Food.

I wish I could live on chocolate, Coca Cola and pizza. I could really do just fine on those 3 foods. I hate to cook. I would rather be organizing or doing paperwork. Sick, I know. I know the kinds of foods we eat really do make a difference in our weight, health and the way we feel. But I … [Read more...]

Get Out of the Kitchen

Do you feel like you live in the kitchen? I don’t anymore. I have found some tricks to keep me out of the kitchen and out playing with my family! I shop once a month for all the basic family supplies like shampoo, soap, tissues, laundry detergent, paper towels, condiments, and snacks. I … [Read more...]

The Summer PURGE Part 7 – Stockpiling

Summer was well underway by now. I was a coupon cutting fiend trying to find great stockpiling deals for my goal of stock piling a year’s worth of toiletries and paper goods. First of all, I think that the show Extreme Couponing really hurt the good sales we used to see. I have never saved more … [Read more...]

Project Clean, Organize and Restock a final report

Henry Ford’s name is synonymous with the invention of the automobile. But Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, he “invented” and perfected the assembly line. Ford’s assembly line method of producing cars reduced the time needed to make a car from 12.5 hours down to 6. Ford dropped the … [Read more...]

Project Clean, Organize and Restock

I am on spring break!! I have purposely not “planned” what I want to accomplish in the next 9 days. I have a tendency to create unrealistic expectations and then get frustrated when they do not come to fruition. For years I had a cleaning service every other week. I eventually had to cancel … [Read more...]

Pantry Organization and Menu Overhaul Update

How are we doing on our meal plan? I blogged about my Pantry Organization and Menu Planning Overhaul a few weeks ago. I was astonished and embarrassed to find we had 48 legitimate meals we could make from the ingredients we had on hand. Grocery Shopping The first week after I made my master … [Read more...]