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Cleaning with Dryer Sheets

Posted March 10, 2013 By dealinanddishin

Tweet Today I was doing laundry (isn’t that everyday??). Anyway while I was waiting for the washer to finish I noticed how dusty and grimy the dryer was. The detergent had spilt and had lint/dust was stuck on it. A used dryer sheet was on hand so I started to dust with it. That worked [… Read More]

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At home Dry Skin remedies

Posted March 8, 2013 By dealinanddishin

Tweet Between Winter and the flu going around my hands are a wreck! They are dry, scaly, red, and will crack and bleed! Lotion can be more of a harm than a help. I learned when I had my kids from the doctor about lotions having alcohol as an ingredient. What does alcohol do? Dry [… Read More]

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How to freeze celery and onions

Posted November 14, 2012 By dealinanddishin

Tweet I hate buying celery for a recipe like dressing that calls just for a small bit and the rest then goes to waste. I do use onions, but not quick enough to keep them from going bad in the refrigerator. I froze onions once after dicing them up in the food processor. That didn’t [… Read More]

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Make your own werewolf costume

Posted October 8, 2012 By dealinanddishin

Tweet I’m learning to sew and really wanted to make costumes this year, but I knew with two kids there was no way I could handmake two costumes from scratch. My son wanted to be a werewolf. Sounded easy enough. I was concerned about the face, but luckily found a mask at CVS for $5 [… Read More]

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Alphabet Learning Game…Popcorn Time

Posted August 22, 2012 By dealinanddishin

Tweet I have a daughter in Pre-K and been trying to think of ways to help her learn her alphabet. I looked around for printables and saw some where you fed the letter to a monster you made which was cute, but wasn’t sure it would speak to her. I played around in Word and [… Read More]

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Motivate Me Monday–Low Calorie Caesar Salad

Posted August 13, 2012 By dealinanddishin

Tweet I love Caesar salad ever since I first had it at Panera. It is decent on calorie count, but I figured I could do better. Although I love Panera I can’t go there everyday or can afford to. I can’t remember prices for sure but easily $5 for a full salad. Full Caesar at [… Read More]

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Freezer meals with chicken

Posted January 4, 2012 By dealinanddishin

Tweet With busy schedules making meals can be tough and eating out too much can be bad for the wallet and waistline so I’m a fan of big batch cooking. So far it works best with chicken and vegetable soup. I love chicken because of the variety of things you can do, fairly inexpensive, and low [… Read More]

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My Favorite Shopping Place…MyPoints

Posted November 27, 2011 By dealinanddishin

Tweet (This post contains affiliate links..Disclosure) I just had my 9 year anniversary with MyPoints…I love this site. Basically you sign up and can earn points in a variety of ways Christmas time is a great chance to earn a bunch of points while taking advantage of sales. 1. Refer Friends 2. Click on emails [… Read More]

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Homemade Cleaning Wipes

Posted June 29, 2011 By dealinanddishin

Tweet I love cleaning wipes..they are faster and use less paper towels than traditional spray and wipe methods, but they are not cheap! Let’s compare.. I bought a 80 count Lysol Disinfecting Wipes at CVS for $5 (Sale Price)   Now I’m going to make my own You need a container that is big enough [… Read More]

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Frugal Flavored Powdered Coffee Creamer

Posted June 28, 2011 By dealinanddishin

Tweet Drinking about 5 cups of coffee a day I can go through quite a bit of flavored coffee creamer. This is how I make a frugal flavored powdered coffee creamer. A name brand container of flavored powder coffee creamer can cost close to $4, versus the non flavored store brand that costs half that. So whichever is [… Read More]

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