Frugal Fridays...Swagbucks!!

 

Today I'm participating in LifeAsMom's Frugal Fridays event!

OK - I signed up for swagbucks a couple of months ago at the urging of a friend who just purchased a Wii for free with her winnings from casual use of swagbucks over the course of about 6 months.  For those who don't know, swagbucks is a "get paid to search the web" kind of deal, but it is google powered, and you can put a toolbar at the top of your browser so you can use it every time you search.  I have only been doing this VERY casually for a couple of months (in other words, I don't go out of my way to search with it, and I don't do any of the other offers associated with earning swagbucks), and I already have enough swagbucks for a target gift card.  So, all in all, I think it is a pretty good tool to earn a little extra cash and not really have to do anything extra!

Show Us Your Life - A Day in the Life

What is our typical day like?  Well, it would make it easier if we had "typical" days around here, but I will give it a shot!

We usually wake up around 6:00am and the three of us get ready for the day while watching a combination of the morning news, the Today Show, and cartoons depending on who is in the charge that particular day (or who needs the most help waking up!).

Next, I head to school, and Chad and Finley finish getting ready, and then they are off to school.

Then, we all play at school all day!

I finish teaching at 2:45, and then I coach until about 4:00.  I head to pick up Finley at school, and we usually run an errand or two on our way home.  When we get home, we usually play and read books for a while until Chad gets home.  Then we decide what to do for dinner (this part has been interesting lately due to the lack of an oven or sink in our kitchen that is almost finished being remodeled).

After dinner, we each kind of do our own thing (for Chad = watch history or discovery channel, for me = house or crafty project, for Finley = help mommy, i.e. cut paper into teeny tiny pieces all over the house).

Then, Finley takes a bath and picks out her goodnight stories.  We read a few stories, and Finley drifts off to sleep.  Chad and I have a little time to ourselves before we go to sleep and start all over the next day!

Menu Plan Monday

 

We still don't have an oven or even a sink in our kitchen, so this week's menu plan is based on a microwave and a crockpot with minimal cooking and preparing involved.  It helps a whole lot that I only have to actually prepare three dinners this week.

I am very hopeful I will have an oven and a sink by next weekend (especially since Chad has another snow day on Monday)!

Breakfasts: yogurt with graham crackers, cereal and milk

Snacks: trail mix, pudding

Dinners: 

Monday - eat out (Baylor/McCallie wrestling match)

Tuesday - chicken fingers, potatoes, mac n cheese

Wednesday - eat at church

Thursday - lasagna

Friday - crock pot tacos and rice

Saturday - out of town

Sunday - Super Bowl party

OK - I'll update to see what we actually ate this week!

Wordless Wednesday - Girly Girl

Sunday Sweets - Cake Pops

These are the cake pops I made for Sophie's baptism luncheon.  They are oh-so-cute, and they taste delicious, too!

There is chocolate cake and icing on the inside, and the outside is a vanilla candy coating tinted pink and topped with little white sprinkles.  Perfect for a precious little girl's baptism!

New Years Resolutions - I've never really made New Years resolutions because I think I knew I would never be able to keep them :)  So, my resolutions are a little different than most!   I started the 101 in 1001 on January 1st, so my New Years resolution is to get to work on my list and stick with it!

Wordless Wednesday - Hoping for Snow