Menu 7-4/7-10-11

Hey y'all. My computer is still being repaired, I am trying to use Big Daddy's little notebook but it is SO slow it drives me crazy!

No shopping pictures this week. I was not real excited about ANY of the sales and I went over budget...
(Shopped hungry and with Sissy) Oh well...

Here is the Menu for this week, we have a Cook-Out for the 4th and that's about it! We are going to be working over time trying to get ready for a yard sale!

Monday:
Cereal
Turkey Pizza Burgers w/ salad (Carry over)
**Cook Out**

Tuesday:
Yogurt w/Granola
L.O.s
Chicken Macaroni Casserole (New)

Wednesday:
Giant Breakfast Cookies
Grilled Cheese w/Fruit
Petros w/Corn on the Cob

Thursday:
Cereal
L.O.s
Asian Chicken & Veggie Kabobs w/ Brown Rice

Friday:
Muffins
Cheese,Crackers,Turkey and Grapes
      ?

Saturday:
HM Breakfast Bars (New)
Corn dog Muffins w/Fruit (Carry Over)
   ?

Sunday:
Crustless Breakfast Quiche- (New)
PB Banana& Honey Sandwich (Carry Over) w/Fruit
Steak, Baked Potatoes,Baked Beans, Grilled Mixed Veggies, Mushrooms and Onions

Sunday Shopping

I'm REALLY hoping that the sales pick up soon! It's been VERY slow the last few weeks. I'm only going to show you the two trips that I was excited about(One from middle of the week). The other trips I took I didn't have many coupons and I didn't think the sales were great...

Kroger:

5 Huggies Wipes- On Sale buy 5= $1.49

 Used .50cent coupon that doubled to $1

 Paid .49 each

15 Powerade Zero 32oz- On sale .69 each

 Used a Buy 10 get 5 FREE coupon

 Paid .35each

(I got 30 of these earlier in the week, I found the coupons at Kmart)

Root Beer: .69cents

Wavy Lays Chips: $1.99

Cream Cheese: $1

Oatmeal Cookies: $1.25

Pillsbury Pie Crust: $3.19

Paid: $17.92

Tax: $2.00

SAVED: $21.29 (57%)

CVS:

**Please keep in mind that I did MULTIPLE transactions to get these savings...

4 Huggies Diapers: On sale 2/$18
 Used 4 $2 coupons

4 Finish Gel Packs: On sale $2.99
  Used 4 $1 coupons

2 Schick Razors: On sale B1G1 $8.99
 Used 2 $4 coupons


Paid: $4.62
Tax: $5.66
SAVED: $67.96

**I rolled LOTS of ECBs!!  Great Price for ALL of that!!  :-)



Menu 6-27/7-3-11

Well my computer is still messed up but, I am going to try to use this old one until it gets fixed.

Sissy and Big Daddy had a Daddy/Daughter date today so they went to see Cars 2! I got all my shopping done this morning so just me and Brother hanging out...although truth be told my Cars obsessed little boy would rather be at the theaters too!!  :-)

Nothing going on this week, so going to try to get things done around the house!
This week is a bunch of repeats and newbies on the menu...

Monday:
Cereal
HM Chicken Nuggets w/Mac and Cheese (Carry Over)
Tortellini Marinara w/Green Beans (New)

Tuesday:
Smoothie w/Granola
Enchilada Stuffed Shells (Carry Over)
Corn Crisped Chicken & Potato Dinner (New)

Wednesday:
Cereal
Eat Out
Taco Casserole w/Corn on Cob

Thursday:
Omelet w/Toast
Corn Dog Muffins w/Fruit Salad (New)
BBQ Chicken w/Potato and Corn Salad (Carry Over)

Friday:
Breakfast Bars (New)
Sandwiches w/Chips and Pickles
Turkey Pizza Burgers w/Salad (New)

Saturday:
Breakfast Burritos
Grilled Hawaiian Pizza (This has been on the menu for weeks b/c I haven't made the dough yet!)
Low Country Boil (New..Recreation from Savannah Trip)

Sunday:
Biscuits and Gravy w/Sausage and Eggs
Picnic
Meatloaf and Taters w/Peas and Rolls

The Winner

And the Winner is....

JOSH OGLE!!!!!


I want to thank everyone that entered my giveaway!

