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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

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Quote of the Day “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” Amelia Earhart

Poor Lucy Puggle. We awoke at 3:30 am yesterday to the sound of Lucy getting sick on our bed. And then she proceeded to get sick another 14 times over the course of the next 3 hours outside. It was awful. 🙁 I have no idea what upset her stomach but I’m pretty sure she got it all out of her system because by around 7 am, she was ready for breakfast.

She was totally fine the rest of the day and last night. Weird.

Dogs are so much like toddlers I tell you! 😉

Have a great day everyone,

♥ Mavis

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Looking to save on your water bill this summer? Check out my 10 Lawn Watering Conservation Tips.

Home and Kitchen Deals

REI Garage Deal of the Day –Mountain Hardwear Microchill Zip T Fleece Top – Women’s $26.73 {was $55}

Add on Items

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If you’ve got a baby shower on your calendar these Baby Burp Cloths are super fun {and easy!} to make. Get the directions HERE.

Kid’s Stuff

Zaycon Foods is now taking orders for their upcoming events. Below are their offerings and prices in my area.Go HERE to find out what is available in your area. Simple Freezer Meal Meatloaf – Meatloaf is hands down one of the easiest freezer meals to make.  {Pin for Later}

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She was a Catholic, A Sewing Enthusiast, a Smoker and a Collector of Cookbooks

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This blog.

It amazes me sometimes.

I never know what’s going to happen next.

Maybe you feel that way too.

Some days I wake up and I don’t know how it’s possible that after 8 1/2 years of writing, I can still come up with something worthwhile enough for someone to read. Maybe I’m still here because I need you. Or you need me. I have no clue. But the one thing I know for sure is that the people who do read this blog on a regular basis, the ones that have been around for awhile, know me. And many times, in ways that surprise me.

Take last Saturday morning for example.

One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Stephanie left me this comment:

“Unrelated but I happen to have an estate sales notification for alerting me to things I am looking for ( aka wool and cookbooks) and although I’m in PA it alerted me to this sale which I believe is near you. They have a pile of wool….. looks nice. Just thought you’d like to know. https://www.estatesales.net/WA/Gig-Harbor/98329/1584708?highlight=Cookbook+Cookbooks”

I replied back:

“Thanks for the heads up!!! I might pop over tomorrow and see if the wool is still there {and for a lower price}. Awesome”

Fast forward to 9 am Sunday morning and I’m standing inside the home of someone I don’t know looking through their things along with about 50 other people.  I assume this person has died and one of their relatives is selling the persons estate.

It felt strange being there, going through the belongs of someone {presumably dead} I don’t know, hoping to find something I might be interested in enough to pay for and take home.

Yard sales are one thing, but going through this person’s home and garage was a little unsettling to me. It made we want to cry. All of those things… they belonged to someone. Why didn’t this persons family want them? Donate them? Give them away to someone that did? It was then as I was standing there with all these questions swirling around in my head that I realized that I had never been to an estate sale before. Or at least I couldn’t remember ever going to one.

You can tell a lot about a person without ever knowing them just by seeing how they live. I had the feeling the home belonged to an older woman who had been widowed for some time. How did I come up with that? Well, for starters the entire downstairs was dedicated to her sewing supplies and the closets were stuffed with linens. No man would ever own 15 sets of sheets for a 3 bedroom home.

The garage had minimal tools, there were hundreds of cookbooks and the amount of figurines were astounding. And the VCR collection, I’m going to go out on a limb and say Grandma didn’t have cable tv. 😉 And this was the second day of the sale, I can only imagine what all was there on day one.

The thing that almost made me lose it though was the master bedroom. Or rather the dresser. My grandparents had the exact same dresser in their bedroom. And their dresser was scattered with old photographs, statues of Madonna and rosary beads too.

And then there was the pink ceramic angel ornament.

