Throwing Dinner Together

So tonight is the last night before payday which means we have next to nothing left in the kitchen for food. I pulled out hamburger meat and intended on making hamburger helper (something we always make sure to have). I cooked the meat and added frozen corn (I always add some form of veggies) and then I added the noodles and sauce mix. I look at the box to see how much water to add and then I discover it calls for milk.(I grabbed the wrong box) This wouldn't be a problem except we had run out of milk and the closest open store is over 15 miles away!!!! So I substituted water. Well by the time the noodles were tender there was still way to much excess water. So I look in the fridge and discover the perfect solution: Instant Potato Flakes. I add these a little bit at a time until all the water is absorbed. I then tried it and it wasn't half bad. I served it up and everyone liked it... total success. Score one for momma!!!! This right here proves a major rule: Always keep staple ingredients in your kitchen...until next time...

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Freebies and Coupons

So after I started going back to school I signed up with www.heyitsfree.com. It's a freebie site that sends you daily emails about free samples and other free stuff you can get in the mail. I have gotton a lot of stuff from this site like shampoos, conditioners, hair dyes, toothpaste, facial cleansers, pet food etc. I have also recently signed up with www.thatfreebiesite.com this site shows you a whole list of different freebies including full size products. I am also a big coupon clipper. I check out every coupon site I can find and print out their coupons. I even go as far as making a spread sheet to keep track of all my coupons. Some good coupon sites are coupons.com smartsource.com and redplum.com. I also subscribe to several couponing sites/blogs. My favorite is Coupon Censation they have lots of coupons and all kids of freebies. My absolute favorite site to use of all though is SWAGBUCKS. This site is awesome. For everything you do online you can get points. The points can then be turned into prizes. I have gotten a lot of cool stuff like amazon gift cards, a Nutragena Wave, and a ProGlide Fusion all FREE!!! And all I did was use the swagbucks search bar. You can sign up with swag bucks following the link below. Good luck and happy surfing.
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Meet our Family

I am Ashley a stay at home mother of 3 boys. I have been married for going on 6 years to my husband Clayton. Together we have Johnny (born in 2006), Xavie (born in 2008) and Ryder {Ry}(born April 2011). Currently I am a college Sophomore taking online classes studying Criminal Psychology. I hope to end up working for the FBI. My older two kids will be starting school in the Fall. So I will start having the house mostly to myself (Ry will be here of course but at his age he doesn't get into much) I am looking forward to it I maybe able to take on an extra class or two next term. I spend my free time checking out freebies and couponing. I hope to one day be as good as the people on Extreme Couponing. It would be nice to leave a store with over $500 worth of stuff and only spending $20 or less. We like to spend a lot of time out doors and working out. We try to make weekends about spending time together. I like to cook and bake. I love trying out new recipes. My main goal right now is to get the most out of our money. It isn't easy but with 3 kids we gotta start cutting corners. Most of the  activities we do have to be low or no cost. And when we figure in cost of stuff we have to consider gas prices as well. But that is for another post.