Hopefully I will have the laptop fixed soon and can get back to blogging!  :-)

Keep checking back because I am going to do more giveaways for Cookbooks and whatever else I come up with.

Sunday Shopping

With it being Fathers Day I cut back this week on shopping...

Brother got up at 5:30 and we hung out until Sissy got up at 7:30 and we were on the road by 8am.
 Big Daddy worked 9 days in a row(from where we went on trip) and he was VERY tired! So I thought the best present was to let him sleep in!

I didn't see anything I needed at Walgreens, so I just ran in real quick and used some Register Rewards to buy my papers.
3 Knox Papers $1

Then we decided to check out the Double Coupon Event at K-Mart

Finish Gel Packs: On sale $3.49
 Used .75 cent coupon that doubled to $1.50
 Paid $1.99 each

Weber Marinade Pouch: 10/$10
 Used .55cent coupon that doubled to $1.10
 Paid .45cent each

Paid $7.90
Tax: .93
SAVED:$6.18

I possibly could have got these cheaper at Walgreens or CVS but, I needed them now  :-)

As we were paying it started storming like crazy! I couldn't even see my car in the parking lot let alone navigate two kids there...Needless to say the kids got an extra 15 minutes to look at toys!

After that we went to CVS

4 Pantene 2N1: On sale 2/$6.97
 Used 2 $3/2 coupons
 Used $8 ECB


Paid:
Tax:$1.36
SAVED:$19.96
Received $4 ECB


Then we went to Kroger, I only had 5 coupons for there this week so everything else is just stuff that we needed. Not really a "saving trip" just normal groceries  :-)

Dixie Plates:$2.25
 Used .50cent coupon that doubled to $1
 Paid $1.25

Johnson's Curly Shampoo:$3.19
 Used .50cent coupon that doubled to $1
 Paid $2.19

10lbs Potatoes $3.59

Red Potatoes:$2.99

Bananas: .78

Celery: $1.39

Corn on Cob: $1.52

Parsley:  .89

Red Onion: $1.33

Thyme: $1.99

Sweet Potatoes: $1.49

Tomato:$1.35

Yellow Squash: $1.01

Zucchini: $1.07

Cherry Tomatoes: $2.49

Cucumber: $1.99

Arugula: $3.25

2 Ground Beef: $6.35

Skillet Steak: $5.38

Wamplers Sausage: $2.99

2 Chicken Breast: $7.22

Chicken Tenders: $3.88

Beef Gravy: $1.04

2 White Vinegar: $1.79
 Used .50 coupon that doubled to $1
 Paid .79

Apple Cider Vinegar: $2.19
 Used .50 coupon that doubled to $1
 Paid $1.19

Kroger Milk $3.29

Paid: $69.55
Tax: $5.56
SAVED: $14.19(18%)

TOTALS for the day:

Paid: $80.21
Tax: $7.85
SAVED: $45.33
With $4 ECB for next week  :-)

Menu 6-19/6-26-11

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!

I am so VERY blessed to have the best Daddy in the world! He has taught me so much in my life and I love him SO much! Love you Daddy!!

The "OTHER" Best Daddy in the World!! I am also VERY blessed to have Big Daddy! So very proud of the Daddy that he is!! I love you Hun!


The "Commander and Chef" grilled us an AWESOME lunch and we spent some time with family! Other than the rain it's a great  Fathers Day!

We have a few things going on this week; Eye appointment, Trip to Chucky Cheese, and Sissy's going to spend a few days with Grandparents at the end of this week.

Here is the menu for the week:

Monday:
Cereal
HM Chicken Nuggets w/Mac and Cheese
Shepard's Pie

Tuesday:
Oatmeal w/Toast
Sandwich w/Apple and Dip
Grilled Chicken w/Sweet Potato and Green Beans

Wednesday:
Bacon,Egg, and Cheese Sandwich w/Fruit
**Chucky Cheese**
Taco Salad w/Corn on Cob

Thursday:
Cereal
Corn dog Muffins(New)
Grilled Pork Chops w/Potato and Corn Salad

Friday:
Yogurt w/Granola
BLT Pasta Salad (New)
Grilled BBQ Chicken w/Salad

Saturday:
?
L.O.s
Pinto Beans,Cornbread,Sauerkraut&Wienies,Fried Taters, w/Tomato,Onion and Cucumbers

Sunday:
Breakfast Burritos
PB and Banana Sandwich
Better than Restaurant Beef and Broccoli

*Dishes in RED are links to the recipe! :-)

***DON"T FORGET to enter my Giveaway to win a Coupon Binder FULL of Coupons and the June issue of All You! Go HERE to enter and don't forget to leave me your name in the comments! :-)

1st Giveaway!!

