
Sales prices advertised in the flier
are usually the same though.
For example:
Summer sausage at Karl Kroger -$1.00
Summer sausage at Henderson Kroger -$1.99
Pistachios at Karl Kroger - $2.99
Pistachios at Henderson Kroger -$3.99
This week at Kroger I told her
it was cheaper to buy two half
gallons of milk ($1.25 each)
compared to buying a whole gallon
at $2.70-$2.80 (I can't remember).
And I can tell others don't know
how to shop for the cheaper milk
considering the gallon milk
had more containers gone
and the half gallons were still stocked.
I've been trying to get up the courage
to ask Henderson Rd. Kroger
what they do with their outdated
produce and bread.
I know some people that go around
to each store and get the produce
and breads for free that would
have otherwise been thrown out.
But what I don't know is if they
only give it to organizations
or churches and places like that.
----------------------------
For snacks I've been getting the kids
Kroger lite yogurt.
They keep wanting this more
expensive brand of yogurt
that comes with cookie crumbles
or candy topping which costs
about .70 cents each.
I got the Kroger vanilla lite yogurt this week
which is on sale 3 for $1.00
and a cheap package of sandwich
cookies for $1.80.
Now when they want that specialty
yogurt I get out the el cheapo yogurt
and crush one el cheapo cookie in it!
----------------------------
Cool deal, I just got notice that I will
be getting some free, high quality frozen
food (meat) in the mail soon to try for
one of my surveys!! I can't say
what it is due to their privacy policy.
Free food, heck yeah, bring it on!
-----------------------------
We really need some warmer, less
rainy or snowy weather. Being
cooped up inside makes me think too
much, lol. I look around the house
thinking about things I could do
to improve it or make it more practical for us.
Now I've been thinking about taking
my one linen closet in the hallway and
turning it into the pantry, clearing
up some space in the basement!
Plus it would be more convenient instead
of going to the basement.
For some reason this house has
two linen closets so it wouldn't
be like I would be without one.
I could take the extra blankets
in the hallway closet and put them
on the shelves of the boys bedroom closets.
For those that need extra pantry space,
but don't have an extra linen closet like I do,
you could consider turning a coat closet
into a pantry by adding shelves.
Store everyone's coats in their bedroom
closet or use a hanging or peg type
coat rack on the wall.
Turn a coat closet into a pantry
from Apartment Therapy.
Another good idea shown below is
using a clear shoe holder on the
door for even more food storage.
This weekend, starting March 12th,
the Twin Drive-In outdoor Flea Market opens!!
Yeah!! I'm thinking that's kind of early for it.
I thought it opened up in April.
It's supposed to be 51 degrees Saturday
so we might take another trip down
South to the flea market.
-------------------------------
7:30pm
Finally got our mattress flipped, rotated
and steamed.
For those of you who have trouble finding
deep pocket or fitted sheets for your mattress
try finding a flat sheet the next size up
from your mattress. Lay it over top of
your mattress and just tuck the
excess on the sides underneath.
This is what I have to do to our bed
since it has a double sided
mattress topper.
-------------------------------
7:50pm
Gas is now $3.59 a gallon.
--------------------------------
Honey Beige-Behr (right)
maybe done in a lighter color
Here's a cute game for kids to play,
Spongebob Bowling.
It says to click on the slider bar,
that means right click your mouse
where you want the clam to stop.
-------------------------------
8:45pm
Well I just put in my online order
for two free digital adapters
from Wow!.
I guess these will be required to
view cable channels.
It costs an additional $1.99
a month to rent any more than that
which sucks!
