Monthly Archive: August 2010

Aug 22

Life as a working mom | About Me

Pickles

This week seems not as busy as last week, so you would think that I would be able keep up on the house work when I get home from work.  That did not happen because, has taken me all day Friday and Saturday to catch up for the week. I am not sure where the …

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Aug 20

China’s Economy

China

China is now the second largest in the world.  It has passed by Japan and will stay at number 2 for the rest of the year. The U.S. is the leader in the west and now China is the powerhouse in the East. Goldman Sachs Group chief economist Jim O’Neill says “China led the world …

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Aug 19

Container Gardening

Bell Pepper

As you can see my garden is really growing.  I have enough cucumbers to have  5 quarts of Dill Pickles, I shredded my zucchini and put it in the freezer so that I can bake zucchini bread later.  I also snipped another bag of Green Beans. The pumpkins are growing nice and round, so far …

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Aug 18

Healthy Eating Kids | Healthy Loaded Nachos

nachos

My kids love eating Nachos we make them all the time at my house.  The Nachos that we make are full of fat and not healthy so, I found the Healthy Nachos recipe on howsweeteats 4 Whole grain tortillas 5 oz shredded chicken breast ¼ cups black beans 2 Tablespoons enchilada sauce ¼ cup shredded …

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Aug 17

Healthy Eating Kids | Honey Vanilla Lemonade

Lemonade

I love Rachael Ray and her show so today I am going to post one of her drink recipes. August is known as the dog days of summer.  Let’s make a refreshing cool drink. ½ cup honey 2 cups sugar 2 cups water 2 ½ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 24 lemons) 1 Vanilla …

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Aug 16

Overdraft protection | Checking account

overdraft-protection

A couple of weeks ago I talked about how my bank contacted me if I wanted to opt in or opt out of overdraft protection.   My bank called me and asked me if I wanted this and they also sent me a letter. You should have received a letter from your bank also. Your bank …

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Aug 15

Being a Mom | About Me

This week was another busy week for me.  This was my last week of running McKayla to her color guard camp.  Savannah got stuck home watching Logan.  Then on Tuesday 08/10/2010 she had a change to go babysitting and make some money, and the lady that she was going to babysit for let her take …

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Aug 14

Summer fun

This summer has been full of music, and laughter at my  house.  so for the next couple of Saturday’s I am going to show you some fun videos that my family has enjoyed over the summer. Katy Perry have been all over the radio and t.v with California Girls. Share this: Tweet

Aug 13

Market News

Closing Bell

The week ending in August 13, 2010 which was also Friday the 13th closed down.  Maybe this had an affect on the market.   4 out of 5 days the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded lower each day.  We closed at 10303.15.  We are now testing the 50 day moving average. Lets take a look at …

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Aug 13

Wheat and Corn stockpiles fall

Russia wheat

Last week I talked about the drought in Russia.  This week I will talk about how the drought will affect your wheat and corn prices. U.S farmers will benefit from the higher wheat prices. Wheat for December delivery settled Thursday 08/12/2010 at $7.4375 a bushel. The September futures contract hit a two-year high of $7.8575 …

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