tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39300795776711838802024-03-12T17:15:18.423-07:00My Money MissionJoin me on my journey as I start building up my savings account and deleting my debt load! I also hope to eventually do product reviews over here and possibly some paid posts. I'm just living the dream in small-town and appreciate the company! :)A.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930079577671183880.post-76508441922612434692017-02-27T09:57:00.000-08:002017-02-27T09:57:09.453-08:00FUNNY IDEAS FOR TAX RETURN SPENDING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">This morning, I woke up feeling the need for laughter...seriously...sometimes I just crave something FUNNY! I also knew that I wanted to post something on this blog about tax time. It is already the end of February and the tax deadline is coming closer and closer....and for some people, that means REFUND (providing that the government doesn't shut down).....that's a whole '</span>nother<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> story!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1. Give your tax return to me. Seriously! <strong><em>I'll spend it wisely!! ;)</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. Twinkies. Spend the entire return on Twinkies. I know food is often not a long term investment. <strong><em>Trust me when I say, Twinkies will last longer than you do. HA!</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. Adopt fifty cats. This is a win for everybody involved. The animal shelters are over crowded and the cats need a home. Some people spend all their lives becoming the Cat Lady (or Man), <strong><em>you can do it in a weekend!</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. Keep buying the same pair of pants from Goodwill and donate the pants back anonymously. Watch with pleasure as you confound the staff. <strong><em>The pants will become legend</em></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5. Spend the entire wad on stamps and thank you cards. Thank random people listed in the phone book for strange things. <strong><em>“Ted, love the chinchilla!”</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6. Buy everyone at a bar a drink… of warm milk. <strong><em>Sing lullabies until you are kicked out.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7. Hire a bodyguard to follow you around work. When co-workers inquire, look around, tell them the location of your last vacation, touch your nose, and scamper away. Then use all your vacation and sick time to disappear for a while.<strong><em> Let one of your co-workers “discover” you in the parking lot, disheveled and in tattered clothing.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8. Married by Elvis in Vegas. <strong><em>Sometimes, memories are worth</em> more than money.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9. Give it to your dog to invest...he/she could probably do a better job than some of those fancy-pants financial advisors....<strong><em>and, it'd be cheaper!! :P</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">10. Hand random strangers dollar bills...tell them it fell from the sky. <strong><em>Watch as everyone starts looking up. Walk away...far away... ;)</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Feel free to add your own Funny below...Keep it Funny, though; anything serious <strong><em>will be deleted</em></strong> ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><em>HAHA!!! GOTCHA!! :)</em></strong></div>
A.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930079577671183880.post-39070236341722869492017-02-18T11:13:00.000-08:002017-02-18T11:13:12.491-08:00LONG TIME, NO BLOG!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh my goodness....what a nightmare it has been trying to get back into this little ol' blog! Note to Self: Never Ever EVER let a domain name expire! That's what happened to me and it took Weeks/Days/HOURS of work to get it back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And an awesome GoDaddy Tech Support Gal. Who is now my #1 Fav Person on the Planet!! You ROCK, Katherine!!! </span><br />
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A.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930079577671183880.post-31010336276306887372016-05-30T08:41:00.000-07:002016-05-30T08:44:24.830-07:00MEMORIAL DAY 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My thanks go out to all who are currently serving our country; May the Lord be by your side always!!</div>
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A.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930079577671183880.post-401865257794538172016-05-16T07:34:00.000-07:002016-05-16T07:34:56.377-07:00FREE COZI FINDS AND FREEBIES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love finding great deals with Amazon's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/subscribe-and-save/details/index.html/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&app-nav-type=redirect&linkCode=sl2&tag=twosalandanoi-20&linkId=9ba9bc1fa3f4204fdd8c49811cae1c3f">Subscribe and Save!</a>! This is a terrific price for a 3-Pack of Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Liquid Hand Soap, Rhubarb,12.5 Fluid Ounce. There are other scents to choose from, including Honeysuckle and Lavender.....my son just happens to love the Rhubarb scent! :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">**Note, if you order the Lemon Verbena scent, there is a </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://amzn.to/1qkkODj" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85098); color: #008a00; line-height: 18px;">20% coupon applied to first delivery of this subscription</a><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">. Nice!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Flowers, Chocolate, Jewelry. Those items spell one thing to me. Money. It's nice to be acknowledged and appreciated on Mother's Day, but I always hate for my offspring to dole out cash for material items. Yes, it is sweet that they are thinking of me, but you know what? <span style="color: magenta;"><b>The BEST gifts are those that come from the heart. