Here is what we are having:

Day One:
- Chicken Pitas
- Salad

Day Two:
- Pasta w/homemade sauce
- Salad

Day Three:
- Sausage
- Roasted Potatoes
- Vegetable

Day Four:
- Lasagna
- Salad

Day Five:
- Lasagna Leftovers
- Salad

Day Six:
- Honey Mustard Chicken
- Lipton Sidekick (using up my stash before they go bad!)
- Vegetable

Day Seven:
- Dijon Chicken
- Lipton Sidekick
- Vegetable

Here is our menu for the week (last Friday until this Thursday):

Day One:
- Homemade Pizza

Day Two:
- Birthday Dinner @ Tony Roma’s for DH

Day Three:
- Baked Potato
- Broccoli w/ Dip

Day Four:
- Stirfry w/ Chicken and Broccoli

Day Five:
- Chicken, Corn on the Cob, Roasted Potatoes all on BBQ

Day Six:
- Tacos

Day Seven:
- Tacos (yes, again!)

Check out Org Junkie to see what everyone else is having this week!

Here’s what we are having this week! Please share your weekly menus as well.

Day One:
- Homemade Pizza

Day Two:
- Hamburgers + Salad

Day Three:
- Shake + Bake Chicken
- Broccoli
- Brown Rice

Day Four:
- Chicken Fingers
- Sweet Peas
- Mashed Potatoes

Day Five:
- Sweet Salad
- Baked Potato

Day Six:
- Pasta

Day Seven:
- Chicken Kabobs
- Roasted Potatoes
- Green Beans

Check out Org Junkie to see what everyone else is having this week!

Whoo hoo! I was given an award by Melissa! Thank you so much!

I now have to award 5 others with this award so here it goes:

Here are the rules:
1. Put the logo on your blog. (above is the pic of the award)
2. Add a link to the person who awarded it to you.
3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.
4. Add links to these blogs on your blog.
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

Now, I nominate…

1. Michele @ Korea Mom
2. Jamie @ Money Magnet
3. Z @ Deals-R-Us
4. The Mellberg Family
5. Cents and Sensibility

Congrats to everyone!

Today has been such a great day! Last night I made the decision that starting today I was going to clean one room each day for a week. I noticed that when I clean, I try to clean the whole house in one day and since this house is so big, it takes me forever, so I usually skip some steps. Anyway, here is the list I made:

Monday – Office:
- Empty trash and clean bin
- Clean + dust desk and all items on it
- Purge items in whole room
- Take apart and clean keyboard
- Get rid of clothes in closet
- Dust books and bookshelf
- Organize books on bookshelf
- Clean windows, photos and computer
- Vaccuum
- Organize Coupons
- Put stamps on letters and mail them
- Put light fixture back up
- Tidy up wires under desk
- Dust printer and file cabinet
- Organize receipts in file cabinet
- Put lamp and microphone in basement
- Clean and dust DH desk and items on it
- Clean and dust DH file cabinet
- Hang DH’s certificates (this was a surprise for him and he was so happy!)
*NOTE: I posted before and after photos of this room on my flickr page!

Tuesday – Master Bedroom and Bath:
- Clean mirrors, windows and pics
- Make bed
- Vaccuum
- Put mirror on dresser
- Hang something above bed
- Dust all furniture
- Hang up mini mirrors
- Clean toilet, sink and countertop
- Put bath mats in laundry bin
- Clean bathroom floor
- Organize cupboards
- Hang photo in bathroom

Wednesday – Spare Bedroom, Hallway and Hall Closet:
- Put futon back up
- Clean windows, pics, table and futon rails
- Bring sample stuff into basement
- Organize closet
- Vaccuum
- Vaccuum hallway
- Organize towels and sheets in hall closet

Thursday – Upstairs Bathroom:
- Clean mirror, window and pics
- Scrub shower/tub
- Clean shower curtain
- Put bath mats in laundry bin
- Clean floor
- Clean and organize cupboard
- Clean sink, toilet and countertop
- Empty trash and clean bin

Friday – Both Living Rooms + Downstairs Bathroom:
- Vaccuum couches
- Clean windows, mirrors and pics
- Hang photo(s) in small living room
- Dust and clean tables
- Dust and clean TVs
- Vaccuum
- Clean toilet, sink and countertop
- Clean windows, pics, and mirror
- Hang photo in bathroom

Saturday – Kitchen:
- Clean floor
- Empty, organize and clean all cupboards
- Empty, organize and clean fridge, freezer, stove
- Straighten newspaper on top of cupboards
- Clean countertop and items on it
- Clean out drawers
- Make old shirts into rags
- Clean sink and table
- Clean dog/cat food bowls and mat
- Clean windows and candles/holder

Sunday – Main Floor:
- Clean front porch
- Do laundry
- Vaccuum
- Clean floors
- Sweep in laundry room
- Clean patio set, windows, pics and mirrors
- Hang new mirror
- Clean all doors
- Clean entry table and table in laundry room
- Clean out/organize front closet
- Dust and clean shelves and desk
- Vaccuum all stairs in house

Check out 5 Minutes For Mom to see what others are/have tackling/tackled this week!

