I found this photo the other day while looking for a picture to go with one of my posts. Can you believe this lady actually tattooed a to-do list on her arm?

I mean, I’ve got my fair share of lists, but I generally just hang them on the refrigerator.

Questions to Ponder Before Getting the To-Do List Tattoo

• What would you use to fill in the blanks. Pen or Marker?
• Would your to-dos wash off if you got your arm wet?
• Or would you not wash your arm until you finished the list? Ughh!!

Okay. So I figured since I got a kick out of this one, you might like it too.

What do you think?

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I guess the last time you heard from me, I was about to leave for my brother’s wedding. Well, right before we left, my husband decided, since we were going to be down with family for the wedding, we might as well stay a few extra days. So we did.

Once we got back home, I started planning a mini-vacation for just the four of us to take before my son started back to school.

We went to Chattanooga, Tennessee and had a wonderful time. The kids really loved the Tennessee Aquarium, the Creative Discovery Museum, and riding the  Tennessee Valley Railroad train.

The kids digging for dinosaur bones at the Creative Discovery Museum.

Then my son started school. I can’t believe my first born is already in first grade. They grow up so fast.

In the middle of all that traveling and planning, we decided it was time to start some home improvement projects which includes major decluttering/purging.

We’ve lived in the same place now for over ten years and have accumulated way more than enough stuff, and it’s time to simplify.

So, Where Have I Been?

Simply Put: Here…there…and downright busy!

I wanted to let you know where I’ve been so you wouldn’t think something was wrong. Hopefully, now that my son is in school I will be able to get back on a somewhat normal schedule.

I’ll still be working on all those home projects though, so posting may continue to be a little sporadic for a while.

How’s your summer going?

Over the last couple years, I have become more and more fond of baking all kinds of yeast breads from scratch. Mostly because it’s healthier, but also because it’s tastier than what I can get at the store.

I’ve made whole wheat bread, cinnamon buns, dinner rolls, hamburger buns, pizza dough and many other varieties. However, my complaint was how much active dry yeast was costing me.

Now I knew not to buy it in the little packets because that was way more expensive than buying it in the jars. Lately, though I had been having trouble finding the Active Dry Yeast in the jar. I can always find the Fast Acting Yeast in jars, but my breads never turn out as well with it.

And if you bake using yeast very often, you know those little packets don’t go very far when you are doing a lot of baking.

My Question: Could buying in bulk be the solution to my dilemma?

I decided to see if I could find a place where I could buy yeast in bulk and maybe save some money in the process. The first place I checked was Amazon.com and almost fell in the floor from shock at the price.

Not because the price was high, but because it was so low for 2 whole pounds (32 oz) of yeast. It was only $9.47 for 2 lbs. Wow!! The brand was Red Star, which I’ve used before, so I knew it was a good brand.

Just the other day, I checked the price at Publix for a little 4 oz jar of Red Star Active Dry Yeast and it was $7.99 plus tax. I know you could probably find it a little cheaper than that at other grocery stores, but that is an almost unbelievable difference.

As you might have guessed, I ordered a pack of that yeast from Amazon. I also needed some other baking supplies, which were also cheaper buying in bulk from Amazon, so I added them to my order to get my total up to $25 for FREE Super Saver Shipping.

I used my Swagbucks Amazon gift cards to pay for most of the order and that made for some very cheap baking supplies! (Not sure what Swagbucks is? Read about it here.)

No more buying yeast at the grocery store for me, unless it’s an absolute emergency.

What about you? Do you do a lot of baking with yeast? How do you buy your yeast…packets, jars or bulk?

This post is linked to Works for Me Wednesday.

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