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My favorite Mother's Day gifts from my kiddos have been the ones that they made themselves. When my two were little, they'd color me pictures, pick flowers from the yard (yes, even dandelions, LOL) that I would put in a vase and admire, or even make me a snack to eat for breakfast: I say snack, because one year it was peanut butter crackers. But those were the BEST peanut butter crackers I ever ate! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year, instead of focusing on what you can buy your Mom, think outside the box. Write her a little note and let her know how much you appreciate her. Call her on the phone and ask her about her day, instead of the other way around. If she lives nearby, take her a plate of homemade cookies and include a framed pic of the two of you that she can display on her table. Better yet, attach a magnet to the back of it and she can hang it on her fridge! Is Mom a gardener or enjoys flowers? Instead of spending big bucks at the florist, visit your local greenhouse and pick up some pretty potted flowers (or herbs). It only takes a little bit of time and creativity to make an inexpensive gift that Mom will surely love. Check out these <span style="color: purple;"><b><a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2012/05/ten-creative-ways-to-wrap-potted-plants-and-flowers-quick-and-easy-gift-ideas.html">creative ideas to wrap potted plants.</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can even mix and match to create your own one-of-a-kind blend! For example, use Lavender&Geranium, Lavender&Rose, Lavender&Sage....the possibilities are endless. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wrap a bit of twine or a piece of lace around the neck </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of the bottle, attach a little card and </span><em class="qword" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.64px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">voilà...beautiful, handmade gift!</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love using Amazon's <a href="http://amzn.to/1VZ2hdU"><b>Subscribe & Save</b></a> program. Currently, Amazon is offering an extra incentive to their program: If you order 5 or more items, you will save an additional 10%!! Their normal percentage off is 5%, so this is a great deal! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, while putting together my 5 items, I was having a tough time trying to find a 5th item. I didn't want to spend a ton of dollars just to get 15% off of my order, so I started looking for items that were $5 or less....and I found quite a few of them! I compiled a list to help you meet your "5 a month" goal so you can get your 15% off!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://amzn.to/26EkRLJ"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Maxwell House Iced Coffee Concentrate</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://amzn.to/1pSGTIR"><b>Vaseline Lip Therapy, Creme Brulee</b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the best things about <a href="http://amzn.to/1WZRbEs"><b>Amazon's Subscribe & Save?</b></a> You can cancel anytime! So, if your order comes and you decide you don't want to continue with it at all, or want to change our your items for different one, it's no problem! The flexibility of the program is awesome!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyhoo....I was cruising the internet highway and found some really hilarious tips on spending your tax return over at<b> </b></span><a href="http://wontchangetheworld.com/2011/01/19/10-tax-return-ideas/" style="color: #006677; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Won't Change The World</b></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. I made a few changes here and there, to the original find. Hope you enjoy them!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Give your tax return to me. Seriously! <strong><em>I'll spend it wisely!! ;)</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Twinkies. Spend the entire return on Twinkies. I know food is often not a long term investment. <strong><em>Trust me when I say, Twinkies will last longer than you do. HA!</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Adopt fifty cats. This is a win for everybody involved. The animal shelters are over crowded and the cats need a home. Some people spend all their lives becoming the Cat Lady (or Man), <strong><em>you can do it in a weekend!</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. Keep buying the same pair of pants from Goodwill and donate the pants back anonymously. Watch with pleasure as you confound the staff. <strong><em>The pants will become legend</em></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. Spend the entire wad on stamps and thank you cards. Thank random people listed in the phone book for strange things. <strong><em>“Ted, love the chinchilla!”</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. Buy everyone at a bar a drink… of warm milk. <strong><em>Sing lullabies until you are kicked out.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. Hire a bodyguard to follow you around work. When co-workers inquire, look around, tell them the location of your last vacation, touch your nose, and scamper away. Then use all your vacation and sick time to disappear for a while.<strong><em> Let one of your co-workers “discover” you in the parking lot, disheveled and in tattered clothing.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8. Married by Elvis in Vegas. <strong><em>Sometimes, memories are worth</em> more than money.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9. Give it to your dog to invest...he/she could probably do a better job than some of those fancy-pants financial advisors....<strong><em>and, it'd be cheaper!! :P</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">10. Hand random strangers dollar bills...tell them it fell from the sky. <strong><em>Watch as everyone starts looking up. Walk away...far away... ;)</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It certainly has been awhile since this blog has seen any action. I thought I'd post a recipe that was popular with reader's a few years back. It still is as yummy today as it was back then! </span><br /><a href="http://www.mymoneymission.com/2011/11/soup-supper.html" style="color: #333333; display: block; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></a><a href="http://www.mymoneymission.com/2011/11/soup-supper.html" style="display: block; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f;">SOUP SUPPER</span></a></h3>
