One Hundred Dollars a Month - Page 1018 of 2143 - I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Slow Cooker Coconut & Almond Rice Pudding

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By Mavis Butterfield on November 17, 2014 · 7 Comments

I’m sure I sound like a broken record every time I post a good recipe. “It’s sooo good.” “Try it now.” “It’s da bomb!”

But then, of course I’m going to go on and on about how much I love it. If I’m posting it, it’s because it was awesome. Why on earth would I post a junky, gross-tasting recipe for you guys? I wouldn’t. Although I’ve made a bunch of those gross recipes through the years, I just keep those to myself and only share the gems! So when you hear me go off about how totally awesome a recipe is, know that it’s been tested and loved by me {and/or my family}.

Kinda like this rice pudding recipe that’s awesome.

Ingredients

1/2 cup basmati rice
1 can light coconut milk
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup almonds, chopped and toasted
1/4 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup agave nectar, divided

Directions

Add rice, coconut milk, milk, water, vanilla extract, almond extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the slow cooker. Cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 hours. Mix in raisins, almonds & coconut.

Serve with a drizzle of agave nectar and a few coconut flakes on top.

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How Texts Change as Relationships Mature

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By Mavis Butterfield on November 17, 2014 · 9 Comments

Do you text your hubby {or wife} during the day? Ever stopped to think about how those texts have changed as the years have gone by? I never really gave it much thought–especially because the HH and I were oldyweds by the time texting really became a huge thing. But, when I ran across an article about a couple who compared their 1st year of dating texts with their 6th year of marriage texts, it make me think about how much communication with your spouse changes over the years. Read: less lovey-dovey and more…um, comfortable?

The couple in the article started with their 1st year of texts {the guy made a clever little word document of all of their texts from their first year for their “1 year of dating anniversary”} and then compared the frequency of commonly used words with their 6th year of marriage texts. They looked at words like love, home, dinner, OK, and how often they used each other’s names. No surprises in their findings really: They used each other’s names less as time went on, the word love showed up less, home and dinner were used about the same amount of times {but the content in which they were used changed}, the frequency of “OK” sky-rocketed as the years went on.

I’m not really sure if the take-away is a good one or bad one. Sure, we become more comfortable and don’t need to use each other’s names {they just become your husband or wife}, love is probably assumed, and “OK” I get–I mean, you’re are texting to communicate at this point, not to flirt.

What do you think, has the way you communicate via with your significant other changed as the years have gone by? Is it a good thing, or a bad thing?

~Mavis

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Mavis’ Remodel Blog Day 48 – The Punch List

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By Mavis Butterfield on November 17, 2014 · 6 Comments

This past week we gained running water in the kitchen, a cook-top, oven and a washer and dryer. Talk about a dream come true after 7 weeks weeks of hauling clothes to the laundromat, cooking meals in the microwave and washing dishes in the bathroom sink.

Now all that’s left are all the “little things” that need to be completed on the punch list. Things like a cabinet over the refrigerator, a little more crown molding in the kitchen and someone to paint all the mill work {that would be me}.

A new back-splash {because the other one was just too dark}, kitchen outlets that work and some sort of “jumper cable” so all the under cabinet lighting works.

Drywall needs to be scheduled to come out to patch four outlets and the seam above the fireplace.

And I need to get up off my rear and finish painting the downstairs {I’m about halfway done}.

Cameron still needs to install crown molding in the hall bathroom.

And tile guy needs to come out and finish laying the rest of the tiles around the fireplace too {one box arrived broken so Chino had to order more}.

I need to paint the laundry shelf white and Cameron needs to add crown molding and then the new laundry room will finally be complete.

The crappy living room carpet needs to be stretched too…

But before we can have that done I need to clean up this big mess. Which is lame because once the mess in the room is gone, the living room will remain empty until next spring… when round 2 of the Butterfield remodel begins. Yee-Haw.

Progress. It’s cool

~Mavis

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How I Feed My Family for $100 a Month – Week 45 of 52

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By Mavis Butterfield on November 17, 2014 · 11 Comments

Albertsons $17.05

A few days before we had our kitchen sink {and oven} up and running I picked up a few convenience packages of fruit fruit. I used to think those little tubs of pre-cut fruits and veggies were for lazy people, but how could I resist a giant tub of pineapple, raspberries and cantaloupe for $3.33 each? Cuties $3.99, Butternut Squash $1.88 and Bananas $1.19.

Zaycon Chicken – Free

I cashed in my Zaycon referral credits last week for a 40 pound case of boneless chicken breasts which I shared with my new neighbor The Church lady. We whipped up 26 freezer meals in less than 3 hours and now our freezers are stuffed full of homemade goodness. Yay for nice neighbors.

Albertsons $0.75

I popped into Starbucks {which happens to be in our local Albertsons} to grab a hot cocoa using my Starbucks gift card I bartered with Mrs. Hillbilly for and spotted and sweet deal on Planter’s trail mix.

Twenty five freakin’ cents. Umm ya, so that was a good deal. In my old extreme couponing days I totally would have asked the cashier for more coupons, but fast forward a couple of years and I find myself happy with 3 packages of trail mix for a quarter a piece instead of a 3 cases. Funny how how things change, huh?

Smith Brothers Farm – Sponsored

I don’t know about you but I’ve got a boatload of baking to do this week and thanks to Smith Brother’s Dairy I’ve got all the essentials {plus a few extras}.

How did you do this week? Did you find any good deals?

~Mavis

Total Spent This Week $17.80
Total Spent Year to Date $1602.76 {Over for the year!}

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