My Light

I haven't given this place much attention this past year. Shame on me. I hate to admit I've been so busy I haven't put much effort into saving money. It's time to get back to it though. 
I don't have anything really to share except this offer through MyLight.com, they're giving away a free light (while supplies last) for liking them on facebook. If you're a big reader or just looking for stocking stuffers (it's never to early to start) this is a great little gadget that's hands free. 
Here are the instructions from their site:
Step 1: "Like Us" on Facebook
Step 2: Send us an email so we can verify that you "Like Us"
...Send your email to info@showertek.com. Put "Facebook miniHUGlight" in the subject line. And put your first and last name (or whatever you go by on facebook) along with your shipping address.
 Step 3: We'll verify that you "Like Us" and send your miniHUGlight totally FREE OF CHARGE! That's right, shipping and handling is on us!

Good luck. I hope we all get one. 

Book give away contest

I've been a little MIA from the frugal world thanks to so many irons in the fire. I did, however, want to share a possible freebie...well, it's a give away contest really. I ended up with an extra copy of the latest Jeaniene Frost book. If you've never read anything from her, click on over and enter. This book is part of the Night Huntress World series but is a great stand alone book. Click on over and tell a friend.

Book contest

Good luck!

PS I hope everyone is doing well and living frugally!

Blackstock Book Give-Away

Terri Blackstock is offering the first two books of her Cape Refuge series FREE! Yes, I said free. Starting today through the next 2 weeks you can download Cape Refuge and Southern Storm from Amazon's Kindle Store. If you haven't read any of her work, this is a great opportunity to sample it. She's an excellent mystery writer (one of my favorites).

This is great if you got a Kindle for Christmas. There's nothing like a free book. Don't have a Kinde? No problem. Amazon recently released Kindle for PC, a free download for your computer as well as the Blackberry and iPhone. Here's links to all those:

Kindle for PC

Kindle for MAC

Kindle for iPhone

Kindle for Blackberry

Omelet in a bag

We raise chickens. As a result, we have eggs (usually except when the weather changes drastically). I was recently taught a really unique way to make omlets. I love this idea. It's fun and I actually get to sit down with the boys and eat when they do instead of standing cooking one right after another. Here you go:

Omlet in a bag.

You need:

All the things you want in an omlet (ie cheese, peppers, ham, bacon, etc)
eggs 2 to 3 per person depending on the people
Ziploc baggies (Freezer bags are best)
A large pot of boiling water
Perm. Marker

 

• First step is to get your pot of water boiling.
• Next, you have each person but their name on the baggie. This will help out later when all is done.
• Then,  crack and whip your eggs. (I did ours in a big picture to pour them in the bags easier)
• Then, let each person add what they want in their omlet (I love this part because everyone gets what they want and there's no whining about tomatoes touching someones eggs that doesn't like them)
• Shake up the contents. Squeeze out excess air and zip up the baggie.
• Now the fun part. Place the bags in the boiling water for roughly 13 to 15 minutes.
• Open the bags and slip the omelet out of the bag and dig in.

There's no butter, no grease, and no real mess to clean up. My favorite part is everyone can eat at the same time. The kids have really fell in love with this method and at least one of them has ask for an omelet in a bag every night since we first did this. Try it. You'll be hooked. I'm sure of it!

(I'll post pictures next time we do this)