Pies, Muffins, and Cakes
Friday, August 31, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Our Netflix Experience
I am a member of a great group of bloggers called the Frual Blogroll. (The list is located of the right of the screen) These bloggers encourage me in the pursuit of living on one income in a two income world. I have learned many tips and hints reading from their insightful writing. I am going to make a conscious effort to submit tips that our family practices in order to be worthy of this noble group. :)
A new service our family has tried out is Netflix. We choose our movies online and have a running list of what we would like to have sent next. It is delivered by mail, we watch the movie whenever we choose and then send it back in the postage paid envelope. It is so easy and very fast. We send it out one day, they receive it the next day and we have another movie on the third day. New releases may have a waiting list and could take a longer
We live in a town with 1 movie rental store. It has mostly new releases and the older movies are very limited. Plus, I hate going into movie stores! I do order from our library system but that is also limited. We have not been disappointed in the selection from Netflix. If you live in a rual area, you will love this service!
We have the extremely basic cable, and Netflix provides a great selection of movies from the History Channel and Discovery. We are currently waiting on a number of the IMAX films. (Minus the big screen.) We have watched a few old comedies like, You Can't Take It With You and some comedies my husband and I remember from our childhood that the children had not seen. We actually started this membership because I could not get the movie Miss Potter locally. That particular movie had a waiting list and it did not come immediately.
All in all, it has been a good experience. Watch your trial membership though- it runs out quickly and you're an automatic member before you know it. We have the membership that allows us two movies at a time with an unlimited number of movies per month.
So there it is. Happy viewing.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Yet Another New Toy
At an auction last week, we bid on a canoe. It was not in great condition, but we thought we could have some fun with it. A reliable source (the teenage owner) told us it was sea worthy. But, the bidding went up higher than we were willing to pay and we lost it. We were disappointed but decided it was not meant for us.
Yesterday, I received a phone call saying that the original owners, who have now moved out of state, wanted us to have the canoe that was still sitting on their property. Yippee! Now we are hoping to take it out on the high seas next weekend. (High seas in Central NY means a nice, calm lake) At this point, we will be "up a creek without a paddle" unless we find some necessary equipment. We also plan to stay very close to shore. More exciting details to follow.......
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
A New Toy
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
Garage Sale Find
It is an ice cube tray that makes ice "tubes" for plastic water bottles.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Goin' to the State Fair
Our little cloverbud won ribbons at the county fair but cloverbud entries don't go to the state fair...... next year!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Solution 2: Quickly put together a picnic with friends for the afternoon. (after school is finished)
Playing in the creek in the afternoon will improve everyone's spirits, including mom's.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Homeschooling- In August?
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Show & Tell Friday
Tea on the Veranda
Ahhhh summer!
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Tacky Lawn Ornaments
(Note: No teenagers were hurt in the photographing of this picture)
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Happy Birthday Tom!
The menu:
Grilled Herbed Salmon
Corn on the Cob
Salad
Watermelon
Green Tea Lemonade
Saranac Root Beer
Dessert? Of course- Mom's Cheesecake with Pineapple Topping