Run Your Home. Save Your Money. Love Your Life.
As milk container week comes to a close (it actually ended yesterday, but I had to get this list in!), we’re left to recap the many uses for milk containers after the milk is gone!
1. Utensil holders in the kitchen (cut off the tops to make a wide opening)
2. Storing drinking water in your pantry [...]
Related Articles:
We all know that frugal living, when you are really restricting yourself, can be like dieting… all that hard work and progress, and then you just can’t take it anymore and splurge!
My husband and I used to ruin all the progress we made from our thrifty ways every 2nd Friday… yes, the paycheck would hit [...]
Related Articles:
What’s Homemaker Barbi cookin’ this week?
Breakfast choices: Cold cereal, homemade porridge
Lunches: (leftovers, brown bagged!)
Dinners:
Monday~ Potato soup with ham (instead of the usual bacon as an ingredient) and biscuits
Tuesday~ Homemade chicken noodle soup
Wednesday~ Swedish meatballs and veggie for side
Thursday~ **Leftover Love**
Friday~ Open faced tuna sandwiches and garden salad
Saturday~ Chicken Madness (a chicken breast and rice bake)
Sunday~ [...]
Related Articles:
Who loves Homemaker Barbi today? 5 Minutes for Mom!
They featured us during the Ultimate Blog Party 2008 just a few weeks ago, and today we’re featured in 5 Minutes Around the Blogosphere!
Make sure to check out their site, which offers cool resources for Work- and Stay-at-Home-Moms. The founders are 2 moms who happen [...]
Related Articles:
What goodies came in the mail this week, 3-23 to 3-29-08?
Free sample of Jergen’s Natural Glow Moisturizer from Walmart
Free sample of Aveeno Positively Ageless Serum
Free box of baby wipes. I reviewed this new product for a survey company. Not the best wipes (surprising, because it’s an expensive brand), but a free full-size box of [...]
Related Articles:
There’s a ton of great reading to tell you about today! Here is what our friends posted recently:
Top 10 Ways I Have Cut My Expenses from Karen at Thrifty Mommy. (This is a great list… how many of these are you doing right now?)
.
by Gomestic.com.
at Organized Home. I especially like her tip about making the [...]
Related Articles:
Have you ever wondered why the front of the laundry detergent bottle says you should get 104 loads out of the container but you only get about 52 loads? The answer, previously elusive, is now apparent! It’s all in the measuring…
I learned my lesson recently after I stopped keeping my laundry supplies in the shared [...]
Related Articles:
Looking for even more savings in the kitchen department? Salt is so versatile and inexpensive that it may just be your answer. Did you know you can use salt to remove the acidity from your coffee before you brew it? Did you know that you could boil eggs in salt water to ease peeling [...]
Related Articles:
Here is a quick way to cut some of the clutter in your house, right now, in under 10 minutes! Go through the house with a laundry basket and put everything you have borrowed into the basket. Don’t forget to check kids’ rooms. Things to look for:
CDs and DVDs
Books, magazines
Dishes and food containers
Library items
Maternity, baby [...]
Related Articles:
Milk Jug Uses In My Kitchen Right Now!
It’s milk jug week, and in keeping with “The House that Milk Jugs Built” , here are 3 of my own milk jug creations you can find in my kitchen right now:
1. Storage for rice, beans, oats, other grains:
Label with a Sharpie or wet erase marker. If you [...]
Related Articles:
Next page »
RSS Feed 
