$10 Gift Card to the Mall
Friday, August 28, 2009
Receive a $10 gift card to your local mall (Streets of SouthPoint for you Raleigh folkds) with no strings attached. Visit http://www.shopsmartlookfab.com/ to sign up for your $10 gift card. There are 500 gift cards per mall and you can sign up until 9/18.
You can redeem your gift cards during the Shop Smart event at participating stores on September 17-19.
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HT Super Doubles
I made my first trip to HT this morning for Super Doubles. I wasn't in the mood at all to go grocery shopping but we have a packed weekend ahead of us and this was the only time I had to go. So I packed up the boy, coupons and reusable bags and headed out. I did pretty well but I think if I'd been in "the zone" I may have done better. This was our big grocery trip so there were alot of things that didn't have coupons but were needed.
2 packs Keebler Cookies
2 boxes Poptarts
2 boxes Raisin Bran
1 box Corn Pops
2 Packs Dole Fruit Cups
HT EVOO
HT Diced Tomatoes
2 HT Black Beans
Ball for Jude @ 75% off
Bag of Discount Apples and Pears
2 Organic Salad Mixes
Bananas
Grapes
Avocado
Cucumber
3 Sweet Potatoes
Bag of Vidalia Onions
Bread
5 Breyers Ice Cream
Digornia Flat Bread Pizza
2 Kraft Cheeses
Danonion Yogurt
Yo Plus Yogurt
HT Tortillas
OJ
OOP: $65.53
Saved: $61.97
Breastmilk - Never Recalled
One way we saved a ton of money is by breastfeeding. (12 mos of BFing saves approximately $1,433) Jude has been breastfed for 14 months. My initial hope was to BF for 1 year and then consider weaning but now that we're here it makes me sad to think of quitting. I'll admit it was really hard in the beginning with extreme pain, mastitis and latching issues but after 2+ months of struggling we finally hit our stride. I didn't like breastfeeding at first. It hurt. It took a look time. I always had to pee during. It consumed me, literally. But I knew it was best for my son and my only reasons for wanting to quit were selfish. Honestly we couldn't afford formula so I had to tough it out. I'm so glad I did. (It's amazing what you can do when you have no other options)
Jude exclusively breastfed for 6 mo. and then we started introducing solids. He loved him some solids but he also loved some milk. Now at 14 mo we basically only BF before sleeping. (naps and nighttime. occasionally in the morning or if he's grumpy)
I read an article today about recalled formula and then saw someone comment with this list of slogans for breastfeeding and thought they were pretty awesome.
Here are my Top 10 Breastfeeding Slogans:
1. I breastfeed because I couldn't produce enough formula.
2. Breastmilk: Never Been Recalled.
3. I drink until I pass out.
4. If breastfeeding in public disturbs you, please feel free to put a blanket over your
face.
5. My baby does not like to eat in the bathroom, do you?
6. Yes, I am still breastfeeding; get over it.
7. Formula-$10. Paci- $2. Breastfeeding - Priceless.
8. Don't be a weaner. Breastfeeding is for toddler's too!
9. When you feed your children in a bathroom, I will too.
10. Instant Happy Baby: Just add breastmilk.
Plus:
"Breastfeeding: A Moveable Feast".
I will be sad when we end our breastfeeding adventure but who knows when. I have no idea when or how to even start weaning.
At what point did you completely wean your baby if you breastfed?
How did you do it?
Alter Ego - Giveaway
Thursday, August 27, 2009
So last weekend I got my free haircut at Alter Ego. It's short and cute and 100% better. Kellie cut my hair and she did a great job. I'd post a picture but I don't have one yet and I haven't done my hair today. Joe is going this evening to get his free haircut. I'll be sure to take some pictures!
Alter Ego, in downtown Raleigh, is doing free haircuts for new customers until Labor day, September 7th.
However, if you can't get an appointment before 9/7 don't worry I can still save you a little money.
At my appointment I receive 2 referral cards which I will be randomly giving away to 2 lucky readers.
The Card Offer:
$10 off your 1st visit
$15 off your 2nd
and the 3rd haircut is FREE.
To Enter
Follow or Subscribe to my blog and leave a comment letting me know.
If you are already a Follower or Subscriber you can still enter, simply share this entry via Twitter, Facebook, share on your blog, or otherwise. Leave a comment and let me know how you promoted this give-a-way.
