It's Earth Day!

I remember when I was in seventh grade. We actually had a play in choir which was called Every Day is Earth Day. That was about 15 years ago or more. I played the part of one of the Earth Day people who had a small voice in conservation. It was highly emphasized that year and a few years after that to conserve energy and to reduce, reuse, and recycle. We had a special day to the Oak Ridge American Museum of Science and Energy where they gave us booklets about conserving energy (I still have mine!). I believe everyday should be Earth Day. God gave us a wonderful world and we should do our best to take care of it. It is true, for us Christians it is not our permanent home. However, God does tell us to take care of what he has given us and he will bless our efforts. So, I challenge all of you to take care of our Earth as well as your health. It will pay.

Also, there are lots of freebies out there today! Check out Sweeties Swag for a list of great freebies as well as Saving Your Cents for great freebies and tips for growing green.

I will leave you with an acronym from the 7th grade play, "HAND!" {HAVE A NICE DAY!}

Chocolate Mocha Fiber One® Chewy Bars

I was recently sent a box of Chocolate Mocha Fiber One® Chewy Bars to try from Psst from General Mills! They did not last long! They are delicious! The best part about them for me is that they did not even have wheat in them (I have a slight allergy to wheat). They are conveniently packaged on single serving bars. They are high in fiber and have a soft chewy texture. They are absolutely delicious! You have to try them! They also sent me some coupons for the product, AND I am giving you a link for a coupon. Click here and print out a $1.35 off coupon for your next purchase. I hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think!

Blog of the Week and Giveaway!

I just discovered this blog this week. . It is called Backyard Botanical Garden. It is an awesome blog for gardeners who are just beginning or even those who have been gardening a while. She just started her garden two months ago and it is doing great! There is also a giveaway! To win the 8' x 8' Oasis Complete Gardening System (pictured above - retail price $899) go to Resourceful Mommy's site to enter by leaving a comment, tweeting, and more! Entering is easy and there are three great prizes.
This contest is open to U.S. main land residents and ends Friday, April 24th at 8:00 p.m. eastern time.

It would definitely be a great win for those of you just beginning in gardening or who do not have a lot of space. Good Luck!

All You Is Coming to Walmart

All You is coming to a Walmart near you! This magazine is loaded with great coupons and is available only by subscription or purchasing at Wal-Mart. It is an awesome magazine!
Check for locations HERE.
And be sure to sign up for the All You Reality Check Program HERE. After you sign up, hopefully you will get an email with a questionnaire. Once you complete the questionnaire you will get a $10 gift card to Walmart!
Thanks Saving Your Cents! Check out her list for participating Georgia locations HERE.
Below are participating Tennessee locations. It looks like Turkey Creek and Lenoir City locations will both be participating on the 26th.

Walmart Supercenter560 WEST POPLAR AVECOLLIERVILLE, TN 38017Store #: 175Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter3600 MALLORY LANEFRANKLIN, TN 37067Store #: 272Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter2196 EMPORIUM DRIVEJACKSON, TN 38305Store #: 335Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter2171 SOUTH HIGHLAND AVEJACKSON, TN 38301Store #: 393Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter570 ENON SPRINGS ROADSMYRNA, TN 37167Store #: 406Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter9334 DAYTON PIKESODDY-DAISY, TN 37379Store #: 477Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter3200 FT HENRY DRIVEKINGSPORT, TN 37664Store #: 599Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter768 SOUTH JEFFERSON AVECOOKEVILLE, TN 38501Store #: 657Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter7044 CHARLOTTE PIKENASHVILLE (W), TN 37209Store #: 659Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter2111 NORTH JACKSON STREETTULLAHOMA, TN 37388Store # 667Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter1030 HUNTERS CROSSING DRIVEALCOA, TN 37701Store #: 672Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter3050 WILMA RUDOLPH BLVDCLARKSVILLE, TN 37040Store #: 673Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter1112 NASHVILLE PIKEGALLATIN, TN 37066Store #: 674Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter2000 OLD FORT PARKWAYMURFREESBORO, TN 37129Store #: 682Event Date: ML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter1001 OVER MOUNTAIN AVENUEELIZABETHTON, TN 37643Store #: 690Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter4424 LEBANON PIKEHERMITAGE, TN 37076Store #: 710Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter2675 DECHERD BLVDWINCHESTER, TN 37398Store #: 735Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter911 HWY 321 NORTHLENOIR CITY, TN 37771Store #: 741Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter8400 HIGHWAY 64BARTLETT, TN 38133Store #: 950Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter1680 FT CAMPBELL BLVDCLARKSVILLE, TN 37042Store #: 1075Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter3111 BROWNS MILL RDJOHNSON CITY, TN 37604Store #: 1080Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter1626 ST. ROUTE 12 SO.ASHLAND CITY, TN 37015Store #: 1226Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter6777 CLINTON HWYKNOXVILLE (NW), TN 37912Store #: 1318Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter7420 CHAPMAN HIGHWAYKNOXVILLE (SE), TN 37920Store #: 1320Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter2020 GUNBARREL RDCHATTANOOGA, TN 37421Store #: 1469Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter5764 HWY 153HIXSON, TN 37343Store #: 1606Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter8445 WALBROOK DRIVEKNOXVILLE (W), TN 37923Store #: 2065Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter10900 PARKSIDE DRIVEKNOXVILLE, TN 37934Store #: 2932Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter2315 MADISON STREETCLARKSVILLE, TN 37043Store #: 3495Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter4040 NOLENSVILLE PIKENASHVILLE, TN 37211Store #: 3717Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter2915 WEST MARKET STREETJOHNSON CITY (S), TN 37604Store #: 3829Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter16773 RANKIN AVENUEDUNLAP, TN 37327Store #: 4226Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter2900 SOUTH RUTHERFORD BLVDMURFREESBORO, TN 37130Store #: 5057Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter3035 HAMILTON CHURCH ROADNASHVILLE (ANTIOCH), TN 37013Store #: 5058Event Date: 04/25/2009
Walmart Supercenter589 WEST MAIN STREETALGOOD, TN 38501Store #: 5175Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter5255 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVDMEMPHIS(ELVIS/HOLME), TN 38116Store #: 5196Event Date: 04/26/2009
Walmart Supercenter490 GREENWAY VIEW DRIVECHATTANOOGA, TN 37411Store #: 5251Event Date: 04/26/2009

