So below you will find all the yummy things we will be eating this week! Eventually there will be a cool designed menu plan to go here but for now this will do right?

Monday: Meatballs and Spaghetti with Garlic Bread

Tuesday: Chicken Cordon Bleu Bake*

Wednesday: 

Thursday: Fetticine Alfredo with Garlic Chicken and Garlic Bread*

Friday: Tator Tot Casserole Using Deer Meat *

Saturday: Date Night

Sunday: Superbowl Party (Jalapeno Poppers+Sticky Fingers)
* Recipe coming soon
I guess we are a bunch of italians this week.... lol lots of pasta haha. Oh well it will be great! We are going to a SuperBowl Party this sunday! My hubby is making Jalapeno Poppers from scratch! I will post the family recipe later :) So look for it. I am also making Sticky Fingers because the east coast is SOOO Wingers deprived. Since I moved here to NC I have missed Wingers like CRAZY. I will post the sauce recipe later as well.

Book Review : Shadows of Ashland

Fun fact for you: I am a bookaholic. It's a serious addiction... I can not leave a thrift store or a yardsale without buying 1, 3, 5 books. I tell myself it is ok to buy this many books because I pretty much refuse to pay over a dollar for a book. 25 cents is  right up my alley. Anyway, my husband used to try and monitor the intake of books into our household but at this point the man has given up and has let me indulge in the idea of having my very own library room! I don't really have a bias towards any kind of book. I like them all, and I am willing to TRY and read ANYTHING... key word being TRY.  Have you ever gotten half way through a book and just said No... Nope ... I can not go on. Well I have! Especially if its vulgure. But anyway, enough about me and my addictions. Here was my latest fix.

I found this little beauty at my favorite thrift store. It was a max on my budget of $1 but hey it seemed like a really good read. The beauty of finding books at thrift stores is you come across novels you have never even heard of that then warm your soul. Anyhow, although this book was really good ( I finished it in 2 days people! Nevermind, that it is a really short book.) it didn't warm my soul. It's about a man whom is trying to find his mothers brother (His uncle) it is his mothers dying wish. They haven't heard from him in 50 years and then they mysteriously start receiving letters from him that are post marked from 50 years ago when he went missing.
It's a rather strange book. It makes you think its a historical TRUE novel but then it plays with time travel as well. Really, I wasn't expecting that. It doesn't even mention it at all on the book flap. I was expecting something kinda like PS I love you... letters from someone who has died..... But then it does some weird time trick things that gets you wondering what is going on. It is however, VERY well written. It held my attention almost immediatley and its very.... PG, in the fact that there is no swearing (at least not that I can remember) and no graphic sex scenes. Plus, I loved the way it ended. Overall I would give it a B+. Yep, a B+. Just keep in mind I am not incredibly picky. 

Welcome to Owl In A Day's Work! Thursdays are going to be all about my latest Thrifty find! There is something amazing about getting a really good deal. Does it give you the tingles? Cause it does me! And I want to SHOUT from the rooftops and let everyone know!

Have you seen Extreme Couponing? Or perhaps you are a coupon queen yourself? ... Well I have tried and let me just say I do NOT have the patience. Isn't that horrible?! But let me tell you the next best thing to coupons and it takes no preparation, and no time commitment, and really its so much more exciting I swear. It's called the Dollar Store. I generally shop at DollarTree. Everything is $1 Dollar or less! They get really good promotional things in people, I should know as I used to work there for FOUR years! and even as an employee I would be amazed at some of the bargains they got in. The trick to DollarTree finds is that once things are gone they are gone. . . and good bargains go QUICK. So its best to know your stores local delivery date. This takes little or no time to figure out. The next day your there just ask your clerk what day there shipments come in. They get a weekly shipment and my stores shipment is on FRIDAYS. Meaning SATURDAY is a really great day to shop there. Ok, Ok, OK! Enough BLAB.. this is what I found last saturday.

Yes, CORN CHEX. I grew up on this cereal so I was so excited but if you are not a huge fan you could use it to make muddy buddys or chex mix for the coming up SUPERBOWL! This was a FULL SIZE box, not just a small promotional box all for $1! This retails for $3-4 at the grocery store! Thats just as good as a $2 dollar off coupon. WHOOP WHOOP and all I had to do was show up : D . Well happy hunting!