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How Much We Spent on Groceries and What We Ate – Week 6 of 52

By Mavis Butterfield on February 11, 2019 - 29 Comments

Hello Monday! I checked in with Mrs. HB last night and she said she has about 8 inches of snow on the ground in Gig Harbor, WA and that they are expecting more today. We currently have ZERO snow on the ground but according to the HH we might get around 8 inches of snow Read More >>

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12 Goals for the New Year

My 22 Goals for 2019 – Week 6 of 52

By Mavis Butterfield on February 10, 2019 - 38 Comments

My 22 Goals for 2019 Goal #1 — Spend More Time Doing What I Love I spent most of Sunday and part of Monday looking out the window and admiring the snow…. But now it’s all gone now. It was nearly 60 degrees on Tuesday and now our road is one big soggy mess. Sniff Read More >>

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Weekly Highlights

One Hundred Dollars a Month – Mavis’ Weekly Highlights 2/9/19

By Mavis Butterfield on February 9, 2019 - 6 Comments

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ~ Albert Einstein Hello Saturday! Snow in the Northwest, wind in the East, what’s going in the MidWest and South? Is it me or does it seem like everyone is getting a dose of some pretty crazy weather this weekend? Make a pot of soup Read More >>

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Ask Mavis

Ask Mavis – Chicken Coop Plans, Square Canning Jars, A House for a Mouse and More

By Mavis Butterfield on February 8, 2019 - 13 Comments

It’s that time again. You ask, and I pretend to know things and answer your burning questions. It really is so much fun to open my inbox and see the wide variety of questions you guys have. Reminds me that my readers are so diverse and pretty dang awesome. So keep those questions coming and Read More >>

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Garden Tips, Gardening

8 Tips for Beginning Gardeners

By Mavis Butterfield on February 7, 2019 - 23 Comments

If you are new to the gardening scene {Did you even know it is a scene? Well, it totally is.} and have decided this is YOUR year to finally start that garden you’ve always wanted–I thought I would put together a quick and easy couple of tips to get your started. Some people are food Read More >>

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Chicken, Dinner, Main Dish Recipes, Recipes

Thai Chicken Peanut Noodles

By Mavis Butterfield on February 6, 2019 - 14 Comments

We used to eat stir-fry probably once a week, but grew tired of eating the same dish over and over again. So I asked the HH to try something different, maybe a noodle dish with some sort of peanut sauce, and boy did he deliver! The ingredient list might seem long, but the simple directions Read More >>

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Gardening

So Apparently I’m Not the Only One Who Loves a Good Snow Day…

By Mavis Butterfield on February 5, 2019 - 12 Comments

Report: Hello, from the SNOWY Pacific Northwest! I sent Mavis a comment Monday morning, since we all know she is crazy for the white stuff. Really, if you are in Western Washington unless you are in the mountains, snow of any amount is a rare occasion…and a pretty big deal. She responded with a request Read More >>

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Weekly Shopping Trips

How Much We Spent on Groceries and What We Ate – Week 5 of 52

By Mavis Butterfield on February 4, 2019 - 46 Comments

The first part of the week was pretty boring with dinners like beans and rice, soup and eating random things out of the cupboard. Do you ever do that? Have a few days go by where all you really eat are bits of miscellaneous food here and there, never really sitting down to eat? Everything Read More >>

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