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Junk Jail

By Christi, on February 14th, 2012

I saw this on Pinterest and this blog and love it. We start tomorrow.

Whenever a kid leaves their belongings around the house I will put them in Junk Jail (a designated basket). To get their belonging back they’ll have to draw a penalty and do what it says. I just printed out the “penalties”:

Clean out car.
Take out recycling.
Pick up in backyard – fill a bag.
Rub dad’s feet for 10 minutes and do, ‘this little piggy’ to him.
Clean a sibling’s room
Wipe down the bathroom toilet
Clean a bathroom mirror while singing any song.
Clean out silverware drawer
Wipe down outside of fridge and have a treat afterwards.
You are free but this is a WARNING!
Wipe down all the door frames.
Wipe bathroom floor.
Give mom and dad a hug and say, “I will try not to leave my stuff out again.”
Vacuum out the couches
Sweep the front porch
Empty bathroom garbages
Write a letter to someone who has done a service for you and tell them thank you.
Vacuum kitchen floor
Fold 10 pairs of socks
Rub dad’s head for 10 minutes while telling him how thankful you are for him working so hard.
Rub mom’s head for 10 minutes while telling her how thankful you are she takes care of you.
Pick up back porch and ride your bike up and down the hill.
Read to Rieslin for 10 minutes
Vacuum den
Vacuum living room
You are free but this is a WARNING!
Tell all of your siblings 3 things you love about them.
Write 30 times “I will not leave my things out.”
Do 25 jumping jacks while singing, “I am a cleaning machine.”
Run around the house for 1 minute and see how many things you can pick up and put away.
Clean off the princess table with a wipe
Draw a picture of you picking up things and your mom and dad smiling BIG!
Make up a song about a clean house and perform it in front of your family.
Make your bed blindfolded.
Clean out the dryer lint trap
While hopping on one foot, wipe the kitchen counters off.
Choose 2 items of yours to donate to Goodwill.
Vacuum your bedroom
Vacuum all the air vents
Hand wash 3 dishes
Wipe down the toilets
Pick up front yard and beg your mother for forgiveness.
Design a machine on paper that cleans the whole house and gets you ready for the day.
Water the plants
Tell us the story of David in the Lions’ Den
Organize mom and dad’s shoes.
Do a load of laundry (Wash, dry, fold, put away)

Meal Plan 12-28-11

By Christi, on December 28th, 2011

Beef with Broccoli
Primal Philly Cheesesteak in a Bowl
Bacon Lovers Dream Pie
Roasted Cabbage with Bacon
Steak with grilled veggies and sweet potatoes

Sew, sew, sew…

By Christi, on December 26th, 2011

I’ve been doing a lot since a couple weeks before Christmas.

Baby doll sleeping bags w/pillows for my girls:

Both girls got a set of matching PJ’s for them and their doll:

I made Gigi a backpack:

and tonight, since R2 lost her FIRST TOOTH, I made this pillow for her tooth:

Aldi vs Publix

By Christi, on October 27th, 2011

I stopped by Aldi on a whim yesterday and spent $26 (mostly on produce). I had Publix’s prices for this week fresh in my head since I’d just looked over the ad, so that helped. Here’s the comparison:

My Aldi Receipt:

Broccoli Crowns 16 oz 1.49
3 Green Peppers 1.99
Celery 24-ct. .99
Honeycrisp Apples 2lb 1.49
Sweet Onions .44/lb (they were in bags, advertised as “2lb for 1.69 and one of my bags rang up as weighing 2.81lb)
Bananas .44lb
Sweet Potatoes 3lb 1.99
Red Pears 2lb .99 (Starkrimson, to be exact)
Green Grapes 2lb 2.98

Large Eggs (hormone free!) 1.39

2 cans pear halves .89 each

My total: $26.36

Publix ad this week:

Honeycrisp Apples, $1.99/lb ($11.94 for the same amt I got at Aldi)
Bosc or Bartlett Pears, $.99/lb
Sweet Onions, $.99/lb

I’ll have to go into Publix and write down the prices for the rest of my items and report back. If any of you has been this week and knows more of the prices, lmk!!

Dislcaimer: I DID have to dig for good apples. They were prebagged and some had holes and a lot of them were slightly bruised but at that price, it was worth it and Mr. Fox says they taste just as good as the ones I got from Publix last week for 3.49/lb!!

Bread and Butter… Pickles, That Is!

By Christi, on August 21st, 2011

I made this with the help of my dear friend’s mom – she printed the recipe and mentored me through it.

I’ll have to post the recipe later, once I get a copy. But we started with 20 cucumbers (locally raised, from a friend) and 6 onions, I think. Chopped them all up, added garlic and salt and let them sit for 6 hours.