New Years Day. More food. Another big meal. The last calorie-fest of the holiday season. Growing up we ate black eyed peas “for luck” on New Years day. My husband’s family has a cool tradition. At the New Years day meal, everyone writes down their top 5 highlights from the previous year, along with 5 [...]
I’m sitting here in shock as I type this morning. I didn’t get much sleep last night. Why? You might ask. Well, late last night I was checking my email and saw a comment on a You Tube video that I had posted awhile back as part of a contest called “Money Saving Tips” hosted [...]
If one of your new year’s resolutions is to spend less at the grocery store, Andrea from MommySnacks.net is one blogger who can help you do just that! She shares the deals and steals each week for stores like Kroger, Meijer, CVS and Walgreens. The valuable tips she shares with us today are sure to [...]
Over the next few days, I’ll be writing a few posts about New Years, resolutions and ways to stick to them, my plans for this year, and a little encouragement for you as well! With the economy in shabbles, layoffs on the rise, and people from all walks of life paying more attention to their [...]
Since we are travelling and we are on a special diet, I thought I’d share my 5 cents worth on the topic. The boys are on a GFCFSF (gluten free, casein free, soy free) diet. This diet is very restrictive, but it is possible to travel and still stick to it! 1. In the airport [...]
I’m back! I’m still on vacation, but my “bloggy vacation” is over! It’s time to get back to work, back to saving and back to cooking in my kitchen next week! I’d like to share a few random things that I have learned over the last week…some food related, some not! 1. If you plan [...]
Make a Smilebox greeting May your Christmas be filled with the peace, hope and joy of the Savior’s birth! I will be back to posting in a few days! Be sure to subscribe by email or in a reader (located in the right sidebar), so you don’t miss a meal or a post!
Gayle’s blog, The Grocery Cart Challenge, was one of the first that I came across when I started paying more attention to couponing and grocery store savings this past summer. I kept thinking, “if she can do this for her family of 6 then I can do this for my family of 4!!!” She feeds [...]
Toni, from The Happy Housewife, has graciously agreed to share with us all just how she feeds her family of 8 (soon to be 9!) on a budget. She has mastered this fine art and shares a bit of her wisdom with us today! One way to make frugal meals for large families is to [...]
Just wanted to share with you all what I did for some of our Christmas gifts this year For the 10 teachers, therapists and bus drivers that we work with each week, I gave them a little package containing my latest discovery and new guilty pleasure… “Chocolate Mug Cake” Their gift included a coffee mug, [...]
