and a second cake for the same birthday… it was for twins

Finale cake for class 3. I love this one the most so far!

It’s so much fun making all the different flowers.

This is my first cake in class 3.

Do you have a small or large family and want to save $900.00 to $5,000.00 every year on lunches?

Learn all about Papa Sandwiches right here!

I call these Papa sandwiches. My Grandmother always kept sandwich stuff set up like this for my Grandfather. I called him Papa so I’ve always called these Papa sandwiches.

You can make it really fast so if you’re always skipping taking lunch because it’s too much hassle to make. It’s not! Just set it up for yourself easy on Saturday afternoon so you’ll have time to do it all week.

I bought the really nice clear containers with the blue lining around the lids Rubbermaid serving savers is what they’re called. I go through and put everything in these containers and it’s all ready for you when you’re going to make a sandwich.

Large - Lettuce

Medium - cheese and meat

Small - onion

Small - tomato

Medium - carrots

Medium - celery

What I get…

Bread - You can get a good loaf of bread for around 1.50. Or you can get it at the hostess store and it’s about the same age for less.

Pickles - I like the already sliced pickles so the price reflects this as well. 3.00

Mayo - I just figured in you could get about 40 sandwiches out of a jar of mayo. And YES the good stuff! You can watch for coupons on this! 2.00

Mustard - Same with mustard about 40 sandwiches. You can watch for coupons on this! 1.50

Lettuce - About 40 sandwiches with lettuce leaves. 1.29

Meat - I put turkey and ham so it can be changed up a little sometimes. No-one wants to eat the same thing every single day. 2.50 for turkey and 2.50 for ham

Onion - Cut into about 12 slices - I put the price of two onions because they won’t last 2 weeks 1.00 each

Tomato - Cut into about 12 slices - I put the price of two tomatoes because they won’t last 2 weeks 1.00 each

Cheese - 24 pieces for around 2.00 or you can get the chunks of it like I do. TIP: Cheese can be frozen too if you need to FYI!

Carrots - the bag of already cut baby carrots is no more expensive than the ones you have to clean. 2.50 for a big bag

Celery - it only takes a few minutes to cut celery and wash it real fast. 1.50 for a stalk of celery

Chips - BAKED chips ladies! Not Doritos and fatty chips. I put 3.00 on this depends on which ones you get.

Total cost for the items to make the sandwiches comes up to 26.00. I know that sounds expensive BUT!… It’s a lot healthier than eating out, AND you can make at least a dozen lunches for that price. If you have a mom, dad, and a child or two that’s just about everyone’s lunch for the week. And for less than it would cost for one of you to eat out every day for lunch.

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Assembly

Grab everything from the fridge, zip locks, chips and a paper towel. It’s a really good idea to have a tray that you use to gather things in your kitchen if it’s not a really small one like mine. I really like wrapping a paper towel around my sandwich because when I put it out on the table or desk I can lay the paper towel out to put my lunch on.

Set them all on the counter. Take the lids off, pull whatever you want out of each one and put it on your sandwich. Put the lids back on, close everything up and it shouldn’t take you but a minute or two to make a sandwich, and have some carrots, celery, chips and have a good yummy lunch! If you have 2, 3, 4 people in your family think about how fast you can make lunch for everyone.

And last tip: DRINK WATER! It’s so good for you! And it’s free!!

Compare the prices: You save half comparing a 7.00 lunch at most places.

This is how much you “SAVE” per week and per year.

3/20 Spring Break Sale 25% off all clothing

3/27 50% off all women’s clothing that will fit into one bag

3/31 25% off all shorts

Every day you can go in and look at the number in front of the store. Anything that has a tag with that number or lower is half price! You can get beautiful dresses for around 3.00! Whatta deal!

It’s finally coming together!

Sorry, not the best picture but it sure is coming out soooooooo good!

Sam’s has a 24 pack of southern style biscuits. They can be left at room temperature or you can freeze them. If room temperature nuke ‘em for 20 seconds. If frozen nuke them for 1 minute. They’re just as good as biscuits you just made yourself in the oven. Very fresh and tasty. And it costs more than that to get biscuits at the store in the roll things.

Frozen egg patties. These are available at Sams I believe and I know at Wal-Mart and most grocery stores. It’s just an egg shaped like a patty. Tastes just as good as scrambled eggs you make yourself. They’re around 2.50 for a dozen which is more than at the store but so much easier, right?

Microwave bacon. I’m POSITIVE everyone knows about this. If you don’t goodness I need to help you. hehe You can get this for different prices all over. I rarely get bacon but when I do I get mine at Sam’s and it’s 10.00 for 72 pieces.

Sliced cheese. I always get the big blocks of sliced cheese and it comes out so cheap. Most people just get the 24 slices for around 2.00.

Biscuits are 24 @ 3.50
Egg Patties are around 2.50 for a dozen
Bacon was 10.00 for 72 pieces
Cheese 24 slices is about 2.00

I figured it up. McDonalds and other restaurants charge around 2-3 dollars for the same sandwich. You have to wait in drive through for way more than 1 minute no matter what time you go to get it. It takes longer to order it than to just make it yourself.

And I figured up the cost. I like 3 pieces of bacon on my bacon/egg/cheese biscuit. It came up to under a dollar for the cost.

When you’re getting ready for work in the morning put a double paper towel in the microwave, put your egg patty, bacon and frozen biscuit on it and hit 1 minute. Let it sit for a bit while you do your makeup or something so it’s not TOO hot. Then come back, break your biscuit in half, put everything on it and VWALLAH! Breakfast for under a buck in under a minute! Rawk on dude!

And if you don’t want the bacon it’s not even FIFTY CENTS! Wooohoooo!!!

Quilt block purse. I just put together a 9″ quilt block, then folded a piece of material over the sides and sewed on, then put ribbon through the sides and pulled together to tie in a knot, then put ribbon through the top pieces and tied it together to make a handle. There’s a small hole in the sides of the purse so it would make a perfect crocheting or knitting bag to hold your yarn in and look pretty.