One thing I have been trying to do this year is to meal prep better. Nothing says crazy like being the Uber for three kids and their activities, appointments, on top of my own appointments. Now, we’re not in a ton of activities. My budget has its limits. But living as rural as we do, I like to have things…
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When it comes to my clan, pasta is something that I simply cannot go wrong on. But during our grad school years, we ate pasta meals multiple times each week. Needless to say, we got sick of pasta meals really fast. Since then, we limit them to 2 or 3 a month. When I do make pasta meals now, I…
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Ever since school began this year, my days have been a blur between dance, academic decathalon, and marching band. Things have a tendency to get crazy! And as if it weren’t busy enough, then we got a puppy(!!). As the school year has progressed and the puppy demands my attention, I’ve found the need for stupidly simple meals that I…
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Every month there are predictable expenses, as well as expenses that only occur a few times a year. No matter how long we’ve been budgeting, there always seems to be a category or two I forget in our monthly budgets. Here are 10 budgeting categories you probably forgot in your November budget. Halloween Clearance The beginning of November is the…
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I wasn’t sure whether to title this How To Can Diced Tomatoes, or How to Can Crushed Tomaotes. Honestly to me they are one in the same, just different tomato chunk sizes. Either way, taking my garden fresh tomatoes and turning them into canned diced tomatoes is one of the most frugal ways to save money throughout the year. This…
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