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How many sets of sheets and blankets and towels does one family need? Apparently not as many as we had…we had a completely filled 36″ wide, 10′ tall linen closet JAMMED and we hadn’t even been using the items in it but rather re-washing the towels, sheets and blankets already in use.  I knew I…

Monday is my normal grocery shopping day, and I’ve been going to Costco most of the time.  This week I went to Fresh & Easy.   I met my goal of staying under $100 for the week, but I took the kids with me and ended up buying a lot of junk food I wasn’t…

….was a total no-go.  Monday AM we found out that there were half a dozen cash offers and that the seller wouldn’t even read an FHA offer. So…back to the drawing board we went.  Tuesday I embarked on a long day of house-viewing with our agent, who had set up 8+ appointments and had made…

We’ve been house shopping.  We live in a lovely rental in a beautiful neighborhood.  We were in escrow on the home across the street when we discovered it had several un-permitted additions and there was no way to bring everything up to par legally while closing within 45 day as planned. We had to cancel…

Last time I wrote, I was a day away from heading to Costco again for the bulk of our weekly groceries.  I spent about $245 that trip, which was over my goal of $200 but I did stick to that $200 if you only count food and household items.  I did spend an unplanned $30…

Day 7 since my Costco trip, with another trip planned for tomorrow (Monday). While I got off track a little relating to my bulk cooking plans, I’m catching up today and will be caught up before my shopping trip tomorrow.  I have a list and since there’s still a lot of food left from the…

I didn’t make much progress this week on my bulk cooking.  I’d planned more.  I got a great start to the week but then little miss Katie decided to get sick on Wednesday and she *just wanted me* to be with her all the time.  It has definitely been really nice having leftovers in the…

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I had an epiphany while doing my daily Facebook and blog reading.  I’m the type of person who feels the need to instantly put any new plan into action, so I headed to Costco yesterday afternoon to stock up. Some numbers first though.  I have discovered (and this is…

Craig Fear from Fearless Eating has it right! I also absolutely loathe meal-planning and never, ever am able to stick to a meal-plan very long (I’m doing good if I make it a week!).  They usually involve complicated shopping lists and way more prep time daily than I am willing to contribute!  That’s why I…