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 [...]

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 [...]

WFMW: Baking Soda

For this themed edition of WFMW I’m sharing my easiest and probably cheapest cleaning tip.  It is of course the frugal favorite.
A whole lot of coloring happens around here.  Much of it at my kitchen counter.  Have you ever noticed the black marks/residue that coloring book pages leave behind?  Before long my counter is a [...]

Frenzied Friday

There were two infants here this morning, both under 4 months old.  Ten children in all.  My son is leaving for a party soon and my girl is out with friends this afternoon.  Happy baby went home before lunch and I just fed not-so-happy baby.  That is no small task.  Now she is resting and [...]

Reset

My vacation was a chance to hit the reset button on things.  Refocus on my priorities. While I didn’t accomplish all I had hoped, there was a lot of time for thinking.  Three days in a car each way will do that.
Really, I know what is important for a healthy me is enough sleep, good [...]

WFMW: Dishwasher Duty

I’ve mentioned before that emptying a dishwasher is my most dreaded job.  I pretty much HATE it.  That makes it a very good thing that I have two kids to do the job for me.
Problem is they don’t love the job either…and are obsessed with making sure that it is fair.  As in, no one [...]

Make-Do Monday: Bed Skirt

A few months ago we bought Grace a double bed.  She’d been sleeping in her daybed for ten years and it was time for a bigger bed.  Plus, now we can use her double as a guest bed.  Especially when grandparents are here.  Living so far from family makes you look at sleeping space differently.
Anyway.  [...]

Naps are Nice

Saturday night was a night of little sleep.  I went to bed at a decent time, but got up later unable to sleep.  I rarely have this problem.
Anyway, on the way home from church Sunday I told my family that I might just need a nap.  My wonderful husband told me not to try to [...]

Where’ve I been?

I think all the talk of lazy summer days is CRAZY.  Who has lazy summer days??  I think I had a lazy summer day once. Before kids.  Really.  How can you be lazy when the kids are a never-ending whirl of motion that repeat phrases like can we have kool-aid? or It’s over 70* can [...]

Closing a Door

Sometimes you have to close a door so you won’t jump out the window.  That’s how I’ve been feeling lately about a volunteer role I have had the last couple of years.   And I’m closing the door on it.
Tonight Grace and I had the year-end ceremony for this organization.  I made the decision Monday that [...]