Posted in Cooking, Frugality, Life in General on Mar 28th, 2009
Twice a month I embark on a shopping trip that usually involves shopping at at least three supermarkets and picking up all of the items I possibly can to plan out two weeks worth of meals. I didn’t used to do this; My family always kind of decided spur-of-the-moment what to have for dinner, [...]
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Posted in Cooking, Frugality, Ideas, Kids on Sep 28th, 2008
I am one of those people who believes that it is not always necessary to spend an exorbitant amount of money to have a fun, memorable event. I made sure to keep this in mind when it came time to plan my daughter’s fourth birthday bash – a Barbie themed party, complete with the cake, decorations, and balloons. [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Sep 22nd, 2008
Banana Pepper Relish
This past Saturday I did the last of my canning for this year. My daughter and I went down to the garden early in the morning and picked enough banana peppers to fill a round clothes basket. I decided the night before that I was going to attempt to make a hot pepper relish, [...]
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