Frugal Friday: Wait

The question asked?  How do you save money.
I have two answers…both of them simple.  At least on the surface.
Using cash for daily/regular expenses like groceries, gas and household items has saved us tons of money!  I talked about it here.
Today though I would have to say waiting is on the top of my list.  Let’s [...]

Menu Plan Monday: October 26

I bought a new cook book today.  It is a crock pot cook book and I’m anxious to try some new recipes.  I’ve been on a Christmas planning kick ever since ordering Christmas cards a couple weeks ago. One area I struggle with is serving food to company for several days.  I plan ahead but [...]

Lazy

Outside is gloomy and wet, my house is not very tidy and I’m trying to be ok with that.  The perfectionist in me always thinks she should be cleaning or doing something productive. The rest of me gets a little sick of her.
Today I got the one main thing on my list crossed off.  [...]

Yep, THAT Family.

I wrote recently about my accident prone kids here.  What I didn’t say is that no one was truly surprised by our series of events that happened so close together.
Examples?  Oh yeah, I got examples.
My kids went to grandma’s for a few days.  The boy came home without his glasses.  That was 6 weeks ago [...]

Ultimate Recipe Swap: Monster Bars

My family LOVES these.  They are moist and freeze well too.  In high school our cafeteria sold big monster cookies that were so soft and yummy!  Dan & I had never had any as good (we’re high school sweethearts) until a friend served these bars a couple of years ago…we were hooked!
Monster Bars

1/2 cup butter, [...]

Forgiven

Can you believe I’m going to tell a story of forgiveness as it relates to a credit card company?
I made a mistake yesterday.  And I hate to make mistakes.  I paid my credit card payment late. By 20 minutes.  Panic set in that my interest rate would jump to 30% and then there would be [...]

Cooking Lessons

I remember being in the kitchen a lot as a child.  Sometimes my grandma’s kitchen,  most the time at home.  My mom and dad both cooked.  My mom is a great cook…one of those people who doesn’t really have recipes, just knows how to add some of this, a little of that…that type of thing.  [...]

Menu Plan Monday: October 19

Another Monday…another menu.  I am still loosely using the 6 week menu I put together a couple of weeks ago and it has helped a lot.  Now I’m stocking up on sales and only really needing to buy produce and dairy products.
Monday:

Cereal, milk & OJ
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, bread & butter
Pork roast (crock pot), [...]

Make-Do Monday: Hide TV Cords

The opening in our entertainment center is larger than the TV by several inches.  DVD player, VCR and cable boxes are on a shelf above the TV which means that you can see all those black cords above the TV running to the shelf above.  This has always bothered me a little but I just [...]

Christmas Cards

This year I am trying to get my act together early in hopes of a more relaxed holiday season.  I am going on a scrapbook retreat the weekend before Thanksgiving and that has kind of become my “done by” date in my head.  Not done with everything, mind you.  But I would like to have [...]