June is the start of warmer weather in our area of PA. It’s when we’re able to transition from full force garden prep and planting to a much more relaxed waiting game. By the end of June, things start to get hot, and the amount of growth that happens in our garden is phenomenal. It’s not long before we start…
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Utilizing a calendar is a crucial step to help you budget and reach your financial goals. It is actually the first step in my budgeting process. I can’t make a realistic budget for our income unless I know what expenses we have upcoming for that month. Here are the steps I take to create our budget calendar. Before I started…
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I just want to start by saying that this garlic chicken rotini recipe was born out of necessity. For those of you reading this in the future, it’s currently April 2020 and we’re under social distancing mandates. Since we are being socially distant, Hubs has been doing all the grocery shopping. That’s right. For 5 long weeks as of writing…
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Reviewing our budget is a crucial step to making sure we are on track with our financial goals. Whether you are paid weekly, biweekly, or monthly, if you want to make sure you are achieving your financial goals, reviewing your budget each paycheck is a must. Here are the four simple steps I use to complete our budget review Before…
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There are few things that taste as good to me as homemade jams. It’s as close as I can get to keeping fresh fruit in my pantry until their next season. I’m not picky about what kind of jam either… strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, triple berry {a combination of the previous three}, peach-raspberry, apple… the list can go on and on!…
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