12 Days of Dell. Day 1:

Dell Inspiron 15 (N5040) Laptop
Was: $469.99
Today: $379.99

• Intel Pentium Dual Core P6200 (2.13Ghz)

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

• 15.6″ High Definition (720p) LED Display with Truelife

• 4GB3 Single Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz

• 500GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive

• Intel HD Graphics

• 8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)

• Dell Wireless 1503 802.11b/g/n

• Integrated 0.3MP Widescreen HD Webcam

1 Year Basic Mail-In Service Plan

1. Bees Ticket and Hot Dog for $5!!

Smith’s Tix is offering Bee’s Games Tickets and a voucher for a hot dog for $5!  Check out the schedule HERE for participating games.

2. Free French Toast for Moms at Kneaders!!

More info HERE

3. The Body Shop: $10 off $20 coupon!!

More info HERE

4. Military Members get in free to Anheuser-Busch Parks!!

More info HERE

5. Hot Deals on t-shirts for guys and girls!

Score mens patriotic tees from Kohls for $3.49!!

More info HERE

Target has several Merona Tee’s on sale for $6 and $7.  Use THIS $2 coupon and only pay $3-$4 for a tee shirt!!

6.  Restaurant Deals of the Week:

Print this Yoplait Go-gurt Yogurt, Kids Cup Yogurt, Trix Multipack Yogurt or Yoplait Splitz Yogurt .75/2 coupon quickly, before it disappears.   The multipack of Kids Yogurt is $1.78 daily at my local Walmart, so just $1.41 after coupon!  Remember, you can print each coupon twice.

Please join us for a Shelf Reliance/Thrive Food Storage party, hosted by PinchingYourPennies.com and Cache Valley Deals & Events!

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Come and enjoy a fun and exciting evening with lots of fun food storage ideas, door prizes and giveaways, and sample the wonderful variety of Thrive long-term food storage products.

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Experience the great taste of THRIVE foods and see why so many people are incorporating it into every-day living.
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Learn how to create a Home Store that includes longer lasting food. This makes your homestore healthy, saves you time and saves you money too!
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Discounted pricing on all Shelf Reliance products will be available as well. (And this pricing cannot be found online!)

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You will also learn just how you can join our team of Shelf Reliance consultants and earn income and free food while working from home!
This event will be at the Hyde Park City building at 113 E. Center in Hyde Park, on May 23rd at 6:30 PM.

RSVP HERE

“Next time you’re going to Wal Mart, could you pick me up a notebook?”

“Next time I’m at the store, I have to remember we need baking soda.”

“When are you going to Lowe’s?  I need some sandpaper.”

“I need new socks!”

There’s no way I can remember all the shopping requests that get hurled my way every week, and having them written down usually results in the bottom of my purse being littered with enough Post It notes and scraps of paper to ensure that something was always being missed.  What I needed was a master shopping list all in one place.  For my family, the refrigerator door is the best place, and it is so effective that it only took a week or two to have everyone trained to write their needs on the list.

“Did you get my socks?”

“Did you write it on the list?”

Problem solved.

I started with a frame from the thrift store that was the right size to fit my freezer door.  It needs to have glass or plastic in it to act as a dry erase board.   I waited to find one that had plastic in it so it wouldn’t be so heavy.  Just make sure it isn’t scratched up.

Take the back and the glass out (I will continue to say “glass” here even though mine is plastic.  You know what I mean!) If the artwork in it is in good shape, be sure to donate it back to the store; someone obviously worked hard on this one!  Paint the frame if you like; I spray painted mine orange.  If yours is a plastic frame like mine was, I recommend a high quality spray paint made for plastic, like Krylon Fusion.

Decide how many different sections you want, measure them out and use a straight edge and a Sharpie to draw the lines on the back side of the glass.  I made 8 sections, with an inch wide section at the top of each for the category title.

Like this:

I printed out the categories I wanted onto pieces of paper, but you could also use vinyl, or even write them on the back of the glass with the marker (you’d have to write backwards, but you could print out the words, lay them under the glass and use them to trace.)

I cut out each title, and sprayed them with some craft fixative.  I didn’t use an actual adhesive; I think it’s too messy.  I just needed something that would dry clear and that would hold the paper in place well enough for the next step without interfering with the spray paint.

Here they are, attached face down to the back of the glass.

Now I spray painted over the whole back of the glass.  I still wanted mine orange, but not as dark as the frame, so I sprayed on thin layers of white and orange until it was well covered.  You could also just cover the cardboard that came with the frame with paper (think wrapping paper to get a big enough piece) or fabric.

Once that’s dry, put it all back in the frame, and use a good adhesive (I used E 6000) to glue very strong magnets onto the back of the frame.

Once the glue is completely dry, it’s ready to hang.

Since everything is on the back of the glass, you don’t have to worry about the lines and category titles getting erased or messy.  Remember the Bistro markers from the last project? They work great for this too, and erase easily with a standard chalkboard eraser.