Getting the Yard Ready

I hope everyone had a GREAT Memorial Day Weekend! We did! Other than watching my youngest in her first parade and a little thing called my birthday, we did A LOT of yardwork. This work included getting our yard ready for summer. The triumphant return of our pool!!!

Playing along with Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom .

First Grade Autobiography

This weekend, the whole family enjoyed my youngest's performance in her classroom play. My little singing butterfly. I am calling this a tackle because a lot preparation went into the event for her and for us.

At the end of the play, she read us the autobiography that she had been working on for months. Here her grandparents and older sister are listening intently:


Playing along with Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom .

Pass the Moisturizer

Just kidding...this little guy was the star at a birthday party my daughter attended at a pet store. What a cute idea!!!

Playing along with Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on parenting By dummies:-)

Preparing for Brownies

This weekend, my youngest is bridginng over from Daisy Girl Scouts to Brownie Girl Scouts. In preparation for it, I sewed all her patches on her new uniform:


Correction, my MIL did it. Can you tell which stitch belongs to her and which belongs to me?

I will give you a hint. It took her 20 minutes to do the whole uniform and me 1 hour to do one patch:-)

Playing along with Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom .

New Grape Vines

I can't wait for this to cover my pergola this summer:-)

Happy Mother's Day to Me!!!

Playing along with Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on parenting By dummies:-)

Organizing Your Contacts

If you are anything like me, you have contacts EVERYWHERE. I have phone numbers in my phone and email addresses in Yahoo and some in Google and even more in Windows Live Mail. This week, I worked on putting ALL of my contacts in one place!! Reason #557 to love my iPhone...I can sync my phone with Windows Live Mail! Now, I not only have everything at my finger tips but I also know that both have the most up-to-date information.

So, if you have moved recently or changed your phone number, cell number or email address and I am supposed to know it for some reason, let me know. Because now, I can add it easily and I won't ever lose it again:-)

Playing along with Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom .

Art Made by the Morning Sun

Playing along with Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on parenting By dummies:-)

Mango and Black Bean Salsa

This sweet salsa will be the perfect accompaniment to any Cinco De Mayo table:-)

I took a bit of a bloggy break over the last couple weeks. But I am back and doing my menu planning with I'm an Organizing Junkie. So, here is my menu this week:




Also, $5 Dinners inspires us all to make low cost dinners. In that spirit, I am taking what Pick N Save has on sale, pairing it with coupons and coming up with the tastiest money saving around! Black beans were on sale for $1.00 (normally $1.29.) at Pick N Save. I grabbed a bunch to make my featured recipe today:

Mango and Black Bean Salsa
Ingredients:
1 lime, zested and juiced
1 tbs honey
1 clove garlic
1 tbs olive Oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 mango peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 onion, diced
1 sweet red pepper, diced
1 tbs parsley, chopped

Directions:
1. In a medium bowl, mix lime zest and juice, garlic and honey. Wisk in olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.

2. Toss mango, black beans, onion and red pepper with the sauce. Top with parsley.

3. Serve with your favorite mexican dish or with chips.

Servings: 8

Cooking Times
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/8 of a recipe (4.4 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. One of the recipe's ingredients was not linked. This ingredient is not included in the recipe nutrition data.

Amount Per Serving
Calories 141.34
Calories From Fat (14%) 19.11
% Daily Value
Total Fat 2.19g 3%
Saturated Fat 0.35g 2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 128.26mg 5%
Potassium 349.37mg 10%
Total Carbohydrates 26.67g 9%
Fiber 6.12g 24%
Sugar 7.67g
Protein 5.97g 12%

Recipe Type
Appetizer, Mexican, Side Dish

Source
Author: Susan Ewing

Recipe: $3.75($2.26 on sale)
Serving: $0.47 ($0.28 on sale)






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