My grandmother had a saying that she lived by “Gather up the scraps and use them up.” She was a genius at using up leftovers and creating some great meals. Food is expensive and throwing out leftovers is a waste of money. I have learned many ways to use up leftovers that my family loves. […]
Before I get to the subject of laundry, I want to expand upon my prior posts on grocery shopping and saving money. In making a change of any kind in your life, you need to take baby steps. Changing everything all at once can set you up for failure. So, take baby steps when you […]
In yesterday’s article I discussed how I have started to use coupons, after not using coupons much in the past. Today we will finish our discussion. There are several sources for coupons. Here are a few. Sources for Coupons I started collecting coupons from the Sunday newspaper. We have had a Des Moines Register subscription […]
Last week I talked about saving money on groceries and specifically knowing when a sale is a sale and buying groceries in bulk. This week I am going to continue our discussion of buying groceries on sale and I will add to the discussion the use of coupons. First I need to add one small […]
One year ago the business I worked for closed and I had a choice to make. I could file for unemployment and look for another job or I could stay home. I chose the latter. I was ready to do something that I had always wanted to do which was to be a homemaker. It […]