Give-a-way Ends 9/15/09 at midnight. (My 2nd Anniversary!)
A winner will be chosen randomly.
Free Order Friday at Chick-Fil-A
Hey Raleigh Folks,
Tomorrow, August 28th is Free Order Friday at the Capital Crossing Chick-Fil-A.
What is Free Order Friday?
Well, Whatever you purchase on Friday, August 28th, save your special colored receipt and redeem it for the same order FREE on a future visit during 2009!
Receipt redeemable only at the Capital Crossing location. Not valid on catering or delivery orders
Freebies from Whole Foods
Update: Looks like Whole Foods was freaked out by the response to the coupon and they have now changed it to expire on 8/27.
Print these two coupons here and here for Whole Foods Market and pick up a FREE Rotisserie Chicken and a FREE Fiesta Flower Bouquet (or take off $5 from any other flower bouquet).
This offer is valid at Whole Food Stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Expires September 15, 2009.
Our Yo Gabba Gabba Obssesions
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Jude doesn't watch much TV. Usually we're always on the go but on the rare occasion I'm feeling lazy or the weather isn't cooperating the DVD player is my BFF.
Now the first year in our townhouse we had free cable but then one random day the cable company wised up and left us searching for our antenna. Luckily we have a huge selection of DVDs, and a Netflix subscription so we'll survive. But before we lost our cable we discovered Noggin and Nick Jr. Those channels you usually skip over if you're not a parent. Jude's favorite part of Noggin was Moose A. Moose and the songs between shows. If they made a DVD of just those songs I think it'd sell like hotcakes! He also took a liking to Yo Gabba Gabba, mostly because mom and dad took a liking to it.
I mean seriously, this show is pure genius. It not only appeals to 1 year olds but also 31 year olds. If you have to watch a tv show 25,038 times you need to pick something with songs you don't mind humming all day, every day. With special guest like Jack Black, The Ting Tings, The Shins, Amy Sedaris and Biz Markie what's not to love.
We own 2 YGG DVDs and 1 Nick Jr. DVD with an epidsode of YGG. Jude knows where these DVDs live. He also knows how to turn on the TV, DVD player and receiver. He turns everything on and dances around with the DVD case in hand until I turn the show on. (Right now he's turning on the DVD player.) To most people "GaGa" is just a typical sound that babies make but in our house it means serious business.
Win a Masden Cycle
Check this out!
Masden Cycles is doing a giveaway each week to anyone who helps them spread the word about MADSEN, and anyone with a web presence (blog, Twitter, website, etc.) can win!
See the details below!
Beginning of Super Doubles at HT
Today is the day. Get your coupons together and start saving.
Breyers Ice Cream is B2G3 and with the $1/2 coupon that should make for some super cheap yumminess.
For a list of all the great deals check out Southern Savers. I like it when someone does the leg work for me. All I have to do is make my list and pull the coupons.
I'm sad won't be able to go shopping until Friday :(. So in the meantime leave me a comment telling me how you did, I love hearing about everyone's great deals.
Free Coffee - 8/26
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
If you live or work in downtown Raleigh and drink coffee then you're in luck!
Tomorrow morning (8/26) between 7-9am 101 Lounge and Cafe will be serving FREE Joe Van Gogh coffee.
Zaxby's Free Milkshake - N/A in NC
Update: Apparently this offer is only good at select Zaxby's in the Greenville/Spartanburg, SC area. Sorry.
Today only 8/25, get a FREE fun size milkshake at Zaxby’s from 2pm till close. They are 10 oz shakes and you can choose Chocolate, Strawberry, or Vanilla.
Check your location here to make sure they are participating
Chick-Fil-A Insider
Monday, August 24, 2009
While browsing on Facebook I noticed an ad for Chick-fil-a. Now I'm a huge fan of Chick-fil-a and they seldom do coupons or freebies but when they do you can expect to see me there! The ad mentioned something about a FREE Chicken Biscuit!
So here's the scoop. Becoming A Chick-Fil-A Insider and receive specials.
(I can't find it again to let you know the exact details but either way you should sign up!)
Let's Eat: Grilled London Broil
I often find great deals on Natural London Broils at Harris Teeter. (Once I got a $15 steak for $3!) I never really knew how to cook London Broil but for $3 I'm willing to learn. Now I have a whole arsenal of steak recipes I can pull out at the drop of a hat.
