October 2009

Seasonal Binder

October 16, 2009

Binders are a great way to contain large amounts of information in one place, while keeping it easy to navigate. I use one for my recipes, my coupons, and to also contain my “brain” in my Home Management Binder. Every year when it came time to plan a holiday, any of them, I found myself [...]

Read the full article →

Monthly Cash Flow Plans

October 14, 2009

One of the essential tools to our debt freedom journey has been a Monthly Cash Flow plan. I’ve touched on it before, but I wanted to throw it out there again. They are so important to your financial success, and I just can’t sing their praises enough. The benefit of a cash flow plan is [...]

Read the full article →

Homemade Applesauce

October 12, 2009

I truly think that my children could eat their weight in applesauce. While I am very happy that they love it, sometimes the store bought stuff is just laden with sugar, which to me, almost negates the nutritional benefit of the apples. When I stumbled upon an awesome deal on apples ($10 a bushel!), I [...]

Read the full article →

Making Crockpot Apple Butter

October 9, 2009

I remember eating homemade apple butter as a kid and thinking that it was the best thing. Ever. Let me tell you, it is! I’ve always assumed that making applesauce and apple butter would be a laborous task, that wasn’t really worth the final effort. Part of my 2009 Goals, we wanted to get atleast [...]

Read the full article →

Home Management Binder: Various Sections

October 8, 2009

The next three sections in my binder are pretty easy ones, but are still essential. In the School section I keep the kids’ special class schedules so I can remember when they need to wear tennis shoes, or bring their library books. In addition to those lists I keep any study guides, field trip information, [...]

Read the full article →

Baking Day Update

October 7, 2009

I’ve had so much fun baking the last few days. While I have been alone in my kitchen with nothing more than my radio going (and an occassional 4 year old, when he isn’t at school), I know that I have my Twitter friends who are baking along with me. Twitter was all a buzz [...]

Read the full article →

Baking Day

October 6, 2009

I’ve been overdue for a baking day, and have finally just decided that in the midst of my craziness, I would just have to schedule one. I’m hoping to get a bunch of muffins, breads and cookies baked up and in the freezer so I can just grab some when I need them. The only [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →