Gotta share

So I was clipping coupons the other day and came across some good ones.  At Kmart, where I never ever shop, they have a deal that goes like this.  Buy 2 Hillshire farms lunch meat packages for $5 and get a loaf of bread and a package of cheese slices for free!  Sweet.  Well so I went there and they were out of meat but darn it I'm going back tomorrow.  Oh and I also printed off a coupon for hillshire farms lunch meat, $0.55 off so I'm gonna pay $4.45 for all that!  I did score another deal while I was there.  Two boxes of Nabisco crackers for $2.76!  I got a full size box of Ritz and a box of those cheese sandwich crackers!  They are on sale for $1.88 when you sign up for their rewards program and then I had a coupon for $1 off two boxes!  YAY!

Then I was at Menards (aka the Man store) the other night and got paid for buying shampoo and conditioner!  I paid $36 at the store then I'm getting back $36 in rebates and they were having their 11% off sale and they took it off the $36 that I paid!  So I'm getting almost $40 back in rebates!  And trust me, we'll use it!

If you're wondering the shampoo is pry still free.  The Kmart deal goes through March 3 if you want to check it out.  Oh and I swung by Hy-vee for some deals last night and found an Edwards turtle pie for $1.99 it is delicious!

Oh and I found a good easy to use website for coupons.  www.smartsource.com  Have any of you found any good deals you'd like to share?

weird day

What a  rough day!  Poor baby Jacob is so sick.  I took him to the dr yesterday and they said he has croup so they gave him steroids for his throat.  Then I also told the pediatrician about this thing that he does with his eyes.  I had taken a video of it and brought it along.  She showed it to two other pediatricians and they are all stumped.  She's now trying to get ahold of a pediatric opthamologist (sp?) who recommended that she get a urine sample.  So today we went back to get the urine sample.  Wow, if you thought peeing in a cup is bad...  So they put a little bag over his peepee and it kinda suctions on and then you just wait til he pees.  Well, my very miserably sick Jacob, coughing, sniffling Micah, and I sat in a gray room with minimal toys for at least an hour, no pee.  By the end both boys were crying and I was pretty close.  The sweet nurse came in and said just go home and bring the pee back in this cup later.  Lol so Jacob is now napping, I don't know if he's peed yet,  hopefully if he has it's staying in the bag.

On a happier note my darling husband came to the office as we were leaving and carried the heaviest of us to the car, put Jacob to bed and got Micah a video.  So now, for a moment I have peace, I'll let you know how the transfer from bag to cup to dr's office goes :)

Gooey, yummy, chocolate and peanut butter

It's been a little while since I posted and I've tried two more recipes since then, I thought I'd share them with you.  I found them on pinterest.  Both recipes are from the same blog.  I have links to her blog on this post so you can check it out.

This first one is a taco dip I tried for our super bowl party and it turned out to be easy and delicious.  Here is a pic.



As you can see she made hers in little cups.  I took the same recipe and put it in a 9x13 pan.  Worked perfect!  Here is a link to the recipe.

The second one is more up my alley.  Peanut butter chocolate bars made with yellow cake mix!  Same blog but I used my own pics this time.  I just made them today and they are sooo gooey!  Then again, Justin and I are huge fans of baking things just a few minutes less than the recipe calls for.  Anyone else?  Here's the recipe with my own pics thrown in.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Barsby Greta White

1 (18.25) package plain yellow cake mix

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

1 (12 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 Tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup coconut (optional...my sister did not like the texture of it in there)

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2) Combine cake mix, melted butter, peanut butter, and eggs in a large bowl using a mixer or spoon. Press this into a 9X13 pan reserving 1 1/2 cup of the mixture to crumble on top.

 

 

3) In a small pot, melt chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and coconut.
4) Spread chocolate mixture over the mixture pressed in the pan and then crumble the 1 1/2 cups of reserved cake mixture on top evenly.

 

5) Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

 

Anyone wanna bite!?  I really think the peanut butter part of the recipe would make for excellent cookies.  I'm gonna try that next time I make this.

 

 

Let me know your reaction or comment below my post just so I have an idea of how many people are reading my blog.  I'm curious to see how many friends and family are reading and trying out these recipes.  My next post should have pics of a craft table that Justin just finished making for Micah!  Enjoy the deliciousness.