One of our favorites recipes is Grilled London Broil because it makes for great leftovers either on a sandwich, a salad or even in a burrito! Now London Broils are a tough cut of meat and require a little preparation to make them delicious. But if you follow these two easy steps I promise you'll love it. Step one is to tenderize and step two is marinate. Simple.
I start with a meat tenderizer and beat it until both sides are well punctured.
Then I put it in a plastic bag, add my homemade marinade and let it soak up all that goodness for at least 3 hours (24 hours is ideal).
Then Joe takes over as grill master and works his magic.
Now I don't like overdone meat so we usually do about 6-7 min per side(depending on the thickness of the meat). But if you can't stand the sight of pink meat I'd leave it on a bit longer.
Here is my homemade marinade recipe:
- 1/4 cup dry red wine
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon spicy whole-grain mustard
- 2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried leaf oregano
YUM!
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Scoop Sunday
Sunday, August 23, 2009
We love Cameron Village. We especially love Cameron Village on Scoop Sunday! In the past Scoop Sunday consisted of a limited selection of Baskin Robbins ice cream flavors. Well watch out BR there's a new kid in town and his name is GoodBerry's Frozen Custard.
On Sunday, August 30 from 1-5pm the newly opening GoodBerry's will be giving away 1 scoop of frozen custard to each customer with a valid coupon. Coupons can be found in most Cameron Village shops or you can download one from the CV website.
Good while supplies last!
There's Nothing to do in This Town!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
I remember saying that alot when I was in high school. I'm sure it was partly true but mostly I was just uninformed. Every Saturday I would read the EVENT section of in the newspaper but it was usually a list of book clubs and church carnivals. YAWN. But now thanks to the evolution of the internet my calendar is always full!
I thought I'd share a few of my resources for keeping up with all the hot events going on around town. If you don't live in the Triangle I'm sure there are similar sites in your neck of the woods.
Triangle Mom2Mom - A division of the News and Observer that helps mothers in the Triangle connect, share advice and keep up on exciting events.
Carolina Parent - A monthly magazine published for parents in the Triangle.
City of Raleigh - This one takes a little looking around but alot of City Parks, Museums and Art Associations list their upcoming events on this site.
Visit Raleigh - Just pretend your a tourist and there's tons of stuff to do!
Downtown Raleigh - Where all the hip kids go to find out where to go and what to do.
Independent Weekly - Music, Movies, Cultural Events and MORE!
And thanks to Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites all of my mommy friends keep me up-to-date on everything else.
A few upcoming events I'm really excited about are Book Babies at East Regional Library, Heros, Villains and Special Effects at the Museum of Life and Science, Mordecai Historic Park Baking Contest, and Baby Time at the Cameron Village Library.
What resources do you use to keep up with events in your area?
Super Doubles
I haven't even started recovering my coupon binder from triples and now there's talk of Super Doubles at Harris Teeter again. I've heard this from alot of reliable sources so I better get moving.
Super Doubles will be 8/26 - 9/1
Discovering a New Park
Friday, August 21, 2009
Yesterday after a doctors appointment Jude and I decided to check out a new park. We were near REX Hospital and I remembered going to a park off Edwards Mill Rd. awhile back. So I drove around a bit and low and behold we found it! Laurel Hills Park
What a cool park. The "All Children’s Playground was carefully designed for the enjoyment of children of all physical capabilities." In addition to the standard swings and slides there are several swinging bridges and lots of towers to climb. Jude had fun toddling around chasing an older boy. We didn't stay too long since it was like 1000 degrees outside. But when the weather cools down a bit we will definitely be going back.
Purple
Meal time is always a fun adventure around here. Jude eats pretty much everything we eat. I'm not about to cook a separate meal just for him. (Unless we're having something I know he can't eat. But usually there is some part of the meal he can enjoy.) Last night I made Chicken Piccata, Baked Purple Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans. Now Jude loves regular Sweet Potatoes but I'm pretty sure Purple Sweet Potatoes blew his mind.
He ate a whole sweet potato and loved every bite.
Now this baby can pack away the food. At this meal he ate some goldfish, some yogurt covered raisins, a few green beans, some chicken, a whole sweet potato, a few cookies, some bites of mommy's Klondike Bar and a whole strawberry.
