If you’re like many people, you’ve thought about making an estate plan, but you just never get around to doing it. Perhaps you’re too busy, or maybe you’d rather avoid considering what will happen in the even of your incapacity or death. Although these concerns are understandable, estate planning is a vital component of yourContinue reading “Why Do I Need An Estate Plan?”
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How To Get Rid of Stuff
Over the years many of us seem to accumulate stuff! I don’t know how it creeps in, but as we go through our house in preparation of an eventual move I wonder how did we get so much stuff, and the question is how to get rid of it! If you live in aContinue reading “How To Get Rid of Stuff”
Stop Wasting Food Now!
We all want to save money especially on our grocery bill. Seems that food just keeps getting more expensive! Did you know there are a few simple steps you can do to stop wasting food that will also help your grocery bill go down? Create Meal Plans: Make a weekly meal plan and shop according.Continue reading “Stop Wasting Food Now!”
Buying and Storing Eggs
There is no difference in taste or nutritional value between white and brown eggs. The breed of chicken determines the color of an egg’s shell. Freshness, however does affect taste, so always buy the freshest eggs available. The best option is to find someone selling local eggs nearby. For years we raised our own chickensContinue reading “Buying and Storing Eggs”
The Case For A Brown Bag Lunch
Perhaps you’ve entered into the thrifty journey. You’ve mastered being thrifty in the kitchen. Here is the case for a brown bag lunch. When it comes to the weekday lunch rush it’s easy enough to think of your convenient dash to the deli or pizza place as a negligible expense. After all you’re not sittingContinue reading “The Case For A Brown Bag Lunch”
Spring Cleaning – Throwing Clothes Out
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time you know I’ve been working on de-cluttering our home in preparation for an eventual move. Even if you aren’t preparing for a move spring is a great time to do some spring-cleaning. Do you have clothes cluttering up your closet? Clothes that you’re justContinue reading “Spring Cleaning – Throwing Clothes Out”
Thrifty In The Kitchen
Most of us try to make good use of our money. We try not to over spend, limit our debt and have a saving account. But everyone has to eat. You can’t just cut food out of your budget like you can a cable bill. The issue is how to eat well while saving someContinue reading “Thrifty In The Kitchen”
Packing Like The Pros
As we have been de-cluttering our house we have also started packing like the pros! After getting several quotes for moving across country we realized one way to save money is to do the majority of the packing ourselves. When the house went on the market we packed up the family pictures and various knick-knacksContinue reading “Packing Like The Pros”
Getting Rid of Stuff
Our last year has been spent de-cluttering and getting rid of stuff! I don’t just want to throw things away but rather I like to repurpose items if someone else could use them. Granted some things should just be tossed; old gardening t-shirts for example or work gloves with holes in the fingers but manyContinue reading “Getting Rid of Stuff”
Top 7 Posts of 2016
I am never quite sure what posts my readers will most enjoy and give them ranking of the top 7 posts.. Over the last year I have written a number of posts on various subjects. Here are the top 7 posts of 2016 and the top 4 posts since I started blogging in 2012! Continue reading “Top 7 Posts of 2016”
Nancy on the Home Front 