I am thrilled because I cleaned out my freezer last week and found a ton of food that I can prepare for meals this week. Hopefully it will keep my grocery bill to a minimum, since I did go over budget by about $20 last month.
Monday
Breakfast- Bagels
Lunch - Grill out with friends; hot dogs, burgers, [...]
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It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. What do you think? Check out this new site and let me know…
The HappIER Housewife
Actually some very good friends of mine put up this site this morning. I admit I got a huge laugh out of this one.
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There are numerous ways to save money, some are big and some are small. Sometimes people will tell me that the things I do really don’t save much money, and I agree. I might not save much money, but I am always saving little bits of money. Eventually those pennies do add up.
Here are some [...]
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A reader emailed me today to let me know about a special on chicken at the Maxwell AFB commissary. All of
their chicken is on sale - basically averaging about 0.85-1.00 a pound - breasts, split breasts, full birds and drum sticks. The gal said it was their labor day special. They were also adding [...]
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Today was our first official day of school. The kids did not want to get up, but other than that the morning routine went well. I took pictures of each child and measured them to see how tall they are at the beginning of the year. It is quite funny to measure your daughter on [...]
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Since it has been several months since a reader requested an explanation of our school cubbies, I figured it was time to post it, since we are starting school tomorrow.
The Framework- I purchased these unfinished wooden “shelves” at A.C. Moore about a year ago. I either waited until they were on sale or used a [...]
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This week I am especially thankful to my husband. He knows that we are starting school in a few short days. He also knows that due to a very busy summer I have had little to no school planning time, so for the past 10 days he has made a huge effort to take the [...]
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Countdown to school in 3, 2, 1…. AHHHHHH!
Our first day of school is Wednesday. I am always much more excited about the first day of school than my kids. With school comes order, routines, set bedtimes and a red pen. I love writing with a red pen, but feel silly writing with one on anything [...]
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My sister-in-law, who has just started making bread, recently asked me how I stored my loaves of bread. In the beginning I would purchase bread bags from Bread Beckers. I thought that was a bit expensive to do on a regular basis so I started using two ziploc bags or saran wrap. Neither of these [...]
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