Our first visit to Marbles
Yesterday we went to Marbles Kids Museum with our friends Andrea and Oscar. Thanks to a friend we had free passes to Once Upon a Thursday story time, however we didn't actually go to story time. It was our first time and there was fun to be had. However, I will admit it pales in comparison the Museum of Life and Science. But since that is in Durham and we are in Raleigh we will probably frequent Marbles.
Jude toddled around and investigated the play area of course finally deciding the trash can was the coolest thing there. I did finally convince him to check out some of the actual play things. He agreed the miniature car was stellar.
We will definitely be visiting Marbles again. Especially if our friends go.
Mourning to Dancing
Thursday, August 20, 2009
I feel an unexplainable and illogical joy this morning.
Yesterday was a very hard day but it was also a beautiful day filled with grace and love.
We spent almost 3 hours at the doctors office in the morning. Jude didn't take a single nap all day. We were sad. However, during our time of mourning we received an abundance of love and support from our family and friends. Joe's boss gave him the rest of the day off and we spent the afternoon just being a family. We went to the library, took a walk, and relaxed at a coffee shop. Jude finally went to bed a little earlier than usual. Joe and I had a quiet dinner together, watched a good movie and went to bed at a reasonable hour. I awoke this morning with so much peace it made me laugh. I'm sitting here listening to music and watching Jude laugh as he toddles around the house.
I'm reminded of Psalm 30:11-12 "You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; to the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you for ever."
God is so good. We are so blessed. Blessed to have friends that extended offers to help watch Jude, bring us food or just help in anyway possible. I know we have so many faithful friends that are praying for us and we can definitely feel those prayers.
Our Spirit Baby
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Today we are sadden at the loss of our pregnancy. We'd just found out a week ago we were expecting so it was a short lived journey but still hard nonetheless. Last night as Joe and I were talking and he reminded me of "Spirit Babies" which we'd read about in Peggy Vincent's Book, The Baby Catcher. It brought me great hope to know that one day we will meet this baby.
I know that God is watching over us and will bring peace and healing to our home.
Here is the excerpt from "The Baby Catcher"
Spirit Baby
Colin, my twelve-year-old son, discovered me late one rainy afternoon sitting at the kitchen table, a damp Kleenex crumpled in my left hand, wiping my eyes as I tried to compose myself for his sake. It was the third week of January, two months after I’d miscarried a pregnancy, but I still found it impossible to get through a day without at least one meltdown into misery.
...
Colin asked, "Are you crying about the baby?" and when I nodded tearfully, he said, "Well, you just have to have another one, Mom, because it’s a Spirit Baby, and you should be its mother."
I must have looked puzzled because he said, "Don’t you know about Spirit Babies? How could I know about them if you don’t? I mean, you’re my mom!" But he could see my perplexity.
So my first child, this not-yet-teenaged boy, pulled a wooden chair to my side and draped his thin arm across my shoulders, saying, "Well, Mom, here’s how it is. See, I was one myself, so that must be how I know. Anyway, every woman has a circle of babies that goes around and around above her head, and those are all the possible babies she could have in her whole life. Every month, one of those babies is first in line. If she gets pregnant, then that’s the baby that’s born. If she doesn’t get pregnant, the baby goes back into the circle and keeps going around with all the others. If she gets pregnant but something bad happens before the baby’s born…now listen, Mom, because here’s the really cool part. It goes back into the circle, but it becomes a Spirit Baby, and all the other babies give it cuts. Each month, it’s always first in line. Isn’t that great?
"So you just have to get pregnant again, and you’ll have the same Spirit Baby. If you don’t, though, then the baby circle will just beam that little Spirit Baby over to some other woman’s circle, and it’ll be first in line for her. It keeps being first in line somewhere until it finally gets born.
"But it’d be a shame for you not to have it yourself, because I know how much you want it. So you just have to try again. Mom, remember that baby you lost before I was born?" I nodded wordlessly. "Well, that was me. Really. I’ve always known I was a Spirit Baby. I mean, I know what I’m talking about here, Mom."
