BEDA #10 Aldi butter sale and a fancy planter

Hello everyone 

Jane, lejmom, said her Aldi didn’t have the $1.97 butter when she went but the store worker told her he thought the sales were the same everywhere.  So,  I did a bit of investigating.  

This is the Aldi ad in Oklahoma.  Our ad started on Wednesday April 6- 12.  

When you go to the Aldi.US website and look for the weekly ad,  it will ask for your zip code.  

I think Jane lives in Michigan,  I’m not sure though.

But I did find a Michigan zip code and entered it on Aldi.US

The Michigan ad is a bit different than the Oklahoma ad, but both have the same butter sale.  

Jane should be able to get $1.97 butter as the Michigan ad starts on Sunday the 10th,  4 days later than Oklahoma 

This Michigan Ad says  it runs April 10-16. 

Anyway,  if you’re wanting some bargain butter, I hope you can find some, whatever cycle your store runs it’s ads. 

We have several new things on our patio, courtesy of our son in law.  

One is this fancy, rolling planter.  

It arrived here full of soil but I don’t think anything has ever been planted in it.  

My husband planted romaine and broccoli seedlings in it today.  

We’ll see how it works.  

It will just be here this summer and will go to their new home in about 10 months or so.  

Their builder does seem to be on the ball and he said 10 months from start to finish.  

I guess we will see how it keeps going.  

I’m normally optimistic but with all the shortages and delays and price increases,  who knows? 

Hope you all have had a nice weekend 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #9 pasta night and more little tweaks as we make this home work for 7

Hello everyone 

This was outside the bathroom that the only sick child was using.

My daughter  kept the bathroom all clean and disinfected and wore gloves to protect herself. 

 So far, only 1 of us was sick and is better now we think. 

Some other changes are 

The banana keeper box is staying on the kitchen counter again.  

7 people eat lots of bananas and we have to keep them in something

I think it helps a tiny bit to slow the ripening but I would not re-buy it. 

Our trash is picked up by our city as part of our utility services.  We have a big rolling can for recycling and it is free.  

I think we pay about $20 a month for the same size rolling can for trash.  

I’d rather not have a third giant trash can so we are trying to be diligent putting all recycle stuff in the recycle bin.

Our city accepts metal cans, paper and cardboard, and plastic that are class 2, 3 and 5.  

The very first week our daughters family moved in, my son took 1 sack of our trash to put in his rolling can.

 But all the other weeks we have filled both trash cans but not needed to figure out any other disposal methods. 

We already had this double trash can in the kitchen- the big side is trash and the smaller side is recycles. 

Supper tonight for 4 of us was what we call spaghetti but is actually a homemade red sauce on pasta and topped with cheese- no meat. 

I blogged how I make this on my first blog- if you want to know how

http://ahomewithasmile.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-ive-been-up-to.html

  

I made a big enough batch to put some in the freezer and left handed 1st grade grandson helped label them.  

   

Above is just cooked pasta and the sides were a leftover baked sweet potato, leftover green beans and fresh fruit.  

I’m guessing many people who previously didn’t eat leftovers are eating them now as grocery prices soar and many things are hard to find.  

Our supper was delicious- both the fresh cooked part and the reheated leftover parts.  

Hope you are all having a good weekend 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #8 Taco pizza night

Hello  supper tonight was a use stuff before it spoils night. 

There was some raw ground beef left from Wednesday’s burgers and I wanted to use it.  \

Friday or Saturday is usually pizza night. 

So,  I decided to cook the beef with some taco seasoning and make taco pizzas.  

For the sauce, I used tomato sauce mixed with taco sauce.  

We used mozzarella and cheddar cheese and some had jalapeños 

            

Dessert was fresh fruit and leftover ice cream sandwich cake.  

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However one of the children came home from school with a stomach bug and we are praying the rest of us don’t get it.  

Tammy- yes, the ballon arch was a kit from Amazon.  Nina has made several balloon arches for other birthdays, showers, school events.  She says the kits and an electric balloon pump are the way to do it. 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #7 Aldi butter sale and clearance

I went to Aldi this morning, moslty for their butter on sale for $1.97 pound and for some fresh fruit.  

I also shopped in their clearance aisles that I heard about on YouTube.  

So many things were discounted by 75% or so- I didn’t need or buy much but I’ll show y’all in case any of you want to go there shop as soon as possible 

And what I bought 

   

Car was $4.99 and will be perfect for Cora 

Humidifier was $6.25! I’m most happy for this.  

Pillows were $1.50 each 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #6 birthday fun for a new 9 year old

Hello,

Today a grandson turned 9.  

When I woke up,  I saw this balloon arch with a baseball theme, constructed by his mom and aunt, while I slept. 

Fourteen of us had burgers cooked in the house because it was too windy to grill,  pasta salad, chips and dip for supper.

Dessert was an ice cream sandwich cake. It’s just unwrapped ice cream sandwiches put in whatever size container you want in layers. 

In between the layers and on top, we put whipped topping, chocolate syrup and a magic shell. This frozen treat can be made whatever size you like. 

Ours was in a 13 x 9 container and used about  18 ice cream sandwiches.

The magic shell turns hard and it was pretty hard for the younger eaters to cut. So we decided that if we make it again we will just use hot fudge or caramel topping or some thing that does not get as hard as magic shell.

I think there’s nine year old had a very happy birthday!

❤️ Rhonda