OK guys, I have been at this a while now and thought it was time to do a giveaway! A lot of the responses I have got lately on my blog have been on coupons, SO I decided my first giveaway would be a coupon binder!!

This binder is a standard 1/ 1/2 inch, 3 ring binder. It has dividers and 30 coupon sleeves(each sleeve has 9 pockets) full of coupons!!  I am also going to throw in the June issue of All You magazine. It has $91.60 worth of coupons in it!  :-)

There is a variety of coupons here:
Cleaning
Pet
Snacks
Health and Beauty
Medicine
Etc....

I am also going to include some coupon info. Coupon abbreviations, guides, and coupon policies for some of the popular stores.

So think about it, have you wanted to coupon and just don't know where to begin? Do you know someone that coupons and they need a binder? Do you just want some extra coupons?? Than this is for you!!

Here is how to enter:

1.) Become a follower and say hello! (1 entry)

2.) Like Working Mommas Kitchen  on Facebook (1 entry)

3.) Blog, Tweet, or Facebook about the giveaway (1 entry)

That's 3 Chances to Win!
Remember to Leave a Separate Comment for Each Entry!
I will use random.org to choose a winner!


*Giveaway Starts: Friday June 17th @ 5pm EST

*Giveaway Ends: Monday June 20th @ 10pm EST

*U.S. residents only

* I will post the winner HERE Tuesday morning and you will have 24 hours to contact me @ WorkingMommasKitchen@yahoo.com.

Thanks for entering and keep checking back because I will be doing more giveaways in the future! :-)

Run Away with Me...Day 2

In case you missed it here is Day 1 of our get-away. Now we are on to Day 2!

**Warning LONG photo heavy post!**

Tuesday morning we got up early and headed out for Wormsloe Historic Site(Plantation). A 1736 Colonial Estate near Downtown Savannah.
Noble Jones came to Georgia with James Oglethorpe in 1733. He leased 500 acres from the colony's Trustees on Isle of Hope.
 Noble Jones named his estate "Wormslow"(Which was later changed to Wormsloe)

When you enter you are greeted with these beautiful lines of Oak trees(more than 400!) "Oak Avenue"

The trees were planted by Wymberley Jones De Renne in the early 1890s to commemorate the birth of his son, Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne.

We were both expecting to see the big white house with the pillars etc..(What you think when you think plantation) Well guess what...there are descendants of Noble Jones that still occupy that part of the site and it's not open to the public.

So moving along we visited the museum to get a little back history. Then we walked back to the "Tabby Ruins". 

What is Tabby? Tabby is a type of building material used in the coastal Southeast from the late 1500s to the 1850s. Tabby is lime,sand,oyster shells, and water.

Noble Jones tabby house was completed in 1745. Construction took 6 years and 8,000 bushels of tabby.The 1 1/2-story structure was built inside a rectangular wall(8ft) with four bastions(gun mounts) on each corner.
The home was twice the required size of contemporary Savannah houses and contained 5 rooms, making it an imposing dwelling for it's time and location.

Next we went to the Observation Deck which overlooks a water channel known as Jones' Narrows. A main waterway for ships passing through the area in the 1700s.

Then we went to the "Living History Camp"

Our Review: We are glad that we went to learn and feel the history of this place. HOWEVER, the "Oak Avenue" was the best part of this place.(And worth the trip) Until they open up the plantation house to the public it is not a "must see"(Just keeping it real)  :-)

Keeping up with the "history" theme(Has anyone figured out that my husband is a history buff??) our next stop was Fort Pulaski

In the second quarter of the 19th century, US military engineers built Fort Pulaski on marshy Cockspur Island to guard the river approaches to Savannah,GA.

Construction began in 1829 and required $1million, 25 million bricks, and 18 years of toil to finish.

April 10th, 1862 the walls were demolished by union cannon fire. Forcing the Confederates to surrender the fort.

Craters made by Union artillery.

