Healthy Habits - Floss Those Pearly Whites!
When I was pregnant with Miss C, I knew a lady who was a dental hygienist. One day I told her I was taking the kids in for their dental appointments, and she told me to have them rinse with flouride and they'd never get a cavity. She was right! We ...
Happy Valentine's Day and Tues News!
Hello mah peeps! Happy Valentine's Day to you. Are you doing anything special tonight? We're not. We're pretty low key on holidays. Honestly, my favorite part of all the Valentine's Day festivities is getting Dove chocolate hearts for half price the next day. Am I the only one who looks forward ...
Julia is One!
Julianna is one year old today! Hard to believe it was a year ago that her Daddy had to catch her in the bathroom. She is still a little nursing piglet. She wears a size 5 shoe. Her favorite game is peek-a-boo, and her favorite toy is a ball. Her favorite food ...
6 Reasons Moms Need Business Cards
I have business cards, and boy, do they come in handy. How? Here's some of the ways I use my cards. 1. Give them to other moms. How often have you scrambled for a scrap of paper to write down your phone number for a mother of your child's classmate or ...
Hack Budget Back {week 1}
Hack your budget back! Join me as I try to reclaim my grocery budget. Post your shopping trip, tips for saving in the kitchen, or how you keep your grocery budget in check so we can all help each other! My goal to hack my budget back is to spend $200 a ...
Earning Cash on the Web
A lot of people asked for more specifics on how to earn money from home. There are many ways to make some quick cash online. Your first step is to do an (honest) inventory of your skills and knowledge. What do you know how to do that someone will ...
Food Stamp Challenge
Can a family live off a food stamp budget, and still eat a healthy diet? Yes, they can! I fed my family on $2, per person, per day. ($140 for my family of 10; we’ve added a darling daughter since then.) We weren’t on food stamps during these 40 weeks, but our budget was tight and we paid cash for all food purchases (I think I was on WIC after the baby was born, I don’t recall.)
According to government data, I should be spending over $1200 on the thrifty plan! So far, 4 months in, I’m spending less than half that amount.
One of my children is on a special diet, similar to the Feingold diet, eliminating artificial colors, sweeteners, MSG, and lard substitutes (BHA/BHT/TBHQ). I was pregnant at the time I wrote this, and was eating a diabetic diet to control blood sugars. (Note:while the challenge was going on, my blood sugar issues cleared up, my A1C is great, and I passed the glucose tolerance test!
You won’t find a lot of Kool-Aid and ramen noodles, but I will try to post recipes kids will actually eat that are well rounded and cheap!
I moved the early posts from my old site, consolidating them by month. I hope that’s easy for everyone to read!
Weekly Average (2009): $111.43
Total spent this year: $4457.44
October
Week 40: $60.88
September
Week 39: $40
Week 38: $28
Week 36 -37: $228
August
Week 32: $194.74(Challenge – eat for 2 weeks without going to the store)
Week 33-35: $62
July
Week 30: $42.22
Week 29: $100.51
Week 28: $121.87
Week 27: $195.85
June
(Editor’s note: we welcomed our fourth daughter into the world this month!)
Week 26: $120.21
Week 25: $155.44
Week 24: $175
Week 23: $92.17
Week 22: $85.14
May, 2009 total: $563.24
Week 21: $ 129.91
Week 20: $ 124.43
Week 19: $135.85
Week 18: $173.05
April, 2009
Week 17: $174.34
Week 16: $121.29
Week 15: $182.65
Week 14: $98.01
Week 13: $82.73
Total April: $659.02
March, 2009 week 9-12
Week 12: $217.46
Week 11: $221.30
Week 10: $82.73
Week 9: $30.78
Total March: $552.57
February, 2009 Week 6-8
Week 8: $109.59
Week 7: $0
Week 6: $225
Total February: 334.59
January, 2009 Week 1-5
Week 4 & 5: $50
Week 3: $151.25
Week 2: $161.99
Week 1: $105.73
Total January: $ 468.97
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Hi,
Did you know you can make your own washing soda using baking soda? Pour a box (or a few cups) of baking soda (not baking powder) onto a baking sheet, and put it in the oven.
Bake the baking soda from 30-60 minutes. I’ve seen reports of people baking it as little as 30 minutes – and people baking it as long as 2 hours. It doesn’t appear that over-baking it is a problem…so I’d recommend 45-60 minutes just to assure that the chemical reaction is completely complete.
After pulling the baking sheet out of the oven and letting it cool, store the washing soda in aclearly labeled airtight container. The washing soda can “convert” back into baking soda if it’s exposed to air.
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/How-To-Convert-Baking-Soda-To-Washing-Soda.htm