I Got a Major Award

It's been quite some time since I've received any awards, so I was very pleasantly surprised when I received these awards from my good friend over at Mom's Cafe Home Cooking.


The first award is...


You're Going Places, Baby Award.
When accepting this award, the person receiving it must tell where they think they will be in ten years.

So, where will I be in ten years? Probably still trying to think of an answer to this question. Actually, since the kids will be off on their own, I think I'll get off my butt and get a real job: "Welcome to Walmart!"


The second award is the...

Beautiful Blogger Award.

In accepting this award, the recipient must tell seven things about themselves.

1. In high school, I took flying lessons, but it became too expensive and I had to quit


2. I like experimenting in the kitchen


3. Even though it was very hard work, I thoroughly enjoyed building our retaining wall


4. I really enjoy doing maintenance work


5. I would rather be busy doing something, than sitting around and doing nothing


6. I enjoy learning new things and sharing that knowledge with others


7. I would still like to learn how to fly

Finally, the...

Sunshine Award.

I would like to pass these awards along to...

Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife

BeadedTail

Split Rock Ranch

Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap

Taco Pizza

We didn't have any taco shells, so I decided to breakout the old pizza starter instead, so I guess that you can call this being pseudo-frugal, As you can see from the shape, I've given up, for now, on the round pizza variety and decided to play it safe and just form the dough into the shape of the baking tray. Hey, on the highway of life, if it's easy, I'll take that off-ramp.

I pre-bake the crust (you can use the pizza dough recipe from My Pizza Dough Recipe and after it cools, I slather on the sour cream and then sprinkle the cheese over the top. I cook the meat and once it cools, I spread that over the top and then cover with the remaining cheese and bake.

Anyway, here's the cost breakdown of this meal:
Meat...$5.13
Cheese...$2.85
Sour Cream...$1.50
Spices...I have no idea, but it's under $1.00 (I make my own taco seasoning)

Total...$10.48 (I just added the $1.00 for the seasoning)

Okay, I can see that you might be saying, "what's so frugal about that???" That's kind of pricey for a meal. Well, I would have to agree, but this wonderful pizza provided three meals for my family. The per-meal cost for each person was: $1.16.
($10.48 / 3 people= $3.49 / 3 nights = $1.16)...not too bad, actually.

Friday Fotos: 3/12

Firstly, I would like to announce the winner of the $25 Kroger Gift Card Giveaway. By a highly scientific, random drawing (basically all the names went into a hat and my daughter closed her eyes, reached in and grabbed a slip of paper), the winner is...BeadedTail. Congratulations and I will be in touch. I also want to thank those of you who took the time to enter this contest. I hope everyone has a great weekend and now, on to the Friday Fotos...




This sounds about right...

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Can't you tell I'm a Star Trek fan...

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Yep, this is very true...

courtesy of... icanhascheezburger.com