Monthly Archives: January 2008

Jan 11

A Little Greener in my Kitchen

 

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This year I’m trying to “Go Green” a little bit at a time. I’ve already got a bit of a start to my project 🙂 My Mom brought me this great bottle of Seventh Generation Free & Clear Dish Liquid, and I love it! It is very gentle on my hands, and does a great job getting the dishes clean. My kitchen feels a little greener all ready.

 

Today I also had a cleaning task to tackle, my garbage disposal was getting a little stinky. I used Dried Orange Peels and Baking Soda to freshen up the garbage disposal, and it worked out great. The “garbage disposal cleaner” was easy on the budget as I had everything on hand, and very environmentally friendly too.

Jan 11

Friday’s To Do’s

We finally have a little bit of warmer weather today, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. We have lots of errands to run, and we will be out in the weather for most of the day. I hope we can get it all done. Here is what we have planned for today:

  • Bills and Post Office
  • Go to the ATM
  • Get Gas for my car
  • Clean out my car
  • Wash at least 2 loads of laundry
  • Empty Upstairs Trash Cans
  • Sweep and Clean Dining Room
  • Wash all Dishes
  • Go To Wal-Mart
  • Go To Walgreens
  • Start the Packing for James Trip

I hope the kiddos are ready to go lots of places today, and I hope the weather holds out too and stays nice 🙂

Jan 10

Midwest Dillons Deals

We will be doing lots of traveling over the next week, and I hope to make it to the Dillons sale. The sale is going on from 1/9/08-1/15/08 🙂 Here is what I’m shopping for:

  • Kroger Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast or Tenderloin $1.77 lb (bag 3 lbs $5.31) (price with Plus Card)
  •  Ragu Pasta Sauce 16-26 oz 10 for $10 (price with Plus Card)
  • Hunt’s Snack Pack 4 ct or Betty Crocker Brownies 18.3-20.5 oz 10 for $10 (price with Plus Card)
  • Dillons Sandwich Bread 24 oz 10 for $10 (price with Plus Card)
  • Lipton Pasta, Rice, or Veggie Side Dishes 10 for$10 (price with Plus Card)
  • Clorox Green Works assorted Home Cleaning Products 2 for $5 (price with Plus Card)
  • Bounty Paper Towels 8 count $7.00 (price with Plus Card)
  • Glaceau Vitamin Water 4 pk 2 for $7 (price with Plus Card)
  • Naturally Preferred Organic Milk 64 oz $2.99 (price with Plus Card)

Now I just have to go through my coupons and see if I can save even more 🙂

Jan 10

Sneak Peek

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Last night I finally got to work with my beads. I’ve snapped a sneak peek pic of what I’ve been working on. So far I’ve got 4 new bracelets to add to the NicoStuff collection, and I have a few more projects in mind that I want to add too. I hope to have the new bracelets ready for orders soon, so keep checking the Jewelry Pages for the new NicoStuff  gear.

Jan 9

Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

I’ve had a few requests for the Oatmeal Cookies that we have been snacking on. I started with the Hershey’s White Chip Apricot Oatmeal Cookie Recipe, and then I edited the recipe to fit my hubby’s tastes. Although the White Chip Apricot Cookies are pretty tasty too.  It is a very simple Oatmeal Cookie to make, and a great base to add in any of your cookie favorites.

Oatmeal Cookies:

3/4 Cup (1 1/2 sticks)  Margarine, softened (I’ve even melted it and it works just fine)

1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar

1/2 Cup Packed Dark Brown Sugar

1 Egg (I use large)

1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract (you can add in a little more if you like)

1 Cup All-Purpose Flour

1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

2 1/2 Cups Quick Oats

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees
  2. Beat margarine, granulated sugar, and dark brown sugar until fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Add flour and baking soda; beat until well blended. Stir in Oats and Vanilla. Loosely form rounded teaspoonfuls dough into balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  3. Bake 7-9 minutes or just until lightly browned; do not overbake. Cool slightly, and move cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

I also like to use my melon-baller to make mini-cookies, I bake those for only 8 minutes. The last batch I made were Giant Oatmeal Cookies, I would bake those for the full 9 minutes.
They are pretty tasty cookies, and I hope you enjoy the recipe.  Let me know if you make a batch and how they turn out 🙂