*****Updated with the darn drivers license photo. Stalkers. *****
It’s Works For Me Wednesday over at Rocks In My Dryer. I came up with a list of ten very random things that work for me. Maybe they’ll work for you too.
1. A 50/50 cleaning solution of vinegar and water mixed in a big ‘ol spray bottle. It’s dirt cheap. It’s easy. And your nose will thank your for the fume free house.
2. Gift cards. Both the giving and the receiving. Nobody turns down a gift card. Including me.
3. Substituting whole wheat flour for 1/2 the all purpose flour in most muffin, pancake, cookie, etc. type of recipes. The quick switcheroo will add tons of nutrition and you usually can’t even tell. You may have to add a bit more liquid and the disclaimer is that it doesn’t ALWAYS work out, but usually it does.
4. Growing my own basil. My basil plant is flourishing. My mint: eh, not so much.
5. Lists. Couldn’t live without ‘em.
6. A junk-mail free mailbox. There is nothing worse than retrieving a handful of mail from the box and being able to promptly deposit every last piece of it into the recycle bin. How annoying is that? Call 888-5OPT-OUT to stop pre-approved credit card offers. This link will help you to jettison the rest of the junk.
7. The ten cent discount I get on gas for spending a boatload of $ at the grocery store.
8. Kashi. The crackers, the cereal, the energy bars. The seven whole grains on a mission thing totally works for me.
9. Homemade coupon books from the kids on Mother’s Day or my birthday, or any occasion really. I’m all over the free babysitting coupons from Torri. And the hour’s worth of complaint free chores. Now if only I could get her to delete the expiration dates…
10. The picture of me on my 1997 California driver’s license. How it ended up so flattering I have no idea. I had to go and move out of state though. And the one I have now looks like a Lindsey Lohan mug shot sans the bleach blond hair. Awesome.
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Nice! You should post the picture so that at least we can revel in its beauty. And I love substituting the whole wheat flour too. I also add a little flaxseed or wheat germ, making it nutritionally AWESOME.
I’m going to have to try that whole wheat flour trick! Thanks for the tip!
I totally wanted to see the picture, too! :) Love Kashi and substituting whole wheat flour. How do you get the 10 cent gas discount?
Optout! It works. I did it and I am sooo happy I did. I have NO mail. Which is so much better than junk mail.
Kashi cereal. It’s my fave!!!
Steph
Whole wheat flour here too!
Love Kashi. Love homegrown basil. Love whole wheat flour.
And love gift cards. Those who think that they are “impersonal” don’t know what they are talking about. :)
Love the tip on whole wheat flour….thanks for the reminder. Great blog, very fresh and well done!
Love this list! And I love your id photo. You look so cute! I am laughing because in 1997, we were the same height and weight.
You look so young in that photo!!
Gift cards – love ‘em!
We’re nearly the same age, you have twice the kids, but I look twice as old. Way to go Darcie.
On the driver’s license photo you look about 12 years old….wow!!
That drivers license shot is incredible! The best one I’ve seen in fact! You look gorgeous…