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Amazon Prime Days 2020

October 13, 2020 by mamakay Leave a Comment

Here is a curated list of deals I think you might like for Amazon Prime Days this year. If you buy anything from my links I will get a small commission that helps pay for this website. I really appreciate your support!

Book Deals:

Amazon is having a Buy 3 for the price of 2 Book Sale. This is a great way to get some cookbooks! Just add 3 books to your cart and then proceed to checkout. The discount will automatically be applied.

Here are a couple of my favorite cookbooks:

I love my Kindle Paperwhite. It is so lightweight and easy to carry in my purse or even some of my pockets. It is great to read at night with the non-blue lighting. I love being able to have so many books where ever I might be. They are on sale for $80 plus you get a $5 Kindle book credit.

Kindle Unlimited is also on sale. With millions of books to choose from you are sure to find books you want to read. This service saves me so much money every month!

Check out the list of books I have read this year to find books you want to add to your TBR list: http://mamakay.com/WordPress/2020-book-list/

If you like Audio Books (which my husband really does) they are having a sale for $50 off a year subscription for Audible and you get all 12 credits up front.

We love our Echo Dots! I use them for music, announcements, timers, alarms, reminders, weather reports and more!

Cooking Deals:

Instant Pot: The latest version of Instant Pot is on sale for $49.99! I love my Instant Pot and use it multiple times a year.

I absolutely love my bench scraper. Not only is it wonderful for cutting dough but I use it to clean off my counter. It removes all the stuck on goo so easily! This is an essential kitchen tool and its on sale for just over $5!

Silicone Mats make clean up from baking so easy! I highly recommend them in every kitchen! And for $8.69 this is a great deal!

I have had this exact dutch oven for 11 years now and it is wonderful! This time of year is perfect for pulling out this sturdy pan for soups, stews, roasts or frying. I paid a lot more than $25 for mine!

I hope you find some wonderful deals during Amazon Prime Days. Thank you for supporting this website. It really means so much to me!

Amazon Prime Day 2019 Deals

July 15, 2019 by mamakay Leave a Comment

It is like Christmas in July! Amazon has expanded their annual sale and will be having deals July 15th and 16th for all Amazon Prime Members. There are so many things on sale I thought you might like to have curated list of my favorite deals!

1. Instant Pot

You all know how much I love my Instant Pot! I use it several times a week to cook ground hamburger, teriyaki chicken, whole heads of cauliflower, yogurt and more! It is on sale for only $55! I have never seen the price this low!

2. Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven

I love my dutch oven! I use it for frying, roasting and making beautiful loaves of bread. It is only $28 today!!

3. Dot Grid Notebooks

If you are looking for a cute mini notebook, these are just over $5!

4. Bullet Journal Kit

They even have a whole kit to get you started on bullet journaling for only $20!

5. Echo Dots

Our family loves using Echo Dots. We use them for alarms, timers, playing music, operating smart devices (like turning lights on & off), audiobooks, podcasts that help the kids brush their teeth longer, weather reports and more!

6. Camping Chairs

We got 3 of these chairs last year on Prime Day and loved them so much I ordered 2 more today! They are so light weight and easy to carry whether you are taking them backpacking, camping or other outdoor events when you need to bring your own chair.

7. Playdough

My kids love playing with playdough and this is a great deal! It is a 24 pack for $12! (I only let them have a couple containers at a time so it will last longer.)

8. New Charging Cables

Is it just me or do your kids break cables constantly? My husband thinks their should be a subscribe & save option for charging cables.

9. Kindles

Our family uses several kindles. With Amazon FreeTime for the kids we can control the amount of screen time they have and they have lots of content including books (both picture and chapter books), games and curated shows.

10. Kitchen Aid Mixer

I love my Kitchen Aid Mixer! I use it to make pizza dough, cookies, meringue, whip cream and more! I don’t know what the price will be yet but Amazon is promising a very good deal!

I hope this list helps you feel less overwhelmed by all the sales the next two days! Happy Shopping!

MamaKay

p.s. Thank you for making purchases through my links. It helps pay for my website.

Daybook 7/27/14

July 27, 2014 by mamakay Leave a Comment

Outside my window…

Much nicer this week although we did have a couple of hot days and officially hit 100 the last couple of days have been in the 80s.

I am thinking…

about fair! So much to get done in the next couple weeks!

I am thankful…

1potato is home after being at camp all week!

In the kitchen…

Did my first canning of the season this week! I put up 7 pints of strawberry sauce and 8 pints of apricot butter from the fruit I got last weekend from Bountiful Baskets.

I am wearing…

My new favorite rainbow denim skirt from Deborah & Co and a coral blouse.

In the garden…

Despite critters and a cow breaking into my garden we managed to harvest a couple of squash, a handful of green beans and a couple handfuls of yummy sweet peas this week!

I am still reading…

Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe by Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson

One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World by Tullian Tchividjian

I am hoping…

My children are feeling better tomorrow after several of them got hit with a sore throat and fever the last few days.

I am looking forward to…

Violet having her calf! Yup still waiting! But her udder is huge so she must be getting close!

In the Schoolroom …

We are just going to focus on getting ready for fair and getting all of our 4H work done this week.

Around the house…

Nothing big to report. Just trying to stay on top of our cleaning routines.

