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One Hundred Dollars a Month

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.


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One Hundred Dollars a Month – Mavis’ Weekly Highlights 4/28/18

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Peace Out Girl Scouts, have a great weekend!

♥ Mavis

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Friday Night at the Movies – The Durrells in Corfu Season 2

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I stumbled up upon The Durrells in Corfu Season 1 around this time last year and ABSOLUTELY fell in love with the show. “Based on naturalist Gerald Durrell’s much-loved trilogy of novels, The Durrells in Corfu sees impoverished but sparky widow Louisa Durrell make the radical decision to leave 1930s England to seek out a new destiny for her family.” 

Well lucy for us The Durrells in Corfu Season 2 is out and both 6 episode seasons are currently available with Amazon Prime and you can bet I’m going to plow right through season two this weekend while I work on my rugs. 🙂

Let me know what you think if you decide to watch it–or if you have already seen it.

Peace out Girl Scouts & have yourself a great weekend,

~Mavis

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Looking for more movies?

Check out the full list of my Friday Night at the Movies Selections or click on over & look at all the movies on Amazon Instant Video. There are a ton of videos to choose from that will cost you absolutely nothing {nada, zilch, free-o} with Amazon Prime; like thousands of regular movies & TV shows & hundreds of documentaries {Wahoo!}. Get all the details HERE!

 

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Anyone Want to Help Me Identify Plants… Or Maybe Even Weeds?

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I’m pretty sure by now, you can tell I am absolutely in LOVE our big backyard and the woods that surround us. It’s like a little sanctuary here, and after spending the past 20+ years in suburbia, with people and cars whizzing by my front door 24/7, the feeling of being able to walk out the door in pajamas at 9 am and NOBODY walking by, is pretty freakin’ magical in my book. That wasn’t the goal {the whole pajama part} but still, everyday is like a gift around here.

Let’s talk about plants for a minute. Or maybe they’re weeds. I just don’t know. And it’s kind of exciting if you ask me. Obviously, the plant in the lower left hand corner is a dandelion {weed!} but what’s that growing all around it? Weeds? I don’t know, DO YOU? Could they be viola plants? I’m afraid to pull them because WHAT IF I have entire bed of violas I don’t even know it? Do you have these in YOUR yard? If so, please chime in.

What about this one? The leaf pattern kind of reminds me of a black eyed Susan plant. But I could be wrong. Anyone know for sure? To pull, or not to pull? That is the question.

It’s been 3 days since Lucy has found a friend {a mole}. She’s not giving up though, and the flower beds are getting aerated, so that’s a plus {I guess}.

What do you think? Irises? But what color? Oh I hope they are not yellow. I’d be happy with anything but yellow. Purple would be nice.

Hydrangea? Yes? No? Maybe so? What you think?

And the babies, they are enjoying all this sunshine we’ve been having lately. I moved them out of the office yesterday and into the garage. It was getting pretty dusty at my desk area and well, since the chicks are spending most of the day outside in the sunshine now, I thought it was a good compromise.

At 2 1/2 weeks they are started to fluff out a bit.

And the daffodils! They are finally blooming, and here it is the end of April. How funny is that? I posted a picture on Instagram nearly 6 weeks ago of the daffodils blooming in the PNW. Crazy crazy!

I have absolutely no idea what the summer weather will be like here, but with all the farm stands and orchards around, I’m confident we will be able to grow a big garden this summer… That is, if I can come up with a plan to keep the deer from hopping over our 5 foot fence!

It finally feels like spring, and I am so ready for it!!

Have a great weekend everyone, enjoy the sun. And hey, if you can help me out on the plant identification, I’d sure appreciate it. Peace out.

~Mavis

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Daily Deals – Free Old El Paso Taco Seasoning Mix,  Le Creuset Set, Cat Brushes, Dying Yarn and More

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Quote of the Day “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Hello Friday! I am happy to report that Miss Lucy had an excellent visit with the vet, behaved while she had her nails done AND got a cookie from the staff on her way out the door. She’s happy, I’m happy, life is good.

On the agenda for today: Make a second pass with Manny the Mantis tiller with the hopes of getting our huckelberry blue potatoes planted today. Giddy up!

Enjoy the weekend,

♥ Mavis

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Available Kindle Books I think look interesting…

The prices on Kindle Books can change quickly, so grab them while you can. Don’t have a Kindle? Download the kindle app on your other devices. It’s easy! 🙂


Subscribe and Save Deals

Subscribe and Save prices reflect a 15% discount for ordering 5 or more items in 1 month.

Attention Fred Meyer and Kroger Shoppers … Today only you can download an ecoupon for one FREE Old El Pason Taco Seasoning Mix and 1 Free Miracle-Gro Pour and Feed Liquid Plant Food Single 2 oz.  Simply load the ecoupon to you Fred Meyer card and claim your freebie by 5/13/18. It’s that easy!

Home and Kitchen Deals

Right now you can get the Le Creuset Signature 10-Piece Set for $799.99 shipped from Sur La Table when you use code MOM18 at checkout {that’s $200 off the set price!}. We have owned our Le Creuset Cookware for over 20 years and let me tell you Bob, like a good set of tools, it’s worth the investment. This stuff will last a lifetime. There are 5 colors to choose from. Shop Sur La Table.

Add on Items

*These are all Amazon Add-on Items and they will ship with qualifying orders over $25 and are eligible for free shipping on $25 orders with Amazon Prime {or will ship FREE on $35 orders without Prime}. 

Any knitters out there? Have you ever thought about dying your own yarn… with food coloring? Check out Vicki’s guest post HERE. It’s pretty cool!

Kid’s Stuff

Amazon Student is a feature offered to college students with a valid .edu email address. They’ll get Amazon Prime FREE for 6 months and then have the option of continuing that membership for 50% off {so only $49/year for students!}! Go HERE to see all the cool perks they’ll get.

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