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If you don't care about the extra fat in your stock, you could make this all in one day. However, I like to "de-fat" my stock, so it takes a bit longer.</span></div>
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A.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930079577671183880.post-84059797710773504742012-12-31T09:51:00.001-08:002012-12-31T09:51:41.625-08:00FISCAL CLIFF AND ALL, IT'S TIME TO END 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank Goodness! I don't know about you, but I am really getting sick and tired of 2012. It's time for something new! However, since we as a nation are counting down to a fiscal cliff, I'm not sure if 2013 is shaping up to be any better than its predecessor! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With that being said, I need to focus on the positives of this past year and just forget the negatives. Old with the Old, In with the New. That has to be my motto. I am ready to get back into blogging a bit more frequently than once every 6 months. Now that I have my own laptop (YAY!), I can blog whenever I want and from wherever I want. Such Freedom! So, expect to hear a bit more about me and my crazy life and I can't wait to hear about yours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, get that champagne chilled, or whatever it is you like to toast the New Year in with....I prefer Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice, and sing "Auld Lang Syne" with friends and family. Raise that glass high and bid "adieu" to the past year and say "Hello" to the new. It's gonna be a better year...we have to have faith and believe that!</span><br />
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A.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930079577671183880.post-194672338562737212012-09-04T14:28:00.000-07:002012-09-04T14:29:28.635-07:00BUDGET TIME<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The summer has just flown by and September is now here. Where has the time gone? It has been a very rough summer for us. Hubby was laid off in late June and that sent panic throughout my entire brain. I felt like that robot on the old television show,<i> Lost in Space, </i>that goes running around in circles yelling, "<em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;">Danger</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;">Will Robinson</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">!" </span> That's what I wanted to do....go around with my budget book yelling, "Danger! No Money!" </div>
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Hubby eventually went back to work in August, but after about 4 weeks, he has been laid off again. Hopefully it will only be for about 2 weeks, but, still....2 weeks. On unemployment pay. I am most definitely having to re-learn how to make a dime go where a dollar should. This is making for a major brain strain. </div>
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I have gotten lax in the past few years and have strayed away from the budget system that I really like: The Envelope Budgeting system. I'm not hawking anyone's particular product, but when it comes to budgeting, <a href="http://www.daveramsey.com/article/dave-ramseys-envelope-system/lifeandmoney_budgeting/"><span style="color: purple;">Dave Ramsey's envelope system</span></a> is the absolute easiest and best system out there. I am going to implement that system again and hopefully, if I am able to stick with it, I will have positive results. </div>
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A.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106004037607712134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930079577671183880.post-40305539091201112692012-06-21T07:56:00.000-07:002012-06-21T08:01:49.611-07:00A Happy Day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is the day....along with my twin sister, Teresa, we are celebrating our 48th birthday! Or, as she likes to say, it is the 27th anniversary of our 21st birthday! LOL!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does anyone else share a birthday with us? What about a June birthday? If you do, let me know and I'll give you a shout out on this blog!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is hot, Hot, HOT here today. I was hoping for some rain, but it doesn't look like Mother Nature is going to cooperate. Oh well, that's okay. I have some clothes hung on the clothesline, and the sight of drying clothes always lifts my spirits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1em;"> Teen son and his high school Band are going to be playing at the Armed Forces Day event to honor our County's Veterans at the ASTA Care Center in the neighboring town. I cannot wait to hear them play "America the Beautiful" and "Battle Hymn" as well as "Star Spangled Banner" and "Main Street Parade." It should be a very moving ceremony and I'll try to get some pics so I can post them later on.</span></div>