One of my favorite things…

Shopping for school supplies! I picked up several nice notebooks for 50 cents a piece and a new planner for me today!

This pregnancy…

I am feeling good. Looking forward to feeling the baby move any day now.

A few plans for the rest of the week:

We are hoping to sell at Farmer’s Market this week and will continue working on 4H for fair.

MamaKay

Goats: A line I never thought I would cross

February 17, 2014 by mamakay Leave a Comment

So last week I had an idea of how our days would go and then it all changed…

We agreed to watch a family’s place and take care of their animals for the week while they were out of town for the week. We went over Sunday afternoon to get instructions on how to take care of their animals and as we were walking around the owner told me that one of their goats was unexpectedly pregnant. When we got to the pen with the goats it was apparent that it was actually in labor. It was bitter cold so we hastily helped them create a safe warm place for her to labor. Thankfully the goat had her kids that evening before the owners left. She had 3 kids but only 1 lived. They had to take the kid indoors so it wouldn’t freeze to death.

Monday morning we came to start taking care of their place after picking up our new baby chicks from the post office. I tried to get the baby kid to go to its mother but neither of them took interest in the other and it was too cold to risk leaving them to work it out so we decided to take the baby goat home with us.

I called a couple of friends and got some great advice on caring for these animals. I began milking the goat. (I had been trained by one of my friend’s to milk a goat a couple years ago but I’ve never done it on a regular basis.) Unfortunately, we did not have access to a stanchion and this goat had never been milked before so there was a steep learning curve for both of us. My oldest daughter (15) tied the goat and helped hold her while feeding her apples and carrots in an attempt to distract her so I could milk. I started getting 3 oz the first time but was able to 16 oz per milking by the end of the week.

Once home we fed the baby goat her mother’s milk. My 10 year old daughter even got up at 3 am for the first 3 nights to feed the baby during the night. I was so proud of her! Not surprisingly everyone feel in love with the baby goat! Even the baby!

Why is it that in order to become stronger you must feel weaker? My body and my hands ached and struggled through the physical aspect of the week. My character became stronger as I had to push through and keep trying even when it was harder than I expected. Our family had to pull together and work as a team to stretch to accomplish what was needed.

Was I able to keep up with everything — No! We took the week off of formal school lessons but what we learned was more valuable than any books learning. But some of our normal systems paid off greatly. On the Saturday before this all happened I carved out some time and did some investment cooking. This proved invaluable in getting meals on the table in the midst of the crazy schedule and weariness. Our house did a bit messier but we were able to bring it back in a relatively quick fashion. I had planned posts about our new routines but was not able to get them finished for last week but now I feel even more confident in our methods which I hope to be able to share with you in the next few days. And now heading back into our regular schedule (that I was previously overwhelmed by) I know I can handle this!

The funny thing is I remembered our midwife telling us about a house visit where there was a goat in their house and she drew the line there and said NO goats were allowed where a baby would be born. Thankfully I am not concerned about having a baby at the moment BUT I never imagined I would have a goat in my house!

Always an adventure at our house! I love my life here in Montana! We would never have such stories in our old life!

Thank you Lord for the opportunities for growth and adventure!

MamaKay

Bountiful Baskets come to Laurel, Montana!

May 14, 2011 by mamakay 2 Comments

One of the big adjustments I had to make moving to Montana was the lack of good produce much less a good price after I was so spoiled in Arizona between Bountiful Baskets & the Sprouts Farmer’s Market. Much to my suprise I found out 2 weeks ago that Bountiful Baskets has come all the way to Laurel! What a wonderful blessing!

I went a bit overboard since I was so excited this week but here’s what I ordered.

2 organic baskets
case of organic Roma tomatoes (which I shared with a friend)
herb pack (which I also shared with a friend)
Mexican pack
Tortilla Pack
case of blackberries

I got all of this for about $100!

Each organic basket included:

a head of broccoli
a pineapple
2 giant mangoes
fennel
4 golden beets
6 oranges
3 green peppers
bunch of green onions
3 romaine hearts
small honey dew melon
pound of baby carrots
2 lb bag of Fuji apples
4 Roma tomatoes

Mexican Pack

bunch of cilantro
9 tomatillos
10 limes
4 jalapenos
6 green chilis
4 avocados
2 onions
head of garlic

Herb Pack (1 baggie of each)

basil
chives
rosemary
tarragon
sage
mint
marjoram
parsley
head of garlic

I see homemade salsa in our future as well as pickled golden beets and maybe some blackberry jam if I hurry!

a thousand gifts

February 1, 2011 by mamakay Leave a Comment

I started my 1000 gifts list many years ago inspired by Ann V at Holy Experience. (I’ve been reading her blog for 6 years now! Always encouraging!) Well, an amazing thing has happened! She published a book call a thousand gifts 2 weeks ago and it has made it to the Best Seller List! She opened herself up and shared herself and the work God is doing in her life to show us how God can do the same for us. I’ve been slowly reading through the book trying to absorb what she is saying. It gives me so much hope! She doesn’t pretend to be perfect but she shows with her words and actions how to keep seeking God and finding joy in everyday life. Bloom is having a book club using Ann’s book. I highly recommend you read it!

Take the dare and start your list today!

Here’s a trailer about her book: