Jan 06

Sign up is Now!!!! Build a FREE savings shed with your kids tomorrow

Home Depot is having a FREE workshop on Saturday, January 7, 2012 from 9am – noon at all Home Depot locations. These workshops are designed for kids ages 5-12 so keep that in mind. Pre-registration is recommended.

Your child will build a Savings Shed similar to the one pictured above as well as receiving a kid’s sized orange apron and an achievement pin.

The Home Depot holds these FREE Kid’s Workshops the first Saturday of every month with a variety of projects. What a fun and inexpensive project to do with your children!

 

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Jan 05

Pinaple Fajitas

A mixed platter of beef and chicken fajitas wi...

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 each medium green, sweet red and yellow pepper, cut up
  • 1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
  • 2 tablespoons fajita seasoning mix
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple chunks, drained
  • 8 flour tortillas (10 inches), warmed

Directions

  • In a large nonstick skillet, cook chicken in oil for 4-5 minutes. Add peppers and onion; cook and stir 4-5 minutes longer.
  • In a small bowl, combine seasoning mix and water; stir in the honey, parsley, garlic powder and salt. Stir into skillet. Add pineapple. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.
  • Place chicken mixture on one side of each tortilla; fold tortillas over filling.

     

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Jan 05

Duck Breast Pan Steamed in Wine

Duck breast with apple-honey sauce and wild rice

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Last night while watching Kitchen Nightmares they cooked a Duck Breast and we thought we would give it a try.  I looked up recipes in one cookbook but couldn’t find anything I liked… so we made our own.  (After checking with my mother who I’m sure has cooked Duck before).  The Duck Breast were scored and boxed from the frozen section of our Kroger….  It came out pretty good if I do say so myself.  The apple was added because of my mother’s suggestion that it would remove the ‘gamey’ taste.   – The picture isn’t it, I forgot to take a picture and it was eaten before I could think of it. – but it is a picture of duck.  I also steamed rice to go with.

The Duck breast were each $5.99 and the apple, wine, and other ingredients were already here. (I always have Steamfresh veggies too since they are frequently on sale with a coupon, making them really cheap)

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Jan 04

Review HomeSmarts 2.2 App

HomeSmarts 2.2 App

I love this idea!  I just downloaded it and am ready to start entering tasks now.  Things like changing the furnace filter get forgotten pretty easy around here.   When I first opened it, the app walked me through a series of questions that included the type of home I have, type of heat and air, and more.  The app then my to-do list that includes checking the dishwasher, cleaning air ducts, and even cleaning the vacuum coils on the fridge.  Most things included are items I never would have thought of! – Best of all, it’s FREE currently.

 Whether you’re a brand new homeowner or life-long landlord, one thing about maintaining a home is certain: if you don’t do it right, things fall apart. Our HomeSmarts app will help you sort out what needs to be done, and when. So ditch those annoying sticky notes! Just tell us a little about your home and we will:

* Customize your home maintenance schedule.
* Simplify your to do list.
* Recommend easy preventative strategies to save you money.
* Explain how to do it yourself.
* Advise you on seasonal essentials.
* Refer you to expert pros.

 

Review: This app is easy to and serve a good way to remind you of stuff to do around the house and explain how and why to do it.

 

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Jan 04

Free Kindle Book – Organize for a Fresh Start

 

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I love free books.  I have to admit my Kindle is full of them.  Here’s is one I found and links to information about more.

A free Kindle Books available today:

Organize for a Fresh Start: Embrace Your Next Chapter in Life

 Reading the first few chapters did get me thinking about STUFF. Our lives are about stuff, and we design our lives around stuff that we have, and stuff we don’t have but want to acquire, when it’s not really the stuff that matters. It’s what we DO that matters. I appreciate what Susan West writes about adapting your stuff to what matters in your life, but in the end, it still feels like it’s still all about the stuff. – Source Amazon Review

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