Our Field Trip to Durham
Monday, August 17, 2009
Last Thursday Jude and I took a little field trip with our friends Kim and Jacob to the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham. We got a little lost on our way there and couldn't find a gas station anywhere in Durham on our way home but all the hassle was worth it! It's a little bit pricey (kids under 3 do get in free) but one day I might consider getting a membership. (For the 2 person membership you'd only have to go about 4 times a year to get your money's worth) Anyway it's a great place and we're hoping to go back in September when Joe's parents come to visit. There is a special exhibit we want to see; Heros, Villans and Special Effects!
We only stayed about 4 hours so we didn't get to see and do nearly everything but hopefully next time we'll be able to pick up where we left off. Jude really like the butterflies, there were so many of them flying around. We played instruments in Loblolly Park, danced in soundSpace, built towers to knock over, played in the toddler learning area, launched giant seeds, pumped water, laughed in the fog, steered a sailboat, and much more.
More Cow Bell!
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Meal Planning
Lunches will either be left overs or sandwiches. (PBJ, Turkey, Veggie Wraps!)
Monday - CG some sort of vegetable.
Tuesday - Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce
Wednesday - Black Bean Burritos
Thursday - Chicken Picatta, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Peas
Friday - Pizza
Saturday - Sun Dried Tomato Artichoke Chicken
Sunday - Grilled London Broil, Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans
Monday - CG Brownies
Tuesday - Cincinnati Chili
Wednesday - Tacos
Thursday - Spinach Baked Ziti
Friday - Pizza
Saturday - Wedding
Sunday - Picnic
HT Triples - Trip 1
Friday, August 14, 2009
I had to put a few things back because I had more than 20 coupons. This is the first time that has ever happened. So maybe tomorrow we will make another trip.
In addition to my good deals I'm pretty sure the manager gave me money back for something I never paid for to begin with. It's a long an complicated story and I didn't actually figure out what happened until I got home.
Here's what I got:
Corn Meal Mix
2 Muffin Mixes
Cookie Mix
Newmans Own Pasta Sauce
Huggies Natural Diapers
Wishbone Salad Dressing
Grande Tortilla Chips
Satin Care Shaving Gel
Gum Tooth Bruch
Earth Spinach
2 Avocados
Organic Bananas
Zucchini
Earth Grain Bread
2 Klondike Bars
B & J Ice Cream
2 Red Baron Pizzas
Florida OJ
Heluva Good Cheese
Curad My Little Pony Bandaids!
Kix
Dinner Rolls
OOP: $33.35
Saved: $46.19
Received: $5 back from crazy manager!
Let me explain... I had to IP coupons for the Kix and Dinner rolls that the cashier couldn't get to scan. HT has a policy that if the IP won't scan they won't take it. So she removed them from my order. Then the manager had me come over to the Service Desk where she tried the coupons again and got them to work. So she gave me the difference of the coupons tripled. I didn't really understand what happened since I had Jude with me and he was all over the place and the lady talking wasn't making any sense. Oh Well.
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My opinion on opinions.
Monday, August 10, 2009
I use the internet alot... mostly to keep in touch with friends(cute pictures of babies mostly), to find information(who sang that song, "Steal My Sunshine"?) and buy things (mostly Freebie Blogs!). One part of the internet I try to steer clear of is all the people that, what I like to call, rant blog. (This term can apply to Facebook posts, Twitter or any social networking site.) Rant Blogging is just plain annoying and doesn't really serve any purpose.
Example: I don't like coconut. So I join an anti-coconut FB group and post all kinds of links and blogs about how horrible coconut is and people that eat it must be ogres. Obiviously people that hate coconut will join me in my coconut bashing efforts. But people that love coconut will debate me, saying how can you be so ingorant? only morons don't like coconut.
What was gained from all my anti-coconut cyber soliciting? Nothing
Now lets apply this to real life. Politics. Religion. Parenting. People have very strong opinions about these issues and I think it's great to be passionate. But I think waiting until someone asks for your opinion makes a greater impact. Most likely they are willing to consider your point and in turn spark a constructive conversation about the topic, even if they don't embrace your views.
I'll admit I have trouble sticking to this plan. I get really excited about an issue and must let everyone know I've figured it out and I'm RIGHT!
Here's the real question is this post a rant blog?
BTW Len sang "Steal My Sunshine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMl2QtZmLEQ
Clean up that mess.