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The College Illinois saga continues....I am going to contact CI by phone and ask them some questions. I'll update all of you when I get some answers!! <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hello there, everyone!! My goodness...I have totally ignored my blogs for too long; I miss all of you and am going to do much better with my posts. I enjoy writing but, unfortunately, life gets in the way. Kudos to all of you who manage to blog day after day....You all Rock!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have visited blogs but haven't left many comments. Too much going on in my little world and I have been a bit discouraged. Teen son is in his senior year at high school and that has brought quite a bit of challenges. But, it is now the beginning of April and he has decided where he wants to go to college, where he wants to live next year, college visit has been scheduled and completed, college application completed and accepted, FAFSA filled out and completed, summer classes signed up for and paid, and in two days, he will sign up for his fall sememster classes. WHEW! No wonder my little head has been spinning....and, he hasn't even graduated from high school yet! haha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">AND, I FINALLY figured out why I was having so much trouble with my blogs. It's because I was using Google Chrome and not Internet Explorer! No kidding! I used IE today and POOF!! All of my problems with blogger, Entrecard, etc., have totally disappeared! UGH!! Can you believe it? I have struggled for weeks with this and the problem was just a teeny bitty one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, fill me in on what is going on with all of you in your little worlds! In my small corner of the world today, it is windy, sunny, and about 60 degrees right now. I am going to make myself a pot of coffee and tackle the mountain of bills on my desk. Then, I am going to attempt to get the floors swept. Wish me luck on that!! LOL!!! ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You know the old Christmas song, "Christmas is coming, the Goose is getting fat....."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, this is how the song should go now that it is December 26th: "Christmas is over, the Goose is very slim....." LOL</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks!</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am extremely happy and very grateful to Moolala, and after this experience, I won't hesitate to recommend their deal site to anyone!! Like I said in the blog title, </span><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"></div><div style="clear: left; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Way back in April, Moolala had an Organic Acres deal that I blogged about and a few of you signed up for:</b></div><div style="clear: left; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="https://files.moolala.com/images/data/deals/9/a/u/910gh9au-lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: black;"><img border="0" height="121" src="https://files.moolala.com/images/data/deals/9/a/u/910gh9au-lg.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><a href="http://www.mymoneymissiononline.com/2011/04/19-for-taste-of-farm-sampler-box-plus.html" style="line-height: normal;">http://www.mymoneymissiononline.com/2011/04/19-for-taste-of-farm-sampler-box-plus.html</a>) </b></span></div><div style="clear: left; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, I am here to tell you that it appears we all were fooled....that it was just a big scam....and if you haven't received your box, which you most likely did not, there is someone that you can contact, at Moolala, to get your money back. </b></div><div style="clear: left; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">This is the official email that I found on the Moolala site:</b></span></div><div style="clear: left; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hi, Jon Dale here, I'm the Chief Happiness Officer at Moolala. I wanted to provide you with an update on the situation with Organic Acres. Unfortunately, due to the overwhelming response and circumstances beyond their control, Organic Acres has not been able to fulfill many of our Members' orders. </span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As you know Moolala guarantees every voucher you buy. As a result if you’re one of the ones who hasn’t received your veggies we’d like to issue you a refund. Please contact us at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:support@moolala.com" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">support@moolala.com</span></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">.</span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you didn’t receive your veggies we’re really sorry, we know this was a great deal and it’s disappointing that it’s fallen through.</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you have any questions please email us.</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thanks,</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jon Dale</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Chief Happiness Officer at Moolala</span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">In a large stockpot, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">place the chicken along with the sliced carrots. Add enough water to cover the chicken and bring to a simmer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> over medium-high heat. I like to simmer until the chicken comes off the bones easily. I then take the chicken out of the broth, remove all of the meat, and return the bones and skin to the water. Put the meat back in the fridge and simmer the stock for about 4 hours.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">**</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">I've found that if you put the leftover chicken pieces in with the bones while you're making broth, the chicken meat tends to lose nearly all it's flavor.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> Better to save it & add in later.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.75em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the stock is finished, strain and cool. Then I refrigerate the stock overnight and the next morning, I take off the fat that has risen to the top. I save this in a container, in the freezer, to make suet for the birds.</span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> *Recipe for that coming soon!