Still at it...

Still managing the weight loss...start weight..(GULP!!!!) 225......there it is in black and white for everyone to see.... now 6 months later I am down 41 pounds

with another 24 to go...Just returned from two family reunions and stayed on plan as much as to be expected and only had a 1.6 gain...not bad, not bad at all...I got to spend plenty of walking time with my niece and had some good girl fun talk.... I had my Weight Watchers lead call me on Monday and make sure I was going to come in for the weigh in and meeting..she did and I showed up...was not as bad as I would have thought...So still here working on myself and staying on Plan...Thanks for all the support!

I am still here!

Just been working on myself lately.....After having a baby some 5yrs ago I have now just begun to realize that it is time to finally lose the "baby weight". So off  toWeight Watchers I go and now I am officially down 26 pounds with another 39 to go to get into my Healthy Weight range for my age! So I have been doing a lot of re-do in our family recipes and making them Healthier "BUT" Taste the same...SO far so good....No one is complaining and I have found out that ...


1. A little oil goes a long way in a recipe.
2.  Cooking from scratch is still healthier than buying any of those processed foods!
3. That I cook very healthy but SERVING sizes was my biggest problem!
4. I am a pretty darn good cook! ( Hey ask my eldest child and she could tell  you some stories about  my cooking..I think at one time she claimed she was starting to grow feathers from all the chicken we where eating at one time some 10 yrs ago!)
5. The gardening and some planting have taken place so hoping that those fall/spring veggies start coming in soon to save some cost at the grocery store. 

More on this later....And I think I will post some of my newly re-done recipes into the mix also... So here is to a  New Year !

Revisiting Coupons other than Grocery Coupons

I posted a question on How people use grocery coupons and how they make it work a few months ago..However..I am not one of those people..I gave up..wish I could but I buy store brand and shop the sales add weekly and this works for us fine...However I have recently gotten into using Store coupons....Example: When I have to go to  town and shop for Clothes or art supplies or any Retail store I have found that the Store usually has a coupon for 40% off one item or 15% off total purchase and sometimes I can combine two % off coupons...I have bought New shirts for $1.25 a piece regular price $40.00.... I usually go to the store web site and see what coupon they offer and print it out...make my list for town (we go about twice a month as it is an Hours drive to the nearest city) and get what is on my list....another example was today...I went to a local Retail store I needed underwear for my son and socks...the sale was buy one and get one 1/2 off mix and match..I got one of each regular price for both would have been $20.98...I had a 20% coupon and a $10.00 off store coupon so total was $3.58 plus .29 tax...Not Bad!... Hope this encourages you to take advantage of  the stores now instead for them taking advantage of you! :) 

Mr Coffee gave up!

Mr Coffee quit! He gave up and no amount of cleaning would start him to perking again! So New coffee pot for us!...But wait I had this stored in my garage....But how does it work...several tries and some internet research later and I had some weak but drinkable coffee....(think I may need some help with the stove top  Percolator..)







However, after several calls to parents on how to make it work they had this beauty stored away...Works like a charm! No filters..(bonus on frugal  side :)...It is a original Percolator and brews HOT coffee in nothing flat..Thinking I may never buy a new "traditional coffee maker" again!! So not only did I save on buying a new coffee pot I learned several new ways to brew coffee today...(I may never sleep tonight!) ..May you never be without your Cup of Joe in the morning! 

Not Your Ordinary SALSA!

Remember these...and the "Cats" that dug them up?

Green tomatoes....We wrapped most of them up in newspaper and some have already ripened...A neighbor gave my parents some more and .....

HOT peppers...along with some other peppers we collected along the way... We put our crafty minds together my Mother and I and created this...

No it is not Green gruel...How about Green Tomato salsa...IT IS YUMMY!!! 

13 pints of the stuff...... PLUS we put up 6 1/2 pints of Jalapeno Pepper Jelly!...Good Eats Indeed!

What da Heck!....I think I am in a dream..

Must have met my Kitty catch for the week...Late  yesterday Animal Control came and picked up the traps...they said they would bring them out again on Monday...BUT..Over night our Guest was back...so we will have to wait and see what happens over the weekend...In the meantime we found a Mouse in the House last night...I think I am turning into the Little Old Lady who lived in a Shoe who had to many ANIMALS she did not know what to do! HA! Well as least I still have a sense of Humor...(Maybe at least one of Cats should have stayed...Hmmmm? Maybe not!)

Day Two of the "Skunk"?!?!?! Capture...

Nope...Day two it is another Kitty....I think we are on Kitty patrol here in the Panhandle?!?!....Well they are coming to pick this one  up and set another trap...lets see what tomorrow brings