So Jude isn't officially walking independently yet but he gets around pretty well. In fact today alone he's managed to:
- clear 2 shelves of DVDs
- throw away 4 cans of tea
- empty a tin of 30+ tea bags
- pull out a few of Joe's books
- read the newspaper
- play with the pots and pans
- pull the DVD bin out of the shelf push it around the room while dropping a few DVDs every few steps.
Win Some Salsa
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Play the Pace Hand-Pick & Win 2 Game. One (1) in every twenty (20) wins a coupon for a free jar of Pace Salsa! Each person can win a total of five (5) times during this promotion. The promotion will end 7/31/2010. This should give you plenty of opportunities to win several free jars!
Read more...What have you been reading lately?
Thursday, August 6, 2009
The last book I finished was Pirates in an Adventure with Napoleon by Gideon Defoe. It was a pleasantly fun and easy read, I recommend it!
Now, I'm pretty picky when it comes to reading. If I'm not in love with the book it will take me years to finish. Even if the book IS remotely interesting I fall asleep within the first few pages. I don't know why but books make me sleepy. It doesn't matter the time of day, as soon as I start to read my eyes get heavy and I re-read the same sentence 30 times before I finally give up.
However, if I'm fortunate enough to find a book that captures my attention I will read everything I can find by that author. Usually this plan works. Take for instance the book I just finished Pirates in an Adventure with Napoleon before this book I read Defoe's other Pirate books; Pirates in an adventure with Scientist, Pirates in an Adventure with Ahab and Pirates in an Adventure with Communists. (I recommend them all!) This method has also worked with anything written by Roald Dahl! But then again it is ROALD DAHL what's not to love. However, on a whim I once bought a book by Paul Auster entitled Travels in the Scriptorium it was a great book somewhat reminisent of an episode of the Twilight Zone. So in keeping with my plan I picked up a copy of another book by Auster, Timbuktu. I've been reading this book for 3+ years and it only has 192 pages. I doubt I'll ever finish it but it still sits on my nightstand hoping to be read.
So lately I've been reading anything by David Sedaris. I started with Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim then progressed on to Holidays on Ice. My plan seems to be working out pretty well, not only is Sedaris a great story teller and humorous I like reading his stories based in Raleigh. When he references, Crabtree Valley Mall I know excatly where that is and what it used to look like before the big remodel during the early 90's. There's something comforting about that. Anyway, I'm currently reading Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays. I like short stories alot since I'm not very patient and I need to know the resolution will come swiftly. My plan is to finish reading the rest of Sedaris' work and then find some new author. Most of the books we own fall into 3 categories:
1. Horror - Joe loves some Steven King, I do not.
2. Christian - I do like reading practical books on Christianity but it's not really reading for entertainment is it?
3. Board Books - Jude has a great selection of books but I think I should aim a little higher than My first Letters.
So I will be employing the wonderful Wake County Library online book request to fulfill my reading desires.
This is why I'm asking you... What have you been reading lately?
Some Free Things TO DO
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
I have a few coupon transactions to blog about but I wanted to take a little break to inform you of some free events to add to you calendar.
North Hills
Raleigh Durham Radio Controlled Airplanes - August 22nd
Saturday, August 22nd in the North Hills Commons.
9:30am
After the farmers market the RDRC full show will begin.
Music, food, and fun for the whole family!
More info http://www.flyfortots.com/
National Night Out - Tuesday, August 4th
August4th, 6-8pm
This event is complimentary to the public, and is a great way to interact with local law enforcement officials, their vehicles, and other Raleigh organizations dedicated to building a strong community. Read more...
Menu Planning Monday
Monday, August 3, 2009
I got a great deal on some Natural London Broils at Harris Teeter. BOGO! Also, Whole Foods had chicken this week but no ground beef. Luckily, we still have some left over from last time.
Monday: CG - TBD
Tuesday: Fried Orzo w/Veggies and Basil
Wednesday: Pineapple Chicken, Rice, Peas
Thursday: Chicken Tacos
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Burgers, Baked Beans, Sweet Potato Fries
Sunday: Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce
Monday: CG - Black Beans and Rice
Tuesday: Baked Chicken, Boiled Potatoes, Okra
Wednesday: Black Bean Burritos
Thursday: Ropa Veija, Rice
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Spinach Baked Ziti
Sunday: Grilled London Broil, Sweet Potatoes, Peas
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