Happy Groundhog Day!

I actually like groundhog day. I like to watch to movie with Dan Aakroid if I can(and if I remember.)It's actually one of my favorite movies. Except I hate that main chick in it. I can't remember her name. Something male-ish, I believe. Anyway, I might have to go down to the library and borrow Groundhog Day. I'm too cheap to rent it, and It's not one of the movies I own.

Anyway, my in-laws are coming over, and I won't have to cook dinner. That's always a bonus. I get to be lazy, save money because they always bring dinner, and my little ones are entertained.

Homemade Tater Tots

Here's how I make tater tots at home. It's a great way to use up any leftover baked potatoes, and it's really cheap. I buy 10 lb bags of potatos when they're .99 cents, which is quite often. I usually buy at least 2 bags, to last till they're on sale again. If you buy a lot of potatoes, store them in a cool, dry place. When you first get the potatoes, make sure they are dry. If not, be sure to take them out of the bag, and dry with a towel, or they will probably rot. Make sure the place you store them is comepletely dark, and don't store them near apples.

OK, then.

Tater Tots

cold baked potatoes
flour
salt
oil

Make sure your baked potatoes are cold. Let them sit in the fridge at least over night. It makes them easier to peel and grate. Peal the potatoes. What I like to do is cut them in half, and then peal with a knife. A potato pealer doesn't work when they're baked.

Grate the potatoes with a cheese grater. You want the pieces small, but you don't want a pile of mashed potatoes, either. I grate them with the larger sized holes, then chop up the grated potatoes with a knife to make the pieces smaller without mashing them up.

Sprinkle the grated potatoes with a little bit of flour, and a little salt. About one teaspoon of flour for each medium potato works good. Mix in the flour and salt gently with your fingers.

Make little potato balls and deep fry them in oil, until they're golden brown. It only takes a minute or two.

NOTE You can also make restaurant-style hash browns with leftover baked potatoes. Just fry patties of grated baked potatoes in hot oil.

Another Picture of My Fella

I make cute babies.

Good Morning

The baby got me up really early this morning. But that's ok, as I got a good start to all of my chores.

Maybe I'll start getting up earlier. Even though I'm tired, I still feel pretty good. I always feel good(mentally) if I get most of the important stuff done as early as possible. And the baby won't always get up so early, so I might have an hour or two to myself. THAT would be nice!

I need to write some articles for AC today. I'm running out of "spending" money. I've been neglecting doing any actual work for about a week now. It's starting to hurt.

Oregon Health Insurance Lottery

There's a new Oregon state health insurance "lottery" for the Oregon Health Plan. If you don't know what that is, is state health insurance for low income families. They usually don't allow adults to apply, unless you're pregnant(and a few other conditions) but now they have openings for 10,000 adults to join.

You have to put your name on the reservation list, from which they will choose names randomly. But you have to put your name on the list befor February 29th of this year, so hurry up if you want to get on the list. the website is here: www.oregon.gov/DHS/open

my baby

My blog

This blog will be devoted to my super frugal lifestyle. A will also be writing about my kids, my diet, and other super exciting parts of my life.

I am a stay at home mom of 3. I have to be as frugal as possible to be able to stay home with my kids. I really can't afford not to work, but I stay home anyway. As long as the kids have the basics, like insurance, healthy food, and nice clothes, I feel better about staying at home.

I'm really good at making our money last, and stretching it as far as it can possibly go.