After I did my cleaning and DH came home from work, we made dinner, took the dogs for a walk, fed the dogs and cats, took the garbage out and did the dishes. It has been a very productive day and I am so pleased! I hope tomorrow is just as good. =)

Now, though, I am going to go downstairs to relax for the rest of the night. I ’ll just watch TV if there’s anything good on. Otherwise, I might be tempted to play Nintendo! Too bad we don’t have xbox 360, that would be fun to play instead!

Day One:
- Chicken Skewers
- Roasted Potatoes
- Corn on the Cob

Day Two:
- Hamburgers w/mozarella cheese
- Salad

Day Three:
- French Toast
- Scrambled Eggs

Day Four:
- Lime Garlic Chicken
- Sweet Peas
- Mashed Potatoes

Day Five:
- Pasta w/ Homemade Sauce
- Salad

Day Six:
- Bacon + Ranch Chicken
- Sweet Peas
- Lipton Sidekick

Day Seven:
FREE DAY!

Check out Organizing Junkie to see what other’s are having for dinner this week!

Here is what we are having this week:

 Day One:
- Pasta

Day Two:
- Shepherd’s Pie

Day Three:
- Sweet and Sour Chicken
- Peas
- Chinese Noodles

Day Four:
- Hamburgers on the BBQ
- Salad

Day Five:
- Chicken w/ Mrs. Dash Poultry Spices
- Cauliflower
- Mashed Potatoes w/ Chives

Day Six:
- Homemade Pizza

Day Seven:
- FREE DAY! Can make whatever we’d like.

Check out Organizing Junkie to see what other’s are having for dinner this week! What are your plans?

I think it’s safe to say that coupons work for me. They make my life so much easier, so much more exciting and so much cheaper! Alot of people tell me they would like the savings that come along with coupons, but don’t have the time. If I hear that one more time I am going to scream! I don’t do much during the day so I have a ton of time to sit online and find coupons, deals and freebies. That’s why I have such a large stockpile. However, just because you don’t have as much time as I do doesn’t mean you can’t use coupons! You can sit down once a day for maybe 15 minutes – order coupons online or print them, whatever. You can clip coupons while you watch your favourite TV show. It’s not that hard. Find out when the stores in your area have their new flyers released and once a week, price match with your coupons to see how cheap you can buy things for by using the coupons you have on hand.

Anyway, I kind of gave a lecture there, but what I really meant to say was coupons work for me (and they can work for you too)! Check out Rocks In My Dryer for more Works For Me Wednesday tips!

So yesterday night was garbage night and since there was a FPC (free product coupon) in the coupon insert, I went through the recycle bins again. I got the same amount that I got the last time I did this – 9 booklets! However, since the bins were still not emptied when I got up this morning, I went out again and found 2 more. This time the FPC is for Pledge Multi Surface Duster. I don’t need these because I already have 1 and over a year’s worth of refills. I also already have a bunch in my Christmas gift basket box! So.. what to do with the FPC? Why, coupon trading of course!

My plan was to trade each coupon for 1,000 Shoppers Drug Mart optimum points. I am trying to build them up! I have only had one person interested in that, but I HAVE made some other great deals with them (and other stuff). Here are the deals I have made since last night:

- 3 Pledge FPC = 3/$1 Toblerone coupons (which will yeild me Toblerone bars for tax only) and a FPC for 2.27kg bag Nutro Dog Food
- 1 Pledge FPC = 1,000 SDM points
- 3 Pledge FPC = 1 Kashi Granola Bars FPC, $7.50 SDM Gift Card

I also did 2 trades:
- 10,000 SDM points (OUCH! So much for building them up!) = 3/$1 Toblerone coupons (which will yeild me Toblerone bars for tax only), 1 FPC bag Nutro Cat Food, 1 FPC Tetley Tea
- 600 SDM points = 7/$2 Febreze coupons (will yeild me FREE travel size Febreze), $1 Mr. Clean Eraser coupon (will only end up paying tax for one of these)
- 1 FPC for Coffeemate = $3 Chapmans coupon (will get me free ice cream!)

I’m so happy with these trades so far, I can’t wait until all of those coupons start coming in! FPCs are great! I’m kind of glad I didn’t need the ones I got in the papers this week. Ha!

