Group buy special

I got the Emergency Essentials magazine/sale ad thing in the mail yesterday. Here are some great buys if anyone is interested. Maybe Sally will pick them up again??

Freezed-Dried White Meat Chicken (21 oz.) normally $42.95.
Group buy needs a minimum of 12 cans - $28.00 per can

Tomato Powder (68oz) normally $30.95
Group buy needs 12 - $20.oo per can

Freeze-dried Strawberry Dices (7 oz) on sale $14.99 a can
discounted to $14.29 if you buy 6 or more

They also have a new can size, better for a pantry. #2.5 size.
The best deal in this size is the peach chunks (4 oz). ( I know we did peaches last time too)
#10 cans of peaches are 8 oz. and cost about $3.00/oz. This can size on sale is about $1.45/oz. Quite a bit cheaper. The peach chunks are $5.99 per can or $5.79 for more than 6 cans. They also have a pop top lid and they have the same long shelf life.

They also have many of their Mountain House entrees on sale this month.
You can check out the prices on www.beprepared.com or call me and I'll look at my list for you.

Some of these things are limited quantities so the sooner we order the better.

If anyone wants the chicken or tomato powder we HAVE to get at least 12 altogether.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you improved the organization of your homes too!!

September Goal Update

So, when I read Leesa's goal for September I got all hoity-toity and thought, huh, my house is already cleaned and organized...what..am..I..going..to..do. Turns out....I have a lot to do. I now get to clean out my ENTIRE office (Aka giggle room), clean everything off (in case mold spores are on it), pull up the carpet and pad, replace carpet/pad, possibly paint and then move everything back into the room without my large wooden cabinet (that now has to go to the dump) which held most of my things. This is by far the most expensive family goal I have done all year. Boy, I just hope it gets done by September 30th. I would hate to fail the goal.

Oriental Grilled Chicken

So when I was in the hospital having Ryker I ordered from
the menu an Oriental Grilled Chicken Salad and liked it
so much I tried to copy at home and think I did pretty good.
I bought a bottle of Lawrys Hawaiian Flavored Marinade which
is in the section of at Walmart by the BBQ sauce. I marinaded the
chicken and then grilled it. So you need
Grilled chicken
lettuce/spinach
green onions
cheese
tomatoes
mand. oranges
chinese noodles ( I got Rice Noodles)
slivered almonds
and Kraft has an Oriental Dressing that is almost exact.
We have all loved having the salad so thought I would share.

Rocky Mountain Cookies

These are the cookies that Steve made for FHE the other night.


Rocky Mountain Cookies
1 c. sugar
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 c. softened butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2 c. oats
2 c. Rice Krispies
1 bag chocolate chips

Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Sift dry ingredients separately, then add to mixture. Fold in oats, cereal, and choco chips. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until very lightly browned. Yields 6 dozen cookies

santa baby annie

We went to Walmart the other day to get Annie's traditional red and white suit pictures done. Here's the link if you want to see the cute little button.

In case that didn't work, go to www.myonlineportraits.com. The session number is 104440 and the password is 2VDCY

And if that doesn't work, well they probably aren't there anymore. :)

We are using picture #32 for the world to see....

Christenson August Goal

So as you can all guess we did not accomplish this goal this month. I did work on
reading all the new mom and baby papers I got at the hospital and tried to keep
up with my scripture reading so sad to say even thought is was a great goal
Baby Ryker got all my attention and when he didn't need me my bed did!

cook august resuts

I chose the book "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" by Dr. Laura. I'll be honest, I haven't had much time to read, so I'm not quite finished yet, but I'll get there soon. So far basically all I've gotten out of it is this:
1. Make home made dinner for your husband
2. Give him the lovin' he needs when he needs it
3. Let him know he's your hero

I feel like I already knew that and try my best to do that, but I guess it's a good reminder to acknowledge the fact that "men are simple creatures" and trying to make them more complicated only complicates your life unnecessarily.

I'll finish it because I'm hoping there are a few more little tricks up her sleeve to make your man happy... maybe something I hadn't thought of before. But like I said, I always need a good reminder that I can be a better wife.

Goal for Dad and Mom

OK!! That worked so now here goes. I will do Dad's and mine together as always.
The books Dad and I choose to read were the only books in the apartment. We did
not get out to the farm to get new books so here goes.
Dad read the book called Simplicity by Carolyn Rasmus. It taught him that there are
a lot of things that clutter up our lives that are not important at all and we need to
sort out those things and rid them from our lives. I read this book a while back and
so that is why it was in our apartment. This just does not mean material things but
can also include things like envy, fear, anger, and jealousy. It was a good church book
and I am glad for this goal because it got your Dad to read.
Now for me. The lady upstairs just moved it and was going through some stuff and
gave me two books. One was poetry and the other is the one I read.
The book is written by Bill Cosby called Love and Marriage. I thought it would
probably be a good book to read. I was wrong and I recommend it to no one.
What I learned from this book was that the secret to a happy marriage is the angle of
the toilet seat and that Bill is a better actor then an author. This book for sure will go
to the second hand store or the garbage.
This still was a good goal because we both read books. Thank you Dan!!!!

I am going to try this to see if I can made an entry before I write everything down.