Atlanta's Frugal Mom

Earlier this month, I received a free voucher for Johnsonville Premium Fully Cooked Dinner Sausages from BzzAgent, and I knew right away what flavor I wanted to try.  They have 5 different varieties, but I am an Andouille fanatic, so that’s what I headed straight for when we got to Kroger. When I got home, I logged on to AllRecipes.com, one of my favorite sites for cooking inspiration.  Well, you know, besides Pinterest of course! 😉  I found an easy jambalaya recipe that I could start with, but of course I modified it along the way to suit my family’s tastes. Easy Cajun Jambalaya Ingredients: 1 Tbs olive oil 1 lb Johnsonville Premium Andouille sausage, diced They like to help in the kitchen, can you tell? 🙂 2 10 oz cans of chicken breast meat, drained 2 onions, diced 2 green bell peppers, diced 3 ribs of celery, diced 1/4 cup minced garlic 1 Tbs onion powder 1 Tbs Cajun seasoning 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (more if you like it spicy!) 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 4 cups of unco...

And this is precisely why we have to examine the contents within EVERY time we throw something away…. Ah, yes, life with a toddler certainly keeps you on your toes! Happy (wordless) Wednesday , y’all! 🙂

I recently hinted on Facebook that I participated in a Locks of Love haircut.  Hair donation is an easy way to give back big time.  Your hair can go to someone in much greater need, while also “lifting” you of the extra weight — figuratively and literally. For the last two or three years, I’ve really slacked on getting my hair cut.  So I decided to just grow it out long enough to donate when I *do* get it cut.  I did so last year (on Super Bowl Sunday 2012), about six weeks after my son was born, so I had a rich, long head of hair to donate.  This year -after growing it out for 14 months- it wasn’t as long (or lush), but it was a good 10 inches that I don’t miss, but will make a world of difference for someone else. Hair donations typically benefit children with medical conditions resulting in hair loss. There are other organizations that accept hair donations, including Pantene Beautiful Lengths  and  Wigs for Kids . If you’re looking to donat...

And just like that , my little baby boy is off and walking – still throwing his hands in the air whilst walking….

Happy Wordless Wednesday, y’all! I hope your children’s toys are better behaved than mine! 😉  In the meantime, have your children’s toys been naughty lately, too?  All I know is the “boy baby” -as Carol calls him- was hitting, so got an immediate time out.

It’s been a rough week in our frugal household.  Most notably, my daughter -who turned 4 last Friday- came down with a nasty tummy bug, and has been OUT all week.  She started feeling off on Sunday, but woke up Monday morning feeling well enough to go to school and ballet, but didn’t touch her lunch.  She came home, took off her ballet clothes and put on her jammies and plopped herself down for a three hour nap.  (An unnatural act for a child who’d not taken a nap for over two weeks prior to this!)  Even after she woke up, she was rather puny and lacked an appetite for the remainder of the day…. Tuesday, same thing: she woke up feeling fine, went to her 4-year check-up and got her shots.  By the time we came home, she was starting to feel a little off, wouldn’t eat, and took a two hour nap.  That evening I knew we were dealing with a stomach virus.  And I’ll just leave it at that. She stayed home, sleeping it off most of the day on Wednesday.  (Skipping her...

My first born turned FOUR on Friday, which was followed by her check-up. She not only did fine, but worked her usual charm on the nurses and doctors. Throughout the appointment, I kept hearing Doc McStuffins sing “time for your check-up.” 🙂 Happy (not so) Wordless Wednesday, y’all!