A little break

Obviously in this season of my life I don't really have the time to post all of my purchases.  I started doing this to keep myself accountable to keeping my purchases as low as I could.  But now with trying to get the house out at the acreage remodeled enough so that we can start moving.  So, what I have done is to hang a paper on the fridge and whenever I come in with a purchase I write all the info down on the paper.  This is how I will keep doing it until I need to change again. 

I doubt anyone is missing seeing those posts, but in case somone was wondering what was going on I thought I would let you know. 

After the move and completion of the house, I hope to have time to post regularly again.  And I hope to share some pictures too.

Fleet Farm $38.42

2 dozen pint jars 7.69 sale
2 3pks (32ct) finish diswasher packs 11.88 sale
1 fels-naptha bar soap 0.97

$40.11 + 2.81 tax = $42.92 Total

-3.00/2 cases Kerr jars coupon
-0.75 finish coupon
-0.75 finish coupon

$38.42  PAID

Fareway $5.36

Blue Bunny ice cream 2.99 sale
AE Lemonade 0.99 sale
ActII popcorn 3 pk 0.99 sale
green grapes 0.89 sale

$5.86
-.50 Act II popcorn coupon
$5.36 PAID

Hy-Vee $13.89

watermelon 2.88 sale
3 Pillsbury brownie mix 1.19 sale
3 85% ground beef 2.48 sale

$13.89

Potatoes from the Garden

When I was growing up the first meal from the garden was always creamed potatoes and peas.  It was a much anticipated meal and we would all eat until we were so full we couldn't stand to put anything else in our mouths.

Well, since I bought the acreage, I finally have a garden!!  I was too late to plant peas but I got potatoes in the ground.  So, I was hoping since the potato plants had grown quite large and bloomed nicely that there would be some small potatoes down there for me to dig out.  So I carefully dug out half of one plant and got these 8 small potatoes.  I am so happy to get these out and will be creaming them up tonight for supper.

Nectarine sauce

The kids hadn't eaten up the nectarines yet and they were getting soft so I cut them in half, pitted, skinned, cooked them down into sauce form.  Then I poured them into two 1/2 pint jars and canned them up!

Canning trial - Easy Grape Juice

My neighbor brought over some grapes that she said she wasn't going to eat before she left on vacation.
My kids weren't eating them so I decided to try my hand at making some easy grape juice that I had heard about on several canning sites. 

Here is what I did:

I put 1/2 cup of washed grapes into each pint jar.  Then I took three cups of water and stirred 3/4 cup of sugar until dissolved.  I poured that equally into the three jars and added plain water up to the neck of the jar.  I wiped the rim of the jar and added my lids.  Then I put them in my water bath canner and brought it up to a boil and continued to boil them for 20 minutes. 

Now the hardest part is to wait a few weeks before opening and trying the "juice".   And if we like it, I will be doing this every year when my grapes are ready.

Aldi $5.26

Took a quick stop at Aldi yesterday to grab some great fruit deals.

3 green apples .33 ea
3 limes .39 ea
4 lemons .28 ea
6 nectarines 0.33 ea

$5.26

Aldi $16.64

Milk 2.89
chicken nuggts 3.99
tator tots 1.89
2 lemonade concentrate .79
salt 0.35
strawberries 0.99
5 chicken cordon bleu 0.99

$16.64

Hy-Vee $14.73

Sorry this was from a little while ago, I've just been so busy.

2 Hunts ketchup 0.69 sale
seedless watermelon 3.88 sale
milk 3.69
2 Oscar Mayer hot dogs 0.89 sale
2 chunk cheese 2.00 sale

$14.73

Menards $20.70

1/2 gal Ball jars 8.99 sale
pint wm Ball jars 7.99 sale
1/4 pint Ball jars 6.49 sale
baggy rack 2.99 sale
Glad freezer bags 2.89 sale

$29.35 + 1.35 tax = 30.70 Total
-10.00 menards rebate check
$20.70 PAID

I Bought an Acreage!!!!

I have been pretty MIA from posting and reading everyone's blogs lately.  If anyone was wondering why,  it's because I bought an acreage!!!  And I am so super excited about it!!!  We will be able to be so much more self sufficient out there.  And the kids will have so much room to play outside and they will be able to get a dog once we move!!!  They are really excited about it too!!!  But for me to be able to afford an acreage I had to get a fixer upper, so we have quite a bit of work ahead of us!  But I know in the long run it will be so worth it!   So please excuse me when I go MIA off and on.

Fareway $5.68

potato chips 1.29
1/2 gal milk 1.55
2 pasta 0.88 sale
big jello pudding 1.08

$5.68

Aldi $7.00

bread 0.89
cantaloupe 1.29
strawberries 1.19
2 apple juice 0.92
cheese 1.79

$7

Fareway $17.31

2 chips 0.88 sale
2 1/2 gal milk 0.99 sale
3 Kraft mac n cheese 3/$2 sal
4 ketchup 0.67 sale
3 John Morrell hot dogs 0.88 sale
5 shredded cheese 1.25 sale

$17.31

HyVee $ 9.45

3 lbs 85 % ground beef 2.48 sale
3 blue bonnet sticks 0.67 sale

$9.45

Fareway $5.70

C& H sugar 1.98 sale
Kraft milkbite 1.99 sale
bananas 0.59/lb = 0.73
Pillsbury cinnamon rolls 2.00 sale

$6.70
-1.00 Kraft milkbite coupon
$5.70 PAID

Fareway $14.36

Milk 1.79
chips 1.29
2 Knorr pasta sides 1.00 sale
3 Oscar Mayer bacon 2.50 sale
eggo noodles 0.99
easter Nerds .79 sale

$14.36

Target $12.69

Pull-ups 9.49
facial tissue 0.94
tampons 4.39
matches 0.97

$15.79 + 0.83 tax = $16.62 TOTAL

-2.00 target pullups coupon
-0.50 target tissue coupon
-0.75 target tampon coupon
-0.63 redcard discount
-0.05 reusable bag discount

$12.69 PAID

Fareway $16.67

potato chips 1.29
5 pk Kraft mac n cheese 3.88 sale
Blue Bunny ice cream 2.50sale
6 8oz cheese 1.50 sale

$16.67