Simple Homemaking Plan Week 12 of 2012

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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’ve had spring fever lately, so I’m mainly focusing on the outside tasks this week. This week’s maintenance chores in addition to daily functioning cleaning chores. Dust fan {Read More}

Frugal $5 Dinner Menu Week 12 of 2012

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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}

Frugal $5 Dinner Menu Week 11 of 2012

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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 11 of 2012

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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 started out quite productively.  I did a lot of cleaning early in the week- including about 1/4 of the blinds and windows.  Then Little One got {Read More}

Homemaking Plan Week 10 of 2012

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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’m starting to notice that I get sidetracked easily (ok, so I’ve always been easily sidetracked) and end up doing other chores around the house.  (yeah, chores- that’s {Read More}

Frugal $5 Dinner Menu Week 10 of 2012

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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}

Homemaking Plan Week 9 of 2012

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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 I put up a poll to see what sort of cleaning routine you guys had.  The top 3 responses (carrying 82% of the votes) were: 1st {Read More}

Frugal $5 Dinner Menu Week 9 of 2012

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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}

Homemaking Plan Week 8 of 2012

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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 have always been a clean as needed kind of person.  We had a small dinner party Friday night and I loved having everything cleaned at once.  I {Read More}

Frugal $5 Dinner Menu Week 8 of 2012

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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}