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Well, it’s already 11 days into April and we’ve already spent $28.10 of our $100 a month budget for April and don’t have a lot to show for it. Although, now that I think about it, if we can get by with only spending $28 every 10 days until the end of the month, we’ll Read More >>
With 7 days to go and only $9.77 left in my grocery budget for the month, I won’t be able to get much set aside for my summer “fruit fund” like I had planned, but hey, every little bit helps, and there’s always next month, right? 😉 Walmart $3.84 Our big purchase last week: beef Read More >>
I was hoping to end this month $10 – $15 under budget so I could slowly start to “save up” for the local fruit {strawberries, peaches, wild Maine blueberries} that I know I’ll want to make this summer. But it’s going to be a bit harder now because I sent the HH to the grocery Read More >>
When The Girl was here a few weeks ago and we were making a bunch of freezer meals for her to take home, we also made three batches of cookies. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and these Soft and Creamy Peanut Butter Cookies. I’ve been making this particular peanut butter cookie recipe for years now, and Read More >>
With a busy fall schedule ahead of me, one of the things I’d like to accomplish over the next few weeks is stuffing my freezer with all sorts of homemade goodness. Freezer meals, freezer pies, my favorite soup recipes, basically a boatload of meals that only need to be popped in the oven or microwave Read More >>
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