Some of the shots are still in the wall

After all this history I had to take a break..we had a picnic and then we drove right down the road to Tybee Island

            That night we chose to go to The Crab Shack for dinner

                Did I mention they have an alligator lagoon??

The outdoor dining area had an awesome vibe

Yum Yum

We finished the day with a beer at the pier...

and a sunset...

We had a great trip and I REALLY hope it's not another 5 years before we get to Run Away together! :-)

Thanks to YaYa for keeping the kids for us!! :-)

**Keep checking back because I am going to do a give-away soon!   :-)

Run Away With Me... Day 1

So Big Daddy and I had a chance to "run away" last week, just us!(THANKS YAYA!!!)
We got married in 2006 and we never had a chance to take a honeymoon so we decided 5 years later that we needed to get away together alone. We decided to go to Savannah, and I am glad we did! :-)

The first day we spent in downtown Savannah, we took a historic trolley tour. If you ever get a chance to visit Savannah I really recommend doing a guided tour. There is NO way we would have seen everything or learned about everything going at it by ourselves! AND the traffic pattern down town is HORRIBLE! There are a TON of one-way streets! Most going around the many charming city squares. (Big Daddy wants me to point out that it was HIS idea to do the trolley tour)  :-)

Day 1

Forsyth Park  is a large city park that occupies 30 acres in downtown Savannah.The park was originally created in the 1840s,and was originally 10 acres. In 1851 the park was expanded and named for Governor John Forsyth.

Did you know the scenes in "Forest Gump" where Forest is sitting on the bench waiting on the bus was filmed in Savannah? Yes it was! The bench was located at the North end of Chippewa Square, the bench was only there for the filming of the movie.

Other movies filmed in Savannah:
Something to Talk About  with Julia Roberts and Robert Duvall (One of my ALL time favorites)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with Kevin Spacey and John Cusack
This is a picture of the Mercer House  in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"

We chose The Pirates' House for lunch that day.

Situated in Trustees Garden, The Pirates' House is in the most historic spot in Georgia. When General Oglethorpe arrived from England in 1733,the Trustees Garden was established as a experimental garden. Botanists hoped that conditions would be ideal for grapes for wine as well as Mulberry trees for silk. Both of these crops failed, however, conditions were perfect for PEACH trees! :-)

The Herb House inside The Pirates' House is said to be the oldest house in Georgia. It was built in 1734 to house the gardener for the Trustees Garden.

The Old Pirates' House first opened in 1753 as an inn for seafarers, and fast became a meeting point for pirates and sailors from the seven seas. Stories still persist of a tunnel extending from the old rum cellar beneath the Captains Room that led to the river through which men were carried unconscious, to ships waiting in the harbor. Only to wake the next day to find himself at sea, bound for a port half way around the world.

The historic validity of the Pirates' House has been recognized by the American Museum Society which lists this tavern as a "House Museum".

In the classic Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Savannah is mentioned several times. It is said that Captain Flint, who originally buried the famous treasure on Treasure Island, died at The Pirates' House in an upstairs room.

We both had the Smokehouse Burger, which was a Cheeseburger topped with Bacon,BBQ sauce, and onions.  We LOVED it! We actually make something similar to this that we call a "Ranchero".
(We chose not to have seafood because we were going to be having seafood for dinner the next night)

They also have employees that dress up and talk like pirates. It's awesome! And be sure to ask them "Where is Jack?" You will love the reaction!! :-)

Later that night at the last minute we chose to do a Ghost Tour around Downtown Savannah, Americas most haunted city! It was fun and I would recommend it as well! They take you on a trolley around town at night and tell you all the places were paranormal activity has happened. Who was murdered where, etc... They also take you to a grave yard, you can't go in but they do give you some very interesting history about the graveyard, including how one guy "died before he was born". HaHa

The start of the tour was on River Street so we walked around there while we were waiting on the tour to start. Living in the tourist trap of Gatlinburg,TN, River Street gave us the Gatlinburg vibe with all the t-shirt shops etc.. so we weren't as in to it as others may be.(Just keeping it real) It was beautiful though on the river and with the cobblestone road. And just for the record...I did buy the kids t-shirts there!HA HA Both got pirate shirts! :-)

That's all I got for now, come back soon for Day 2 where we go to a Plantation, Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island! :-)

AND keep watching b/c soon(when I get it in order) I am going to be doing some give aways!