Readers Ask:  Where Can I Get Lists of Housekeeping Tasks to Keep my House Clean?
So many readers have asked for help setting up their housekeeping plans that I’ve decided to make available my new series: Printable Housekeeping Checklists - Forms for Your LifeTM   The best part is, these printables are yours for FREE!
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The price of fuel is hurting everyone: missed vacations and business trips for people who now can’t afford to fly, the airlines losing revenue and having to cut flights, the hotels and restaurants who don’t have vacationers to patronize their establishments, and most of all - the poor souls…

Niki from Free 2 Be Frugal tagged me to participate in this “get to know the writer” game. I normally don’t do MeMes, but Niki is so great that I can’t say no! Everyone reading this, please consider yourself tagged if you want to be!
 

 
4 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago:
1. I [...]

Today’s Frugal Friday is not a tip, exactly… at least it’s not a method of frugality I would recommend to anyone. This morning my husband left on a 2 week business trip. We have never been apart for longer than 2 days, and this is very difficult for us both and the kids. Plus, our [...]

Setting up a Housekeeping Plan for your home is a project that will keep your house cleaning, care and maintenance manageable for you. Designing and creating the plan may take a little time up front, but this is time well spent. By creating a Housekeeping Plan, you are investing a little time now to save you a lot of time in the future.

What’s Homemaker Barbi cookin’ this week? A lot of my ingredients overlap for meals; learn how to maximize your menu plan savings by using the Top 8 Frugal Cooking Ingredients!
Breakfast choices: Cold cereal, homemade porridge, oatmeal, cream of wheat
Lunches: (leftovers, brown bagged!)
Dinners:

Monday~ Shredded pork tacos
Tuesday~ Hungarian goulash
Wednesday~ Chicken Madness with side veggie:
My husband named this [...]

If you missed last week, I am participating in The Lazy Organizer’s SMART Habit Saturday! I chose one new habit to work on and report back with my progress each Saturday.My habit for April is scanning. If you missed it, read about my project from last week. I am digitizing all paper in our house [...]

Strengthening Your Marriage Through Acts of Service

If you look back at socio-economic stereotypes of women as wives throughout the 1900s, we see distinct shifts in the viewpoints of our society as a whole. The early 1900s show us women who were little more than property, disenfranchised, and valued little. Look forward to the 1950s and [...]

I recently read in a magazine about one woman’s shocking child safety experience with kids’ stick-on earrings. Instead of piercing her toddler daughter’s ears, she opted for the little stick-on earrings with adhesive backs. What she didn’t think of was that the earring could come unstuck from the earlobe and make its way into the [...]

The Donation Station!
Before:

Problem #1: The area between our two bookshelves was always the catch-all for junk and clutter, probably because nothing really went there and the spot always looked empty and available! The only thing that really belonged there was the wicker basket (which you can barely see!).
Problem #2: The basket was supposed to [...]