My goal is to provide dinner for my family for an average of $5 except on special occasions. We don’t have to eat beans and rice to accomplish this goal! I shop the grocery sales each week. Then I plan my menu based on the foods I have already at home (at a great price). I balance more expensive meals with less expensive ones. We typically only cook a main dish 4 or 5 times a week. Each main dish {Read More}
Simple Homemaking Plan Week 49 of 2012
December 3, 2012 by
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As I sit down to write the menu for the week, I’m writing out my 4 weekly “to do” lists (personal tasks, blogging tasks, cleaning chores, less common maintenance cleaning tasks). It’s helping me to accomplish things that easily get pushed aside otherwise, even if I don’t get them all checked off! Boy, I gotta tell you – there are some weeks that if I didn’t have this “to do” list posted I probably wouldn’t get any of these {Read More}
Simple Homemaking Plan Week 47 – 48 of 2012
November 28, 2012 by
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As I sit down to write the menu for the week, I’m writing out my 4 weekly “to do” lists (personal tasks, blogging tasks, cleaning chores, less common maintenance cleaning tasks). It’s helping me to accomplish things that easily get pushed aside otherwise, even if I don’t get them all checked off! I wasn’t as successful with my to do lists last week, but the house is still managing to stay in shape and nearing readiness for an influx {Read More}
Simple Homemaking Plan Week 46 of 2012
November 12, 2012 by
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As I sit down to write the menu for the week, I’m writing out my 4 weekly “to do” lists (personal tasks, blogging tasks, cleaning chores, less common maintenance cleaning tasks). It’s helping me to accomplish things that easily get pushed aside otherwise, even if I don’t get them all checked off! Last week was another successful week using the new “to do” list app on my phone. I didn’t get quite as much done though, since the house {Read More}
Simple Homemaking Plan Week 45 of 2012
November 5, 2012 by
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As I sit down to write the menu for the week, I’m writing out my 4 weekly “to do” lists (personal tasks, blogging tasks, cleaning chores, less common maintenance cleaning tasks). It’s helping me to accomplish things that easily get pushed aside otherwise, even if I don’t get them all checked off! I am happy to report that the new “to do” list app on my phone and I were a successful pair this week! I made lists for {Read More}