Menu from the Farm

Here is a preview of some of the things we eat. Most of the things we eat are from the farm. I try to plan a menu for the upcoming week on Sunday or Monday. Sometimes it takes longer. Since I typically go shopping once a week, I plan it for the next shopping trip. We are pretty flexible. You will also notice that we do not use wheat flour. We have some what of a gluten intolerance. So, I grind my own rice flour. We grow our own blue corn which I grind into meal. flour, or grits. We also try to eat as organically or naturally as possible avoiding highly processed foods or foods with lots of preservatives or sweeteners. We also primarily drink water. We have juice and drink it some, but I often use it to sweeten things such as oatmeal, cakes, muffins, etc. I will include recipes at a later time.



MONDAY


Breakfast:


Blue Corn Grits (grown in our garden)


Eggs ( free from our neighbor. Thanks, Mr. Boston!)


Grapes (on sale last week at Kroger 99 cents per pound)





Lunch:


Hamburgers (from beef we raised)


Potatoes (from Walmart, we just finished our from last years garden about a month ago! Thus, we are planting more this year!)


Canned peas (from my grandmother, Thanks, Mamaw!)


Snack:


Free range all day apple slices, carrot sticks, and celery sticks (fill up a three bowls immediately after breakfast and leave on the table for the children to eat on all day)


Supper:


Beefy Jalapeno Corn Bake (beef, jalapenos, corn meal all from our garden!) [I will make an extra batch for the freezer]


Green beans (from our garden)


Okra (from our garden)


Applesauce with cinnamon(from the apples in our orchard!)


TUESDAY


Breakfast:


Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins (applesauce from apples in our orchard, oatmeal from Walmart, eggs from neighbor, other ingredients from misc. places. I will also add pecans to the muffins for protein. The pecans came form my brother's trees. Thanks, Buddy!)


Snack:


Apples, carrots, celery


Lunch:


Salmon Salad on Rice cakes (Salmon from Walmart, mixed with mustard (free from Ingles weeks ago), squash pickles (canned from our garden), Rice cakes free from Kroger a few weeks ago


Supper: Left overs from Monday

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast:

Puffed Rice Cereal and Goat Milk and strawberries (I get cereal in bulk from http://www.amazon.com/ I use this cereal in granola, as a bread crumb substitute, and many other ways. I get amazon gift certificates by searching through SWAGBUCKS instead of using google or another search engine. The goat milk is from Walmart, but we should have our own very soon! The strawberries are frozen which I picked up from Earthfare on closeout a few weeks ago. They were free with overage because I had a coupon.)