</b></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I place the stock back on the stove and add the canned broth (if you want a thinner soup, you can add more broth after the noodles are cooked). After the stock has started boiling, I add the noodles and cook until tender. Then I cut the chicken up into cubes and add it to the pot. Heat on low until chicken is warmed through. Salt and pepper to taste and </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Voilà</em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">!! SUPPER!!!!</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you all are having a terrific day! It's is sunny here in Smalltown today but I am keeping an eye on the weather. Yesterday, my house cat was having playtime outside <i>(that's what I call it...playtime! LOL)</i> and I didn't realize that it had started raining. I was on the phone with my Mom, and all of the sudden, I heard this strange noise. I looked outside and yelped in the phone, <i>"Oh No! Gotta Go! It's raining and my baby is outside!"</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Good thing my Mom knows me all too well....and still loves me in spite of the fact that I call my cat my "baby" and I sometimes phone her to tell her how her "Grandcat" is doing; hahahaha....</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, I ran out there as if on fire and started calling her name. I heard this pitiful mewing and there she was, under the deck, looking like a drowned rat. I crawled under there to get her and ran back inside. Poor baby....she was so scared that she had messed all over herself. *Sigh* The things that we Mothers have to do for our fur-babies.....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I let her go outside for playtime again, but this time, I'm keepin' an eye on Ol' Mother Nature. As much "fun" as that was yesterday, crawling around under the deck to get her, I'd rather not repeat that experience! ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, the recipe looked simple enough: just take some softened butter and sugar and beat until light and fluffy. That went just fine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fold in apples and pecans. <i>Uncheck.</i> This is where something went wrong. You see, I had this simply BRILLIANT idea to use already chopped and cooked apples that I had leftover in the fridge. I didn't see any reason why cooked apples couldn't be used in place of chopped raw apples. I mean, come on! An apple is an apple, in my book. But, I forgot one teeny-tiny detail. When blended with the blender, cooked apples tend to fall apart into a mushy-like substance, thus rendering the entire cake-apple mixture into an undesirable messy conglomeration. I just about had a heart attack!! UGH! It looked TERRIBLE!!! I couldn't just throw it away...I HAD to find a solution to this problem. I actually could feel myself start to panic. What to do....what to do......</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I figured that I had already made a mess, so I just had to keep on going.....I set my mixer on high and<i> just beat the stuffin' out of it</i>. It started looking really whippy and frothy and then I poured into the baking pan, smoothed it out, and shoved it into the oven. And hoped for the best.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the timer went off, I checked and it was nowhere near done. It was still wiggly and jiggly and I shoved it back in. For 10 more minutes. Then for another 10 minutes. Then I decided to get radical. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I set the oven temp lower and just let it sit in there for about a 1/2 hour. When I checked it again, I was pleasantly surprised! It had cooked to a wonderful ooey-gooey almost-like-bread-pudding consistency...and the taste was DIVINE! SCORE!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, here is the recipe that is aptly titled:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> Golden Apple Snack Cake. <b><i>I have renamed it to Alisa's Apple Mess....LOL ;)</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 c. butter, softened</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Aria,, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup sugar</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup all-purpose flour</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 1/2 cups chopped peeled tart apples</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 cup pecans</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg. Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon; gradually beat into the creamed mixture. Fold in apples and pecans. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> If using cooked apples, beat the stuffin' out of it. </span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Meanwhile, eat your yummy dessert and listen to some more of MJ! Ain't life GRAND?! ;)</i></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>I am also feeling really, really bad.....I never responded to </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02141787899388873847" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Ken B</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">'s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"> question on my </span></span><b><a href="http://www.mymoneymission.com/2011/06/flash-freezing.html#comments"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">flash freezing</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> post</span></b>. <b><i>It's not that I was ignoring you, Ken. I just didn't see your question until recently. For that, I apologize.</i></b> I will now attempt to answer your question about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">preserving the nutrients in fruit and vegetables and how quickly they have to be frozen in order to achieve this.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?366-Vitamin-loss-canning-freezing-amp-more"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?366-Vitamin-loss-canning-freezing-amp-more</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Have a wonderful day, Everyone!!! </b></span><br />
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