We're heading out on our family vacation soon, so I thought I'd share some tips I've found that work well for this scatter-brained-budget-what-budget-we're-on-vacation! mama. I've mentioned before (fine, many times) that we're Dave Ramsey fans. We totally see the value of paying cash, especially when we're combining a finite budget with a mood … [Read more...]
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Things to Get Done So I Can Start My To Do List
Two more weeks! Two more weeks! Two more weeks and school is over for the year! I LOVE summer! I love having all of my kiddos home all day! Last summer, I was a little scared. It was the first summer of this slob-recovery-thing, and although I couldn't wait to have the kids home, I was petrified that I would lose any momentum I had … [Read more...]
Reasons #71-73 Why Daily Pick-Ups are Important
Don't search the blog for numbers one through seventy. I've written quite a bit about how much of a difference having a Focused Daily Pick-Up Time makes, but I haven't been numbering them. I used artistic license to emphasize that there are just so many reasons. And "Reasons Ba-jillion and Ba-jillion-and-One" sounded less official. If I … [Read more...]
Menu Plan Monday – Getting Back Into the Swing
Week one of school is done. It's time to get back into menu planning for real. Honestly, it's the last thing I want to do right now, but I'm planning to stop by the store in the morning, and if I'm prepared, maybe it can be my only stop there this week. I mentioned on facebook Thursday that I trimmed 12 lbs of chicken, separating some into … [Read more...]
A Few More Tricks for a Successful Roadtrip with Kids – Travel Tips from a Slob
I love great ideas. Gadgets, unique inventions, problem solving ideas, etc. But as I've said before, it's my love of "cool stuff" that has put me in this mess. It seems that normal people can see an item, evaluate whether or not they truly need it, purchase it, find a proper place to store it, and (here's the biggie), remember that they have it … [Read more...]
Purse Clutter
I found this in one of my many boxes of random things. Any guesses what it is? It’s a salt and pepper shaker to carry in your purse. It’s meant to be used when you bring your lunch to work, or go on a picnic, whatever. Except that even though I’ve been out of the workplace for quite a while now, I remember all of the lunch areas, even … [Read more...]
Saving Money and Preventing Dizziness at Amusement Parks
This has nothing to do with being a slob or my deslobification progress. But hey, I have a blog and so I get to write what I want! A few tips I want to share after our fun trip to Six Flags yesterday: First, a frugal one. We do our best to spend as little money as possible on the overpriced food at amusement parks. However, a few years ago, … [Read more...]
Menu Plan Monday – Surviving the Last Week of School
Happy Memorial Day! The boys are out fishing, so I'm taking advantage of some free time to put more thought into my menu plan than I have in a while. This week is full to the brim with kindergarten graduation and a baseball game for the same kid on the same night (grrrr), and games every other night as well. If I don't plan now, we'll be eating … [Read more...]
Might As Well Be Summer
We're wet-headed, sunburned, and sleepy.LOVE IT!!!Today was a glimpse of the coming summer. 8:30 a.m. - Kindergarten awards. 9:00 a.m. - 2nd grade picnic. Noon - spontaneous idea to go swim with friends. So much fun. No schedule. No tasks completed other than the pre-7 a.m. ones - making bed and emptying dishwasher. If you want to read a post … [Read more...]
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