Wordless Wednesday-How easy it is to make homemade bread.

Take your ingredients,

Mix it gently...it's kind of a shaggy mess.
Let it rest...
Make Pizza and bread, for less than a dollar!

Recipe for basic whole wheat bread from Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day.

Update on the Moving Budget.

Well, here we are, six weeks out, and I realized that while I've expounded on everything from gay marriage to hamburger helper, I haven't actually updated you on our moving budget.

I'm proud to say, I'm well on our way to coming up to the positive! (and no, I'm not using that very special fuzzy math known to politicians near and far).

We've sold several items on ebay, and our profits total over $145 dollars used. Now, if you remember, I had appliances and a new couch to purchase, a deposit to pay on electric service, a moving truck to pay for, and food for the moving party.

We've decreased our expenditures considerably by purchasing used appliances and a set of couches from my brother in law. That takes our out going budget down to a tenth of what it was... yay us! Those totalled $180, the truck is $150 up front, the electic is $200, and I think maybe $150 for food, beer, and soda for the day of.(The food budget is high, but that includes the cost of me possibly ordering pizza for everyone if I'm losing my mind that day.) So the whole budget is -680, I've added $140 in ebay sales, leaving me at -500. I'm sure I can make that up in the five or so yard sales it's going to take to get me through all this stuff!

What do you think? Can we do this?

My Latest Addiction...

Have you heard of Etsy? It's the upscale flea market of the web. Ok, maybe that's not the single most accurate description of the fabulous collection of handmade and vintage goodness gathered in one spot for easy viewing and purchase, but it makes me smile. My grandma would have loved Etsy. The flea market, without the heat. Love it.

I'm currently obsessed with the artistic stylings of Brad Goodell. Specifically, the blue bud vases with hand etched flowers, that would go perfectly in my bedroom in my new house.

Ooh, la la, mama likey.

Everything is so reasonably priced, too. Show me where else you can get anything original, and hand etched... somethings as low as twenty three dollars.

I'm not sure how I'm going to rectify my latest lust with my decision to fund Christmas with my swagbucks addiction, but believe me, I will make it happen... Maybe Etsy participates with Swagbucks, and I can earn swagbucks for toys with the purchase of a hand-etched green or blue bottle candle holder for my mother in law? That would look GREAT in her dining room.

And I want, want, want these earrings. (Hint, Hint, Honey)

Happy Shopping!