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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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How Much TV Do You Watch Per Week?

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How Much TV Do You Watch Per Week

T.V. is one of those fantastic little time-suckers.  On one hand, if you find a show you like, it offers genuine enjoyment, but on the other, it really can become a waste of time.  Besides my weekly Friday Night Movie ritual, I’d say I probably don’t even watch an hour of t.v. per week.  Crazy, I know, but it has just never really held my attention for long.  I’d rather be doing other things.  I totally get that I am the odd ball, though.

I kinda wondered what the national average is for watching t.v.–which I should clarify as “screen time,” because YouTube and other mobile device viewing counts in my book.  I found a couple of different numbers {here and here} that suggested kids watch between 24-32 HOURS of t.v. per week, while adults are coming in as high as 5 hours per day–um, what?!  Holy buckets that seems high.  I flat out don’t have 5 extra hours per day, and I honestly don’t think I could find enough to watch during that time if I did.

One of the links above even broke down the viewing time per week by age:

2-11: 24 hours, 16 minutes.

12-17: 20 hours, 41 minutes.

18-24: 22 hours, 27 minutes.

25-34: 27 hours, 36 minutes.

35-49: 33 hours, 40 minutes.

50-64: 43 hours, 56 minutes.

65-plus: 50 hours, 34 minutes.

So, my here’s my question, how much t.v. do YOU watch per day {or week}?  Are the numbers I found an accurate representation of our television habits?  {Make sure to include all screen time–Netflix on your computer, YouTube on your phone, etc.}

~Mavis

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Lucy the snuggle puggle says GOOD morning! She has been such a trooper through all the moving and renovating…I bet she can’t wait for everything to calm down and get back to normal again {Me too!}. 

Here’s hoping you have a great day,

♥ Mavis

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Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats

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Candy Corn Rice Krispie TreatsDon’t you think these Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats  would make the perfect treats for a school or harvest party?

Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats

Ingredients:

9 cups Rice Krispies cereal
11 ounces mini marshmallows {1 bag}
6 Tbsp butter + more for greasing the pans
Yellow food coloring
Orange food coloring

Candy Corn Rice Krispie TreatsDirections:

Start by buttering {2} 8″ round cake pans and then set them aside. Melt butter in a microwave proof bowl. Add marshmallows, stirl and microwave at 30 second intervals until smooth.

Divide melted goodness into 3 bowls. Add orange food coloring to one, yellow food coloring to another and leave the third one plain {white}. Stir until combined. Add a few cups of Rice Krispies into each bowl and stir until coated.

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Divide the yellow rice krispies mixture between the two greased cake pans and press the yellow Krispies up against the inside of the cake pan. You want about a 2″ ring.

Next press the orange Krispies against the yellow, leaving the center open for the “white” ring of Krispies.

 

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You should have a “rainbow” of yellow, orange and white Rice Krispies now.  Allow the treats to set for about one hour, then flip them out of the cake pans onto a cutting board.  Cut the circles in half, then in quarters, and then cut each quarter in half.

Cute, right?

~Mavis

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Kids and Homework

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Kids and Homework

I have to admit, when the kids were little, and homework came home, I totally felt like it was more “mom work” than anything.  They weren’t really equipped to do it on their own {obviously} and I certainly wasn’t all that equipped to teach them {gracefully} how to do it.  I kinda came to resent it in a way.  As they got older, they became completely independent with their homework, and although they would disappear into their rooms to do it each evening, it wasn’t really my problem.  Now, I can say, we have basically survived homework for better or worse.

BUT, that doesn’t mean the debate doesn’t rage on.  I found an article on the Washington Post that tries to summarize some of the research done on the benefit of homework.  The article clearly states that summaries on research studies aren’t all they are cracked up to be because a lot is lost in translation, but that is totally not going to stop me from trying.

Basically, research on the benefits of homework have shown that there is very little correlation to homework and overall academic performance.  Say what?!  I wasn’t personally sure what to think of that.  I mean, even though I kinda hated homework when the kids were younger, I consoled myself with the thought that at least it was reinforcing their learning.  Apparently, NO research has ever shown a positive benefit to assigning homework in elementary school.  As students move on to high school, the correlation between academic performance and time spent on homework is sketchy at best.  That’s pretty much the best I am going to do at summarizing–so pop over and read the article first hand, because holy buckets, my summary does not do it justice.

Article aside, I kind of came to conclusion that the benefit of homework really probably comes down to what kind of learner you are.  I am more of a hands on learner…and I am sure all kids learn differently, some probably like the quiet reinforcement that homework provides.   Still, I’m super curious what you all think.  Do your kids have too much {or too little} homework?  Do you feel like the homework helps them?

~Mavis

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