We are on "Day 4" of Jason's 4-day weekend and haven't completed near the number of projects I had in mind. Instead of going out of town on a mini-trip, we decided to stick around the house and do some "pre" school-year cleaning. My plans are to begin school on August 4th, as long as our books come in this week.
Friday started out great. We cleaned the entire downstairs, including the school area (my desk), which was in desperate need of organization, and the storage area under the stairs, which we will be using as our 2nd pantry for all the stuff we're ordering from Amazon. =) Speaking of Amazon...don't forget to order any Kashi products you want before the end of the month (July). Remember if you order $49 worth of Kashi, you will get $20 off of your order. That's a huge savings!
Saturday's agenda included cleaning/straightening/organizing the kid's play room, which also houses my sewing/craft stuff, some office stuff, a dresser, Christmas tree and decorations, etc... Yeah, it's bad! Unfortunately, I started feeling bad on Saturday and couldn't help out much, but Jason and the girls did their best to start the project. The room was not completed, but I thought maybe I would feel better by Monday and could help finish it up. Yesterday, I was feeling so bad that I couldn't even make it to church. Today doesn't look too promising, but I'm going to try to get something accomplished. I hate the thought of wasting a day that I have Jason here to help out with certain jobs. If you think of me, please pray that I'll have the strength and desire to get done the things I need to get accomplished.
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Candy!!!
I forgot to mention in the last post that we got our candy from Amazon this week. Look at all of it...
There are 8 different flavors including: Wet-face watermelon, too berry blueberry, sour apple tart, pomegranate pucker, mango tango, blood orange cocktail, strawberry smash and very very cherry. See?
The peppermints are also very good. They have a stronger mint flavor than a Starlight mint but not as strong as an Altoid. They're a happy medium! =)
There are 8 different flavors including: Wet-face watermelon, too berry blueberry, sour apple tart, pomegranate pucker, mango tango, blood orange cocktail, strawberry smash and very very cherry. See?
The peppermints are also very good. They have a stronger mint flavor than a Starlight mint but not as strong as an Altoid. They're a happy medium! =)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Amazon Kashi Deal
This month only on Amazon, if you order $49 worth of Kashi products, you will get $20 off. My kids LOVE the Cinnamon Harvest cereal. We got 2 cases of that today! That should last us at least a couple of weeks. =) Ordering the cereal this way, we are only paying about $2.40 per box. At the store, it is close to $4 per box!
We also ordered some Lundberg Honey Dijon rice chips, and they came in yesterday. There are 12 in a case! Yummy! Look at all of these...
Yesterday, Jason ordered some Lundberg Wasabi rice chips, Yummy Earth assorted flavors organic candy drops and Yummy Earth wild peppermint candy drops.
We love the rice chips! The wasabi-flavored chips have a kick to them that is really good. Some of our other favorites are Santa Fe BBQ and Pico de Gallo (These two are not available to order on Amazon yet). These 4 are the only ones that don't have dairy in them, so they're the only ones we have tried. Since we are going to have so many of them, we are willing to share with anyone who would like to try some. The Honey Dijon chips are about $2.36 per bag, and the Wasabi chips are about $2.18 per bag (at Whole Foods, they are $2.69 per bag), so just let me know if you would like either of the ones we have ordered.
The candies are sweetened with evaporated cane juice and natural fruit flavors. We've purchased the fruit-flavored candies from Whole Foods before, and we really like them. There are also lollipops available in the same flavors in case you want them for little ones. =) We have not tried the peppermints before, but I figure they can't be that bad if they're anything like the fruit candies. I'll let you know how we like them after we try them. The package of fruit candies that we ordered has 4-16oz. bags and costs $20. Each bag costs $5 and has approximately 145 pieces of candy making each piece approximately $0.03! Not bad, huh? (If you are interested in sampling some of the candy or even purchasing a bag, let me know.)