Lunch:

Peanut Butter and Jelly Tacos (PB from Bargain Barn aka United Grocery Outlet, Jelly from blackberries on our farm which I canned last year, corn tortillas)

Supper:

Pecan Crusted Salmon, rice, broccoli (salmon from Walmart, rice free from Kroger several weeks ago, and broccoli from our garden)

THURSDAY

Breakfast:

Waffles, Eggs, and Fruit (Gluten Free Waffles, $1 a box from Kroger (sale and coupon), eggs from neighbor, canned fruit free with coupon at walmart)

Lunch:

Leftover hamburgers from Tuesday

Supper:

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, okra, apple crisp (I canned apple pie filling last year from our apples. There are lots of quick easy meals to do with them!)

FRIDAY
Breakfast:

Oatmeal with Apples and pecans

Lunch:

Leftovers from previous meals

Supper:

Leftovers from Thursday

SATURDAY

Breakfast:

Waffles and Sausage (gluten free waffles from Kroger, sausage in freezer given by my parents Thanks, Momma and Daddy!)

Lunch:

Turkey Tortillas, carrot sticks, apple slices (Hormel Turkey from Ingles)

Supper:

Spaghetti Squash Supper (spaghetti squash from our garden, meat from our farm, other ingredients from various places)

Fried Green Tomatoes (green tomatoes in freezer from last years garden)

SUNDAY

Breakfast:

Oatmeal and Homemade Beef Sausage, fruit salad

Lunch:

Taco Salad (lettuce will either be from garden or from my mother-in-law, Thanks, Mom! Beef, onions, peppers from garden)

Supper:

Leftovers

That gets menus for a week. I will add pictures(hopefully!) to the post as I make things. I will also add some recipes.

Our Garden

Here are some pictures of our Garden. We began our Spring garden around the first of March. So far we have planted peas, potatoes, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, lettuce, spinach, carrots, kale, tomatoes, and peppers. I just planted the peppers and tomatoes on Saturday, but forgot to take pictures. I will get some pictures as soon as it stops raining! We still have beans, corn , squash (both winter and summer varieties), okra, watermelon, pumpkin, and lots of other things to plant.

In the picture above, you can see the area of soil which has not been tilled. My wonderful husband spent Saturday tilling the garden so that I could plant the peppers and tomatoes. Just where the boys are standing are where the onions are planted.

Our broccoli is just about ready to harvest! I can not wait! Fresh broccoli from the garden is the best! The children love it too! We planted it around the first week of March!

To the right are rows of turnips, carrot, lettuce, etc. There are also potatoes just to the right.

This picture (to the left) shows our peas. Since these pictures were taken, my wonderful husband has tilled the garden for planting more potatoes. The children and I have also weeded. The oldest child, Timmy. loves to use our little old time cultivator. I will have to post pictures of it when I post the peppers and tomatoes.

Stay tuned for more pictures.

Kroger

Check out the Coupon Mommie for the latest Kroger deals with pictures!

Working on the Weekend

We had an absolutely beautiful Thursday, Friday and Saturday in East Tennessee. A few weeks ago I picked up each child their own trowel for a $1 each at Target. They worked great in encouraging help from the kids. Also, now they have their own trowel and do not have to use mine and misplace it! The children and I prepared the flower bed on Thursday. On Friday, we went to a local high school greenhouse (the one where my brother teaches) and bought lots of bedding plants as well as some vegetable plants. I let the children design and plant the flower bed. Getting plants at your local high school greenhouse is an awesome deal! These plants are raised by the students and all of the money from the sale of the plants supports the FFA. I was once an FFA Horticulture student selling plants. It is a great experience. The best part about buying from them is you know the origin of your plants! Contact your local high schools to see if they have a Horticulture program and a greenhouse.

In the Knoxville, Tennessee area there are several high schools which participate. The two I frequent are Anderson County High School (where my brother teaches) and Lenoir City High School (just south west of Knoxville where I went to school and also taught AG).

Enjoy the pictures! You can see in the one to the right that even the baby was out there helping too! I did but him a trowel for the future! He loved being outside. Also, just as we were finishing up, we saw the first hummingbird! They absolutely love the Salvia (the red flowers also called Scarlet Sage).

Free Purex Detergent!

Check out Jennifer's deal at Coupon Mommie for how to get 4 free bottles of Purex detergent at CVS this week!

Well Stocked

I am fairly well stocked with everything, so I am not going to do much if any shopping this week. However, you can check out the following sites for the best deals of stores in your area.
Happy shopping and saving!

Kroger
Coupon Mommie
Southern Savers
Saving Your Cents

CVS
Southern Savers
The Thrifty Mama
Money Saving Mom

Walgreens
Southern Savers
The Thrifty Mama
Money Saving Mom

Target
Money Saving Mom

Wal-Mart
Deal Seeking Mom

K-mart
Saving Your Cents

Blog of the Week

It's hard to believe it has been a week since I posted last! I have been incredibly busy!

