I love getting ideas from Pinterest. If you haven’t visited them, but like DIY projects, I’d recommend checking them out. I found the idea for a meal calendar on there, and kind of combined different ideas to come up with this: It was so simple to do, but best of all it was CHEAP. I found the shutter at REStore for $5. If you have a REStore near you, do...
Learn MoreI have some ground to make up. I’m behind on blogging and our emergency fund needs refunding. I can only make up the first by digging in, so here we go … We have several ‘checks in the mail’ which is both frustrating and a blessing. First it’s a blessing because: We have clients. Period. In this economy that’s something. Daddy is...
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As you may remember, Monkey named Caterpillar back when I was preggers. She has always have a love for all things bug related and lately her brother has been no exception. It makes my heart swell to see them (finally) getting along. A couple of weekends ago, Monga came over to help in my yard. With my sun allergy, I haven’t been able to do much out there, and...
Learn MoreAs you all very well know, we are nickel and diming our way to being debt free. If money stuff makes you uncomfortable, you may want to skip this post. Don’t worry – I’ll be chatting about, and showing off, cute kiddos soon enough. Back to nickel and diming our way to being debt free: It’s a long process. Not because we had an exorbitant...
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I’m not sure if I mentioned this, but we had friends stay with us last week/weekend. We were so grateful we could provide this for them, as Daddy has known him since he was little, and they needed to come to town for a funeral. Operation Fake House started on Sunday, the house cleaner came Tuesday, and they arrived on Thursday, after I shot my first NILMDTS...
Learn MoreToday is somewhat of a stressful day for us. Today is the day that Daddy finds out if the last two years of praises and exceptional reviews at work amount to anything more than the same paycheck and work hours. Up until two years ago when budgets really tightened up, he was always rewarded for his hard work, so we do believe if they had more to give, they would. In a...
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