Besides the automatic monthly deposits we make into the boys' bank accounts, this year I have started making additional matching transfers when I do these things:
1) return something to the store
2) get a reimbursement check
3) resist the temptation to splurge on a want
Today when I read about a Haiti relief donation challenge on moneysavingmom.com I decided to transfer yesterday's $100+ return to LDS Humanitarian Services instead. By linking this post to some other blogs, I can more than double this amount.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Food Storage Analyzer
When Emergency Essentials released their Food Storage Analyzer I pulled up my complicated excel spreadsheet and entered my food storage inventory into the analyzer. I projected teenage boy ages for the baby and pre-schooler and it told me to project 9200 calories a day. Based on this, I learned that I have 163.81 days of food stored up with percentage shortages of sodium and fat. But we're at 220% of fiber! Now where's that wheat grinder?
The best feature is that you can add things to the inventory from the grocery store or that I've purchased from their competitors like Walton Feed or the LDS Cannery. If you look at the nutrition panel, you can easily plug in the carbs, protein, fiber and the system will tally up and tell you if you've got a good balance of nutrition. My own spreadsheet tracks the retailer, price and date of items that I've bought (so that I can rotate FIFO), so I won't be getting rid of my separate inventory, at least not until the analyzer adds fields for this info. Overall, I am pretty excited about this feature. Oh, and also the $10 gift card for writing this review doesn't hurt one bit.
The best feature is that you can add things to the inventory from the grocery store or that I've purchased from their competitors like Walton Feed or the LDS Cannery. If you look at the nutrition panel, you can easily plug in the carbs, protein, fiber and the system will tally up and tell you if you've got a good balance of nutrition. My own spreadsheet tracks the retailer, price and date of items that I've bought (so that I can rotate FIFO), so I won't be getting rid of my separate inventory, at least not until the analyzer adds fields for this info. Overall, I am pretty excited about this feature. Oh, and also the $10 gift card for writing this review doesn't hurt one bit.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Pear Galette
My mom sent me a recipe for this crust years ago. Nice pears were abundant on the clearance rack and this was the result. We will definitely be making this again! The free-form crust was so much more my style than a nicely crimped pie crust.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
QOTD
Scene: Living room. Mother and son are building a spindly lego tower. Tower breaks and falls down.
M: Oh no!
S: What happened? Did you go big yuckies in your pants?
Saturday, August 8, 2009
2 boys
I'm happy to say Luke has graduated from the baby tub so there is now more room for splashing so less water gets on mom.
Although fully able, Luke does not want to sit.
This photo depicts circumstances that led to the inaugural "Naked Time Out." Samuel didn't really deserve the time out he got, but I didn't know what else to do. I said "Yes, you can play in the rain," not realizing it meant a gallon of mud would be smeared all over the house. So we disrobed in the backyard and went straight to timeout. Here's a link to CPS. Nevermind.
Although fully able, Luke does not want to sit.
This photo depicts circumstances that led to the inaugural "Naked Time Out." Samuel didn't really deserve the time out he got, but I didn't know what else to do. I said "Yes, you can play in the rain," not realizing it meant a gallon of mud would be smeared all over the house. So we disrobed in the backyard and went straight to timeout. Here's a link to CPS. Nevermind.
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