This week's feature blog is The Coupon Mommie. Here are the reasons I like Jennifer's site:

• She is from the Knoxville, Tennessee area
• She has the latest deals and they are ALL locally available!
• She has neat giveaways. This week she is having a coupon giveaway. There will be two winners. Unfortunately, I did not find out about it very soon because it ends tomorrow Wednesday, April, 15.
• She has many helpful links.
• She has a listing of great sources for coupons including organic sources.

Check out her site and enter the giveaway! You may win! If you do, let me know! Good luck!

Blog of the Week

Each week I am going to try to highlight a specific blog I enjoy. The blog for today is Saving Your Cents. Lissa Miller does a fantastic job of posting deals for you each week.

Reasons I like this blog:

• At the beginning of each store deal, she lists what is free for the week at that particular store. By listing it at the beginning, I do not have to scan for frees.


• She has a well rounded list of deals.


• If she does not have the deals, she points you to someone who does.
• She responds to my emails and comments! A big plus!
• She is also in Georgia, so deals which pertain to particular regions or stores are often the same as here in East Tennessee.
• Her blog is one of the ones who helped me begin my adventures of couponing.

Check out Lissa's blog for scads of great deals.

FREE Re-Usable Shopping Bag At Kroger

Check out Saving Your Cents on how to get a free re-usuable shopping bag at Kroger. Pictured above is the one I designed.

Over $75 worth of Free Coupons from KMART!

I found yet another free coupon book over the weekend. At KMART as soon as I entered the door, to the left was a display of coupon books as the one pictured above. There are lots of great coupons in it. Most of them will be beneficial for those deals at CVS and Walgreens. Pick yours up today! Below is a list of coupons in the book.

$2/3 American Greeting cards (excludes 99 cent cards!) EXP 5/17/09

$5/1 PUR Flavor Options products EXP 5/30/09

$1/1 Tide 150 oz. liquid or 95-120 load powder EXP 5/30/09

$1/1 Luvs Big Pack Diapers EXP 5/30/09

$1/1 4 ounce package Purina Busy Chewnola Chew Treat EXP 5/30/09

$1/1 6 ounce package Purina Beggin Dog Snack EXP 5/30/09

$1/2 2.1 ounce packages Purina Friskies Party Mix EXP 5/30/09

$0.50/4 5.5 ounce cans Purina Friskies Selects Indoor any variety EXP 5/30/09

$0.75/1 Right Guard Product EXP 6/30/09

$1/1 Nature Made Vitamins and Supplements EXP 5/31/09

$1/1 Metamucil or Fibersure product EXP 5/30/09

$1/1 Sally Hansen Bleach, wax, or hair remover product EXP12/31/09

FREE $10 gift card with purchase of a transferred prescription EXP 5/30/09

$1/1 Kiss Artificial Nail Product EXP 6/30/09

$1/1 Nailene, Fing'rs or Fing'rs Edge nail care (REDEEMABLE AT KMART ONLY) EXP 5/31/09

$1/1 Sally Hansen Nail color EXP 5/31/09

$1/1 Coty Airspun product EXP 12/31/09

$0.75 Maxfactor Calorie Extreme Mascara or Vivid Impact Lip color EXP 5/30/09

$0.75 Cover Girl Simply Ageless foundation$1/1 EXP 5/30/09

Maybelline New York Lash Stilletto Mascara EXP 5/31/09

$1/1 Rimmel Product EXP 12/31/09

$1/1 Prestige Products EXP 5/31/09

$1.50 Dove Body Lotion 13.5 oz. EXP 5/5/09

$1/1 8.5 ounce Dove Body Lotion and 2.5 oz. cream oil hand lotion EXP 5/5/09

$1/1 Scar zone (GOOD ONLY AT KMART!) EXP 5/30/09

$1/1 Jergens Moisturizer 7.5 oz. or larger OR any Jergens natural glow moisturizer face 2 fl oz OR body 4 fl oz. or larger EXP 5/31/09

$1/1 Curel moisturizer 3.5 oz. or larger EXP 5/31/09

$1/1 Olay Body Wash EXP 5/30/09

$1.50/1 Caress Body Wash or Beauty Bar 8 pack or larger EXP 5/5/09

$5/1 Crest White Strips EXP 5/30/09

$1.50 coty fragrances over $14.99 EXP 5/31/09

$2/2 Sunsilk products EXP 5/5/09

$1 John Frieda Collection Product EXP 5/31/09

$1/2 Ban antiperspirant deodorants EXP 5/31/09

$2/1 Biore Skin preservation EXP 5/31/09

$1/1 Biore Product EXP 5/31/09

$10/1 Philips Sonicare Essence. Elite, Healthy White or Flexcare Toothbrush EXP5/31/09

$10/1 Norelco 8200 Series, Nivea for men or Arcitec Razors EXP 5/31/09

Organic Coupons Galore!

