Cut a rug

My Uncle Rex would think I had been dancing if I told him I had cut a rug.

Nope, no dancing, I really cut a rug. 

For the last few weeks, maybe months, I have been cleaning and decluttering our entire house.  Most of it is finished.  Yea!

After switching things around, I ended up with a runner size rug that matched in color to our breakfast room/turned kitchen addition, but it was the wrong length for the pace it needed to be.  

It is too hot to go rug shopping and this rug matched so, I did a redneck alteration to it.  

First, I marked the cutting line on the back and started cutting.  I used an old pair o heavy scissors and this was the hardest part. 

Once it was cut, it was going to ravel, so I sealed that cut end with duct tape.  I just turned a narrow strip on the front and widest part is on the back of the rug.

Then, I found some bias binding that blended with the rug.

I used E6000 glue to attach the binding, over the duct tape, to the cut end of the rug.  

Clothes pins work great to hold the binding in place until the rug dries.

Sorry, these pictures are too dark, but they show the rug in front of the door.  

The design is not perfectly semetrical I think it is fine. 

This rug is at the back door and the cut end is close to the armoire so it won't get much traffic. 

I am really happy with it.  I made something work with very little effort and no cost. 

But looking at this photo, I think touch up painting to the trim needs to be added to the to-do list.  

There is always something to keep me busy!  You too?

Frugal breakfasts- eat some and freeze some

When I looked in the fridge one morning,  I realized there were 3 older eggs and some milk that was not going to be fresh enough to drink much longer.

To avoid the chance those eggs and milk might spoil, I used them up right then in a triple batch of oatmeal pancakes.

I made some regular size pancakes and many silver dollar size pancakes.  Our grandchildren love pancakes and they really like the little ones that they can just eat like finger food and dip in a little serving of syrup.

My husband and I both had a short stack for breakfast. The rest of the pancakes went in a storage container in the freezer. It is very quick to heat up a handful of those tiny pancakes when the grands are hungry. 

I use Betty Crockers pancake recipe with just a few changes- to make one recipe, just stir up these ingredients until almost smooth.  It is easy to multiply if you want to make a bigger batch. 

Oatmeal Pancakes

1 egg

3/4 cup milk

2 T oil of your choice or melted butter

1 T brown sugar

1 t vanilla - this was my Uncle Jarvis's favorite flavoring for pancakes

2 t baking powder

1/2 cup flour- all purpose or whole wheat

1/2 cup oatmeal and I really pack this down when I measure it.  

1/4 t salt

This batter will look too thin when first mixed up but if you wait a few minute, the oats will soak up the milk and the batter will thicken just right.

Blue House Journal 

My friend Terri a.k.a PennyAnnPoundwise has been adding some Year of Savings posts to her blog at Blue House Journal.  I am planning on adding some too.

also linking to the blog hop party
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The Charm of Home

CVS deals week of July 7

We stopped at CVS on the way to church this morning.  It might of been my best shopping trip there ever.

           

Bought- 2 jugs of Tide, I've tried the homemade detergent 3 different times and just never got the spot removal that I like and get with Tide 

1 Dawn, 12 pack of Charmin, 1 Softsoap shower soap and 2 bags KitKat Minis. 

Coupons used

25 cents on both Charmin and Dawn. 

2 $2.50 on KitKats

$1.50 on Tide

$5 off $30 purchase scanner coupon

$1.50 quarterly rewards coupon

$17 in ECBs from 2 weeks ago

To pay the balance of $10.27, I used a $25 CVS gift card that I just got from Mypoints.com.  

And I got back a $10 ECB to use on future deals.  

  

Precious at Frugal makes cents just posted about her CVS deals

She got great deals too and hers are different from mine. 

My must do's at CVS

find their weekly ad early so you can plan your trip.  I can usally see the ad preview in the forums at  SlickDeals.net at least a week early.

Get a CVS card and always scan it twice when you first get to CVS- it will print off a string of assorted CVS coupons and is where I got the $2 off soap, the $5 off $30 and the $1.50 off today.

Match up the sales with coupons and try to do the ones with ECBs on products that are useful to your home.   

Keep up with the ECBs you earn and roll them into another sale the next week or 2. 

linking to the blog hop at Sunny Simple Life

Front yard surprise and garden update

Surprise!  I found a squash or cucumber vine growing up a rose bush in the front yard, planted by a bird I am guessing. I will leave it growing and see what happens.

Our 2013 use what you have garden in the backyard is growing. It got a late start and I have only harvested a handful of radishes so far. The tomato and cucumber plants and the dill look hopeful. The herbs pretty much fizzled.

The morning glory seed that were so old, one packet was dated 2004, sprouted and are growing.  I've got a couple things in mind to rig up a trellis for them.

Psalm 118:24

New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁴ This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Pretty Funny Happy Real- July 4th edition

Pretty

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Tomatoes and bell peppers from my dad's backyard garden
Onions from my brother

Funny


51 week old grandson with a mouth full of teeth.
he is the happiest little guy and smiles like this most all the time.  

Happy

Front door wreath
the blue silk hydrangeas are from the pew decorations at our daughter and son in law's wedding- almost 6 years ago

Real 

we are kind of feeling like a chair was kicked out from under us.

We found out Friday that husband's knee replacement will be having another revision done to it.  This makes  for the 9th knee surgery total and the 4th in 4 years.  He needs it done and we are thankful and hopeful his knee will be as right as can be after this surgery,  but it was not news were expecting and it is taking awhile to get used to it. 

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