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This past week, my husband and I started taking an inventory of what we had in our big freezer. We couldn't tell what some of it was. There was a lot of freezer burn and a lot of frost and ice in the freezer. We realized that we had let a lot of food ruin and in the process lost money. Now I know, some may be asking … [Read more...]
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on the "cooking in bulk" project that I undertook this weekend. It has been a success. The chili was great!!! The beef stew lasted all of two days. Think we just had a taste for it this weekend. For the next week, we are going to try the bulk cooking again. We have not eaten out at … [Read more...]
Menu didn't work. Earlier at the start of this blog, we decided that we'd try to make a menu for the week. While doing this is a very good idea, it just didn't work very well for us. My son lives with us in the summer and there are too many activities going on in our household to try and implement the cooking at home. After he went back … [Read more...]
To the people who live in the towns and cities on the coastline of my great state of Texas -- our thoughts and prayers are with you as Hurricane Ike makes landfall. Stay safe!!! … [Read more...]
"How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you have to be willing to work for it. " -- Jim Valvano When I read it, I started thinking about our family's decision to be more frugal. I think it sums up what had been missing in our frugal journey -- … [Read more...]
It's been a few weeks since I've read anything about frugality. Call it a self imposed sabitical. Today, my sabitical ended. Occasionally, when I want to see what the world is saying about frugality, I'll type the word "frugality" into Google and see what happens. Usually I'll just close it out. There are usually over 100,000 responses. Today … [Read more...]
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