Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I think today is a great reminder of how we need to treat not only our spouses, but all those whom we love; children, parents, friends.  

Hopefully today you can rekindle your desire to find ways to Express your love to those around you!

I love the quotes on THIS page.  If you get a moment, read through them.  

Promo Codes

Promo codes are one of the best ways to save a little money.  Companies will often times have them when holidays are nearing or other special events.  

Today, I want to share 2 with you that may be helpful and some deals they could be used on.  

Living Social right now has 

Costco Wholesale Membership

 + Bonus Costco Cash Card and Coupons

on sale for $55 which is already a 47% savings! With Promo code USA10 you can save an additional 10%! Making the cost of a 1 year GOLD STAR membership, $20 Costco Cash card, FREE 48 pack of AA batteries, a rotisserie chicken, and a case of water for $49.50!!!!  WOW!

And here is another great deal.  On KSL deals, you can get an additional 14% off using the promo code "lovethem" .  They currently have lots of restaurant deals, hotel deals, exercised deals and lots more.  These are already discounted, but today you can get the additional 14%!

Powdered EGG!?!

Whenever I talk with people about saving money and or food storage, I usually get the question, "what is one of your favorite items to use and store?"  When I respond with Whole Eggs I usually get that look of, EGG!?!

But, it is!  Besides just snacking on the fruits and vegetables and my tomato powder, Whole Egg is my most commonly used food storage item that my family THRIVES on in our daily living.  

Let me tell you a few reasons WHY...

 1.  I LOVE to eat dough!  Cookie, cake, brownie...  The list goes on, but I am a little queasy at the thought of eating RAW egg in that dough.  Don't get me wrong, it would still taste good. It is just the thought of that slimy egg that just makes me cringe... (I thought about inserting stringy eggy picture to illustrate, but I will spare you!).  When I use my powdered egg, I don't have that problem anymore!

2.  Eggs have been a little pricey lately.  Sometimes I can get 18 eggs for $1.99 (but usually it is a little more than that.  Do the math and each egg is $.11 .  With powdered eggs I only pay $.10 (when they aren't on sale... this month it would be $.09) per egg.

3.  Eggs at my house get used a LOT!  Both kinds! But the shelf life of my eggs is far less than that of powdered.  Plus, when I run out of the kind I have to crack open I can still make goodies with the powdered!

-Just another thought on egg powder.  I use mine mainly for baking; however, when reconstituted and cooked for scrambled eggs, it is comparable to the REAL thing!  Most people wouldn't know the difference.  Just FYI

***  The shelf life of powdered egg is much less than other foods!  3 years is the average shelf life (of unopened egg- 1 year once it is opened).  So, if you have powdered egg, pull it out and start using it.  Don't be afraid!  You can do it!!!

This was  a #10 can.  I began using it February 2013 and just finished it yesterday!  Perfect timing!  I used it in all my baking!  And Ty didn't even know!

Preschool

I was recently introduced to a Utah preschool program that is available for FREE!!!  After looking at what they study, it looks like a great way to get your child ready for kindergarten!  And even better; it is FREE!!!  Right now they are Pre-Registering for the 2014 year, so if your child will enter kinder in Fall of 2015, this may be a great program for you and your child...  I just pre-registered so hope that we will have the opportunity to try it out.

For more information, go to UPSTART

Back to Basics

For the new year one of my goals was to spend more individualized time with each child and work on some of our basic beliefs and have more "learning" time in our house.  As part of that goal, we decided to work on an Article of Faith each month as a family.  We introduced each one for FHE and talk about what the words mean.  Then, we practice!  This is the First Article of Faith  from my 3 year old.  

It definitely humbles me to see both kids learning and understanding the love that Heavenly Father and Jesus both have for each of them and how special they are!  

What were some of your goals or resolutions at the beginning of the year?

Tax Preparation

Now that the deadline has come for companies to get out tax forms, it is time to think about doing taxes.  There are several options to assist you along the way!

Turbo Tax has a free edition that will do your federal return.  Right now they even have an option to get 5-10% more if you put some/all of your return into an Amazon gift card.  (This is what we have always used.  I love how friendly it is and makes taxes seem not so scary!)

Tax Act is also simple.  They also have a free edition to use.

There are several other options as well.  But I also wanted to let you know of one more.  Utah offers FREE Tax preparation for those that earn $52,000 or less.  You just take in your stuff and they will do both your federal and state taxes while you are there.  The volunteers are trained and IRS certified.  If you make $58,000 or less you can prepare online at www.utahtaxhelp.org To make an appointment or find out more, visit www.utahtaxhelp.org or call 2-1-1

THRIVE February Specials

Its a new month which means new specials to help build your food storage supply.  This month with the purchase of an exclusive February pack you can receive FREE SHIPPING!  This would be a good way to stock up on some of the needed items for food storage.  

The ground beef is the Q-pon item for this month.  That means that this is the lowest we ever really see this go.  So, if you are looking at storing ground beef, this is the time to get it.

I am offering anyone who hosts a class this month free shipping on their host order up to $20.00!  That means that you will get all of your free and half off stuff and not have to pay shipping (or only have a small amount to pay).

For anyone who starts a Q at $100 or more, I am offering a Free pouch of THRIVE Express or a pantry size fruit of their choice.  

These offers are only available through me and for the month of February.  We can do at home parties or a virtual party if you are not in Utah.  Let me know and we can get you scheduled and invitations out for a successful party.  

Tara Hart

801-513-7992 (text or call)

prepareyourshelves@gmail.com

prepareyourshelves.thrivelife.com

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MIA and some good deals

Happy New Year!

And happy February!  I wanted to take January to implement some of my new goals and focus on family.  Now that we are into Feb, I am ready to jump back on and hopefully help you find some good deals and prepare for the future (spiritually, temporally and emotionally!).  

Today I wanted to share some great deals that I found for the Davis county folks.  

Shopko has lots of clothing on clearance.  These are cute little Christmas outfits for boys marked 80% off!  Regularly $45.99 marked to $9.19 (quantities limited!)

Shopko had many other clothes on sale too!  But this was my favorite deal.

 Kmart also has many things on clearance.  We found these thermals for kids marked 60% off.  

They were $4.39

Sleepers for toddlers are $2.99

 They have a wide variety of makeup and nail polish marked 75% off!!!  I got the foundation for $3.37 (paired it with a coupon from Almay for $3.00 off from SS 2/2/14) so paid $.37 for each foundation.  The eyeliner was $2.24 (paired with coupon for $1.00 off from SS 2/2/14) and paid $1.24

So, if you are out and about, you may want to swing by and check out the deals.