No, we are not addicted to candy. =) I just like to have an alternative treat for the kids. They are learning (along with us) that sugar is bad, and they are learning to say "No, thank you" at church when they are offered candy or other sweets. Since they have my genes, I figure they are going to be susceptible to the same health problems I have. If I can eliminate these "cravings" for the wrong kinds of food now while they are young and give them enjoyable alternatives, then maybe they won't feel the need to try bad foods and will be spared a lot of the health issues that I've had to deal with.
By the way, we are still checking into the co-op/buying club. About 5 years ago, we used to order (through a group at our previous church) from a certain company, but after several days of trying to get some information on that company, I discovered they went bankrupt a couple of years ago. That's not good! =} I have found another company, but as far as I can tell, they are not accepting new buying clubs, so we would need to join an existing club in the area. We are trying to get in contact with one of them to get some additional information. I'll keep you posted.
We also ordered some Lundberg Honey Dijon rice chips, and they came in yesterday. There are 12 in a case! Yummy! Look at all of these...
Yesterday, Jason ordered some Lundberg Wasabi rice chips, Yummy Earth assorted flavors organic candy drops and Yummy Earth wild peppermint candy drops.
We love the rice chips! The wasabi-flavored chips have a kick to them that is really good. Some of our other favorites are Santa Fe BBQ and Pico de Gallo (These two are not available to order on Amazon yet). These 4 are the only ones that don't have dairy in them, so they're the only ones we have tried. Since we are going to have so many of them, we are willing to share with anyone who would like to try some. The Honey Dijon chips are about $2.36 per bag, and the Wasabi chips are about $2.18 per bag (at Whole Foods, they are $2.69 per bag), so just let me know if you would like either of the ones we have ordered.
The candies are sweetened with evaporated cane juice and natural fruit flavors. We've purchased the fruit-flavored candies from Whole Foods before, and we really like them. There are also lollipops available in the same flavors in case you want them for little ones. =) We have not tried the peppermints before, but I figure they can't be that bad if they're anything like the fruit candies. I'll let you know how we like them after we try them. The package of fruit candies that we ordered has 4-16oz. bags and costs $20. Each bag costs $5 and has approximately 145 pieces of candy making each piece approximately $0.03! Not bad, huh? (If you are interested in sampling some of the candy or even purchasing a bag, let me know.)
No, we are not addicted to candy. =) I just like to have an alternative treat for the kids. They are learning (along with us) that sugar is bad, and they are learning to say "No, thank you" at church when they are offered candy or other sweets. Since they have my genes, I figure they are going to be susceptible to the same health problems I have. If I can eliminate these "cravings" for the wrong kinds of food now while they are young and give them enjoyable alternatives, then maybe they won't feel the need to try bad foods and will be spared a lot of the health issues that I've had to deal with.
By the way, we are still checking into the co-op/buying club. About 5 years ago, we used to order (through a group at our previous church) from a certain company, but after several days of trying to get some information on that company, I discovered they went bankrupt a couple of years ago. That's not good! =} I have found another company, but as far as I can tell, they are not accepting new buying clubs, so we would need to join an existing club in the area. We are trying to get in contact with one of them to get some additional information. I'll keep you posted.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Amazon Deals!
In an effort to save more money, we have been doing our best to find the best deals on the organic food that we want to purchase. Jason has been scouring Amazon over the last week or so and decided to order Agave Nectar from them. When we purchase Agave Nectar from Whole Foods, the cost is $6.59 per bottle. On Amazon, you can order 6 bottles at a time and get a 15% discount by being put on a recurring delivery from every month up to every 6 months. (You can change/cancel the delivery frequency at any time without any consequence.) By ordering it this way, we are only paying $4.58 per bottle!! That's over $2.00 per bottle we are saving! The total cost is $27.46, and there is no shipping cost since the order is over $25.00! Sweet!We would like to find a co-op in this area, so that we could also get other things even cheaper. If you know of one in this area, let me know. Since we have found some things on Amazon that are mostly available in bulk, we have considered doing a little co-op type thing with our local friends and family. If any of you are interested in ordering some Agave or any other organic foods with us, let me know, and we'll see what we can work out.
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