Another fabulous mail day! Here is what the mailman brought me today:

- Benefiber Sample
- Benefiber $1.00 off coupon
- Aquafresh Extreme Clean .75 off coupon
- Cheer $1.00 off coupon
- Coupon for FREE Air Wick Scented Oil Kit
- Coupon for $1.00 off Airwick Refill
- Coupon for $1.00 off French’s Dijon Mustard
- 2 coupons for Buy 3 Get one Free Campbells Chunky Soup
- Coupon for .75 off Gillette Satin Care Shave Gel
- Coupon for $2.00 off LiveActive Cheese
- 2 Coupons for FREE tin of cat food (yay!)
- 2 $10.00 off Fusion Razor coupons (another yay!)
- 2 $1.00 off Mr. Clean Eraser coupons
- 2 $3.00 off Busy Bone coupons
- 2 $7.50 off Pro Plan Selects pet food coupons
- 2 $5.00 off Venus Embrace Razors
- 2 coupons for $1.00 off Tampax Pearl
- Coupon for $1.00 off Scope mouthwash
- 2 coupons for .75 off Quaker rice cakes
- Coupon for $1.00 off Pure Divine bodywash
- Coupon for $2.00 off Oral-B Pulsar Toothbrush
- Coupon for Buy 2 Cavendish Microwave products get one FREE
- Aeroplan points card for a new rewards program I just signed up to

I got lots of great stuff today! I can’t wait to put these coupons to use. =)

Although today was hot and humid, I had a great day. First, I made our wedding invitations, which turned out really cute. They are all in the envelopes, I just need to get some addresses from my mom and Richard’s mom for our aunts and uncles. I don’t think I am going to mail them until at least the middle of June though, so I have plenty of time.

Once I finished our invitations I made some lunch (tuna salad) and it was yummy! Then I went to get the mail and got quite a few great things:
- Over $110 in Petsmart coupons
- 2 $1.00 coupons from General Mills
- Coupon for $5.00 off any Venus razor (they are on sale for $6.99)
- Coupon for Buy 3 get one free Campbells Chunky Soup
- Coupon for $10 off Gillette Fusion razor (they are on sale for $9.99!)
- Coupon for $2 off LiveActive Cheese
- Coupon for $1.00 off Mr. Clean erasers (they are on sale for .99!)
- Coupon for .75 off Neilson Milk
- Coupon for FREE tin of cat food
- Coupon for $1.00 off Pure Divine body wash
- Coupon for $3.00 off Busy Bone dog treat
- Coupon for $7.50 off Purina Pro Plan pet food
- Coupon for .75 off Quaker rice cakes
- Coupon for $1.00 off Royale bathroom tissue
- Rebate check from Mr. Clean Erasers ($2.84)
- Gas bill (booo!)

I think that’s it! It was a pretty good mail day. What did you get in your mailbox today?

I then watched the Food network on TV for about 4 hours (I didn’t realize I had watched it so long!) and I got all sorts of recipes that I want to try now. First, I made dinner. We had taco salad (tacos without the shell). They were tasty! Then I made one of the recipes that I saw on TV – I made crepes. Now, I already have a crepe recipe, but it calls for whipping cream and homo milk and I didn’t have the milk and this recipe didn’t call for either of those so I just made that and what do you know – they tasted the same! I then boiled strawberries, water and sugar for a few minutes and when it was caramelized, I put it inside my crepe, rolled it up, and topped it off with melted chocolate and some of the leftover strawberry juice from the strawberries. It was SO FREAKIN’ GOOD. I will definetely be making these again! I will probably need to get some life insurance rates because I’m pretty sure these crepes aren’t very healthy. Whoops!

I just got finished watching The Bachlorette and now I am just finishing up a few things online and then I am off to bed. I hope you all have a wonderful night and a great day tomorrow!

Well, I was hesitant, but I went through my finances today and changed some things. I removed a few items from my monthly expenses that I thought were necessary but weren’t and also trimmed down my necessary expenses (food, phone, etc.). With my current income, I can now pay all of my monthly bills instead of being short $800 every month. In order to do that, I had to stop doing one thing that I tell everyone else to do and that is I will not be “paying myself first” for awhile. Instead, I have a GOALS list (you can see it over on the right of this page.. that’s right, you get to see how much I suck with money. Enjoy!). How will I make that extra money for the items on my list? Easy – I can sell things, do more cupcake orders by advertising more (a lady emailed me today about 500 cupcakes, I almost fainted) and other things like that. My list is in terms of importance, which is going by the dates that certain bills must be paid in full (wedding dress, maggie’s vet visit coming up, etc.). I did so much work on the computer today that I’m surprised it’s still even working! I may need a laptop rental soon!

I added my list to the site for 2 reasons.

1. To motivate myself.
2. To motivate others.

I honestly think it will help me to have it there. I get so excited when I see the numbers go down! Anyway, that’s all for me today. I’m happy to have this sorted out so that I am NO LONGER IN THE HOLE EVERY MONTH! I just have to go in to the bank tomorrow to change a few things on my accounts and then it’s done. Until then, I will be in bed sleeping. Goodnight!

Not too long ago, a friend of mine showed me a site called BUY.com and now I know why everyone says why buy.com rocks! They have a huge selection of great products and even offer special shipping deals (FREE SHIPPING too!). I love the fact that I can shop from the comfort of my own home and not have to worry about wasting time standing in line or wasting gas driving to shop. It’s so much easier to just shop online, don’t you think? I bow down to the internet creator!

I made a why buy.com rocks video and even though I look terrible the video speaks for itself. BUY.COM ROCKS!!! Love it. They even have a feature where you can check with competitor’s pricing to see if they may be cheaper. Now that is pretty cool, it shows that they are honest! I also love how they have video product reviews. I have never seen that on a site before so that was pretty cool!