Entries from July 2009

July 15, 2009

My “issue” with cooking from scratch!

I love how much money Nate and I have been able to save on our groceries this month by cooking from scratch with every meal– breakfast, lunch, and dinner. BUT I hate how many dishes I’m doing every day! I swear we use every pan every day between the 3 meals and snacks!
I just don’t [...]

July 11, 2009

More decorating therapy…

I am a huge HGTV fan, and since going without cable, I’ve missed watching decorating shows! There are a few episodes of decorating shows available to watch on Fancast and on the HGTV website.
I was poking around the HGTV website this evening and found some great little short clips with fabulous frugal decorating tips and [...]

July 10, 2009

Storing it up…

I LOVE to decorate! It is one of my absolute favorite hobbies and it brings me so much joy to make my home pretty! Because we are moving in about 6 weeks now, I don’t feel like its a good use of my energy, time, or money to make my current apartment more pretty– as [...]

July 10, 2009

Attention WinCo Shoppers!

Our local WinCo has a display set up with the Cottenelle Ultra TP with little samples of the TP. The best part is there is a $1 off coupon attached to the sample! Our store has the TP on sale for $5.88 for a 12 pack. Minus the $1, you’re paying $4.88 for high quality [...]

July 9, 2009

Getting Back On Track…

Thanks everyone who commented on my last post for all the great encouragement! It was so nice to hear that we are not the only couple who has gotten off track in the pregnancy phase of life!
Nathan and I have been reading through the Bible together and are currently reading in Exodus. We spent some [...]

July 5, 2009

Answer to a great question…

I got a great question in my comments this morning asking us if we’ll be debt free by, well, today! As was our original goal when we set out on our debt free journey in January 2008.
I’ve been updating through out the last year and a half as our goals have changed with the changes [...]

July 2, 2009

Getting crafty while getting ready…

I made this today as I was finishing up our hospital bag! (Like my pink polka dot diaper bag?)

Here’s a close up!

I realized there were somethings that we may forget if I didn’t create some sort of reminder… enter the craft stuff! Our bags are all packed and ready to go! The list of things [...]