Yesterday at Kroger, I found a display of Organic Coupon Booklets! There are over $12 in coupons for organic items. They expire August 31, 2009. There is a link here where you can check to see if you will have these coupon books in your area. Just enter your zip code! Often Kroger will have organic items on manager special and with these coupons items will be really cheap or free!

UPDATE: I found these booklets at two different locations in two different stores. The first store had them in the middle of an aisle on a display rack in the Organic Food Section. The Kroger Market Place store had them on an end cap with several other brochures in the Organic Foods Section. Also, follow the link and enter your zip code to see which store in your area has these booklets.

Below is a list of coupons included.

$1/3 Clif or Luna bar products

$1/2 Van's Products (Right now Van's Waffles are 2/$4 or $1.50 each with coupon plus there will be a $0.75/4 Catalina coupon print!)

$0.75/1 R.W. Knudsen Family Juice

$1/1 Barbara's Organic Cereal 8 oz. or larger

$0.75/1 Santa Cruz Organic Product

$1 Off any (4) 6 oz. cups or (1) 32 oz. container Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt

$1/1 Nature's Path or EnviroKidz product

$1/1 Country Choice Organic Product

$1/2 Seventh Generation products

$1/2 Cascadian Farm Products

$1/2 Kashi Organic Promise Cereals

$1/1 Traditional Medicinals product

$1/2 Organic Valley Products

There is also a link for a chance to win the Go Organic! Sweepstakes. The lucky winner will receive organic products every month for a year from R.W. Knudson, Santa Cruz Organic, Country Choice Organic, Organic Valley, Van's Stonyfield Farm, and Traditional Medicinals.

Another great FREE coupon booklet which I found in Earthfare is Healthy Clippings. I think other health food chains carry it as well. Right now is the Spring booklet. It contains the coupons listed below. They expire April 31, 2009 unless otherwise noted.

$1/1 Biokleen Laundry Product

$1.50/2 Biokleen Household Cleaners

$1.50 Off Ecover Interior Car Wash Cleaner OR Car Wash &Wax

$0.75/1 Mary Gone Crackers, Wheat-Free & Gluten-Free Crackers or Sticks & Twigs

$1.50/1 Nature's Path or EnviroKidz ECO PAC Cereal

$1/1 Nature's Path Flax Plus Cereal

$0.75/1 Kids Meals from Amy's Kitchen Exp. 8/31

$0.50/1 Organic Bowls from Amy's Kitchen Exp. 8/31

$0.50/1 Barbara's Bakery Fig Bars

$1/2 Barbara's Bakery Snackimals 7.5 oz.

$1.50/2 Barbara's Bakery Shredded Cereals

$1.50/2 Barbara's Bakery Fruit & Yogurt and Organic Crunchy Granola Bars

$1/1 Ian's Sweet Potato Fries

$1/4 Steaz Organic Iced Teaz or 1 4 pack of Steaz Sparkling Green Tea or Steaz Energy

$1/2 Natural Sea Breaded Pollock Items

$1/1 Moosewood Organic Vegetarian Entree

$1/1 Woodstock Farms Natural or Organic 32 oz.

$1/2 Woodstock Farms Snack and Trail Mixes

$1/3 Theo 3400 Phinney Chocolate Bars-Fair Trade 2 oz.

$0.50/2 New Theo Chocolate Classic Bars

$0.35/1 Food For Life Ezekiel 4:9 Organic Sprouted Grain Burger Buns

$0.55 Food for Life New Meatless Product

$0.50/1 Ecos Liquid Laundry Detergent

$0.35 Wave or Dishmate

$2/1 ORGANIX Dry Foods for Dogs or Cats 3 lb. bag

$1/1 Nature's Gate NEW Organics Exp. 8/31

$1/1.50 ECO-DENT Daily Rinse 8 oz.

$1/1 Traditional Medicinals Everyday Detox or Organic Roasted Dandelion Root Tea

Other sources of Organic Coupons:

Mambo Sprouts They also have coupon booklets in Earthfare and other stores. You can also have the booklet mailed to you in some locations. Earthfare was currently out of them my last visit.

Delicious Living Lots of printables. Most are PDF files so you can save and print them unlimited times!

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