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 cooked will serve {Read More}
Simple Homemaking Plan Weeks 30-33 of 2012
July 23, 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! Weeeell what can I say? Mid week last week I decided to go out of town, so I pretty much threw my homemaking plan out the window for {Read More}
Simple Homemaking Plan Week 29 of 2012
July 16, 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 went much better. It was actually my shortest week at home without hubby I managed to have the house well picked up and cleaned by {Read More}
Simple Homemaking Plan Week 28 of 2012
July 9, 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! With family in town last week and going to my Mother-in-law’s house this weekend my house is needing some attention from me. I need to get everything {Read More}