Super Bowl Party!! 🏈🏈

Having a Super Bowl Party! This is a fun year, since San Jose is hosting the actual game right here in our city! 

I decided to bake & make it all from scratch!! Nothing store bought this year! Plus helps me use what I already have in my cabinets.. How many of you write your list, shop to come home to look in the cabinets to find the same items you just bought? I am guilty!! Now I have a different way of thinking and saving! 

Rolled sugar cookie footballs 

3 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 sticks of room temp butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla 

DIRECTIONS:

Mix all dry ingredients together (flour, sugar, baking powder)- set aside

Mix egg, vanilla & butter together and add flour slowly to your mix..

Once it is 1 big clump, take it out and put into a ziplock storage bag. You can do either of 2 things: refrigerate dough for 2 hours, or do as I did and put in freezer for 30 min.

I put parchment paper down first and lightly dusted flour on it, took half of the dough mixture out of fridge while leaving the other half in. 

I put the dough down and added another price of wax/parchment paper on top.. Rolled with a rolling pin. I rolled and rolled, I worked most of the dough but it gets tiring so I would do half and cut my shapes and do it all over. You roll until you get to the thickness you want. I didn't have a football cookie cutter nor did I want to go out & buy one, so I had to think outside the box. I got a disposable cup and bent it and taped it to hold its sides! 

Impressed with myself just a little! 

Makes like 30 cookies: Bake @ 350 for 8-10 min

Now for the Royal Icing:

3 egg whites room temp

1 tsp fresh lemon juice 

1# powder sugar

-again I went with what I had, I use to always have meringue powder but I guess I used it all up.

3 egg whites room temp

-beat until they get fluffy firm like and make a peak

- add powder sugar on top of the meringue, then the lemon juice

Using a paddle with your mixer, mix it slowly then after 3 min or so speed it up!

You're done!! It should look glossy and a tad liquidy. I took a spoonful out or two so I can still have some white left.

I then added my brown coloring to the big batch and all done! 

I iced the cookies with a small spatula and then put the white icing in a decorating bag and piped the lines on! 

I let them sit out overnight before packaging it up.

Saving on my energy Bill

I feel like I am getting a tad "weider" than others! I got engaged! We are thriving to buy a house in the bayarea! Yes, we are a little crazy but we have kids and they have other parents in the area so we can not just up and move.
I am being more aware of how PG&E charges us and so I am keeping a journal of when I use the most electricity. I need to see if it is matching up on my bill or more so what am I using that costs moer & at what time.
I made these little reminders, so that I can print them up and laminate them. I am either going to add a magent and add it to the fridge on the days I need to rememebr. Or I might just leave it and tuck it in a drawer and then lay it on the counter so it reminds me!

For PG&E charges from 8am-8pm higher pricing. Of course certain times within those hours also like 2-6 pm, when most others are home from school & such.

Download here 

You can look here for using Your Energy wisely!
Free Printable to add to your fridge or door knob.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ceo2pgshiu3jhn3/SmartRate_WelcomeKit.pdf?dl=0

What is to come....

Hello there!
My next posts will be about saving money to buy a house!
Making my own detergent, foaming soap & deoderizer for the bathroom !
I am also looking at my daughters 10th bday party and need to look at things that will not cost me that much.. That being said, I am making my own pinata! I have boxes, cardboards and all the newspapers I want for FREE!
annnd Let's not forget Superbowl and Valentines are right around the corner!

Spelling Test Practice

I like to keep things neat and organized, so when my daughter has 1 sheet of paper and we need to practice spelling words & wanted to make sure it was easy to read and write. So I went to word and just made something really quick, you can use it to and change the name or just delete it.

Download by touching the jpg

What size planner is best for you?

I found this online and I LOVE IT!! I forgot where I found it, but I bought a new planner because all digital is not for me for certain things! I cann not see it in my face all day long and look in the future at the same time, so planner it is!

Spring Break Scrapbook Page

I like to have the girls remember what they do when they are on a week vacation- Especially if they have a week of all kinds of activities. When I was a kid, there are not many pictures of us or the family. Please excuse the fact that this is not the completed version and it is 2014!
I do it every year for them!  I Just do word doc, I fill in the background. I then add shapes; rectangles and write what I need to in there.. I love it, it is easy and quick. Print and go and put it in her scrapbook!

Bag Toppers for Bday Goodies

It has been a long time since I have been doing my blog- But I am set up and orgainzed now!
So I am going through all my older notes and going to post all my stuff now and then set it up my scheduled posts!

My youngest is getting older and with the schools now, they do not really like you to bring anything in to class. Why be a kid if you can not enjoy the little things?
I just packed a goodie bag with candies and lip whistles, etc.. I also brought in mini cupckaes.
Kept it short and sweet ;)

This is how I did the bag toppers-- My favorite thing to do now!

Directions:
1. Go to avery.com. Sign in or set up an online account.
2. Go to the Design & Print Online Option under Templates and Software.
3. Click on the Marketing Solutions Category.
4. In the menu on the left side, you will see "Bag Toppers". Click that.
5. Now you will see a menu brought up of themes for Bag Toppers. Use any theme you like, or click on "Blank" to create your own. If you choose to create your own, you can play with fonts and images. 
6. When you have finished the design, save it.
7. Print the design on white cardstock {white paper will also be fine.}
8. Trim the design into 4 bag toppers with a paper trimmer.
9. Fold bag topper and staple on treat bags.

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