Two Favorites on a Tuesday

Today I wanted to share with you two things that are my favorite lately. They're not food related, but I'm really grateful for them, so I thought I'd share. I'm going to (hopefully) have my baby next week, so I've been trying to get things organized around here and ready for Christmas and these two things have helped so much!

My 1st favorite thing -- My Target REDcard. I love it for three reasons.

#1. It's a debit card (I hate having credit cards from every store.)

#2. Every time I use it at Target I get 5% off (which pretty much just covers the tax).

#3. I get free shipping on anything at Target.com (This is huge for me, since I live almost an hour from the closest Target and a half hour from the closest Walmart). I might be placing a few more orders from Target.com before Christmas.

My 2nd favorite thing -- My Google Nexus 7. My hubby bought this for me for my birthday in August. It's changed my life...for the better.

#1. I can sit on the couch and check my email, surf the web, catch up on my favorite blogs in google reader, and look at pinterest instead of spending hours in front of the computer.

#2. It has a Amazon Kindle app, so I can read books (which I plan on doing after the baby comes).

#3. I use the calendar to organize everything. It sends me reminders (which are good).

#4. I have lots of lists on it and I take my Nexus with me when I go shopping.

#5. It connects to Wi-Fi -- which is pretty everywhere that I go...the library, Sam's Club, Lowes, church, etc.

#6. It has the LDS Gospel Library on it, so I can read the scriptures, or lessons for church while I'm waiting in the doctors office. I take it to church with me too.

#7. It's small and fits in my purse, so I take it with me almost everywhere.

What are your favorite things that make your life so much easier? Happy Tuesday!

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

Don't like your house to smell like food? I've got a kitchen tip for that!

I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

What is on your menu this week?

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