How about that...

I am definitely one of those people who is constantly having leftovers, or buying in bulk and storing items in the freezer for later. I hate being wasteful, and it's always nice to save a buck or two. But I have always wondered....but never really investigated....exactly how long can/should you keep things in the freezer?

I stumbled upon this article earlier and thought I'd share my new found wisdom with the world! Or least to those who happened to have read this blog and not the article.....yeah.

A list of commonly frozen foods and their expiration dates:

• Bacon: 1 to 2 months
• Breads: 2 to 3 months
• Casseroles: 2 to 3 months
• Cooked beef and pork: 2 to 3 months
• Cooked poultry: 4 months
• Cookie dough: 3 months
• Fruit: 8 to 12 months
• Frozen dinners: 3 to 4 months
• Hot dogs: 1 to 2 months
• Lunch meats: 1 to 2 months
• Sausage: 1 to 2 months
• Soups and stews: 2 to 3 months
• Uncooked chicken (parts): 9 months
• Uncooked chicken (whole): 1 year
• Uncooked steaks, chops, or roasts: 4 to 12 months
• Uncooked ground meat: 3 to 4 months
• Vegetables: 8 to 12 months

Who would have thought you can store a WHOLE uncooked chicken for a year and still be okay? I sure as heck didn't. Although I don't see myself ever having to do that.....

Project time!!!

So in order to stay in line with my list and to save money I got crafty this weekend! Actually crafty would not be technically correct I suppose considering all I did was paint a dresser I constructed from instructions thanks to Ikea. Oh how I love you, Ikea!

My dresser started out like this

I decided to bring some light and happiness to my small room in my apartment by using Krylon "Bright Spot" in Gloss and Krylon Semi-Gloss "White". My second color is so daring and scary, no? haha.

 After one coat I was wary of the impending outcome...

Second coat was still making me wary... I really wanted it to look smooth and solid! Darn-it I was going to make this work like I wanted it to!

By the third coat I was feeling much better about the outcome...minus the slight dizziness from the fumes in my porch, haha.

Four coats later and...... TA-DA!!!

Great Weekend

Fall is here, FSU wins (again!) and Ocktober fest is all around.

PROST!

If I had any kind of musical talent at all...

Whenever I'm in my car and listening to my ipod cycle through I always ask myself when a new song comes on that, "If I had any kind of musical talent, would I cover this song?"
Odd thing to do, but it's what my brain wonders off to do when I'm broed in the car.

The song I could listen to over and over again and definitely would be at the top of my list songs to cover would be "For my lover" by Tracey Chapman.
I. Love. That. Song.
There's a few others I would consider doing as well, but would want to see a short white girl like me screaming "poison" by Alice Cooper, I mean come on..... :)