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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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The Dirty Dash – Boise, Idaho

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Today I participated in the Boise Dirty Dash

My friend Amber chose the outfits. She loves the movie Dirty Dancing.  Can you tell?  The boys were Patrick Swayze and the girls were Jennifer Grey.  The only item the boys had to remember to bring was a pair of black spandex shorts, but Marky Mark on the right forgot “running spandex” so he just ran in his underwear.  Classy.

The night before the Dirty Dash Amber decided to buy 4 watermelons as an accessory for our costumes.

Why?

Well, remember the part in the movie when Johnny asks his cousin “Why is she here” and Baby tells him “I carried a watermelon,” Amber was like, we should carry watermelons… That would be so funny!

Yes, trying to carry a watermelon uphill, while trying to run a 5k 5 miles and jumping over obstacles like climbing walls, hay bales and tires was a totally brilliant idea.

Okay so actually it was a really stupid idea. And to Amber’s disappointment, we ditched the melons before the first obstacle.

If you have never ran the Dirty Dash race in Boise before, let me warn you.  6/8th of the race is uphill.  Like as in ski slope type of a hill.  Good times.

The obstacles and mud are just an added bonus.

Luckily there are refreshments offered around the halfway mark.  Note to self: Never, ever, eat blackberry pie, ice cream, and milk duds for a pre-race meal, then drink a can of root beer and then proceed to run downhill for 1 mile. Not a good idea. Trust me {I’ll spare you the photos}.

Life is good.

♥ Mavis

*I’ll upload the video we made in just a little bit.  I need to get the mud off me first.

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Amber’s Vegetable Garden Tour

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I took a tour of my friend Amber’s vegetable garden last night.  I was kind of bummed because I had just missed Amber’s big zucchini harvest.  She had between  15 – 20 pounds and had just shredded it all right before my visit.

These are her flowers. When I asked her what variety they were she said “pretty ones.”

Amber has been gardening for 3 years, and has learned a few gardening tricks.  To save time, Amber likes to water her garden with the help of a small pine tree.

Her husband, Mr. Mc Dreamy takes care of the lawn while she harvests vegetables every morning.  This year Amber is growing beans, pumpkins, zucchinis and strawberries.

This is her pumpkin.  Isn’t it cute?

Hey Amber, I think your garden looks fabulous!  But  I think it’s missing something.  Kale.  Go get yourself some kale plants from the local nursery, you can grow it all winter long.  Even in Idaho.

XOXOXO Mavis

*If you have a garden, a chicken coop or anything else super exciting and would like to be featured here on onehundreddollarsamonth.com, then send in your photos to onehundreddollarsamonth {at} gmail.com, along with a brief description of your pictures and I will try and get them posted.

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Easy Sunday Brunch Recipes – Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping

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Once you have tried this recipe for blueberry muffins, you will never try another blueberry muffin recipe again. I ate 2 of these muffins as I was typing this up. Seriously, they are that good.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 1/3 cup blueberries {I used frozen}
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Crumb Topping

1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Line crusty old muffin tins with muffin/cupcake liners.
In a large bowl mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Add oil, egg, milk and stir until there are no lumps. Fold in blueberries.  Set aside.

In a separate bowl mix together the ingredients for the crumb topping with your fingers {or a fork if you don’t like to touch your food} until nice a crumbly.  Is crumbly even a word? Hmm.

If you have major OCD like me, use a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop to fill your muffin tins, if you don’t, just fill the tins 2/3rd of the way full and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.

Bake the best blueberry muffins on the freakin’ planet for 18 -20 minutes until they are lightly browned.

Cool slightly and serve warm.

After everyone has had a blueberry muffin, {or two} swipe the rest and hide them for later. Yummmm!

My favorite cookie scoops ~ Amazon $11.39 and up

My favorite baking cups ~Vitacost $1.44

 

 

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Mavis Butterfield Etsy