About 22 years ago I owned a kiln. I made ceramic ornaments and sold them at the local Farmer’s market and holiday craft fairs. I owned the exact same mold that made the angel ornament pictured above. Even weirder is the fact that I painted all the angels I sold in a light blue and pink paint. I even added a fine glitter to the wings and dress, painted the eyes in the same way and used gold paint for the halo.

I have no idea if this is one of the angels I made or not, but a year or two before my grandmother died, I decorated an entire tree for my grandparents in angels. Angels that I hand made. And here was one of the same ceramic angels looking right back at me. It was almost as if my grandmother was there saying hello.

So thank you Stephanie for thinking of me when you got an email notification for an estate sale offering cookbooks and wool in my neck of the woods {even though you live in Pennsylvania}. I wasn’t going to go, but changed my mind at the last minute, and I’m so glad I did.

Have a good Tuesday everyone. Hug somebody you love today! For me.

~Mavis

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Think a Weird Looking Rock Will Stop You From Overeating?

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I see a lot of strange things on the internet. Some days I see more strange things than useful things. Today was one of those days. I just read this article on a rock that is supposed to stop you from overeating. Yep. Just plop the rock in the center of your plate and you’ll eat less.

First, I do think, as Americans, we overeat. We just heap on the portion sizes and have done so for so long, it’s second nature. So we head to a restaurant and overeat because the plate is heaping and we’ve grown so accustomed to it, we just keep shoveling. So I get that there’s a need to curb overeating and help pair down portion sizes. BUT, I’m not sure putting a rock in the middle of my plate will get the job done. It might make me giggle, but I’m skeptical about it’s success rate. Because, well, YOU ARE EATING WITH A ROCK ON YOUR PLATE!

The rocks are dipped in colorful, food-safe, heat-resistant silicone and are supposed to sit right in the middle of your dinner plate {or breakfast or lunch plate, too!} just occupying space.  It’s supposed to work like some sort of visual trick so you believe there’s more food in front of you than there actually is. Because of that, you are supposed to be more satisfied. I’d be like, “well this looks like one hot dog, some beans and a rock.” Can’t fool me!

Seriously, if you bought this… hmmm, I think you need to have your head examined. What will they think of next?

What do you think? Would a rock deter you from overeating? Do you think it’s a pretty wild thing to spend money on {especially when you can grab a rock out of your garden for FREE}? Do you think a smaller plate would work better?

~Mavis

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Quote of the Day “It is the same with men as with horses: those which do the most prancing are generally the ones which make the least progress.” Baron De Stassart

Hello Tuesday!

Did you buy any fireworks for tonight? Anyone watering down their lawn {and maybe roof?} later this afternoon just in case? I always like to water down the yard {we have a tile roof} in the off chance someone’s fireworks go astray. You never know, and it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Temps should be in the mid 70’s today and I think I’ll be roasting some weenies on the grill and making the corn salad recipe I’m sharing below for dinner. How about YOU? Any big plans for today?

Stay safe,

♥ Mavis, Lucy Puggle and Holly Hobbie

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Looking for something to whip up for a side dish today? This recipe for Corn Salad with Tomato and Feta is pretty awesome. Get the recipe HERE or Pin if for Later.

Home and Kitchen Deals

Lane Brant is offering Buy 1 Get 1 Free Tops, Crops, Capris & Shorts. 

Add on Items

Colgate MaxFresh Wisp Disposable Travel Toothbrush, Peppermint – 24 Count $3.41

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Prime Pantry Deals

If you are an Amazon Prime Member, you can get FREE Prime Pantry shipping {a $5.99 value} when you buy five qualifying items. Shop Prime Pantry.

Looking for something fun {and inexpensive} to do with the kiddos this summer? Check out the list of  Summer Movie Programs for Kids on Tuesdays & Wednesdays We have listed HERE. Admission is only $1 for most of them. Go HERE to see movies listings in your area.

Kid’s Stuff

Amazon has 30 Kids eBooks on sale for $1.00 each. Go HERE to see the titles available.

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