It often seems as though your efforts to eat inexpensively mean having to sacrifice what many of us see as standard fare. For example: What about beef? With the toughest cuts of beef starting above five dollars a pound, a juicy grilled steak will bust the $7 Dinner budget… or will it? Very recently, […]
Last Minute Hallway Decorating Tips for Christmas
With the holidays upon us, it’s time to get out the tinsel and start decorating your tree if you haven’t already. However, when it comes to making your home look festive, there’s one area that usually gets overlooked – the hallway. Setting a festive feel from the moment your guests arrive is a brilliant way […]
From Office Employee to Home Office Boss: Taking the Big Leap to Work from Home
Congratulations! It’s your fifth year working for your company. Now go up the stage and get that plaque of appreciation they’re handing out to you for being a loyal and terrific employee. After the late night party ended, you go home smiling, thinking: This will probably be my lifetime career. Tomorrow, my journey to the […]
5 Natural Home Flea Remedies that Actually Work
If you love this post don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Pinterest for the latest tips and tricks. All pet owners have to deal with fleas at one point or another. While many turn to chemical remedies, toxic flea shampoos and even dish detergents and sprays, they may not understand […]
10 Easy Methods to Slash Your Family’s Food Bill
So many people offer couponing and double couponing as an easy method to save on groceries. This article isn’t one of them. My family hasn’t clipped a coupon in months. Yet, we tend to live on $20 to $60 per week on groceries for a family of three.
Seven Dollar Dinners: Bean Soup
Being lazy, I’m happy to make a meal of a bowl of 15 bean soup on rice. But for the rest of my family, I often prepare a simple lettuce or cabbage salad as well. A meal for 4 costs about $3.20. For this seven dollar dinner, a hearty bean soup uses inexpensive salt pork […]
The Christening Gown – Three Generations
Dreft asked us to share about that special baby outfit or kids clothing that warms your heart or you just love. Do you ever have that certain special outfit? That item of amazing adorableness or special significance? I tried not to get too attached to most of the baby clothes I had – especially with […]
What I Learned (the Hard Way) About Water Filters
It’s typical for a refrigerator’s water filter to last six months before needing to be replaced. But filter replacement isn’t exactly something you schedule into your personal planner. It can be hard to remember the filter is even there, let alone that it needs to be replaced periodically. Here’s a lesson I recently learned: Filters […]
Get Prepared: Insurance to Repair and Rebuild
The storm is past. The wildfire is out. But your home is gone. Now what? As always, plan ahead! Homeowner’s insurance is not very expensive, and it is common to roll the monthly premium into your mortgage payment (along with taxes – it’s called ‘escrow.’) Homeowner’s insurance can be as little as $100/month, rolled into […]
Seven Dollar Dinners: Burritos
Prepare beef and bean burritos for four for under $7. I love cooking shows on TV but am underwhelmed at the ambition of some television chefs. They often set crazy high spending limits for “budget” meals—$20 for dinner, or $15 when they really stretch. Rachael Ray tries harder when she offers meals using ingredients that […]
Get Prepared – Tornadoes and Natural Disaster Preparation
Tornadoes are easier to prepare for these days than in the past. Back in the day, all we had to go on was the way the clouds looked. Now, we have emergency warning systems that are capable of notifying us of a serious storm many minutes, if not several hours, in advance. However, once the […]
What Activities and Items Grace Your Patio or Balcony?
Our patio is in the front of our house as our backyard is overtaken by food production efforts. For us, this makes the front patio area the place for food consumption efforts. For lazy-coffee-drinking while watching the kids ride bikes (Is it bad that I’m still too chicken to let them go our by themselves […]
